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Today we took a short jeep ride to Cocora where we began a hike through the famous valle de cocora. The first part was pretty uphill through beautiful cloud forest. Along the way, we crossed a river several times by way of very rickety suspension bridges. We eventually reached acaime nature preserve where they gave us a cup of chocolate con queso (hot coco with cheese) as part of the entrance fee. There were loads of hummingbirds up there! 6 different species including my new favorite species of hummingbird that has a very long tail. From Acaime, we hiked a bit down, then back up to a small farm called La Montana. After taking a quick break up there, we hiked down.
As we descended below the cloud forest, the valley became incredibly green and was covered with these giant wax palms that grow hundreds of feet tall. It was a unique and surreal scene for sure. The trees reminded us of the trees from the Dr. Seuss book, The Lorax, and we were sure we would bump into the Lorax at some point. If you do not know what book I am talking about, I suggest you read it! It is one of the best environmental kids books around (along with Bill Pete's, Wump World). Mom, I forgive you if you do not remember the Lorax, you read me so many books back in the day.
The palms, the verdant green valley sitting below, and the densely forested mountains above, made you feel a bit like you were in Jurassic Park.
When we arrived back to the trailhead, we tossed the frisbee around amongst the palms until it was time to go via jeep. When we got back to Salento, we had a bit of time before taking a bus to Armenia and then a night bus to Pitalito.
Today we took a short jeep ride to Cocora where we began a hike through the famous valle de cocora. The first part was pretty uphill through beautiful cloud forest. Along the way, we crossed a river several times by way of very rickety suspension bridges. We eventually reached acaime nature preserve where they gave us a cup of chocolate con queso (hot coco with cheese) as part of the entrance fee. There were loads of hummingbirds up there! 6 different species including my new favorite species of hummingbird that has a very long tail. From Acaime, we hiked a bit down, then back up to a small farm called La Montana. After taking a quick break up there, we hiked down.
As we descended below the cloud forest, the valley became incredibly green and was covered with these giant wax palms that grow hundreds of feet tall. It was a unique and surreal scene for sure. The trees reminded us of the trees from the Dr. Seuss book, The Lorax, and we were sure we would bump into the Lorax at some point. If you do not know what book I am talking about, I suggest you read it! It is one of the best environmental kids books around (along with Bill Pete's, Wump World). Mom, I forgive you if you do not remember the Lorax, you read me so many books back in the day.
The palms, the verdant green valley sitting below, and the densely forested mountains above, made you feel a bit like you were in Jurassic Park.
When we arrived back to the trailhead, we tossed the frisbee around amongst the palms until it was time to go via jeep. When we got back to Salento, we had a bit of time before taking a bus to Armenia and then a night bus to Pitalito.
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So many people told us of this Valle de Corcora and how great it was, enough to make us change our plans to go there....it was TOTALLY worth it. Really cool!
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