Activities in Zona Cafetera
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Ecosistemas
Ecosistemas offers excursions to Nevado del Ruiz from Manizales. It includes a visit to Hotel Termales del Ruiz. The standard one-day tour costs COP$95,000 for foreigners, including transport, breakfast and lunch, and admission to the national park and the thermal baths. It can organize longer, multiday tours of the park as well.
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Comfamiliares
Comfamiliares offers excursions to Nevado del Ruiz from Manizales. It uses Termales del Otoño. The standard one-day tour costs COP$95,000 for foreigners, including transport, breakfast and lunch, and admission to the national park and the thermal baths. It can organize longer, multiday tours of the park as well.
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Termales San Vicente
Set at the head of a steep 200m-wide valley and straddling a cold creek, these newer thermals are 18km east of Santa Rosa de Cabal but feel a world away. There are five thermals pools (37°C) – the water is sold for its reputed medicinal properties – and the spa offers the full range of spa treatment, including mud therapy, algae facials, peels and massage. Numerous thermal springs bubble up from the earth nearby, in one spot emerging to mix with an adjacent creek, allowing you to bathe in a warm stream. There are three natural saunas, built over 80°C to 90°C hot springs below. A 300m-canopy line zips across the narrow valley to a 30m-waterfall you can rappel down. Several…
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Termales de Santa Rosa
These spectacular thermal springs are located at the foot of three adjacent waterfalls, the largest 170m high. Opened in 1945 and built in the style of a Swiss chalet, the hotel and tourist complex have the air of another place and time. There’s a complete spa service for those wanting the luxury treatment, including exfoliation, massage and thermal mud treatments. You can also just come for the day to laze around in 40°C pools. There’s a cafeteria, bar and a more upscale restaurant in the hotel lobby.
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Balneario de Santa Rosa Thermals
Owned and managed by the neighboring spa, the Balneario de Santa Rosa thermals are cheap. A 25m-waterfall crashes down next to the four nearby thermal pools, and Colombian music blasts from the speakers. A bar and cafeteria serves food, beer and liquor. There’s a shaded lounge with wicker furniture for when you’ve had too much sun. From the entrance, walk up a stone path through a lovely garden about 10 minutes to reach the balneario (swimming hole).
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