My second time to Corcoa Valley where the wax palms and fog live.

Sure enough, some yoga poses and a couple minutes later the clouds part and just a speck of the sunshine hits the valley. The most picture perfect lighting on the lime green hills. The sun behind the clouds made for the perfect sunset. We watched for the next two hours and sat in silence taking in every inch of energy that the mountains gave us. It was absolutely stunning.

Five of us decided to go on the adventure to see the sunset. We heard it’s a good show.

I have done the full 5/6 hour hike but this time we decided to do the tail end, the best part, and watch the sun go down in the valley. Typically this area is covered in fog, so we were hoping for the best around 615pm.

Corcora Valley is a $3,200 COP, $1.60 USD to take a jeep into the Valley. You get off at a small bus stop and start the hike. The path to the right leads to the hummingbird farm and the waterfall, about a 5/6 hour hike. It’s a loop that goes along a river and then into the mountain. It ends in the valley where the palms, horses and cows are.

We decided to go left, to catch the end of the hike and it’s just about an hour where you have to dodge horses and people descending the hike. We arrived at the lookout point, a little nook of green grass at the top of the mountain overlooking at 360 view of the valley, and we were an hour ahead of schedule. The fog completely filled the valley. “Darn it! Maybe it will clear up” we thought.

As we descended we got lucky and caught a jeep back for the same price $3,200 COP, $1.60 USD. They usually stop at 5pm and we caught one magically at 730pm. Great timing right, a family was getting done with work and we caught a ride with them.

I have to make this hike again before I leave. I heard there is also a 3 to 4 day hike into the same valley that is supposed to be worth doing. Falling in love with Salento more and more each day.

At the end of the journey the jeep dropped us off in town, and we drank delicious Colombian coffee from the land at Jesus Martin, a highly recommended coffee shop in the central downtown. The cappuccinos are to die for, and the artwork to top doesn’t hurt as well!