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Sazagua Cocora Hotel

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Located just 3km east of Salento, deep in Colombia’s coffee growing heartlands, the Sazagua Cocora Hotel offers 10 stylish, modern guest suites around the site of an antique coffee house, built over 150 years ago. Surrounded by wax palm forests and endless rolling hills, the property is the perfect hub for exploring the many walking trails, waterfalls, birding sites and coffee farms nearby. Facilities include an onsite restaurant, and a bar, while optional excursions range from mule riding and cow milking to mixology classes and romantic starlit dinners.

What our clients say

Most Memorable Moment?: Impossible to pick one place/moment. A very varied and interesting few weeks. Cartagena was definitely a highlight.
SJA, Malvern Mar 2018
Highlights? La Mar and Andres carne de res restaurants in Bogota - both quite different but amazing; the salt cathedral; Villa de Layve (although it's a long way there and…
JS, Abingdon Aug 2019
Colombia was superb. A wonderful variety of scenery and cultures, and people trying their hardest to live normal lives and welcome visitors very genuinely.
JK, Basingstoke Mar 2014
In terms of places, we liked Villa de Lleyva, Medellin and Cartagena and very much enjoyed Punta Faro but what struck us was the friendliness of the Colombian people that…
AR, London Feb 2018
it was all very good For me, Colombia stands out as No.1 (I hoped it would be, even before I set off, and it was)
FD, Sandwich Feb 2019
Our favourite organised trip was probably Cocora Valley. Absolutely stunning and the trek was tough, but well worth it. Our guide knew a lot about the wildlife and flowers too
MB, Oxford Nov 2019

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Maggie visited Latin America on her first backpacking trip when she was 19. Since then, she has taken every opportunity to travel, and has managed to explore a lot of the region in subsequent trips.

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