Beyond the Cocora Valley’s postcard-perfect palm trees is an ever-changing peaceful hikers’ playground that houses a host of little surprises. Images of Colombia’s Cocora Valley are plastered on ...

If you’re dreaming of lush landscapes and surreal natural beauty, let me introduce you to one of Colombia’s most magical places. The Cocora Valley (or Valle de Cocora in Spanish) is a true bucket list ...

In the Cocora Valley, located in the municipality of Salento (Quindío), about 65% of the water consumed by Quindians is produced, so local and environmental authorities warned that the large influx of ...

Cocora Valley, nestled in Colombia’s coffee region, is home to the tallest palm trees on Earth—the wax palms. This aerial ...

The Cocora Valley, high in the Andes and surrounded by mountain peaks, was named a wildlife sanctuary in 1985 by then-President Belisario Betancur, to prevent exploitation of the wax palm, Colombia’s ...

The Cocora valley in Colombia is one of the few places where the Quindío Wax Palm grows "They are essentially living corpses," says Colombian scientist Rodrigo Bernal of Colombia's national tree. The ...

How can we expect to run, if we have not yet learned to walk? All too often, we place pressure, self-doubt, fear, and beat ourselves up physically, emotionally, and mentally when we falter and fail in ...

Your hot air balloon lifts gently into the sky as the first rays of sun crest over Colombia’s coffee region, a triangle-shaped span of verdant terrain extending into the Caldas, Risaralda, and Quindío ...