TERMALES DE LA CABAÑA

Here, we will show you all the necessary information you may know to go to La Cabaña Hot Springs. Not only that, we are going to share with you some available lodgings options and transportation by bus. It is so important that you take into account that this place has a maximum capacity of visits per day; apart from this, they close this place 2 days a week. So, it is the high season, we highly suggest to make a reservation at least 1 month in advance.

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Among the main tourist attractions from this place, they are the following: its hot springs which are surrounded by a landscape and frailejones with particular colors 🌈,which it becomes in one of the unique places in Colombia.

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Lets the adventure begin ⛰.

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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MURILLO AND LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS

Located justo 89.6 miles from Íbague, this beautiful village was founded in 1872. It still retains its paisas and boyacenses roots. To highlight, its economy is mainly based on livestock farms, agriculture and tourism.

The church of Murillo was built by people from the community in 1925, alongside the German doctor Rodolfo Hartman who came to the village from its foundation. In 1926 the inhabitants of Manizales gifted the clock that it is currently in the church ⛪.

La Cabaña Hot Springs were named due to its location on the sidewalk La Cabaña. They are specially unique because its colorful hot springs vary from the blue to deep green thanks to the minerals from the mountain 🏞️.

VIDEO ABOUT THE ROUTE TO LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS 🎥

Now, we are going to share a short video about La Cabaña Hot Springs.

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HOW TO GET TO LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS 🚐?

We took our trip from Manizales, but anyways we are going to explain how you can get to Manizales from other places in Colombia.

-> FROM MANIZALES

You can take a bus of the company Rápido Tolima, which departs everyday at 7:00 and 13:00. The cost of the ticket is around $40.000. The travel time is about 3 hours.

-> FROM BOGOTÁ

You can take a bus from Bogotá to Líbano, which departs from the Terminal del Sur from 4:30, every hour and half, and it costs $70.000 COP approximately. The travel time lasts 5 hours with the bus company Rápido Tolima. Once you are in the Líbano, you will have to pick up another bus which departs from the Líbano every hour to Murillo. The travel time is about 40 minutes.

ROUTE TO LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS FROM MANIZALES

As we traveled from Manizales, we are going to show you the places we saw. In case we had not mentioned it,if you go by bus, won't be able to see those places 🥲.

-> LAGUNA NEGRA

This is a majestic glacier lagoon near Nevado del Ruiz. It is a resting place for migratory species such as birds and wild ducks.

Photo: Black lagoon

-> VIEW FROM NEVADO DEL RUIZ

As it was an agreeable morning, we could appreciate the imposing view of the Nevado del Ruiz in the middle of the frailejones. It is a view which so many tourists consider as a ‘’Magic Experience’’.

Photo: View to Ruiz volcano

RECOMMENDATION: Take into account that if you go by car or motorcycle, the road has so many curves, and it's a little narrow. Also, it is so congested with many cars and trucks. So, we recommend to watch out.

-> LAGUNA LA LLORONA

Its name is due to the fact that, according to some farmers, it is haunted and they feel some weird presence. Others assure that they have been hit by rocks even though they have heard screams at times to cross over there.

Photo: Llorona-lagoon

Photo by: @conoceeltolima

Some farmers tell that during the war time among ‘’liberales’’ and ‘’conservadores’’, the murder known as ‘’Sangrenegra’’ threw the bodies in this lagoon. For those who don’t know ‘’Sangrenegra’’whose real name was Jacinto Cruz, was a bloodthirsty murder who operated in the 50’s and 60’s during the battle of ‘’Liberales’’ and ‘’Conservadores’’. He was the intellectual author of a brutal torture method named ‘’Corbata Colombia’’ and 377 murders are attributed to him.

After passing this lagoon, you will be to 30 or 40 minutes to get to Murillo,Tolima 🌄.

HIKES INSIDE LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS 🚶🏼

From Murillo, we started our trip at 6:30 from our lodging. It took us almost 30 minutes to get to the entrance of the Hot Springs. Once we arrived there, we had a short conversatory about the trip we were about to start, and they lent us some hiking poles. Besides, they gave us the cuffs because without those cuffs, we could not access to La Cabaña Hot Springs 🏞️.

-> MAPA DE LA RUTA REALIZADA EN TERMALES LA CABAÑA

Now, we will show you the route we took by walking from the starting point of the hike, going through: Corazón Lagoon, Esponjas Valley, Los 7 waterfall, and La Cabaña Hot Spring returning back to the starter point.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

  • Distance: 5,6 miles
  • Hike Time Duration: 8 hours
  • Hike inclination: 11748.6 to 12969.1 feets above the sea level
Map: Route taken in the Cabaña hot springs

-> LAGUNA CORAZÓN

From where the transportation left us, we started a hard climb through a forest. After that, we went through some cattle ranches, and we kept admiring the frailejones around 4 hours until reaching the Corazón Lagoon which is located at 13451.4 feets above the sea level 🏞️⛰️

Photo: Corazón lagoon

Photo by: @arielconcepcion23

-> VALLE DE ESPONJAS

After seeing the Corazón Lagoon, we kept walking for around 1 hour to reach Esponjas Valley. This landscape is located into the Leonera Alta wetland 🌿.

Photo: Esponjas valley

Photo by: @paorodriguez.photo

-> CASCADA DE LOS 7 COLORES

A bit later, we continued walking for 10 minutes to get to the waterfall known as 7 colores waterfalls.

Photo: Seven colors waterfall

Photo by: @alejora.27

-> LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS

After visiting this beautiful waterfall, we walked for almost 1 hour to get the last place, and I think that we made the trip to see those amazing hot springs ♨️.

Photo: La Cabaña hot springs

Photo by: @japilife

Once we were there, they shared a short snack while we were awaiting our turn to entrance to the Hot Springs. Take into account that it is only permitted to access the Hot Springs if you are along with a guide and the cuff.

LODGINGS IN MURILLO 🛌

Murillo is a small village, but it has a great variety of lodgings such as: hotels, hostels, glampings, and cottages. We always make the reservation on our preferred reservation platform as Booking.com. Besides, most of the lodgings that Booking offers let people make a free reservation. That is why, we will share the links of each lodgings to book it through the platform.

We made the reservation through Booking, since we made it directly with a hotel. Subsequently, when we arrived at the hotel, we were told that there wasn't availability, and we shared the chat we had and we were not given any answer back 🥺.

NOTE: Advantages to book with Booking, you are going to be supported by a company that can provide you with any kind of support in order to solve your problems with your bookings. Moreover, most of the lodgings that Booking offer allow to make free reservation.

-> STELLARIUM GLAMPING

This lodging offers free private parking, and access to the shower with whirlpool. There are also a private shower totally equipped with essential toiletries

Photo: glamping in murillo Tolima

👉 Link to book this Glamping

-> PARAMOUNT HOSTEL

Paramount hostel is located in Murillo. This house or chalet offers free internet connection, it also has 4 bedrooms, tv, and kitchen.

Photo: Lodging in murillo Tolima

👉 Link to book this glamping on Booking

TOUR TO LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS ♨️ 🧳

Remember that there are some agencies with scheduled departures, and most of them are passdays. Also, you can check the information about the departures in each link that we will leave below with the prices.

In case you want to make the tour in another schedule apart from the scheduled departures, you may consider the following: if you travel by your own, you will be charged a higher fee, due to the transportation and the guide cost the same if you go with 1 or 6 people.

-> AVAILABLE TOURS IN MURILLO

This is the nearest place in which you could go to make the tour, some agencies sell tours

  • Passday Tour includes: breakfast, lunch, entrance to the Hot Springs, guide and medical insurance

  • 2 Days and 1 night Tour includes: 1 lodging night, breakfast, lunch, entrance to the Hot Springs, guide, and medical insurance.

If you are planning to take a tour from Murillo, we recommend making it with a long lead time since so many agencies complete the spots faster.

-> AVAILABLE TOURS FROM PEREIRA AND MANIZALES

  • Passday Tour includes: Transportation from Pereira or Manizales, breakfast, lunch, entrance to the Hot Springs and medical insurance.

  • 2 days and 1 night Tour includes: Transportation from Pereira or Manizales, 1 night and 2 days, breakfast, lunch, entrance to Sifón Hot Springs, and entrance to La Cabaña Hot Springs, guide and medical insurance.

Here, you could see all the available information at La Cabaña Hot Springs from Pereira👈.

FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO VISIT LA CABAÑA HOT SPRINGS.

  • You should make the reservation with anticipation since this place has a visitors load capacity per day. We saw some comments on the Internet from people who attended to go by themselves, and they weren't allowed to access.

  • La Cabaña Hot Springs close 2 days a week to let the wetland take a rest.

  • If you do not have public transportation and you are planning to travel by bus, take into consideration that buses only have specific schedules.

  • REMEMBER TO TAKE: Solar protection, lipstick, Windbreaker, arctic diver, Gloves and hat to protect you from the sun. You can find these clothing items on our online store..

DOWNLOAD INFORMATION ON THIS ROUTE 💾

In this section you can download additional information, such as: guides that operate in this area, additional transportation information.

You can download this information for free with the code we send with each of our orders, We hope you make good use of this information..

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