Discover the Cauca Valley

We will guide you to incredible places in the Cauca Valley

Spend half a day exploring Cali's historic center on foot and visiting iconic sites like Cristo Rey by car. Discover San Cipriano or Buenaventura on the Pacific coast. Enjoy the sounds of the jungle awakening. As your guide, we'll help you disconnect from the everyday world so you can immerse yourself in nature, culture, history, and cuisine, and reconnect with yourself.

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Hacienda Tour with Buga and Mr. de los Milagros

Sugarcane cultivation in the Cauca Valley left immense wealth. Evidence of this are the sumptuous haciendas that remain in the region today, some of which have been transformed into house museums where the stately 19th-century atmosphere can still be felt. Among these are Hacienda El Paraíso, immortalized in Jorge Isaacs' romantic novel María; Hacienda Cañasgordas; and Hacienda Piedechinche, which today houses the Sugarcane Museum. Visitors can learn about sugarcane cultivation and production and can also stay at other less famous but equally beautiful properties that offer ample amenities and services. One of the best ways to visit the Señor de los Milagros in Buga is to enjoy a full-day tour from Cali, during which we visit the most important haciendas in the Cauca Valley. With these visits, we'll have the opportunity to learn about the history of sugarcane and how it influenced the culture and flavor of the Cauca Valley. We'll also see what life was like for the landowners of the Valley and discover one of the most beautiful novels in history, "La Maria," by Jorge Isaacs. Travelguias.net has a program that includes the fantastic gastronomy of the Valley with lunch featuring Ginebra's famous "Sancocho de Gallina." This program can be organized for school groups, senior citizens, religious groups, and pilgrimages, including a visit to the Divine Ecce Homo.
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Tours you can do if you visit the Cauca Valley

Spanish-language tours in Valle del Cauca in Colombian pesos

English-speaking tours in Valle del Cauca in US dollars

Fairs and Events

RíoFrío: Civic celebrations of return and harvest


Cali: International Ballet Festival

Cali Fair


Calima Darien Lake: Summer Festivals

 

Seville: Seville's party scene

 

Yumbo: Cultural Promotion Parades National Community Theater Meeting "Cacique Jacinto"



Municipalities of Valle del Cauca

The department is made up of 42 municipalities grouped into 5 provinces. Among these, from north to south, Cali, the capital of Valle del Cauca, is the main city in western and southwestern Colombia and the capital of the metropolitan area.


Cali is also a province, ranking first in the Cauca Valley for its commerce, industry, and primary sector, while it ranks third in Colombia.


Cartago (famous for its handicrafts, embroidery, and the "Viceroy's House"), Roldanillo (home to the Omar Rayo Museum), Seville (once the Coffee Capital of Colombia and a balcony of the Valley), Tuluá (located in the center of the department), Yumbo (industrial capital of the department and home to more than 2,000 industries of various kinds), Ginebra (organizer of the "Mono Núñez" music festival), Palmira (stately city of the department and home to the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport), Buga (home of the Lord of Miracles), Jamundí (rich in precious metals and abundant agricultural production).

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Hotels in the Valley

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Weather in El Valle

Cauca Valley. The average temperature in the region fluctuates between 23 and 24°C, corresponding to the warm thermal floor. Relative humidity fluctuates between 65% and 75%. It is an intertropical region with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons per year. The first dry season is between December and February, the first rainy season is from March to May, the second dry season is from June to September, and the second rainy season is from October to November. Annual precipitation rates are: 1,589 mm in the north (133 rainy days), 1,882 mm in the south (109 rainy days), and 938 mm in the center (100 rainy days). Coastal Region. In the western part, precipitation rates reach 5,159 mm with 231 rainy days annually. The Pacific coast has no dry season and is rainy year-round, with only a short, hot, dry season between January and February. In some coastal regions, it rains more than 320 days a year, and relative humidity reaches between 86% and 90%. The skies in the region are usually cloudy due to the jungle vegetation, and the average temperature fluctuates between 26 and 27°C. Mountainous region. The climate is cold and dry, like a páramo.
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