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Alex Spanos
My wife and I just finished the 7-Day Perfect Loop Tour with Colombia Moto Adventures, and it exceeded every expectation. Jeff and his team were accommodating and professional, our guides excellent, the route stunning, and our Honda XRE300 flawless. Riding two-up was easy and enjoyable. If you want motorcycles in your Colombia adventure, contact Jeff—you won’t be disappointed.
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7-Day Coffee Region Motorcycle Tour from Medellín - The Perfect Loop
Our most popular and recommended route. Based on rider feedback this 7-day motorcycle tour through Colombia’s Coffee Region is the ultimate adventure for intermediate riders seeking a perfect mix of scenic paved roads, off-road trails, and authentic cultural experiences. From snow-capped volcanoes and natural hot springs to colonial towns and towering wax palms, it’s the most immersive way to experience the real Colombia in just one week.
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🌋 Nevado del Ruiz – Ride to 13,500 ft through cloud forest & páramo
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🌴 San Félix Wax Palms – Walk among 200-ft giants, Colombia’s national tree
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♨️ Hot Springs – Soak in high-altitude thermal pools
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🛣️ Twisty Mountain Roads – Curves, climbs & descents through the Andes
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🔧 Air-Cooled Motorcycles – Reliable Honda XRE300 & Suzuki DR650
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🏔️ Off-Road Andes – Climb rugged tracks to the village of Pensilvania
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🌄 Samaria Valley – Cruise eucalyptus-lined roads with wax palms
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🐦 Wildlife Encounters - Hand-feed hummingbirds at a family run garden
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☕ Coffee Country – Ride valleys blanketed with steep coffee farms
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🏘️ Colonial Towns – Explore Sonsón, Salamina & Jardín’s plazas
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🎨 Jardín at Sunset – Colombia’s most colorful town comes alive at night
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🏨 Hotels – Clean, safe 3–4⭐ stays with hot showers
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🍽️ Food & Culture – Bandeja paisa, tropical juices & finca coffee
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⛲ Salamina’s Fountain – Paris-made bronze icon, carried in by mule
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🌱 Frailejones Páramo – Strange cactus-like plants high in the Andes
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🗓️ One-Week Adventure – Colombia’s most complete 7-day motorcycle tour
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🌎 Colombia Moto Adventures – Trusted by riders from 30+ countries
🇨🇴 First time riding in Colombia?
Our 7-Day Coffee Region Motorcycle Tour is designed for adventurous riders who want the perfect mix of twisty paved roads, off-road trails, and authentic Colombian culture.
Not sure what to expect? We’ve got you covered:
✅ Rider Essentials – What to pack & how to prepare
✅ Safety in Colombia – Travel info & peace of mind
✅ Why Our Motorcycles – Reliable & built for the Andes
With bilingual support, included gear, and hand-picked hotels, we make it easy for you to focus on the adventure.
📅 Ready for adventure?
📆 Detailed 7-Day Itinerary
Ride from Medellín into Colombia’s Coffee Region, exploring colonial towns, volcanoes, hot springs, and off-road Andean trails. Guided and self-guided options available.
📍 Day 1 / Medellín → Sonsón
🏍️ Ride Type: Paved mountain roads
Highlights:
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🌀 Endless twists, curves & mountain views
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🔒 Former guerrilla zone, now a safe, off-the-map gem
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🌫️ Paramo de Sonsón lookout at over 10,000 ft
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🏨 Stay at El Tesoro, a 200-year-old converted mansion
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🍕 Brick-oven pizza overlooking the plaza
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🍽️ Restaurants: La Gloria, Gourmet, Pizza Orange
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🅿️ Parking: Sonsón Parking
This is going to be an interesting trip. Today we ride to the former guerrilla conflict zone of Sonsón. Sonsón was off-limits for decades due to guerrilla activity. Although it's safe now, there’s very little information online about the area. Consequently, it’s untouched by tourism, making it the perfect place to get an authentic taste of Colombia.
The ride to Sonsón is great. One of the best things about this route is the miles and miles of exciting twists and turns—ups, downs, ascending curves, descending curves, increasing and decreasing radius curves. You’re going to get a ton of riding experience on just this one road. The pavement here is in good shape, and traffic is minimal.
Midway, we’ll stop off at Luisa’s house and have a cup of local coffee called tinto. If you like kids, you’ll be delighted to meet her twin toddlers. Tourists never stop here, and you’ll see how happy she is to talk with us. Besides being a fun way to connect with locals, it directly supports a family business.
Sonsón is located at a high elevation, but we’ll climb even higher to the Paramo de Sonsón lookout, over 10,000 ft in elevation, with views of fog rolling through the cloud forest and nearby valley. Late afternoon, we’ll head back to town, check into our hotel, and grab pizza.
We stay at El Tesoro hotel located on the main square. This is a 200-year-old mansion converted into a unique hotel. Unlike other hotels, this one hasn't been updated and retains its original charm. The hotel doubles as a museum, filled with an eclectic collection of antiques.
Located next door is a great pizza restaurant. From the second-story balcony, we’ll enjoy brick-oven pizza while people-watching on the main square. Located at 8,100 ft, bring a jacket because it’s chilly at night.
📍 Route Summary + Google Maps Links
📍 Day 1: Medellín → Sonson
📍 Day 2: Sonson → Pensilvania
📍 Day 3: Pensilvania → Salamina
📍 Day 4: Salamina → Manizales
📍 Day 5: Explore Nevado Ruiz
📍 Day 6: Manizales→ Jardin
📍 Day 7: Jardin → Medellin
Day 2 / Sonsón → Pensilvania
🏍️ Ride Type:
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Unpaved mountain road
Highlights:
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📸 Valley photo ops right outside Sonsón
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🌾 Ride through lush coffee & sugarcane plantations
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🌉 Bridge crossing over white-water river
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🏘️ Arrive in Pensilvania, a hidden hilltop town
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotel: Colina Plaza
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🍽️ Restaurants: La Gula, Athos, Paz y Flora Cafe
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🅿️ Parking: Pensilvania Parking
The road from Sonsón is unpaved but in good condition. Almost as soon as we leave town, we’ll stop for photos of the expansive valley. The rest of the ride consists of winding roads and spectacular views of surrounding coffee and sugarcane plantations.
In the middle of the trip, we drop into a warm valley, cross a white-water river via bridge, and then climb back into the mountains. Just before arrival, there’s a panoramic view of Pensilvania, precariously perched on a hilltop. Arriving feels like discovering a place few foreigners have ever seen.
📍 Day 3 / Pensilvania → Salamina
Ride Type:
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Mixed pavement and dirt
Highlights:
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🌴 Scenic valleys with wax palms in distance
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🌿 Eucalyptus-lined roads with fresh mountain air
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🏞️ Epic ride into Salamina
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⛲ Visit historic bronze fountain in the plaza
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🌴 Optional ride to Samaria Valley Wax Palm Forest
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotel: Salamina Highs
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🍽️ Restaurants: Don Fermin Gastro Bar, Calicanto
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🅿️ Parking: Salamina Parking
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⭐ Activities: San Felix Wax Palm Forest
Salamina is Colombia's best-kept secret, tucked away in a far-off corner of the coffee region. Perched on a mountaintop, its sloping streets feature houses with intricately decorated doors, balconies, and zócalos, constantly drawing your gaze upwards to flower-filled balconies.
In the central plaza sits a beautiful bronze fountain made in Paris, brought here in 1900 on the backs of oxen and mules. It’s now a symbol of the region. Around the plaza, try local dishes like steamed eggs (Huevos al Vapor) prepared with an espresso machine.
Salamina Highs Hotel, a beautifully restored coffee hacienda turned boutique hotel, features spacious rooms, king-sized beds, and is just a two-minute walk from the main square.
📍 Day 4 / Salamina → Manizales
Ride Type:
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Mix of paved roads
Highlights:
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🌋 Approach Nevado del Ruiz Volcano area
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💧 Stay at high-altitude thermal springs hotel
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotels: Termales del Otoño, Termales del Ruiz, Hotel Quo
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🍽️ Restaurant: La Azotea
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⭐ Activities: Nevado Ruiz Volcano, Valle de Frailejones
Today takes us towards the famous Nevado Ruiz Volcano, located in the heart of Colombia’s volcanic region. Nevado Ruiz is a towering stratovolcano reaching 17,424 ft (5,311 m). Rides around Nevado del Ruiz are often touted as “The best rides in Colombia.”
You’ll ride up through clouds into the high-altitude páramo—an alpine tundra environment around 13,000 ft. This region features ancient frailejones plants that survive in extreme conditions. The temperatures here feel more like a sunny day in the Swiss Alps than an equatorial volcano.
📍 Day 5 / Explore Nevado del Ruiz
Ride Type:
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Paved and off-road exploration
Highlights:
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🌋 Ascend Nevado del Ruiz to 13,500 ft
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🌾 Ride off-road through cloud forest and high-altitude páramo
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💦 Discover waterfalls in mist-covered mountain landscapes
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🐦 Hand-feed hummingbirds at a mountaintop sanctuary
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☕ Enjoy coffee and cake at Termales del Ruiz Hotel
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♨️ Soak in natural thermal pools
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🕊️ Learn the history of the Armero tragedy—Colombia’s deadliest volcanic disaster
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotels: Termales del Otoño, Termales del Ruiz, Hotel Quo
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🍽️ Restaurant: La Azotea
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⭐ Activities: Nevado Ruiz Volcano, Valle de Frailejones
Today’s ride is a dramatic mix of rugged terrain, high-altitude ecosystems, and powerful geological history. You'll start by climbing through dense cloud forest, then follow dirt roads into the páramo, a rare alpine zone where frailejones grow among swirling mist and isolated waterfalls. As you ascend to 13,500 ft (4,115 m), the temperature drops and the landscape begins to feel otherworldly.
Towering above you is Nevado del Ruiz, a 5,321-meter (17,457 ft) active stratovolcano. Stratovolcanoes—also called composite volcanoes—get their name from the Latin word stratum, meaning layer. They’re built like layer cakes, formed by many eruptions that pile up alternating layers of lava, ash, and volcanic rock over time. This gives them their steep, conical shape and makes them some of the most powerful—and dangerous—volcanoes in the world. Nevado del Ruiz still simmers today; on occasion, ash even falls in the city of Manizales, over 30 kilometers away.
Around midday, we stop for coffee and cake at Termales del Ruiz Hotel, a historic alpine lodge built in the 1940s at 11,500 ft by a German skiing champion. The area is also home to a hummingbird sanctuary, where up to 17 species buzz around you in the cold mountain air, sometimes feeding right out of your hand.
But this volcano also carries a heavy legacy. In 1985, Nevado del Ruiz erupted and triggered a devastating mudflow that buried the town of Armero, killing over 20,000 people in a matter of minutes. It remains one of the most tragic volcanic disasters in modern history. Riding these slopes is both awe-inspiring and humbling.
Pro Tip: This is your highest and coldest ride—bring warm layers, gloves, and rain protection. Expect everything from sunshine to sudden mountain storms.
📍 Day 6 / Manizales → Jardín
Ride Type:
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Paved and unpaved mountain roads
Highlights:
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🌳 Descend through cloud forests and lush jungle
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🏍️ Ride remote gravel roads into rural Antioquia
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🌸 Arrive in colorful, colonial Jardín
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⛪ Visit Jardín’s iconic basilica in the town plaza
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☕ Enjoy coffee or cold beers in the vibrant main square
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🐎 Watch cowboys ride into town at sunset
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🦜 Spot the bright Andean cock-of-the-rock in its natural habitat
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotels: Hotel Plantación, Hotel Passiflora, Hotel Boutique WR
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🍽️ Restaurants: Mambrú Jardín, Tacos del Mundo, Café Macanas, Bon Appetit
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🅿️ Parking: Jardín Parking
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⭐ Activities: Hummingbird Garden, Reserva Natural Jardín de Rocas (cock-of-the-rock lek)
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Coffee Tour: Café Historias
Leaving behind the chilly heights of Nevado del Ruiz, you descend into warmer air and denser vegetation. The route cuts through cloud forest and jungle, alternating between pavement and rough gravel, before emerging in the green hills of southwestern Antioquia. This is rural riding at its finest—remote, scenic, and deeply Colombian.
Your destination is Jardín, a colonial treasure known for its vibrant colors, welcoming locals, and small-town charm. Brightly painted homes, flower-filled balconies, and cobblestone streets make it feel like something out of a painting.
At the heart of it all is the Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción, a stunning neo-Gothic church built from hand-cut stone. Towering above the plaza, this impressive structure was declared a basilica, a title given by the Pope to churches with historical, architectural, or spiritual significance. In short, it's one of the most important churches in the region—and a symbol of the town’s deep-rooted Catholic heritage.
The main square surrounding the basilica is one of the most iconic in Colombia. Locals and travelers gather here for coffee, cold beers, music, and conversation, often lingering for hours. In the evenings, cowboys ride into town on horseback, tying their horses near the cafés and adding to the timeless atmosphere. It’s one of the best spots on the entire route to just sit, relax, and watch the world go by.
Nearby, the Reserva Natural Jardín de Rocas is home to the Andean cock-of-the-rock, one of South America's most spectacular birds. Males gather at a display site known as a lek, performing wild mating dances and croaking calls to impress the females. Late afternoon is prime time to witness this one-of-a-kind display.
Jardín is also proud of its coffee-growing heritage. Join a local guide for a tour through a nearby finca to see how beans are grown, harvested, roasted, and brewed. Or hop on La Garucha, a wooden cable car built by locals that glides over the valley for breathtaking views.
Pro Tip: Jardín’s charm peaks at sunset—grab a café seat in the plaza and watch the town come to life with horses, music, and the smell of fresh arepas.
📍 Day 7 / Jardín → Medellín
Ride Type:
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Scenic paved return
Highlights:
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🌊 Ride along the beautiful Cauca River Valley
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🏔️ Scenic climb into mountains outside Medellín
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🏁 End the ride with spectacular views
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotel: N/A – Return to your Medellín lodging
Your final riding day begins with a gentle climb out of Jardín, past coffee farms and misty ridgelines. After winding your way through the quiet backroads of Antioquia, you’ll descend once again to meet the Cauca River—a vital artery of Colombian geography, culture, and industry.
The Cauca River begins in the Macizo Colombiano, a mountainous region in southern Colombia where several major rivers are born. It flows northward for 1,350 kilometers (839 miles), cutting through Colombia’s Andean heartland until it joins the Magdalena River in Bolívar Department. Along the way, it passes through seven departments, providing water, transport, and energy to millions of Colombians.
This river isn't just scenic—it's economically vital. You’ll ride through areas where gold mining is still practiced along the riverbanks, particularly in Antioquia. While this activity provides income for local communities, it also brings environmental challenges—especially in relation to mercury use in informal mining operations.
Further downstream, the Cauca is dammed by Hidroituango, the largest hydroelectric project in Colombia. It’s designed to power much of the country, but has been the subject of national debate due to environmental risks, displacement, and its long, complicated construction timeline. Crossing the river here puts you in direct contact with the scale and impact of Colombia’s natural and industrial landscapes.
After crossing the Cauca, you’ll climb into the final stretch of twisty mountain roads before descending back into the Aburrá Valley and rolling into Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city and the place where your journey began.
Celebrate your ride with a cold drink, a group photo, or a farewell dinner. You’ve conquered high-altitude volcanoes, jungles, cloud forests, and hidden colonial towns—an adventure few riders ever experience.