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Marcin Gwizdon
SIERRA NEVADA DEL COCUY: ACCOMMODATION
There are several accommodation options in both towns - El Cocuy and Güicán as well as higher up closer to the park entrance. Where you stay will depend on your climbing/hiking plans. El Cocuy is the access town for climbers visiting the peaks in the southern part of the park (Pan de Azúcar, Púlpito del Diablo, El Cóncavo, Concavito) and for hikers doing the counter-clockwise 6-day circuit. Güicán, on the other hand, is the best place to start the clockwise trek and for an approach to the highest peaks of the range: Ritacuba Blanco and Negro. In most hostels and haciendas food is served and guides and mules/horses can be hired. For acclimatization, staying in one of the places higher up is recommended and if you’re on a budget you can also pitch your tent there for a small fee. Camping in the park is free and allowed in places marked on the map (apart from Hotelito below Pan de Azúcar where revegetation is in process)
EL COCUY
See the map of the town
here
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| Hostal La Tranquilidad |
Note: I’m not 100% sure about the name of the hostel as it was newly opened when we stayed there. Very nice place though. Highly recommended. Owned by a climber from Bogota; has a communal kitchen, showers, gear hire (good prices if you stay there)
Calle 6 No 3-28
Ramiro Uriel Mora 314 2407602
from $20,000pp
La Posada del Molino
Carrera 3a No. 7-51
(8) 7890377, 3123529121, 3104945076
email: juancho1635@latinamail.com
from $20,000pp
website: http://elcocuycasamuseo.blogspot.com/
Hotel Villa Real
Calle 7 No 4-50
(8) 789 0038 / 311 4756495 / 311 8102808
email: hotelvillareal@hotmail.com
Hotel Casa Muñoz
Carrera 5 No 7-28 (on the main square)
(8) 789 0328 / (8) 789 0028 / 313 8291073 / 313 3321980
email: hotelcasamunoz@gmail.com
website: hotelcasamunoz.com
GÜICÁN
Cabaña Hotel El Edén
Transversal 2 No 9-58 Urbanización Villa Nevada (10 minute walk from the center)
(8) 7897093 / 311 8088334 / 313 2135043
email: luishernando@hotmail.com
see more here
Posada Brisas del Nevado
Carrera 5 No 4-59
313 8964523 / 310 6299001 / 313 8962101
email: brisasdelnevado@yahoo.com
Hotel El Frailejón
the cheapest place in town, some bad reviews on internet though
Carrera 4 No 3–34 (main square)
312 5860619
IN THE PARK
All of the places (with the exception of Posada Sierra Nevada) mentioned below are marked on the hiking map provided by the Park's office.
NORTH (access from Güicán)
Cabañas Kanwarra
At an altitude 3,950m an ideal place to acclimatize. 3 huts with 5 rooms and a balcony each, a view of the Ritacubas
311 2316004 / 311 2372260 / 316 8354683
email: infokanwar@gmail.com
Posada Sierra Nevada
Slightly higher up than Cabañas Kanwarra
311 2378619
email: marcelaensguican@hotmail.com
Hacienda Peña Blanca
310 2324839
SOUTH (access from El Cocuy)
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| Near Cabañas del Púlpito |
Cabañas del Púlpito (formerly Cabañas Guaicani)
Not far from the park entrance, by the IDEAM meteorological station
314 2729524 / 313 3099734 / 3214350342 / 3132185044
email: turismococuy@gmail.com
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| Miguel Herrera with his daughter |
Finca Hermanos Herrera
Campground with toilets and showers located after the park entrance; guides, mules, horses
311 2149255 / 311 8854263
SOUTH - LA CAPILLA (access from El Cocuy)
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| Hacienda La Esperanza |
Hacienda La Esperanza
near the Valle de los Frailejones/Laguna Grande de la Sierra entrance
318 4507960 / 318 4108106
email: haciendalaesperanza@gmail.com
La Capilla Hospedaje
316 3371507
Read more: Southern Cocuy
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