Monday, 16 April 2012

SIERRA NEVADA DEL COCUY: ACCOMMODATION

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

Hostal La Tranquilidad
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)



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






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)

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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