Location: Manizales
Top Things to do in Manizales
What to do and see in Manizales, Caldas Department: The Best Things to do Good for Big Groups
Manizales (Spanish pronunciation: [maniˈsales]) is a city and municipality in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.
Restaurants in Manizales
1. Colombia Eco Travel
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5.0 based on 53 reviews
A local travel agency and tour operator for travelers seeking safe, responsible travel to Colombia while conserving nature and improving the life of locals.
2. AirNomads Colombia
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5.0 based on 46 reviews
AirNomads Colombia SAS, being a company created by sport enthusiast and tour guides, our focus is to provide a once in a lifetime experience full beautiful moments and memories. Our goal is to return our guest exhausted and happy. How do we do this? by providing an outstanding customer service, taking in consideration every little detail.
3. Volcano Adventures
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5.0 based on 42 reviews
We want you to know the best of our mountains enjoying local and professional experience. Our tours are in nature, highlighting the importance of their conservation and care. Los Nevados National Natural Park ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAIN!
4. Orchids & Birds Finca Romelia
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5.0 based on 40 reviews
Finca Romelia,The visitors will enjoy more than 6000 orchid plants, an interesting variety of carnivorous plants and around 160 species of wild birds. On top of this, you will find small forests, fresh water bodies that cross between the mountains, and avocado, yuca and citrus crops. All of this is accompanied by spectacular views of the mountains. All our visitors must make their reservation in advance. Minimum tours with 2 people. We do not remain open to the public. Contact Us
Reviewed By nmorap - Lausanne, Switzerland
This is a must place to visit if you are around Manizales or Caldas. This is an orange production villa, whose owner has devoted a life to the collection of orchids, and bonzai trees. There are different kinds of birds around the zone and if you happen to visit with Juan Antonio ( the guide), you will get a very nice overview of all the bird species that can be found on the region.
5. Corredor Polaco Basilica De Manilzales
6. City Tour Manizales
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
CITY TOUR MANIZALES born in Manizales to show the world about our paisa culture, we are very proud of our peasant roots and economic development based on coffee as our flagship product. We want tourists to live a different experience and become part of our 400 thousand reasons not to forget the best city in Colombia. We invite you to know the city with the highest altitude the coffee on 2,150 meters above sea level to live a unique experience in local tourism, we can accompany you personally so that you know this beautiful city, its historic center and its surroundings, we conducted promotions at Nevado del Ruiz where we find spectacular hot springs unique in its kind, coffee farms, bird watching and many national heritage villages that are part of our cultural landscape coffee
7. Nevado del Ruiz
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4.5 based on 412 reviews
Reviewed By JohnRothSeattle
I was fortunate enough to meet Pablo of Guru talks in the city of Manizales. It is not easy to find guides in Manizales but I got lucky and found Guru walks and Pablo. Our time together was in January of this year. Besides doing city tours, Pablo is a geologist and loves nature. He does tours in the surrounding nature around Manizales. For our time together, we visited one of the biggest volcanos in Colombia, Nevada del Ruiz. It is an incredible site and over 14,000 feet in elevation. We stood exactly where the lava flow was in 1985, the last time of its eruption. The lava killed over 25,000 people within 2 hours of its eruption with the lava flowing down the valley. It was beautiful and magnificent to see. Pablo has climbed 15 volcanos in Colombia. He climbed the Nevada also. There is a climbing route in which you start at 3:00 am, many times in the rain, with ice storms as you get to the top. Needless to say, these are not great conditions, but Pablo is used to it. After viewing the volcano, we traveled down the mountain and completed a loop. The car ride was beautiful but, on a dirt, and bumpy road. Pablo does all kinds of nature tours/hikes. If this interest you, Pablo is a passionate and excellent guide.
8. Recinto del Pensamiento
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4.5 based on 412 reviews
Reviewed By WorldTvlerParker_CO
Take the Malteria bus from the centro and they will drop you at entrance,,,only 30min ride out of the city. Walk up the entrance and ask for the ticket center. $19,000 entry for the guided walk, but there is an old cable car you can opt if you don’t want to walk up. Not too difficult a walk up through the woods. Excellent guide to explain what they are doing here and beautiful areas...ponds, herbal gardens, butterfly house, Bonsai garden, and the hummingbird house....amazing. Loved it. Great place to spend the morning!
9. Manizales Cathedral
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4.5 based on 775 reviews
Reviewed By 921adriank
The cathedral is beautiful. You can take a guided tour and go up to the top of the tower for a great view of Manizales and the area.
