Murillo – Tolima

Murillo is a municipality in Colombia, located in the department of Tolima, 130 km from the departmental capital, Ibagué, 83 km from Manizales and 22 km from Lebanon. It limits to the north with Villahermosa, to the south with Santa Isabel, to the east with Lebanon and to the west with the municipality of Villamaría, in the department of Caldas, and Santa Rosa de Cabal, in the department of Risaralda.

The town was founded in 1872 by Ramon María Arana, Clemente Cifuentes and Rafael Parra and was elevated to the category of municipality in 1985. Culturally Murillo is an amalgamation of the colonizing cultures of Paisa, the first settlers; Boyacense, who arrived with the cultivation of potatoes and the ever- present Tolimense culture.

TEMPERATURE

6 °C - 15 °C

ECOSYSTEM

High Andean Forest and Páramo

ELEVATION

2950 m.s.n.m. to 3950 m.s.n.m.

Inhabitants

4.950

Humidity

71%

DÍA 1 Departure to Murillo (exhibition station)

DÍA 2: LA CABAÑA THERMAL SPRINGS

Murillo takes us to see two very striking ecosystems: the high Andean forest and the paramo, we will spend from 2050 to 3950 in the moors of the La Cabana thermal springs on a walk of around 9 km passing through frailejones endemic to Colombia, colorful waterfalls , an oasis in the middle of the moor with transparent waters and the rich gastronomy of the locals in this area.

DÍA 3 EL SIFON THERMAL SPRINGS

36 km from Murillo on the road that leads to Manizales, we will take a 4×4 on a journey that can be considered a scenic and photogenic safari since we will pass through landscapes with snow-capped mountains in the background, areas with many species of frailejones, the height of windows as a point highest on the route at 4000 meters above sea level where you can buy panela water with cheese from the area, there is also the ecosystem left by the glacial melt and which is similar to living on Mars and finally arriving at a complex of hot springs that is known as the winery of the siphon from which we will descend to the hot springs of hot springs today the siphon thermal springs with a characteristic that we will reveal to you on the spot. After lunch we will take a walk to the Silence waterfall

Bring good hydration, water shoes for this trip and this contact with the waters coming from the Nevado del Ruíz, today a geopark before the world.