Santa Rita waterfall — Local services in Quindío

Beautiful private nature reserve with waterfalls and clearly marked hiking paths. We took a bus headed from Salento towards Armenia, and told the driver when we got on that we wanted to be dropped off at Santa Rita (right after the yellow bridge). We paid 3000 pesos for the short ride, then we walked about 20 min from the main road up to the entrance to Finca Santa Rita where we paid 6000 pesos each to enter. To get back to Salento after a few hours of exploring, we hailed a bus headed towards salento and paid 3000 again. We also ate lunch there and it was cheap (11,000 pesos each) and good, including...

Well, if you walk from Salento you have to pass through "private property" at Finca La Playa - where you will be charged 5.000 COP. We didnt have change and the owner was expecting we will leave 50.000 for him, as he just starred at us and was not willing to bring some change. Moreover its public path anyway, which we did not know at that time. Then you have pay another 10.000 COP to enter the part leading to waterfall, which is not even that nice to be honest. I'd say it's almost a tourist trap and you can find other waterfalls where you don't have...

Nice cascadas. There are 2 ways to get there. 1/ road, 1/ cows pastures litteraly. We went there through the cows pastures. It's an adventure! You have to cross a river, and pay 2 fincas to be able to walk on (5000, 7000 cop). It's really muddy and I highly recommend putting on rain boots. It took us approx. 3h, and it wasn't easy, lots of ups and downs in the mud, slippery and all. We went back to Salento the other way, and got onto a jeep for 1500 cop. It was a...