Salinas Natural | Tourist Attraction

January 23rd, 2024 by Elinam

Very nice and peaceful place. Only downside is that there are no showers, only a freezing cold outdoor shower. We slept in the van on the parking lot, paid 5000 COP. Very quiet night, and nice, cool temperature for sleeping.

November 10th, 2023 by desertfalcon

Definitely worth the detour. Nice setup of the pools. On a Friday noon we were alone, on weekends it can be crowded. Road not difficult, just a bit stony.

October 19th, 2023 by honzacermak

This is a hidden gem indeed!
Due to a road works we arrived during the dark, so the first impression of the road wasn´t the best, although definitely manageable with our 2wd Mitsubishi L300. But thanks to that, we had a nice feeling of a "remoteness" 😎, which was supported also the next day, when we walked down to termas and been there literally alone (was Thursday) until 3:30pm, when couple of ppl (max 10) arrived to enjoy this paradise! We´ve been in couple of thermas through our trip in SA and I am not afraid to say, this one is the best one so far! You really feel you have it all for yourself and on the other side you have all the services you need, even a well-working Wifi! (not that we would needed, just for a description 😉). The price is still "more than a friendly" = 20,000 COP/24h + 5,000 for parking. Give yourself a treatment and come here to relax! Won´t regret. Guaranteed!😉

January 27th, 2023 by undetoursurlaterre

parking 5000 cop, et pour la nuit 5000cop de plus. possibilité de faire le plein d'eau aussi en demandant au gardien du parking

January 26th, 2023 by undetoursurlaterre

3 piscines chaudes, bain de boue, sauna cascade et douche froide extérieure. très sympa, les 4 kms de piste pour y aller sont praticables sans 4x4. se garer au petit parking (ne pas suivre le point Google maps jusqu'au bout. il faut descendre le long des barrières vertes et rouges. 20000 cop adulte à partir de 12 ans. 10000 cop enfant. ils ont le wifi, demander le code à l'entrée. vestiaires, casiers pour les affaires 2000 cop. WC. pas de douches intérieures et interdiction d'utiliser du savon.

September 3rd, 2022 by niuniu1950

Lindo lugar con tres piscinas de agua caliente y una de barro.
Entrada 20.000 p y 10.000 jubilados.
Hay cabañas y restaurante.
Habiendo las 24 horas
Parquing 5.000 p y posibilidad de pernocta, aunque el parquing está inclinado.
Valió la pena los 8 km de ripio.
Si quieren explorar más, a 5 km carretera arriba hay otras termas libres, sin estructura que se llaman "pozo azul"

April 28th, 2022 by OutboundBrothers

We camped up at the parking and spent the entire evening in the thermals. There was a lady called Nelly who looked after the parking and she asked for 5000 pesos for a car and two people. Pretty difficult to find even ground. Woke up to an amazing view. Ask the Nelly to show you where to get water.

December 21st, 2021 by davolala

They let us spend the night here for free, they just asked if we were planning to eat at the restaurant and since we were they said it was fine. Not a whole lot of flat space to park but we made it work.

February 9th, 2020 by hellosway.co

Such a lovely spot!! Absolutely gorgeous drive up, looks like Norway but with green parrots and bromeliads. The road is in good condition and well marked. Neither steep or not rocky! There’s a big lot just before the path down to the hot springs, which we camped at for the night. Plenty of room, flat enough. So green!

The hot springs are open 24/7, just down the hill about a 3-5min walk. Friendly tenants. Big pool with some very hot patches! Just so beautiful. We arrived on a Sunday night and there was just one other couple. Empty in the morning. There’s a bunch of new stuff onsite including wooden changing rooms and lockers, as well as a restaurant and cabanas. All natural and tasteful.

One of our favorite and most relaxing stops on the journey south to Ecuador, completely worth the detour!

$15k pp, parking for $5k

September 29th, 2019 by latitude127

Really good dirt road when we went there, without holes or rocks. Paid 15000cop pp entrance fee +3000 for the parking (maybe because it was the week-end). Lockers are available for 2000.

October 4th, 2018 by Monkeys on the Road

Google maps directions takes you right here, no problem. Road is rocky and uneven but you could drive up in a 2wd with no clearance issues. Nobody was here and only one pool had water in it but was a nice warm swim in the cold rain. Agua tibia much nicer facilities and almost nobody there on a week day. Quiet night until 4.30am when motos and cars started driving by, sometimes dropping people off right next to us. Later, farmer brought cows out right next to us to milk. Everyone friendly. Later in the morning someone came by who asked if we wanted to go into / had already gone into the hot springs, so we paid him 10k each.

May 24th, 2018 by rambling-van.com

Road to the Salinas is not on maps.me, but this (02°19′20.06″N 76°30′07.54″W) is where you take the small road up from the main road. Also has a huge blue sign next to it.
After 4km its a small pull out next to the road where you park your car and walk down the hill to the Salinas.
The road is pretty rough and rocky, would not do it a 2nd time with our MB Sprinter.

Thermal pools are beautiful and as mentioned before.

April 18th, 2018 by kenandsarah.ca

Very nice thermal pool and sauna. We did not try the mud bath or waterfall as we arrived late in the day. No one around but 2 playful puppies that belong to thermals and 2 friendly local boys at thermals. Stayed overnight at parking spot. We initially missed the turn off from the main road and it was difficult to find. Will update with coordinates of turn off on way out. Road is rough going stable rock base but worth it, we met several motorcycles and two trucks coming down road with NO turnouts to speak of. We did have to back up about 500 meters at one point and fortunately found a small entrance to a cow field where the 2 trucks (local buses) could get by. Beautiful clear sky and star viewing at night. Wonderful natural thermals in the countryside!

February 16th, 2018 by Wir sind dann mal weg

Amazing thermales experience in a really nice atmosphere. All still very small and simple. We stayed overnight and used the pools in the morning. But could have also used them in the night. At around 9pm a bus from Popayan arrived with a group of 30 locals who stayed until 1am. A bit of noise when they arrived and left, but the thermales are a couple of 100 metres down the hill. Entrance is still 10.000 COP, parking free. There is only space for 2 small vehicles.

January 26th, 2018 by mayavoyage.de

A nice place to stay inside a green gras canyon. Unfortunately the bears show up very rarely so we havent seen.

September 8th, 2017 by Break-A-Way

Small parking place along the road in a great scenery, had a quiet night. The thermal pool was very nice and the "sauna" with aromatic herbs, very nice people

August 16th, 2017 by jkhazzard

Really really nice. They're doing a great job here. Start in the hot sulphuric natural mudbath, wash off in the (not freezing) super beautiful waterfall, spend a few minutes cleansing in the (very basic) sauna, then relax into the brand new thermal pools (very warm). They're building some accommodation here so we put up with a bit of noise, but we also spotted a black bear cruising through the cow paddocks above. Amazing! If they just fenced the cows out of the creek this place would be perfect. Super nice owners as well.

Note: we slept in our van for free in the carpark, beautiful night, relatively flat.

Note: it's a rough slow 4kms from the main road, but totally worth it compared to the commercialized ugly thermal parks in the area. Apparently there's another thermal finca 4kms further up the hill but this was perfect for us.

August 1st, 2017 by davecan

Very nice natural hotsprings with sauna, mudd and a watherfull to cool down. Almost no tourists because its 4km way up from the main street. Nice experience 10'000 cop entrencefee