Fincas in Risaralda — 2026 Guide

Hot springs, mountain coffee and the gateway to the Coffee Region
Climate
Mild to cool (14-24 °C / 57-75 °F)
Altitude
900 - 2,300 m above sea level
Distance
Bogotá 6-8 h by road or 1 h by air, Cali 3.5-4 h, Medellín 4-5 h
Ideal for
Hot springs, coffee, hiking, rest, couples

Risaralda is the department (Colombia's equivalent of a state) with the most fincas for rent on Finkeros, and almost all of them are in the countryside around Pereira. A finca is a country house rented whole, usually with a pool, for a group or a family. As of September 24, 2026 there are 370 rental listings in the department, with a median of COP 1,000,000 per night; 356 of them are in Pereira.

How much does a finca in Risaralda cost?

Half of the 370 listings fall between COP 800,000 and COP 1,300,000 per night. In Pereira the median is COP 1,000,000 across 356 listings, with the same middle range. Apía shows COP 750,000 across 5 listings, a small sample. These are asking prices, not booked prices, with no split by season, and they leave out listings under COP 150,000, which are almost always priced per person.

Pereira has many large fincas for groups of more than fifteen people. That pushes the median up without making the night cost more per person.

Pereira and around

Pereira (about 1,400 m above sea level) is the city with the most air connections in the Eje Cafetero (the Coffee Region): Matecaña airport is inside the city. The fincas are mostly toward Cerritos, in the Cauca River valley, which is warmer, and toward La Florida, in the mountains, which is cooler.

Santa Rosa de Cabal and the hot springs

Santa Rosa de Cabal (about 1,700 m above sea level) is about 25 minutes from Pereira. Its hot springs are up in the mountains, another 20 to 30 minutes on a mountain road, and some resorts have hot-water waterfalls. In town, people eat chorizo santarrosano, the local sausage.

The west: Marsella, Apía and Belén de Umbría

Marsella (about 1,600 m above sea level), about 40 minutes from Pereira, has the Alejandro von Humboldt Botanical Garden. Apía and Belén de Umbría are coffee towns with less tourism than Quindío.

Getting there

From Bogotá there are direct flights to Pereira of about an hour; Avianca flies the route and other airlines add flights depending on the season. By road it is 6 to 8 hours via Ibagué, the Túnel de la Línea and Armenia. From Cali, 3.5 to 4 hours via Cartago. From Medellín, 4 to 5 hours. Direct buses to Pereira leave from Bogotá's Terminal Salitre, the main bus station.

What they won't tell you

Cerritos and La Florida are twenty minutes apart and have different climates: the first is hot, the second cool and rainy. Check on the map where the finca actually is before you book, not just that it says Pereira. And the Santa Rosa hot springs fill up on holiday weekends (Colombia moves most public holidays to a Monday, creating long weekends): go on a weekday if you can.