Around Cali can find different areas to learn more the Valle del Cauca through crystalline waters, wildlife and ecotourism trails that allow visitors calmly appreciate the natural wealth of this county.
One place that blends with the natural wealth and cultural tourism is the Museum of Sugarcane, which is part of the hacienda located 42 kilometers Piedechinche Cali between Palmira and El Cerrito. It is a lovely place and ideal to learn to know where and how you gave birth to the sugar industry, besides appreciating vallecaucana architecture of the colonial era.
There you can find mills and objects that are made of cane milling and processing of sugar cane with the aqueduct that supplied water to a waterwheel to the beautiful gardens found throughout the Museum. The hacienda is intended to restore the natural balance and therefore plants were planted all over the country, who are part of the educational work of the country.
Also, to the outskirts of Cali can know Hacienda Paradise place Jorge Isaacs inspired to write The Mary and logo Cauca Valley for its panoramic you can see the sugar cane plantations, the mountains, the rivers with mature trees and nice warm weather enveloping visitors not only in the climate of the valley to be located in the hills of the Cordillera Occidental also overlooking the plains.
This estate belonged to the father of writer Jorge Isaacs in 1828, a century later was acquired by the Government of Valle del Cauca and December 30, 1959 was declared a National Monument.
Location Museum of Sugarcane : City of El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca, 42 kilometers from Cali.
Phone: (572) 550 6076
Location Hacienda Paradise:Via Santa Elena - The Pomo. Santa Elena township. El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca, 36 kilometers from Cali.
Phone: (572) 514 6848