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HOTEL ON CALIMA LAKE

Rest While You Improve Your Health and the Planet’s

Dive into the peace of nature at La Huerta Hotel on Calima Lake!

Explore in total comfort. Experience the benefits of regenerative tourism that goes beyond sustainability, and discover a hotel that cultivates its own food, providing you with an authentic and relaxing gastronomic experience.

¡Rest while you improve your health and the planet’s!

Experience a Unique Farm-to-Table Experience at a Hotel on Calima Lake

Beyond Sustainability

Regenerative Tourism for Comprehensive Rest

When you choose La Huerta Hotel, you embark on a journey with multiple impacts, summarized in three contributions:

  1. Ecosystem Regeneration: You contribute to the regeneration of biodiverse ecosystems, supported by an operation with specific goals in 9 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  2. Transformative Experience: You live a transformative experience of deep rest amidst nature while learning to restore the necessary conditions for your health to regenerate.
  3. Community Legacy: You leave a legacy in the local community by contributing to improving their quality of life and strengthening the local economy. La Huerta Hotel is operated by rural hosts trained in the art of hospitality, who develop their life projects in the countryside instead of moving to the city.

Three-Time Consecutive Winner

Of the prestigious TripAdvisor award, the world’s leading travel platform. This accolade is awarded to the top 10% of the highest-rated hotels globally, and we are proud to have been recognized in 2022, 2023, and 2024. See what some of our guests appreciate 👇

Discover Our Zero-Mile Restaurant

We grow the organic food that you enjoy at your table.

Imagine the explosion of flavors, aromas, and textures you can experience in the dishes on our menu. We produce over 60 freshly harvested ingredients, 100% free from agrochemicals, including both animal protein and vegetables. You’ll live an experience where you’ll learn how your food is produced, and if you wish, you can cook with us in our regenerative gastronomy classes. Finish your day delighting in the delicacies of our menu, available every day from 6 AM to 8 PM. Bon appétit!

Why did we create La Huerta Hotel on Calima Lake?

“While I was the Country Manager for a German agrochemical multinational in Ecuador, I was surprised to see the productivity of an organic banana export farm that did not buy our fungicides. Out of curiosity, I asked them to show me how they achieved it. They told me that, in agreement with the Espol University of Guayaquil, they reproduced microorganisms to regenerate the soil and prevent the plants from getting sick. I decided to verify it myself. I spent my free time learning about the topic, reading books, taking courses, consuming over 500 hours of YouTube, and visiting several successful organic farms until I was convinced that soil regeneration is the basis of immunity on the planet.”

“I finally quit my corporate career, returned to Colombia, became a neofarmer, and started the sustainable agricultural production of La Huerta Hotel on Lake Calima. Now, my mission is to demonstrate that agroecology is the comprehensive solution for a better world. And what better way to do it than in the comfort of a hotel! That’s why we open our crops 365 days a year so that you can see the benefits of a regenerative lifestyle for yourself. We are waiting for you!”

Iván Castrillón – COFOUNDER

Help Your Planet While You Travel

We operate with goals in 9 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

33% of Revenue to Employees

We Grow Our Own Food

We Do Not Use Agrochemicals

We Teach Agroecology

Over 50% Are Women

Earnings Above Minimum Wage

Our Goal is Zero Waste

We Capture Carbon in Soils

We Conserve Forests

See How Close We Are to You

We are located between the Yotoco Natural Reserve and Lake Calima, just 20 minutes from Buga, in Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Distances to the hotel:

Yotoco Natural Reserve: 10 Km

Lake Calima Pier: 19 Km

Buga, heritage town: 25 Km

Cali, branch of heaven: 80 Km

Buenaventura tourist pier: 100 Km