Trade:
Although the abundance of natural resources that can do think that trade in the coffee zone is purely agricultural, but in this region the entrepreneurs have striven to find opportunities in other sectors such as industry and commerce, with remarkable success.
Its economy is based on agriculture, ranching, the manufacturing industries, public services, social services, hotels, restaurants. And parallel to the coffee, the coffee region also lives of agroecological tourism.
The products that are offered by this region are principally the coffee, cocoa, yucca, sugar cane, onion Junca, the milk and dairy products, food and beverages, footwear and handicrafts.
Activities to do
In this region there are many sites to Visit as:
The thermal waters of Santa Rosa de cabal-Antioquia:
This is a thematic park it is recognized national and international level as one of the most emblematic landscape of culture coffee.
This place provide a experience of wellness to body, the mind and soul trough of their thermal waters.
Los Nevados National Natural Park in Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío and Tolima:
It is located in the cordillera central in the Andean region. In the park you can perform a great variety of sports and mountain activities, which include hiking, biking, rock climbing and ice climbing, and sport fishing.
Coffee park:
There are a Coffee museum, teleférico, butterfly garden, mechanic attractions, show dance to celebrating coffee harvesting.
Theme park agropecuary Panaca:
This is a park agropecuary thematic, it offers an experience full of fun and interaction with the farm animals, since it has the collection of the largest domestic zoology in the world.
Zoological Matecaña-Risaralda:
It is located in risaralda, in this place there are mammals, Birds, arachnids and herps that the visitants can observe in a guided tour.
The sanctuary wildlife Otún Quimbaya is a good stage to watch a wide variety of bird species such as the Cauca Guan, the Carriquí, the loneliness and mammals as howler monkey, Tapir Mountain and the Guatín.
Quimbaya Gold Museum in Armenia and Manizales:
In this museum there are human figures in ceramic, metal and stone that ancient societies did. The color, brightness, sound and smell were the most valued properties of the metal. The Quimbaya goldsmiths were masters in the use of alloys of gold and copper to achieve different colors and dominated polishing techniques to achieve shiny surfaces. ¡Admission is free!
