The project
What the family wants to do at Berlín II, starting with a campground by the lake.
The September 2026 plan
Tourism by the lake, a farm in the pasture and forest on the mountain
The family has a plan in five phases, and it starts with what the law already allows. In 2024 the municipal planning office classified the estate’s pasture and lakeshore lots as a tourism activity area, where campgrounds, hotels, lookouts and recreation services can go.
Each phase needs its own permits, which is why only the first one has a date: the campground, set to open in early 2028. Phases 2, 3 and 5 are in design. Phase 4, homes, depends on a change in the law.
The mountain stays forest. And none of this is for sale: if you want to follow the project, sign up for the news.
Approximate zones, subject to permits. Indicative plan, not contractual.
Tour
Scroll down to walk through the estate phase by phase. Zones are approximate and images are illustrative.
Phase 1
Opens early 2028
A 4,000 m² campground by the lake, on the strip between the road and the shore. The land is already fenced and cleared. Utilities, washrooms and the national tourism registration are still to come.
Ten to 15 wooden platforms near the water, so you can pitch your tent on firm ground.
At the entrance, next to the parking area, a reception kiosk with tables and a place to charge your phone.
A central stone fire pit with benches for the evening. Above, the mountain sky.
Mornings tend to be still, with a glassy lake and mist over the tents. The wind arrives after noon.
Phase 2
In design, subject to permits
The shore and the lower slope, planned around water and wind: a kite and windsurf school, day visits, glamping, a lookout restaurant and a country hotel with cabins. Anything that touches the water needs permits from Celsia, the CVC and the municipality.
A school with a floating pier. On Lake Calima piers can only be floating, because the water level rises and falls.
A place to spend the day by the lake and to head out on the water with a sail or a kite.
Six to 10 glamping units near the water, with more comforts than the campground.
A restaurant with a view of the lake. Its glass lookout is the only modern piece in the plan; everything else follows the hacienda architecture of the Valle.
A hotel of 30 to 60 rooms, under one owner and one operation. It will not be sold in parts.
Eight to 12 cabins for families and groups, on the same grounds as the hotel.
Phase 3
In design, subject to permits
In the pasture between the lake and the mountain: a park for families, a pick-your-own orchard, coffee, the farm and, higher up, the high mesa, the flattest part of the estate and the one with the best view.
A long slide that uses the slope, climbing nets, a sandpit and water play, on a gentle slope just above the road.
Food, drinks and ice cream made with fruit from the orchard, with covered seating and a meadow for picnics.
Guava, lime and other fruit planted in bands by altitude. It would start at about 3.7 hectares and grow only if visitors come.
In Calima the main coffee harvest runs from March to June, the reverse of the Coffee Region, where it runs from September to December. Here, visitors could pick coffee in those months.
Next to the existing house and stables: a plant nursery, a vegetable garden, animals and a preserves kitchen for the fruit nobody picks.
On the high mesa, about 220 meters above the lake: a clubhouse, picnic area, lookout and a trail about the Calima culture. Before any earth is moved there, an archaeological study.
Phase 4
Depends on a change to the land-use plan. Not for sale.
Today the law does not allow homes on this land. For that to change, the municipality would have to revise its land-use plan and the Ministry of Environment would have to remove the area from the Pacific Forest Reserve. That is why nothing is for sale: no houses, no lots, no presales.
If the law allows it in the future: houses on the estate's gentlest slope, between the pasture and the trees.
If the law allows it in the future: white walls, clay tile and a veranda, like the hacienda houses of the Valle del Cauca.
Phase 5
In design, subject to permits
The mountain, about 242 hectares, stays forest: the municipal plan allows no houses or roads there. The idea is to open it with care, with trails, lookouts and a station to study nature and watch birds. The plan proposes registering it as a private nature reserve (Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil).
A small station to study native species and watch birds, with the ranger's house.
Three lookouts over the forest and the lake, along the trails.
About 40 kilometers of trails to walk the mountain.
This is how Berlín II could look with all five phases, at sunset. It is a picture of what the family wants, not of what exists: each piece comes with its permits.
Keep me posted on each phaseIn a few words, no embellishment
Today
The estate belongs to the family and covers about 423 hectares. The 2024 land-use rulings classify its pasture and lakeshore lots as a tourism activity area: a campground, hotels and lookouts can go there.
Today
The campground land is already fenced and cleared. Utilities, washrooms and the national tourism registration are still to come. The goal is to open in early 2028.
Always
Below the 1,410 m line the land belongs to Celsia, the company that runs the reservoir, and the 30 meters above it stay free of buildings. Piers can only be floating.
With permits
They are in design. Every building needs its own license, and all of Calima El Darién lies inside the Pacific Forest Reserve, so the environmental authorities have a say too. That is why they have no date.
If the law changes
Today the law does not allow this land to be subdivided. The municipality would have to revise its land-use plan and the Ministry of Environment would have to remove the area from the forest reserve. It is not for sale.
Phase 1: Camping
4,000 m², 10 to 15 tent platforms, a reception, washrooms and a fire pit. Opens early 2028.
Images of what does not exist yet are illustrative and subject to permits. The map and zones are indicative, not contractual. The names of phases 2 to 5 are working names.
News
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