Valle de Paletará is a valley in the Cauca Department on the Colombian Massif located at altitudes between 3000 and 3200 m.a.s.l.
[1] The region called Valle de Paletará is limited by the foot of the Coconucos Volcanic Chain to the northeast and a series of low hills to the southeast called Cerros Cortaderal, Las Tusas, Loma del Apio, Cresta de Gallo and Loma de las Peñas, the which are raised with respect to the valley by a SE-NW fault.
[2] The Paletara valley constitutes the inner SW sector of the Paletará Caldera.
The other edges have been eroded leaving mountains with a rounded and elongated summit.
[1] The Paletará Valley is located within the protected area of the Puracé National Natural Park whose main feature is the active stratovolcano Puracé,[3] one of Colombia's most active volcanoes.