Santiago Perdomo Daza - CEO The Best Bamboo

Santiago Perdomo

The Best Bamboo® is the latest venture of successful entrepreneur Santiago Perdomo. The company was founded in 2006 after he discovered the large demand for bamboo products throughout the world.

As the co-founder and owner of The Best Bamboo® Colombia, he gathered a wealth of experience in regards to growing and exporting Guadua bamboo from South America.

Santiago explains: «We kept receiving daily inquiries for small orders from the USA. The problem was that we couldn’t export less than full container loads from our production facilities in Colombia. Bamboo poles are bulky and take up quite some volume, therefore shipping costs for retail orders would have been too costly.»

In September 2022 The Best Bamboo proudly supplied all bamboo materials for the iconic pavilion designed by Simon Velez — the world's most celebrated bamboo architect — built to house the Aqua Mater photography exhibition by legendary photographer Sebastiao Salgado in Paris, France.

The Best Bamboo aims to store and export large inventories of high quality bamboo products, from poles, crushed mats and slats, to laminate beams, floors and panels. With a large stock available through all our distributors in North America and Europe, we will be able to fulfill direct orders to local architects, builders, bamboo craftsman or hobbyists.

The Best Bamboo takes much pride in the fact that all bamboo is grown, harvested and processed in the Americas, in a socially and environmentally sustainable and responsible manner.

Esteban Morales

Esteban Morales - Civil Engineer

Esteban Morales

Civil Engineer with recognized international experience in the design of structural engineering projects using bamboo and timber, National University of Colombia 2006-2014

Research: Displacement based seismic design method for wood and laminated bamboo structures.

Selected Projects:

  • Hotel in Diamond Beach (Bali, 2022): Structural design of several buildings in a hotel in Diamond Beach. Bamboo special structures.

  • Green School Tulum (Mexico, 2020): Structural design of several buildings in Green School Tulum. Bamboo special structures.

  • Luum Temple (Mexico, 2018): Structural design of Luum Temple. Bamboo special structure.

  • Chiangmai Life Construction (Thailand, 2016): Structural design of Panyaden School Assembly and Indoor Sports Hall.

  • Villa Mahia (Colombia, 2015): Structural design of 15 timber house

Oscar Ruiz - Agronomist

Oscar Ruiz

Agricultural Engineer, National University 1987

Ornamental Horticulture, National University, 1990

Tropical Floriculture, San José de Costa Rica, 1996

Expertise:

  • Guadua Bamboo treatment and drying

  • Guadua Bamboo Fiber extraction

  • Guadua Angustifolia silviculture (nursery, establishment and harvesting)

  • Design and construction of ecological trails.

  • Exportation of Bamboo, foliage and tropical bouquets

Work Experience:

  • Technical Director Bamboo Trader SAS

  • Technical Director of Agrícola Bojacá, Bogotá

  • Technical Director of Floexcol S.A., Cali, Valle del Cauca

Conferences:

  • Botanical Garden, Medellin

  • UTP – Technological University of Pereira

  • Ecological Park Valle Yaracú, Venezuela

  • Pacific Convention Center – Orquideorama de Cali, Valle del Cauca

Frequently Asked Questions — About The Best Bamboo

  • The Best Bamboo was founded in 2006 by Santiago Perdomo, an experienced entrepreneur with over 20 years in the bamboo industry. Our structural engineering is led by Esteban Morales, a civil engineer with 25+ bamboo projects across 4 continents.

  • Our Guadua bamboo plantation is located in Montenegro, Colombia — one of the most fertile bamboo growing regions in South America. All our bamboo is grown, harvested and processed on our own plantation ensuring complete quality control from seedling to shipment.

  • The Best Bamboo holds an official Bamboo Origin Certification from CRQ — guaranteeing the origin, traceability, and sustainable harvest of every product we export. We also work closely with regional environmental corporations CARDER, CVC and CAR for every shipment.

  • In September 2022 The Best Bamboo supplied all bamboo materials for the iconic pavilion designed by Simon Velez — the world's most celebrated bamboo architect — built to house the Aqua Mater photography exhibition by legendary photographer Sebastiao Salgado in Paris, France.

  • Simply contact us via WhatsApp at +57 323 224 0640 or email bamboo@thebestbamboo.com. We offer both wholesale container orders and retail orders through our US distributors. We reply within 24 hours and ship to 30+ countries worldwide.