Chocolate & Coffee Farm Experience
Get the most out of your visit to Colombia with this two-in-one combo farm tour! Share with real coffee and cacao farmers as you pick, peel, grind, roast and taste the product of your own labor. This is a hands-on experience spending your day at real, small family-owned farms.
This tour does not take you to commercial mega plantations. We also guarantee red beans for picking year round plus the tour includes a vegetarian lunch and coffee/cacao tastings.
Options
Bilingual Coffee + Cacao Farms
Bilingual Guiding
Duration: 12 hours
Vegetarian Lunch Included
Coffee Farm & Cacao Farm Visit
AWD
Pickup included
What's included in Chocolate & Coffee Farm Experience
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Silvania
Here you will visit a traditional coffee farm for about 1.5 hours where you will collect coffee beans from the field, you will grind them and peel them using manual, old fashion tools. Finally, the local host will prepare a traditional "tinto" or black coffee for you to sample.
Cerro de Quinini
A traditional campesino (farmer) lunch is served here surrounded by the sounds of nature. All plates are vegetarian. The home belongs to one of the community members and it is not a full time restaurant. The place is clean and simple, devoid of any luxury.
Nilo
Here you will visit a traditional cacao farm for about 1.5 hour where you will see the cacao beans hanging from the trees. Your host will open the bean for you to taste the fruit's content. You will then visit the fermentation room, the drying room and see the final product of the cacao process. If time allows, you can also experience the grinding of the cacao from hard shell to liquid form which is the raw material for all chocolate produced in the world.
Inclusions
- Use of traditional coffee + cacao processing equipment
- Private transportation
- Bean picking year-round
- Local vegetarian lunch
- Entrances to the farms
- Coffee + Cacao tasting
- Gratuities
- No hydration included
- Coffee bags and cacao bars are available for purchase at the farms
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
If your pickup location is not listed, please contact customer service after booking. We ONLY offer pickup service South West of Parque 93 Area (it does NOT include Usaquen or any location North of Calle 99). We can wait a maximum of 15 minutes pass the schedule pick-up time. Drop-off is at the same location. Late arrivals and no shows forfeit their payment.
Meeting / End Points
- If your area is not included in our pickup locations, you can always meet us at the Bogotá Marriott hotel. The exact time and location will be sent to you upon booking. Most tours depart BEFORE 7.00am
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
Things to Bring: - Sun protection (hat or head cap) - Comfortable closed-toed shoes (open-toed shoes are not recommended) - Cash to purchase coffee/chocolate (no credit cards available) Note: There is ongoing road construction south of the city affecting access to all of the farms in the region. This can potentially extend your tour time up to 60 min due to unscheduled road closures. This is a GROUP tour booking and you MAY join other travelers at ANY point during the day. We provide pickup service South-West of Parque 93 (it does NOT include Usaquen).
