South America · COFFEE EXPERIENCES

The 15 Best Coffee Tours in South America

30 tours  ·  from $14

On a working farm you pick, pulp, dry and cup the same beans in a morning. The 15 below cover the Colombian axis and the farms above Medellín, priced, with how much of each day is transport.

Medellin: Coffee Tour with Transport, Snacks and Tastings - Dressing like a Paisa muleteer
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Medellin: Coffee Tour with Transport, Snacks and Tastings

1.Coffee Tour with Transport, Snacks and Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,357 reviews · 6 hours · from $80Our pick

Travel 45 minutes from Medellín to D’Arrieros Coffee Farm in San Sebastián de Palmitas. Pick beans, learn the full coffee process, taste honey and cherry coffees, try mucilage frappé and husk tea, wear a poncho, and enjoy a Paisa lunch. Guides including Lorena, Laura, Daniela, and Samuel lead English and Spanish groups.

“This tour was absolutely amazing! I loved every part of it and learned so much about coffee, from its history to the many different ways it’s used. I discovered new facts I’d never known before and got to explore a vast range of flavors. Tasting and smelling the different coffees was such a unique experience, and it really opened my eyes to how diverse coffee can be. I’d recommend this tour to anyone who even remotely enjoys coffee—you’ll come away with a whole new appreciation for it!”

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Medellín Coffee Farm Tour with Trolley and Cable Car Ride - San Antonio to Barrio La Sierra by tram and cable car
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Medellín Coffee Farm Tour with Trolley and Cable Car Ride

2.Medellín Coffee Farm Tour with Trolley and Cable Car Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 277 reviews · 4h 30m · from $56

Spend 4.5 hours traveling from San Antonio by electric tram and cable car to Barrio La Sierra. Walk with an English or Spanish-speaking guide, harvest coffee berries, visit Casa Finca de La Sierra, learn each step from seed to cup, and taste locally grown coffee with a welcoming local family.

“This coffee tour in Medellín was honestly one of the highlights of our trip. Melisa was amazing, she took the time to explain everything and made sure nothing got lost in translation between Spanish and English. We learned so much about how much work actually goes into making coffee and it gave us a whole new appreciation for it. What really made it special was meeting the family in Barrio La Sierra. They welcomed us so warmly and being able to share that moment with them made the experience feel really personal and unique. If you’re in Medellín and want to experience coffee beyond just drinking it this is definitely…”

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Coffee Tour at the Finca del Café - The walk from germination to harvest
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Coffee Tour at the Finca del Café

3.Coffee Tour at the Finca del Café

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 213 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $40Top rated

Spend about three hours at Finca del Café near Santa Rosa de Cabal, where guides such as Daniel and Jose explain coffee from seed to cup. Walk the plantation, learn traditional cultivation and processing, sample two origin coffees plus a cold coffee drink, and borrow a poncho, basket, and hat for the visit.

“This was an awesome tour! A great guide who was informative with a sense of humor. Got to also hike through a beautiful area while learning. I would recommend to anyone. Plus the hotel where this was located was beautiful!”

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Medellin: Coffee Tour and Wellness Spa - The route through Medellín and Parque Arví
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Medellin: Coffee Tour and Wellness Spa

4.Coffee Tour and Wellness Spa

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 209 reviews · 2 hours · from $88

Meet your guide at the Arvi Metro Cable Station for a small-group visit to Don Leandro Special Coffee Farm. Learn how coffee is grown and processed, taste a Colombian brew, plant a coffee tree, then enjoy a coffee-oil massage, scrub, steam room, and cold plunge among the hills.

“What an amazing experience. The tour guide was so helpful, in making sure I knew how I got to the meeting point. Such an authentic experience, in having my own coffee tree, learning the process, the sauna, the. Old plunge it was so peaceful being in the mountains a great way to finish my trip.”

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Salento: Private Cocora Valley, Salento & Coffee Farm Tour - Walking among Cocora’s wax palms
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Salento: Private Cocora Valley, Salento & Coffee Farm Tour

5.Salento: Private Cocora Valley, Salento & Coffee Farm Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 202 reviews · 8 - 10 hours · from $157

Spend 8 to 10 hours with a private English or Spanish-speaking guide in Cocora Valley and at a working coffee farm. You’ll hike among wax palms, learn why they matter, pick and process coffee, and taste the finished brew. Guides such as Pedro, Juan Camilo, Davide, and Laura are known for adapting the pace and itinerary.

“We spend amazing day with our guide Jorge! Cocora valley is really amazing place and the coffee at the farm was great.”

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Medellin: Coffee Tour with Hotel Transfers and Meals - Picking coffee cherries on the hillside
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Medellin: Coffee Tour with Hotel Transfers and Meals

6.Coffee Tour with Hotel Transfers and Meals

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 186 reviews · 4 hours · from $70

Travel from Medellín to Finca La Arrinconada in San Sebastián de Palmitas with hotel pickup. Guide Christian or another bilingual local guide leads you from coffee plant to cup, with bean picking, traditional clothing, tastings, lunch, dessert, and optional horseback riding. Expect steep paths and a rustic family farm.

“Tour started off by getting a pick up at our hotel which is always a plus, the driver, David, was so kind and very knowledgeable of the city. We did the horse ride up which was such a unique and fun experience. Then we got some history of coffee beans and the farm, got to pick the coffee beans and then learned how to make all different types of coffee with different apparatuses- and taste it. Then we got a beautiful lunch and then were sent on our way. The farm is incredible and so is the family that owns it. You can tell they love what they do. Highly…”

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Medellin: Horseback Riding Coffee Farm Tour with Coffee Spa - The 35-minute horse ride along an old muleteer path
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Medellin: Horseback Riding Coffee Farm Tour with Coffee Spa

7.Horseback Riding Coffee Farm Tour with Coffee Spa

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 151 reviews · 5 hours · from $150

Meet your guide at Arvi Metro Cable Station for a five-hour small-group outing to Don Leandro Coffee Farm. Ride horseback along an old muleteer path, learn how coffee is grown and processed, taste several brewing methods, and relax with a coffee steam room and full-body massage. Guides may include Angelo, Julio, Will, or Maria.

“I really enjoyed the horseback riding, the massage was nice, the girls were very sweet. They could have massaged deeper and used warmer massage oils, I got pretty cold during the massage. The coffee tour was interesting and planting our own personal coffee tree was fun! Overall really good experience!”

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Cartagena: Colombian Specialty Coffee Tasting - Starting with Colombian coffee from seed to cup
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Cartagena: Colombian Specialty Coffee Tasting

8.Colombian Specialty Coffee Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 130 reviews · 2 hours · from $15

At Cartagena’s Café-472 coffee experience center, an English or Spanish-speaking host guides you through Colombian coffee production, aromas, fruits, chocolate, and three brewing methods. Expect a classroom-style session with Chemex, V60, and siphon coffee, plus practical tasting skills and a participation diploma. Thomas, Santiago, Arturo, Pedro, and other baristas lead sessions.

“The whole activity was extremely interesting and well organised and FUN! Don’t doubt, BOOK!”

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From Bogotá: Coffee Farm and Tequendama Falls Tour - Leaving Bogotá for the countryside
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From Bogotá: Coffee Farm and Tequendama Falls Tour

9.Coffee Farm and Tequendama Falls Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 130 reviews · from $85

Spend about nine hours traveling south from Bogotá to a working coffee farm near Fusagasugá and 132-meter Tequendama Falls. Your English- or Spanish-speaking driver-guide may include Pierre, Steven, Angel, or Alejandro, while a farm guide such as Juan or Jessica leads the coffee tour. Expect hands-on learning, scenic roads, a tasting, and plenty of driving.

“the best thing of this tour is the guide Steven. He enriched this tour 1000%. first of all, he explained many aspects of Colombia while heading to the coffee farm. Thanks to the interesting explanation, my wife and I could get better understanding about this country. Steven was super kind. When we arrived at the farm earlier than ETA, he gave us a fruit market tour and introduced exotic fruits with his money!! The unexpected additional tour made us so happy. At the end of the tour, when we said good bye at the square, he came back to us and gave us several safety advice. we were so moved…”

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Santa Marta: Minca Coffee, Cocoa, & Waterfall Full-Day Trip - The drive from Santa Marta to Minca
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Santa Marta: Minca Coffee, Cocoa, & Waterfall Full-Day Trip

10.Minca Coffee, Cocoa, & Waterfall Full-Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 102 reviews · from $78

Travel from Santa Marta to Minca for a guided day of mountain walking, Colombian coffee, cocoa, river pools, and lunch at a bamboo restaurant. English and Spanish guides such as Tony, Gustavo, and Sadam explain local nature and food production. Expect steep sections, bugs, a one-hour drive, and about nine hours away from the coast.

“great experience. next time I'd try and spend longer in minca. our guide was lovely and informative. highly recommend”

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Bogota: Colombian Coffee Tasting - Starting with Colombian coffee history
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Bogota: Colombian Coffee Tasting

11.Colombian Coffee Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 92 reviews · 2 hours · from $25

Meet your English or Spanish-speaking guide at Café Matuca, near Bogotá’s Gold Museum, for a two-hour lesson in Colombian coffee. You’ll trace the bean from cultivation to cup, test aroma and acidity, sample coffee sweets and unusual bean-based products, then brew your own cup. Sessions may be led by café owner René or another skilled host.

“excellent. learnt alot about the history of Colombian Coffee. Great people. My Spanish is very little and this couple are very good English speaking and very nice people. wonderful cafe. I highly recommend it to anyone.”

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Coffee Tour with arrival on horseback and sugar cane processing - A ten-minute ride with a useful sense of place
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Coffee Tour with arrival on horseback and sugar cane processing

12.Coffee Tour with arrival on horseback and sugar cane processing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 90 reviews · 4 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $75

Meet at 8:40 am in El Poblado, then travel to Palmitas for a family-run coffee experience. You may ride a mule or horse uphill, dress like a coffee farmer, pick ripe beans, follow the coffee process, taste several brewing styles, and eat a traditional lunch. Christian and Mateo have guided the farm visit.

“I thought I knew a lot about coffee but Christian our guide proved me wrong! I learned so much to improve my coffee drinking experience! He was delightful and insightful. We got to dress as a true coffee farmer and pick ripe beans. I wish them many more years of successful tours as this experience was well worth it! Had a lot of fun.”

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Coffee Tour at Finca El Ocaso Salento: Traditional Spanish Farm - Gardens, coffee trees, and working farmland
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Coffee Tour at Finca El Ocaso Salento: Traditional Spanish Farm

13.Coffee Tour at Finca El Ocaso Salento: Traditional Spanish Farm

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 89 reviews · 1h 30m · from $19

At Finca El Ocaso, a Spanish-speaking guide takes you through coffee gardens, composting, harvesting, the mill, drying, storage, roasting, and a traditional cloth-filter preparation. The 90-minute tour costs $19, includes a tasting, and meets at the rural farm. Nicolás has led an especially entertaining afternoon tour.

“Had such an amazing experience with our guide so knowledgeable and friendly and good fun”

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Coffee Tour Salento-Ocaso Farm- English Tour - Harvesting coffee cherries by hand
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Coffee Tour Salento-Ocaso Farm- English Tour

14.Coffee Tour Salento-Ocaso Farm- English Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 88 reviews · from $14Best value

Visit Finca El Ocaso, 4 km from Salento, for a 1.5-hour English tour led by guides such as Nicolas or Johnathan. Walk through coffee gardens, harvest cherries, see pulping, drying, storage, threshing, and roasting, then learn to prepare coffee in a cloth strainer. Transport from Salento costs extra.

“Very interesting tour about the coffee production and plantation !”

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Medellin: Coffee Tour, Horseback Arrival, and Sugar Cane - Picking coffee among plantains and bananas
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Medellin: Coffee Tour, Horseback Arrival, and Sugar Cane

15.Coffee Tour, Horseback Arrival, and Sugar Cane

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 82 reviews · 6 hours · from $76

Travel from El Poblado to a family-run coffee farm in Western Antioquia with guide Christian and his family. A short mule or donkey ride leads to coffee fields, where you pick beans, learn processing, taste several brews, sample sugar cane, and eat a typical lunch with mountain views.

“Excellent tour and Christian and his family were very welcoming to allow us on their property. The views were incredible, the coffee lesson was excellent. They served us lunch which was also very tasty with options for vegetarians. My only advice is there could be better communication prior to pick up as I waited about an hour after the scheduled time to be picked up. Otherwise unforgettable experience and would recommend 100%. I will cherish my experience forever.”

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