Farm Visits in South America: 15 Picked and Priced

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

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

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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2.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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3.Cusco: Alpaca and Llama Farm Tour w/ Transfer & Weaving Demo

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 151 reviews · 2h 30m · from $34

Leave Cusco’s historic center for a 150-minute visit to Manos de la Comunidad, about 20 minutes away. You’ll meet two alpaca varieties, four llama types, vicuñas, and huanacos, learn about Inca-era camelids, and watch a traditional weaving demonstration. Guides such as Marileth, Holger, and Olga are known for clear, friendly explanations.

“Great tour. Loved the Llamas, Alpacas, verunas and weaving demonstrations. Bonus museum, condors , deer and Guinea pigs”

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4.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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5.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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6.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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7.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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8.Coffee Farm Experience Private Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 81 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $110Top rated

Spend about eight hours traveling from Bogotá to Hacienda Coloma near Fusagasugá, where a farm guide explains coffee from seed to roasting. Your private guide handles the day, with coffee and coffee-liquor tastings, orchid gardens, scenic village views, and optional lunch. Guides such as Luis, Nataly, Leslie, and Cristian are praised for their warmth and local knowledge.

“This was the best tour we did in so long. We had a best tour person Nataly from Gran Columbia Tours and she made sure we get best of the best. Also our driver Carlos was great driver and he makes sure we have save a pleasant ride.”

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9.Cocoa farm and Chocolate making!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 62 reviews · 4 to 5 hours (approx.) · from $155

Leave Guayaquil by private transport for a family-run cacao farm. Guides such as Mario, Allison, Tony, or Antonio explain the trees, harvest, and Ecuadorian cacao trade before you turn a fresh pod into chocolate. The hands-on farm visit lasts about three hours, with a possible home-cooked lunch and time to enjoy the rural setting.

“This was the best tour we’ve ever had the chance of taking! Our guide Alison was so personable and kind, and everything was at a pace that let us absorb the history and beauty of the land around us. We learned so much about where chocolate comes from, the cacao plants, the history of the industry, and the process of turning the cacao into chocolate. Allison was very knowledgeable and did a great job of including us in every part of the chocolate making process, which was a great hands- on experience for us. We didn’t know there were so many products and delicious things that come from cacao. Her…”

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10.Private Ollantaytambo, Pisac Ruins Tour with Farm Visit, Gourmet Picnic Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 52 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $197

Join guide Valentin for a private day through Ollantaytambo, Pisac, and the Sacred Valley. You’ll tour Inca terraces, visit a working farm, taste local fruit, see chicha being made, and eat a chef-prepared picnic using organic produce. Private transport links each stop.

“Our tour was amazing. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and had excellent English. Also our lunch on the farm visit was one of the best meals I have ever had. This tour is definitely worth the money and a private tour is the only way to go.”

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11.Cuenca to Guayaquil one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 50 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $73

Travel from Cuenca to Guayaquil in a private air-conditioned van with a bilingual guide-driver, stopping at Cajas National Park, a local trout restaurant, a fruit market, and Cacao Loma. The $73.99 price excludes the $15 cacao farm fee. Guides such as Wilson, Genero, Javier, and Luis are known for strong local knowledge.

“A very good and convenient tour if you need to get from Cuenca to Guayaquil but find a simple 3-hour drive too boring. Our guide, Genero, was amazing! He shared many fascinating facts about the plants in the national park and showed us the most beautiful viewpoints. We decided to skip the lunch stop (plus everything was closed due to Christmas) and pass on the coffee tour since we’d already been on one in Mindo. So, I can’t say much about that part of the tour. But the trip itself was very comfortable and safe. Even when we entered an area with such thick fog that you could barely see…”

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12.Guatape, El Peñol Coffee Farm Private Tour & Fruit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 8 hours · from $169

Travel from Medellín with a bilingual guide such as Carlos, Luis Alberto, or Jessica for fruit tasting in Marinilla, a hands-on coffee farm visit, the 700-step climb up El Peñol, and a walking tour of colorful Guatapé. Private transport, hotel pickup, tastings, and entry fees are included. Lunch is separate.

“Carlos is a very good and pleasant guide! We enjoyed this tour and it was perfect for us. We didn't had that much time and with el peñol, guatape, coffee- and fruitstour was all in one day. would exactly do the same again. :)”

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13.Guayaquil to Cuenca one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $73

Turn the long Guayaquil to Cuenca transfer into a full day of local stops. A bilingual guide such as Wilson, Louis, or Javier drives you to a family cacao farm, a fruit market, lunch, and Cajas National Park. Taste fresh cacao pulp, learn basic chocolate making, hike near Laguna La Toreadora, and finish with hotel drop-off in Cuenca.

“The guide was outstanding and very accommodating to our interests. We chose to travel to Cuenca with a local person in order to learn about the culture and the places we drove through. For this the tour was perfect. He is bilingual as are we so the conversations were fun and informative. We were able to visit a cacao farm though not the regular one because the guide convinced a nearby farmer so spend some time with us which we enjoyed immensely. Cajas Park is stunning but the top of the pass is at 11,000 feet so we did not spend time there due to the cold weather and elevation.…”

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14.Coffee Farm and Salento Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $88

Spend about four hours at Luger Coffee Farm planting seedlings, picking cherries, and seeing roasting and grinding, then walk Salento for an hour with a private guide. Guides such as Pedro, Ivan, and Mauricio add local history, photos, and practical tips. Hotel pickup, tasting, insurance, and private transport are included.

“We booked this tour yesterday evening, and are so glad we did! The hike took us to the top of Salento, and the view was just breathtaking. Our guide, Ivan, was so knowledgeable. The experience at Luger Coffee was amazing. Our guide there, Alé, was so informative, and the coffee delicious. Would highly recommend!”

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15.Salento: Coffee Farm Tour with Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 41 reviews · 5 hours · from $101

Travel from your accommodation in Filandia to a traditional coffee farm with guide Kevin or another bilingual coffee expert. Walk through the plantation, pick coffee cherries, plant a seedling, watch roasting and grinding, then taste Colombian coffee with baristas. The private tour is planned for five hours, though some visits have taken closer to two.

“I really liked the coffee tour. The guide for the coffee tour itself was very authentic and explained everything with a lot of passion. The only thing I was disappointed about was that in my booking it said 5 hrs so I thought I booked something even more intense but is took only 2 hrs. I told my guide and she tried her best to adjust my tour a bit so I could get the most out of it, which was nice. however, I think in the booking it is misleading .”

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