Coffee tours in Colombia, compared region by region
Medellín, Salento, Bogotá, Minca and Cartagena. For every tour we note the farm you visit, if there is a pickup, how much of the day is spent driving and how big the group is.
Medellín
Salento
Bogotá
Minca
Cartagena
The best-reviewed coffee tour in each region
One tour per region, sorted by number of reviews. Tap a column header to re-sort by price or reviews.
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D'Arrieros farm day with lunch D'arrieros Coffee Farm | Medellín | D'Arrieros Coffee Farm, San Sebastián de Palmitas | Pickup Pickup in El Poblado, Laureles or at the Metropolitano stadium | About 6 hours | Not stated | ★ 4.7 (1,554) | €71 per person | Book now |
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Minca coffee, cocoa and waterfall Sendaria Travel | Minca | Not named in the listing; lunch at Casa Jocolate | Pickup Pickup at four points in Santa Marta, or meet at the Minca bridge at 9:40 | 6 to 8.5 hours | Not stated | ★ 4.8 (666) | €44 per person | Book now |
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El Ocaso farm tour in English Finca El Ocaso Salento | Salento | Finca El Ocaso, about 4 km from Salento | No transfer No transfer: Willys jeeps leave from the main square in Salento, paid separately | 1.5 hours | Not stated | ★ 4.8 (400) | €20 per person | Book now |
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Coffee farm and Tequendama Falls Beyond Colombia | Bogotá | Not named in the listing (a reviewer names Hacienda Coloma, Fusagasugá) | Pickup Shared hotel transfer in Bogotá | About 9 hours | Max. 10 guests | ★ 4.6 (233) | €85 per person | Book now |
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Specialty coffee cupping in Cartagena In Cartagena | Cartagena | No farm visit (tasting in Cartagena) | No transfer No transfer: the tasting is in the city | 2 hours | Max. 10 guests | ★ 4.5 (195) | €29 per person | Book now |
Coffee tour prices are per person and refresh from GetYourGuide and Viator; your date and group size set the final amount on the booking page.
What we write down for every tour
Tour titles in Colombia often sound alike. These are the four points that make the difference on the day, taken from the tour pages and, where the page is silent, marked as such.
- The farmIts name and where it is, for example D'Arrieros in San Sebastián de Palmitas or El Ocaso outside Salento. If only reviewers name the farm, we say that.
- Getting thereHotel pickup, transport from a meeting point, a metro station where you meet the guide, or no transfer at all.
- Total time and farm timeA nine-hour day from Bogotá can mean three hours at the farm. Where the drive is known, it stands next to the total.
- Group sizePrivate, capped at a handful of guests, or not stated in the listing.
Five regions, five kinds of coffee day
Where you stay decides more than which operator you pick.
Medellín
The biggest choice, from full farm days with lunch to urban tours reached by Metrocable.
- Where
- San Sebastián de Palmitas, about 45 minutes west of the city, or La Sierra, Santa Elena and Parque Arví
- Getting there
- Hotel pickup, or a meeting point at a metro or Metrocable station
Salento and the Eje Cafetero
Part of the UNESCO coffee cultural landscape. The farms sit just outside town.
- Where
- Finca El Ocaso, about 4 km from Salento, and smaller farms such as Don Elías
- Getting there
- Usually on your own by Willys jeep from the main square
Bogotá
Farm visits are full-day trips into Cundinamarca, so plan the whole day.
- Where
- Hacienda Coloma in Fusagasugá, Choachí, Finca El Vergel
- Getting there
- Hotel transfer or a start point in the city; long drives
Minca
Coffee as part of a hiking day in the hills above Santa Marta, with a waterfall and a cocoa workshop.
- Where
- Minca, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Getting there
- Pickup in Santa Marta or meet at the Minca bridge
Cartagena
The coffee tours listed for Cartagena are tastings in the city, without a farm visit. Useful on a beach stay or a cruise stop.
- Where
- A tasting room in Cartagena
- Getting there
- No transfer needed
Medellín has the most coffee tours of any Colombian city, and they differ a lot. The farm days in Palmitas run four to six hours with pickup and lunch, the tour in La Sierra starts at a metro station and goes up by tram and cable car, and the Don Leandro visit near Parque Arví adds a massage. Our Medellín page puts all of them in one table, including the tours that are only bookable on Viator.
Salento farm tours without a transfer
Around Salento the coffee farms are close to town, and the cheapest tours take place entirely on the farm. The English tour at Finca El Ocaso lasts about an hour and a half and includes no transport and no food. The same goes for the organic farm of Don Elías, where the guides speak English, Spanish and French.
To get there, most visitors take one of the Willys jeeps that leave from the main square and pay the driver separately. If you would rather be collected at your hotel, there are versions of the El Ocaso visit with pickup and lunch, and private tours from Salento, Armenia or Filandia. They cost more for the same farm, so compare what the extra covers.
Harvest and dry season
In the Andes and the coffee region the drier months are roughly December to early March and again in July and August. In Risaralda the main harvest runs from September to December, with the smaller mitaca harvest in April and May. So the busiest picking months fall in the rainy season, while December to February is dry and the main tourist season. Bring closed shoes either way: farm paths are steep and can be slippery.
Seasons according to kimkim (best time to visit Colombia) and Barista Hustle (harvest calendar Risaralda).
An independent comparison
Colombia Coffee Tours is a comparison site, not a tour operator. It is not connected to the Medellín company called Colombia Coffee Tour, whose seed-to-cup tour appears on our Medellín page next to its competitors. When you book through a link here, GetYourGuide or Viator pays us a commission from its margin; your price stays the same.
Before you book a coffee tour
Which region is best for a coffee tour in Colombia?
It depends on where you already are. Salento and the Eje Cafetero are the classic coffee landscape, with farms you can reach from town in a short jeep ride. Medellín has the widest choice of tours. From Bogotá a farm visit takes a full day because of the drive. Minca combines coffee with a hike above Santa Marta, and the tours listed in Cartagena are tastings in the city.
Do coffee tours include hotel pickup?
Many tours from Medellín and Bogotá do. The farm tours around Salento usually do not: the farms are a few kilometres outside town and most visitors go by Willys jeep from the main square. The tables on this site show for every tour whether there is a pickup, a meeting point or no transfer at all.
How long is a coffee farm tour?
On-site tours at a Salento farm last about an hour and a half. Half-day trips from Medellín run around four hours, the bigger farm days around six. Day trips from Bogotá take from seven to ten hours, and a good part of that is spent on the road.
Is the tour on a real working farm?
Most tours visit a named farm, and we list the name wherever the tour page or the reviews give it. Some listings do not name the farm at all, and on one urban tour a reviewer notes that the plants shown are not on the family’s main farm. Where that is the case, the table says so.
When is the coffee harvest in Colombia?
In Risaralda the main harvest runs from September to December, with a smaller second harvest, the mitaca, in April and May. In practice coffee is picked there almost all year. The main harvest falls in the rainy season, while December to February is dry and busy.
Can I cancel a coffee tour?
Every GetYourGuide tour on this site can be cancelled free of charge up to a day before the start. For the Viator tours the cancellation terms are shown on the booking page.
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