Such a good tour interesting stories, really informative and interesting. We loved the coffee best cup we've ever had. The scenery is so beautiful worth saving the time to stay and have a walk around after.
Tim was great! Really informative and as a natural English speaker it really made the tour much more informative for us (but they also do it in Spanish at other times). From choosing the type of beans to growing them and processing them he have a good world and local view. We then did blind taste test of two types of beans, both freshly roasted. The farm was also great to walk around which we could do at our leisure. As a must you should also go to La Eliana (local restaurant just round the corner run by Jesus) and do his coffee preparation course and learn all about making a fantastic cup of coffee. If your lucky (we were) he'll share some of his homemade coffee liquor!
Excellent tour and really helpful guide: young guy who lived in Cardiff and Portugal. Well worth both the time and the cost, but, the coffee is expensive, but a quality product.
I've taken a coffee tour before but Don Edwardo (English? Australian?) is a really great talked who provides lots of great information (never knew that bamboo needs a "hat" and "shoes" to not rot :)Worth the 20.000COP. Even better if you stay @ Plantation and get a discount.
Great guided tour by Tim who is a fund of knowledge on coffee and local attractions. Good value for money if you are an English speaker, like Tim.
Tim (Don Eduardo) was a really knowledgeable guide and really personalised the tour. As a native English speaker, he was able to give lots of info not only about how to produce coffee but why certain processes etc were used. Delicious coffee too! Would highly recommend as it was excellent value.
Great tour in English! Beautiful scenery! The information is on a reasonable level and the people on the farm are very warm and friendly. Can strongly recommend it.
VERY good half day activityIf u are a Guest at plantation house it is almost for free.he tells u all u need to know and u can taste fresh coffee. One of the best cup i every had.
I had a few hours in the morning before having to catch a bus and I wanted to go to a coffee farm but didn't want to go out of town and be rushed. Went to Plantation House, 5 mins from where I was staying, checked when their tour started, (9.00 am in English) had just enough time to go back to my hostel and change my shoes for the muddy walk down to the coffee farm (10 mins from Plantation House). Don Eduardo was personable and obviously passionate about what he does. The tour was interesting and the tasting at the end (complete with de-skinning beans, roasting and grinding) topped it off nicely (although the demonstration is done in Spanish but am sure you can get the gist of what's happening just by watching. I had to leave to get my bus (nb it takes longer on way back as it's uphill) but rest of group stayed back and had opportunity to wander around, do some walking etc. It was 20,000 for non-residents. I felt it was worth it.