Coffee Farm and Salento Walking Tour: Plant and pick

Plant coffee seedlings, pick cherries, then explore Salento’s colorful streets.

A guided tour of a traditional coffee farm in the Salento area where you plant coffee seedlings, harvest cherries by hand, witness roasting, and taste fresh-brewed Colombian coffee, followed by a walking tour of Salento town. Includes hotel pickup and a live English or Spanish-speaking guide. Choose your pickup location (Armenia, Pereira, Salento or Filandia) based on where you're staying.

Step-by-step itinerary

Coffee farm visit and Salento tour

• Drive to Luger coffee farm
• Meet tour guide and coffee expert
• Tour coffee plantation and learn process
• Plant coffee seedlings and pick cherries
• See coffee roasting and grinding
• Enjoy 1-hour Salento walking tour

The experience

The tour starts with a drive to Luger, a hundred-year-old coffee farm with views across the plantations. Once there, your guide, a coffee expert, walks you through the different stages of how coffee grows, from seed to roast. You don't just watch: you plant a seedling in the nursery beds and pick ripe coffee cherries straight from the bushes. After the hands-on work, you move through the final steps of processing, including the roasting and sometimes grinding, so you see the full arc of what happens between the plant and your cup.

The tasting comes next: a high-quality Colombian coffee served after all that labor makes the flavor land differently. Then the tour shifts to Salento itself. You spend an hour walking through the town center with your guide, who points out the architecture and the rhythm of daily life in one of the Coffee Triangle's most visited towns.

The whole experience runs about five hours from pickup to drop-off. You'll need comfortable shoes and water. The farm operates in all weather, so dress for rain if the forecast calls for it. Bring a camera: the plantation views and the seedling moment are worth capturing.

What’s included

• Coffee farm visit with a guided walk through the plantation.
• hands-on planting of coffee seedlings and picking of coffee cherries.
• observation of roasting and grinding.
• high-quality Colombian coffee tasting.
• one-hour Salento walking tour.
• hotel pickup and drop-off.
• all-risk insurance.
• live guide in English or Spanish.

Options for this experience

4 options

Pick-up in SalentoGuide in English or Spanish · 5 departure times: the first at 08:30, the last at 12:00Departing from Salento, pickup is included

Pick-up in FilandiaGuide in English or Spanish · 5 departure times: the first at 08:00, the last at 12:00Departing from Filandia, pickup is included

Pick-up in ArmeniaGuide in English or Spanish · 6 departure times: the first at 08:00, the last at 12:00Departing from Armenia, includes pickup

Pick-up in PereiraGuide in English or Spanish · 5 departure times: the first at 08:00, the last at 12:00Departing from Pereira, includes pickup

You pick the guide language when booking.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day6 departure times: the first at 08:00, the last at 12:00

Book up to12h before

AgesAdult (4 to 75 years) · Under 4: can't be booked

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish and Spanish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Gran Colombia Tours

Is this one for you?Choose your pickup town based on where you're staying in the Coffee Triangle: the drive from Armenia, Pereira, Salento or Filandia determines how early you'll start and when you return, so pick the location closest to your hotel.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

What exactly do I do at the coffee farm?

You plant a coffee seedling in the nursery beds and pick ripe coffee cherries from the bushes by hand. Your guide walks you through each stage of the growing process, then shows you the roasting and grinding before you taste the finished coffee.

How long is the Salento walking tour part?

The walking tour of Salento town runs for about an hour and happens after the farm experience. Your guide leads you through the town center and explains the local architecture and culture.

Do I need to arrange my own transport to the farm?

No. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included. You choose your pickup location at checkout (Armenia, Pereira, Salento, or Filandia) depending on where you're staying.

What's included in the price?

The coffee farm experience, the coffee tasting, the Salento walking tour, hotel pickup and drop-off, and all-risk insurance are included. Lunch is not included.