Coffee Tour in Salento: 3 farms with rural walk and lunch

Sip fresh coffee where it’s grown, walk quiet trails, and share a local lunch in Salento’s countryside

A full-day coffee tour in Salento takes you to three working farms in the countryside by private Jeep, with a landscape guide who speaks English or Spanish. You walk through coffee plantations and rural villages, spend two hours learning the ancestral coffee process at two different farms, taste coffee at each stop, and eat a typical local lunch: the same meal the farm workers have. The tour includes private transport, a guide, three cups of coffee, tourist assistance insurance, and runs about eight hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Coffee tour and rural walk in Salento

• Travel by Willys Jeep to viewpoint
• Interpretive rural walk of coffee landscapes
• First coffee experience with ancestral process
• Visit famous coffee farm and enjoy coffee drink
• Walk to last coffee farm for typical lunch
• Last coffee experience with plantation views

The experience

The day starts with a private Willys Jeep pickup that takes you to a viewpoint over the Salento river, then down into the countryside for a walk through coffee landscapes and the most rustic houses in the area. This is not the manicured town center. It is the working side of Salento, where the farms are, and where the guide (a landscape and local cuisine interpreter) can show you how the land actually looks and how people live on it.

At the first farm, you spend two hours learning the coffee process the ancestral way: how the beans are grown, harvested, dried and roasted. You'll taste a cappuccino or special coffee drink at the farm's coffee shop. Then you walk to the second farm, where lunch waits: one option of the day, the same meal coffee pickers eat. After lunch, you have the final coffee experience at a farm with plantations and views across the rural area. By the end you will have tasted coffee at three different farms and walked through the landscapes that grow it.

The guide speaks English or Spanish, and the tour is personalized. You are not in a large group. Private transport means you move between farms without waiting for a shared shuttle, and the Jeep can navigate the rural roads that a standard car cannot. Bring water and wear comfortable walking shoes. The countryside walk is short but steady, and the day is eight hours from start to finish.

What’s included

• Private Willys Jeep transport from pickup.
• landscape and local cuisine guide in English or Spanish.
• two coffee farm tours with hands-on learning of the ancestral coffee process.
• three cups of coffee across the three farms.
• typical local lunch at one of the farms.
• tourist assistance insurance.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 08:00, 08:30 and 09:00

Book up to16h before

AgesAdult (10 to 70 years) · Under 10: can't be booked

GroupUp to 15

Live guideEnglish and Spanish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 16 pickup points.

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

Prices and times updated 6 days ago

Good to know

Moderate physical effortPublic transport nearbyNot recommended with heart problems

Operated by COLOMBIA VIP GUIDED TOURS

Is this one for you?This tour suits travelers who want to understand how coffee is actually grown and processed, not just taste it in a café. The private Jeep and personalized guide mean you move at your own pace and can ask questions as you go, and the walk through the rural countryside shows you the land and the community that most visitors to Salento never see.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

What does the coffee process look like when you learn it the ancestral way?

The ancestral coffee process at the farms covers how beans are grown in the plantations, harvested by hand, dried, and roasted. You see this at two different farms over the course of the tour, so you understand not just the steps but how they vary between operations.

Is the lunch included in the tour, and what will I eat?

Lunch is included and it is a typical local meal: the same food that coffee pickers eat during their workday. You get one option of the day, served at the second farm after the morning coffee experience.

How do I get to the farms from town?

Private Willys Jeep transport is included. The driver picks you up and takes you to the viewpoint and then to each farm. The Jeep can handle the rural roads that lead into the countryside where the farms are located.

How much walking is involved?

There is a short walk through the countryside and coffee landscapes at the start of the day, and you walk between the farms. The tour is about eight hours total, and a moderate level of physical fitness is needed for the walking and the terrain.