Coffee Lovers Farm and Roasting Tour in Dalat: Harvest and Roast

Pick ripe coffee cherries, then roast them yourself in the traditional way.

The Coffee Lovers Farm and Roasting Tour in Dalat is a hands-on class where you harvest red coffee cherries from an organic plantation, then learn to ferment, sun-dry, hand-peel and roast Arabica beans using methods local farmers have used for generations. You'll gather jungle vegetables and herbs for a farm lunch prepared from what you picked, and taste freshly roasted coffee made from your own harvest.

Step-by-step itinerary

Coffee plantation tour and hands-on experience

• Ride to forest coffee plantation
• Drive through pine forests and farms
• Visit citrus farm and wildcraft vegetables
• Hike to organic coffee plantation
• Identify and harvest ripe coffee cherries
• Swim or fish at local river and waterfall
• Enjoy traditional Central Highlands coffee farm lunch
• Learn coffee harvesting and roasting process
• Experience farm to cup coffee hands-on

The experience

The tour starts with a ride through Dalat's pine forests to the organic coffee plantation, passing strawberry farms, green tea fields, and Buddhist flower greenhouses along the way. Once there, you'll head into a citrus farm to gather jungle vegetables, local chicken eggs, heirloom chilies and herbs. The ingredients your guides will use to prepare lunch. A short hike through the pines brings you to the coffee plantation itself, where you'll learn to identify and harvest the red ripe coffee cherries. The guides supply traditional Vietnamese hats, baskets and rubber boots for the work.

After harvesting, you move into the roasting process. Your guides teach you how locals ferment, sun-dry, hand-peel and hand-roast the famous Arabica coffee grown here, and you'll get access to the Golden Cherry Coffee unique to this region. You work through each step yourself. This is not a demonstration you watch, but a process you do. By the end, you'll have roasted beans you made from the cherries you picked that morning. Between the harvest and the roasting, you can swim or fish for trout in the local river, which the guides prepare as part of your lunch.

What’s included

• Freshly ground and brewed coffee directly from the organic farm.
• bottled water.
• traditional Vietnamese harvesting gear (hats, baskets, rubber boots).
• instruction through the full fermentation, sun-drying, hand-peeling and roasting process.
• a farm lunch prepared from ingredients you gathered.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (18 to 70 years) · Senior (71 and older) · Youth (13 to 17 years) · Child (3 to 12 years) · Under 3: can't be booked

GroupUp to 25

Live guideEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese and Vietnamese

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by ATV Tour in The Dalat Forest | Mountains

Is this one for you?This tour works best for small groups or individuals who want to get their hands dirty and learn a skill, not just see a farm. The hands-on roasting process means you leave with coffee you actually made, not just a bag from the shelf.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Vietnamese.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (13 to 17 years); Child (3 to 12 years). Children under 3 can't be included in the booking.

What kind of coffee does the farm grow?

The plantation grows Arabica coffee and has access to Golden Cherry Coffee, a variety unique to the Dalat region of Vietnam. Both are processed and roasted during the tour using traditional hand methods.

Do I need experience to roast coffee?

No experience is required. The guides teach you the entire farm-to-cup process from harvest through roasting, and you work hands-on through each step with their instruction.

What happens if I can't do the physical work of harvesting?

The tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels. If harvesting isn't possible for you, you can still participate in gathering the vegetables and herbs for lunch and move through the roasting process with the group.

Is lunch included in the tour?

Yes. Your guides prepare a traditional Central Highlands coffee farm lunch using the vegetables, herbs, eggs and trout you gathered and caught during the morning. Freshly ground and brewed coffee from the farm is also included.