Colombia with coffee

Day 1. Bogotá

Arrival in the city of Bogotá, assistance at El Dorado International Airport and transfer to the hotel for check-in. Accommodation.

Day 2. Bogotá - City Tour + Monserrate

Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, the City Tour will begin through the historic center of Bogotá, also called "La Candelaria", where you will visit the Gold Museum, exhibiting about 34,000 pre-Hispanic gold pieces and more than 25,000 pre-Columbian objects. Then, you will visit the Casa de la Moneda and Botero Donation, exhibiting works by the internationally renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero, known for his various artistic techniques such as painting, drawing, and sculpture. The tour will continue with a panoramic tour of Bolívar Square (the Primate Cathedral, Nariño's House, Liévano Palace, and Justice Palace), ending with the ascent to Monserrate. Return to the hotel. Accommodation.

Duration: 6 hours

Includes: Professional Spanish-speaking tour guide, private transportation, entrance to Gold Museum - Casa de la Moneda and Botero Donation, and ascent to Monserrate.

Important Note: Gold Museum closed on Mondays, Casa de la Moneda and Botero Donation closed on Tuesdays.

Day 3. Bogotá - Zipaquirá - Visit to the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, assistance at the hotel and departure to the town of Zipaquirá, passing through the so-called "Sabana de Bogotá". Arrival at the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá, one of Colombia's main tourist attractions, cataloged as Colombia's first wonder built 180 meters deep in a salt mine.

Duration: 5 hours

Includes: Professional Spanish-speaking tour guide, private transportation, entrance to Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá.

Day 4. Bogotá - Pereira - Visit to the Coffee Farm

Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, transfer to El Dorado International Airport to take a flight (not included) to Pereira. Arrival and reception at Matecaña International Airport, transfer to the hotel for check-in.

At the agreed time, the tour will start to Santa Rosa de Cabal municipality. Once you arrive at the Coffee Farm, the tour begins with a local expert guiding tourists through beautiful specialty coffee plantations, explaining the coffee process from planting, selective manual harvesting, and pulping. After this, you will roast special coffee beans on a wood stove in the typical peasant house kitchen where you can have an authentic coffee experience. Along the tour, there are several viewpoints made of guadua where you can appreciate the beautiful landscape and natural environment while enjoying a cup of coffee. Finally, you will witness the innovative coffee bean drying process and then to the benefactor, ending at the main house where you will be bid farewell with a delicious coffee lemonade. Return to the hotel. Accommodation.

Duration: 4 hours

Includes: Professional Spanish-speaking tour guide and environmental interpretation, private transportation, interactive Coffee process, assistance by expert hacienda staff.

Optional Lunch Supplement: 20 USD per person.

Day 5. Pereira - Visit to Salento and Cocora Valley

Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, the tour will begin towards the Cocora Valley, appreciating the beautiful landscape of the place. Once we arrive at the Valley, we will have a welcome cocktail (canelazo) and assistance from a specialized eco-guide of Cocora who introduces the Cocora Natural Reserve. Walking, transfer to the palm forest where we can appreciate the biodiversity of fauna and flora of the place where we will take the ecological trail of the tallest wax palm in the world and national emblem tree where we will perform the wax palm ritual of Quindío, which consists of learning the history of how the natives worshiped this palm. Then, we continue with the planting of palm seedlings. Transfer to the typical town of Salento where we will have a walking tour visiting its colonial streets, artisan workshops, and the Cocora viewpoint. Return to the hotel. Accommodation.

Duration: Approx. 7 hours.

Includes: Professional Spanish-speaking tour guide and environmental interpretation, private transportation, Ritual of the wax palm, Canelazo tasting.

Optional Lunch Supplement: 20 USD per person.

Day 6. Pereira - Next Destination / City of Origin

Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, transfer to Matecaña International Airport to take a flight (not included) to the next destination or city of origin.