★★★★★
A coffee tour without ever leaving the city, and a chance to see how the neighbourhood has changed. I learned a lot and enjoyed the whole morning.
Kathy C. · Solo · August 2026
Medellin Coffee Farm Tour with Panoramic Cable Car Views
From $55 per person
Duration4 hours 15 minutes
Departs fromMedellin
On the farm3 hours
Group sizeMaximum 19
OperatorRosa Eusse
CancellationFree cancellation up to 24 hours ahead
A coffee farm you reach on the metro
The farm is inside Medellin
Casa Finca de La Sierra sits in Comuna 8, on the eastern slope, and it is a working coffee farm.
Cable car and tram both included
The Metrocable and the Ayacucho tram fares are in the fare, and the ride is half the point.
Three hours with the family who grow it
You pick, process and drink what comes off their own trees.
A walk through Barrio La Sierra
Your guide takes you in through the neighbourhood, past the viewpoints, on the way up.
The lowest fare here
At $55 it is the cheapest guided coffee day running from the city.
Medellin has 200 registered coffee growers inside its own boundary, and this is the one you can reach on a Cívica card. From San Antonio you ride the Metrocable for the view over the valley, change to the Ayacucho tram towards Comuna 8, and walk the last stretch into Barrio La Sierra with a guide who knows the street.
What happens at the top is a full farm visit, not a demonstration. Three hours covers picking, the wet mill, the drying beds and a cup of what the family produced, in a neighbourhood that most visitors to Medellin never see. The traditional harvesting outfit is handed out at the gate.
It asks something of you in return: this is a hillside, the walk is up, and the listing asks for a moderate level of fitness. Wear shoes you can climb in and the rest of it is straightforward.
Your four hours, stop by stop
The guide meets you at Estación Metro San Antonio, at street level under the metro, and the whole loop returns to the same place.
- Meet at San Antonio metro station
- Ride the Metrocable for valley-wide views
- Board the Ayacucho tram towards Comuna 8
- Walk into Barrio La Sierra with your guide
- Stop at the neighbourhood viewpoints
- Three hours at the Casa Finca coffee farm
- Pick, process and taste the coffee
- Back down to San Antonio metro station
Who this suits, and who should book something else
Book this if
- You have half a day and no car.
- You want the city as well as the coffee.
- You are comfortable walking up a hill for twenty minutes.
- Price matters and you still want a real farm.
Choose a different day if
- You want lunch and the countryside. The six-hour days out to San Sebastián de Palmitas do both, and the plantation tour page compares them.
- You want roasting and a cupping table. The farm and roastery half day is built for that.
- Steep ground is a problem. This one is not wheelchair accessible and asks for moderate fitness. The barista workshop above Parque Arví is accessible and runs ninety minutes.
What's included
What the fare covers
- ✓ Coffee and/or tea
- ✓ Traditional harvesting outfit to wear
- ✓ Metrocable and Ayacucho tram fares
What it does not
- ✗ Gratuities
The meeting point at San Antonio
Estación Metro San Antonio, Cra. 51 #46, in La Candelaria. The guide waits at street level, by the entrance to the tram station underneath the metro. There is no hotel pickup on this one: take the metro, a taxi or an Uber and arrive a few minutes early.
One traveller was held up by traffic and the guide waited for her, which she was grateful for and which nobody should count on. Leave earlier than the map suggests; Medellin traffic does not behave.
Know before you go
- Moderate fitness. It is a walk up, and there are steps. Take it at your own pace and the guide will too.
- Not recommended if you are pregnant, or have back or heart problems. For a gentler day, the countryside farms are flat once you are on them.
- Infants travel on laps, not in seats.
- Take a light jacket. Comuna 8 sits above the valley floor and the mornings are cooler than the centre.
- Cash for a bag of coffee. The family sell what you have just watched them make.
- Cable cars occasionally close for maintenance. One group went up by bus instead and still got the full farm visit; free cancellation at 24 hours covers you either way.
What travellers said about this morning
★★★★★
Julian and the team were organised and knew the ground, and the views on the way up were the surprise. Go prepared for a lot of walking up and down the hill.
Alma L. · Family · May 2026
★★★★★
Camilo knew everybody in the neighbourhood and stopped to talk to the children on the way through. The picking and the process were interesting, but that walk is what I remember.
Karen R. · Couple · March 2026
★★★★★
Annie made the day with her humour and her knowledge, and the farm and its hosts were the other half of it. Medellin looks completely different from that side.
Anastasia O. · Couple · June 2026
Frequently asked questions about this tour
Is the cable car fare included?
Yes. The Metrocable and the Ayacucho tram fares are stated as included on the listing, so you do not need a loaded Cívica card for the tour itself. You will want one anyway for getting to San Antonio.
How hard is the walk?
It is a climb rather than a hike, on streets and paths rather than trails. Moderate fitness is enough, and twenty minutes at a walking pace covers the worst of it. Take shoes with grip.
Is Comuna 8 safe to visit?
You go in with a local guide who lives and works there, which is the point of the format. The welcome in the neighbourhood is the part travellers remember, and one guide is known for stopping to talk to the children on the way through.
Is lunch included?
No. The fare covers the coffee, the outfit and the transport fares. It is a four-hour morning, so you are back in the centre in time to eat.
Can I do this with young children?
Infants travel on laps rather than in seats, and the day asks for moderate fitness, so it works best with children who can manage a hill. For a shorter and flatter option, the barista workshop above Parque Arví runs ninety minutes.
What if I want the countryside instead?
Take the private farm morning or one of the shared days out to San Sebastián de Palmitas. You get a rural finca and, on most of them, a paisa lunch.
Other ways onto a coffee farm
- Half-Day Coffee Tour: From the Seed to the Cup, Farm & roastery — From $86, 4 to 5 hours
- Private Coffee Farm Tour in Medellin: Real Authentic Experience — From $104, 4 to 5 hours
- Medellin Coffee Tours — every farm day compared in one place
Ready to ride the cable car up to a working coffee farm?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead on this booking.
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