★★★★★
The family farm felt welcoming and safe, and the coffee was better than I expected. Alejandro was knowledgeable and kind, and the length of the morning was exactly right.
Kristine M. · Family · June 2026
Private Medellin Coffee Farm Tour with Hotel Pickup
From $104 per person
Duration4 to 5 hours
Departs fromMedellin
On the farm2 hours
OperatorMedellinDayTrips
CancellationFree cancellation up to 24 hours ahead
A private car, a family farm and a morning of your own
Only your party travels
Private vehicle, private guide, and a start time you agree with the operator rather than take.
Door to door from four neighbourhoods
El Poblado, Laureles, Sabaneta and Envigado, collected and returned.
Two hours on the farm itself
Picking, de-pulping, drying, then roasting and grinding a cup you drink where it grew.
A home-made snack at the finca
Made by the family, and the reason several travellers come away feeling like guests rather than customers.
The highest-reviewed private morning here
A clean five-star average across more than a thousand reviews.
This is the coffee morning for anyone who would rather not share a minibus. A private car collects you, drives an hour south to a family farm at Sabaneta, and the guide belongs to your party for the whole four to five hours. The farm is welcoming and the pace is unhurried, and that is what the difference in fare buys.
The farm work itself is hands-on. You pick from the rows, watch the cherry come off the bean, follow the fermentation and the drying, see the husk removed once it is dry, and then roast and grind a small batch to drink on the spot. A home-made traditional snack closes it.
The driver-guide, a local guide, a professional guide, the coffee farm fees, private transport and coffee throughout are covered. Lunch is not — this is a morning, and you will be back in the city in time for it.
How your four to five hours run
Pickup is from your accommodation in El Poblado, Laureles, Sabaneta or Envigado, at a time you set with the operator.
- Private car collects you from your hotel
- An hour out to the farm at Sabaneta
- Pick coffee beans on the plantation
- De-pulping, fermenting and drying explained
- Watch the husk come off the dried bean
- Roasting and grinding, then taste the cup
- Home-made traditional snack at the farm
- Private car back to your accommodation
Who this suits, and who should book something else
Book this if
- You want a private guide and no strangers.
- You would rather set your own start time.
- You are travelling as a couple, a family or a small group.
- Being collected from the door matters more than the fare.
Choose a different day if
- You are counting the cost. The Comuna 8 farm tour gives you three hours on a farm for about half.
- You want roasting at commercial scale. The farm and roastery half day puts you in front of a working drum roaster and a cupping table.
- You want lunch in the fare. This one excludes it; the shared countryside days on the plantation tour page include a fiambre paisa.
What's included
What the fare covers
- ✓ Driver/guide
- ✓ Local guide
- ✓ Professional guide
- ✓ Hotel pickup and drop-off
- ✓ Coffee farm fees
- ✓ Coffee and/or tea
- ✓ Private transportation
- ✓ Home-made traditional snack
What it does not
- ✗ Lunch
Pickup, and the zones it covers
The operator collects anywhere in El Poblado, Laureles, Sabaneta and Envigado, and says that if your building is not on their list you can simply enter the name or the address by hand. That is unusually flexible for this sheet, and it is why this tour suits people staying in apartments rather than hotels.
The drive south takes about an hour each way. Sit in front if you are prone to motion sickness; the last stretch out to the finca leaves the main road.
Know before you go
- Long sleeves and trousers. One reviewer's whole piece of advice was this: the rows are shaded, damp and full of mosquitoes.
- Closed shoes. The picking happens on a slope, on earth.
- Eat before or after. Lunch is not included; a home-made snack is.
- Bilingual works. Guides run mixed Spanish and English groups and explain twice where they need to, which travellers single out.
- Not wheelchair accessible, and not suitable for anyone with a serious heart condition. The barista workshop above Parque Arví is the accessible alternative.
- Set the time when you book. A private tour means the start is yours to choose, so use it — earlier is cooler and quieter.
What travellers said about this morning
★★★★★
Laura was patient with a mixed Spanish and English group and explained everything twice, in both. The farm and the country around it are scenic and the coffee is very good.
Katja G. · Couple · August 2026
★★★★★
I came away with a new respect for the labour in a cup. Wear trousers and a long-sleeved shirt for the mosquitoes — that is the one thing I would have done differently.
Will G. · Solo · June 2026
★★★★★
Don Antonio gave us exactly what we had wanted from a coffee tour and nothing we hadn't. Straightforward, personal and unhurried.
Guillermo E. · Couple · July 2026
Frequently asked questions about this tour
Is this really private?
Yes. Only your group travels, and the vehicle and the guide are yours for the four to five hours. That is also why you set the start time rather than taking a fixed one.
How many people does the price cover?
The fare is quoted per person, so a couple pays twice and a family of four pays four times. It is not a per-vehicle price, which is worth knowing before you compare it against the shared days.
Where exactly does it go?
To a family farm at Sabaneta, south of the city, about an hour door to door. The farm is small and working rather than built for visitors, and that is what travellers remember about it.
Is there a toilet at the farm?
Yes. It is a family home as well as a farm, and the morning is built around a welcome, the plantation and a snack at the house.
Can we ask for a specific start time?
That is the point of booking privately. Agree it with the operator when you book; an early start is cooler on the slope and puts you back in the city for lunch.
What if you would rather have lunch included?
Look at the shared countryside days instead — most of them include a fiambre paisa. The plantation tour page compares them, and the farm and roastery day is the alternative if coffee detail matters more than the meal.
Other ways onto a coffee farm
- Half-Day Coffee Tour: From the Seed to the Cup, Farm & roastery — From $86, 4 to 5 hours
- Medellin Coffee Farm Tour with Panoramic Cable Car Views — From $55, 4 hours 15 minutes
- Medellin Coffee Tours — every farm day compared in one place
Ready to have the farm, the car and the guide to yourselves?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead on this booking.
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