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Full-Day Hiking Tour in Minca with coffee & Cocoa Workshop

Badge of ExcellenceSanta Marta, Colombia

From $50.00

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

7 hours 30 minutes
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Spend a day exploring the Minca area with this guided, small-group tour from Santa Marta. You'll visit a waterfall that's considered sacred by local Indigenous people, learn about bamboo building, and spend time at coffee and cocoa farms. You'll even get the chance to make your own cacao bar.

Sample locally produced coffee and tea
A professional guide will lead the way
Round-trip transportation from Santa Marta is included
Group sizes limited to 12 participants for an intimate experience

Sample Menu

Main

chicken curry

Rice with Sesame seeds and vegetables stir and fried, Salad and natural juice

What's Included

Private transportation

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Please stay in the main reception of the hotel 15 minutes before the pickup

What To Expect

Santa Marta

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Minca

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Birdwatching Adventures Jungle Joe Minca Tours

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Museo del Cacao de Minca

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Michael_G

Amazing experiences in the rainforest during a torrential downpour. Homemade food, DIY chocolate and coffee. What more could you ask for? Well, let's not forget the biologist!!! Holy smokes we were impressed! We learned so much. Our tour guides were true experts and taught us so much about the eco systems here in the Santa Marta area. They spoke almost perfect English as well. I do suggest that you tip the guides right after they finish with you because they take off and you won't see them again and they do such an amazing job. I will say that it is maybe a little more than a moderate walk, bring bug spray, wear tennis shoes. It was a pretty rigorous walk and I have 2 bad knees so it was hard. But I am so so glad I did it. I highly, highly recommend. A couple things: pick up location, we had to call a couple times and they were late. We think this had to do with Viator as a website. Also, you will be picked up in a taxi.

Reviews

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Prepare to walk a lot!

Marina_P, Apr 2024

We had just done Tyrona the day before so we were still sore from the trails. We weren't expecting this much walking. This activity is not suitable for people who have disabilities or challenges walking. The trails were up or downhill for the most part. The hotel pick-up was really appreciated. The tour began in their main shop in Minca, and from there we walked to a coffee farm. We were brought to a small demo area and shown the coffee process, machinery, fermentation and drying station. I only spotted 1 coffee tree. Would have been nice to see more to really experience the farm. We were then given a small amount of coffee to sample (the size of an espresso) - and that was it for coffee sampling. Then we were marketed some products from that farm. The information provided was sufficient and not too overwhelming, but we spent most of the time getting to/from that coffee farm and very little time at the farm enjoying the atmosphere and coffee. I was hoping we'd get to taste coffee at different stages of roasting or at least different types of coffee. We then walked to the waterfall where we had a short 20-minute or so break. I was told I could get changed there, but there was nowhere to change as it was in the middle of the forest. I got changed behind a towel. So get prepared to either wear your bathing suit or change at the coffee farm. The waterfall break was very much appreciated. I would have liked spending more time there. We then walked to our lunch spot, which took about an hour. We had lunch there (beautiful presentation, quite mediocre in taste) and were given some time to relax before the chocolate presentation. The setting is picturesque: an open wooden tree house overlooking mountains and the jungle. I could have easily spent several hours there, laying on their hammocks. After the break, we were invited back to the lunch area where we listened to two presentations on biodiversity and the chocolate-making process. Both were very interesting. We got to taste the chocolate fruit as well as the beans at different stages of the process. We then participated in a brief chocolate-making activity where we ground chocolate and added some sugar and sesame seeds to it. It was a very small amount which we had to eat on the spot. I thought we would make enough to take back home. Then, once again, we were offered products for sale. Overall, the value for what was offered made sense: the pick-up and drop-off, lunch, presentations and various little samples. Total walking time was about 2.5 hours: 30 minutes to coffee farm, 30 minutes to waterfall, 1 hour to lunch, 20 minutes back.

Enjoyable Day!

William_P, Mar 2024

Nice days adventure! Easy to moderate hiking. Informative about the local flora and fauna. The cacao session was entertaining! Water level at the falls was very low when we were there due to no rain for several months but it was still refreshing. Use bug spray! I forgot and I am itchy the day after!

Wonderful time

Agnieszka_M, Mar 2024

Absolutely loved the trip, it was very interesting and informative. The only minus I could find is that the taxi driver that took us to Minca was almost 30 mins late and he spoke zero English, which is not good for a trip that is booked in English

First timer

Maryjo_S, Feb 2024

Tony was an awesome guide. Explained everything in English and Spanish. A minor issue connecting with driver to get to Minca but it all worked out.

Long day with lots of variety

Carol_G, Feb 2024

The day might be long for some people but there is a lot of variety and you do not feel rushed. Bring bug spray for the hike! People were nice and shared some with me. There is a lot of walking/hiking wear comfortable shoes and swim clothes if you enjoy the water! As others have mentioned my only complaint is the taxi- he got lost in the morning and on the way home he actually stopped for gas during rush hour. The tour is a 5 star transportation 3 since we did actually get there and back

Unmissable for anyone thinking to book

Deven_K, Jan 2024

A brilliant day out and something highly recommended for anyone looking to do the same. Everything in the tour was very well thought out. Our guide, Tony, spoke very good English, was extremely knowledgeable in all things Biodiverse and made sure that the entire group was as comfortable as could be. Started with a short 45 min hike, with a stop at a coffee farm where we learnt about the process of picking and processing beans, before tasting freshly roasted coffee. A Waterfall bathing stop inbetween that and lunch was exactly what was needed in the hot Minca sun. Lunch was amazing, catered perfectly to our vegetarian diet and the atmosphere of the Jungle Joe Lodge was very chill. We had a talk on biodiversity in Colombia, followed by a live demonstration on how to make chocolate, before making our own. The only downside to the day was the pickup. Whilst only a minor inconvenience, the pickup is done via local taxis, which have a tendency to turn up late. Communication is good, but all in Spanish (very thankful for Google Translate). Apart from this minor thing, the day was near enough perfect. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to do a hike or visit a working coffee farm.

Minca tour

Bryan_Y, Dec 2023

Fun trip with different aspects of the life in minca en Colombia! The tour guide was very nice and the coffee with whiskey was very tasty.

A good time had by all

Teresa_S, Dec 2023

As an out of shape, 60+ traveler I was happy to survive the hike but my 5 and 8 year old grandchildren did phenomenal on the trails. There was a lot of information given by our guide, a University Professor with many degrees, and a snake (dead) and tarantula (alive) were seen along with toucans, parrots and butterflies. I was hoping to get a glimpse of a monkey, sloth or anteater but they seem to be rather elusive (story of my travels). The waterfall, tasting the fruit from the coffee plant and making a chocolate ball were all fun experiences. The lunch was delicious. Our guide and fellow travelers made this tour extra special. Take water, wear good trail shoes and prepare for a bumpy ride to and from Minka.

Nice day to Minca

Charlene_S, Nov 2023

We really enjoyed the tour to Minca. Gustavo the guide was very nice, his english was really good. Just be aware that you are going to walk a lot under the humidity of the forest, but the hike is not difficult, there's only a challenging part to access the waterfall but it was ok. It was pouring rain when we went to visit the coffee farm so the walk was quite muddy and slippery. But overall it was a nice walk and the view of the forest is really beautiful. We had lunch in a camp and spent the rest of the tour there, I really recommend visiting this place, it was well organized!

Great day out!

Zita_T, Sep 2023

Great day learning a lot about coffee, cacao and nature. Lots of great info, walk in the area around Minca. Highly recommended!

Minka hike

Jack_A, Jul 2023

Tony the guide was excellent and very informative on the whole trip ..the coffee part and waterfalls were great wouldn’t recommend for kids under 8 as it’s a lot of walking and hiking on some tough roads ..overall had a great time

Just go!

Michael_G, May 2022

Genial experiencia en la naturaleza de Minca

AnaPaula_M, May 2024

La excursión fue muy bien de principio a fin. El chófer fue súper puntual y el guía nos iba explicando todo en cada momento. El sitio donde comimos estuvo genial, con unas vistas maravillosas y la comida era muy buena. También hubo música en directo. La charla sobre biodiversidad fue muy interesante y la explicación y demostración sobre la elaboración del cacao también. Sin duda lo recomendamos a cualquiera que visite Minca.

Feine schokolade, gutes Essen, Tukan gesehen, interessant

Lita_S, Mar 2024

Die Geschichte über Bamboo waar sehr interessant. Ein highlight war der Tukan, der so nah kam, sprang sogar auf dem Tisch. Der cacao war supergut, und wie der schokolade gemacht wird,das essen war herrlich Der guide war gut. Schade dass soviele Autos und motoren auf der Sandstrasse vorbei kamen, dass hat wirklich gestört. Die Pflanzen am Strassenrand waren grau vom Staub.

La magia de la Minca

Sandra_J, Jan 2024

Excelente tour, el paseo por la cascada, el proceso del café y del cacao. Muy profesionales, muy bien explicado. Para mí, que no hago senderismo, fue muy bueno.

Empfehlenswerte Tour

Benjamin_g, Jan 2024

Empfehlenswerte Tour. Wir hatten eine super Zeit und die Infos über den Kaffe, die Tiere und Cacao waren sehr spannend. Wir können diese Tour weiterempfehlen.

Randonnee

celine_c, Oct 2023

Le guide n était pas top , le groupe de 13 au début s est retrouvé avec un autre groupe donc trop de personnes pour les explications. De plus la visite au café est trop rapide on survole les techniques , idem pour le bambou . Par contre bonne surprise le repas du midi est compris dans le tarif

Experiencia muy positiva

eduardo_d, Jul 2023

Nuestro guía Tony nos encantó, sabe muchísimo del entorno y es muy amable. Todo fue genial y según lo previsto salvo la tormenta que nos cayó pero incrementó la experiencia. La comida muy rica y todo el personal muy amable. Nuestros niños de 7 y 12 años se lo pasaron super bien y fueron muy bien atendidos.

Me encantó

Oswaldo_G, May 2023

La guía, Andrea le imprime al tour su pasión por la ecología y se aprenden muchas cosas. Maravilloso paisaje, sonidos de la selva que deleitan, comida rica. Si contratan este paseo, les recomiendo zapatillas cómodas para una caminata larga a través de la selva, piedras, ríos; buena hidratación, protector solar, repelente de insectos, cachucha.