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Guatape Rock, Coffee and Cacao Farm Tour 2 Days

From USD $576.00

Duration: 2 Days (approx.)
Location: Medellin, Colombia / South America
Product code: Guatape Rock Coffee Cacao

Guatape Rock, Coffee, and Cacao Farm Tour 2 Days

Starting your tour at 8am you begin your adventure with a beautiful scenic drive to an outstanding coffee farm in Antioquia, where you will receive a full tour and explanation of how the whole process of growing the perfect coffee bean occurs. You’ll come to understand the process of planting, handpicking the ripest beans, de-pulping, washing, sorting into classifications, drying, roasting, and finally making the perfect brew.

Your next stop is Old Peñol Replica Town in Guatape. This town square was constructed to look exactly like the sunken village of Old Peñol at the bottom of the manmade Peñol-Guatapé reservoir. Here your guide will explain how, why, when, and show you photos of exactly how this town once looked.

You then venture to Guatape Rock also known as Piedra del Peñol, where you can climb the 740 steps to reach the top and have an amazing 360° view of the surrounding area including the 500 km shore-perimeter dam.

Next, you'll travel the short distance to Guatape town (The City of Zocalos) where you’ll walk the streets of this beautiful town and learn what is the Zocalo tradition and why it started. You’ll also get to visit the Plaza (main square), Remembrance Street, the boardwalk (Malecón) the church, and maybe enjoy a tuk-tuk ride.

To complete your day you'll check in to your hotel and enjoy the night in this wonderful lakeside setting.

Collected from your hotel around 7 am, you’ll relax in your private transport for a drive of around 1.5 hours to a Cocoa Finca close to the town of San Rafael. Once here you’ll be greeted with a wonderful breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs, Aprea (flat cornbread), and of course one of the freshest hot chocolates you’ll ever have in your life!

Next, it’s off to explore this chocolate farm with an easy hike of around 1.5 hours through the cocoa plantation of a variety of different cocoa trees. Taking a path through areas of bamboo, bananas, cocoa, and giant Yarumo trees, you’ll encounter a natural spring that feeds much of this area. And of course, with such an abundance of wonderful flora, you’ll also find a wide variety of fauna. With an amazing number of tropical birds, along with many Marmoset monkeys, sitting in the trees and watching you go by.

Following this exceptional experience in this natural wonderland, you’ll be starting to feel a bit peakish and will make your way back to the main house for a traditional lunch called a Fiambre (Wrapped in banana leaves and consisting of rice, sausage, fried pork, ground meat, boiled or fried egg, platano, and arepa)

Next, it’s time to make some real chocolate yourself. Using a traditional artisan method, you’ll toast the cocoa beans on top of an open fire until well cooked and you begin to hear a cracking noise. Once they’re ready you’ll put them into a grinder, and you guessed it… you’ll grind the cocoa beans to create wonderfully thick chocolate that is 100% Cocoa. Following this, you’ll add your choice of mixes, nuts, and sweets, and create your very own delicious chocolate bar.

Your tour continues with a short walk to the Arenales river for a swim and an exfoliation with a mixture of fresh chocolate and the husk of the cocoa bean. You may be skeptical of such a beauty treatment. But we can assure you, that your skin will love the results.

To complete your tour, you’ll be transported back in your private vehicle to your Medellín hotel with some of the most wonderful memories of this Colombian adventure.

What's included?

Pickup and Drop-off from your accommodation
Transport in private air-conditioned vehicle
Guatape Tour- including Coffee Farm visit, Climbing Guatape Rock, Guatape Town tour
Entrance fees- Guatape Rock, Coffee and Cacao Farm
Breakfast and Lunch at the Cacao Farm.
Bilingual Tour Guide

Exclusions