Full-Day Minca Hiking Tour: Explore Nature, Coffee & Cocoa Workshop in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Embark on a full-day hiking tour in Minca, where you’ll explore stunning landscapes, visit a sacred waterfall, learn about coffee and cocoa production, and engage with the local community.

Duration: 7 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Santa Marta - Passengers are picked up from Santa Marta at 8:45 am to be taken to the start of the tour
  • Minca - The groups join at 9:45 AM and they are explained what will be done on the tour while they observe a photographic exhibition of animals from the mountains (photos of birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals).
    30-minute walk to the…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

Visit Minca, a place with unparalleled landscapes and eco-friendly constructions in the middle of the nature of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. During this guided tour in the Minca area participants will visit a sacred waterfall of our indigenous communities and visit a coffee farm and also learn topics such as coffee, cocoa, bamboo as a construction element and biodiversity, participating with local people.

Location
Santa Marta
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Katma9446gv
Mar 22, 2026
Magical Mica - The most incredible tour I have ever been on. Decor guy, a true expert incredible thing for your back he spoke to us like a adult and knowledgeable ones at that our lunch was delicious..
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John
Mar 6, 2026
A great way to spend a day outside the city. - A very good day spent in the Minca area. Tony, our guide, was very friendly and quite knowledgeable. His concern for the local ecology was very evident. Both the coffee and cacao parts of the tour were well done with adequate samples provided. The break at the river was refreshing and the lunch was excellent.
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Ivan
Mar 5, 2026
Incredible Minca - I was in this place and the experience was wonderful. I absolutely recommend it. What an amazing plan.
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T7830zqcarstenb
Mar 2, 2026
An excellent tour from a passionate and knowledgeable guide - We walked into the woods near Minca and learned about endemic bamboo species, tasted fresh coffee berries and coffee straight from the source, in November while the coffee farm was harvesting and processing. We went swimming in the river then ate lunch overlooking the beautiful forest. We learned about biodiversity, cacao and chocolate production (we made chocolates and had another chocolate for dessert too). Thank you Tony! It was an excellent tour and exactly what I hoped it would be, and even included a taxi to and from Minca. Absolutely worth the price and a great tour for any lovers of cocoa and coffee.
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Igor
Feb 20, 2026
Recommend this tour - Very good and well organised tour. Guide was speaking in both languages: English and Spanish so it was quite nice for ppl learning other language. He spoke about interesting things giving also many details. You could try local food, coffee, chocolate and see how it is prepared.
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Iandb4936ci
Apr 6, 2026
Interesting tour - An interesting tour and nice mix of walking and learning with a nice lunch. Sadam was the guide and was knowledgeable and entertaining. I understand the comments about the part about how great the lodge is is only about 10 minutes then it gets into wildlife of Colombia. The only part that annoyed me was online in said Trip Advisor's price was in your home currency but after you pay the receipt shows that the rate quoted is in USD.
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Troy
Mar 11, 2026
Amazing tour, late finish - Amazing tour, lovely walk in the forest and interesting to learn about the coffee and chocolate. Highly recommend it. The tour does run over time, not a 7hr day, but a 10hour day. Expect to be back to Santa marta around 7pm
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Patrickgj9273hi
Feb 11, 2026
Good guide but landscapes not whaou - I expected something wilder. The tour remains close to the village of Minca, on communication routes. The scenery is not breathtaking. The waterfall is small. The towers parade at the leu-leu tail. Nevertheless, it should be mentioned that the guide was very competent. This tour is more for learning about nature, coffee and chocolate than for discovering Whiskey landscapes.
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K2887zmfionac
Mar 6, 2026
Average walking tour - This was a very average tour that had no highlights. What the blurb promised was not what we experienced. It was a walk along the road in Minca, and hike to a river not a waterfall, a couple of talks about coffee and chocolate and the animal talk was just showing us pictures of wildlife in Minca also lunch at the hostel which was okay.. Definitely not worth the money.
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Javier_h
Feb 25, 2026
Your guide that talks too much. - The tour guide talks way too much, and a lot of topics had nothing to do with coffee, chocolate or bamboo. It was at times, advocate for organic stuff. Long day. He needs to stay on the topic.
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From $55
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).