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.

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Joamiche
Jan 29, 2026
A must do - Very nice tour with a day full of activities. Naturalist guides were available to answer all our questions; the lunch was good with grandiose view towards Santa Marta; a must do !
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Camper828632
Jan 27, 2026
Mountain trails, coffee and chocolate. - Coffee and chocolate are two of my favourite things so this tour that included a visit to a coffee farm and a seminar on how chocolate is made was a no brainer. You can add the spectacular scenery of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The fluently bilingual (Spanish and English) tour guide was a great help. I would warn that it’s a substantial hike, much of it steeply upward. Also the visits to the coffee shop and the waterfall involved very steep climbing on narrow dirt trails. Make sure you have good hiking shoes and bring lots of water and snacks. There weren’t any refreshments available until we reached the eco lodge at 2 pm.
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Ewa
Jan 24, 2026
Minca trip - It was just great! From the very begining to the end. Our guide has described many interesting things. The cacao workshop was great too
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Vanessa_u
Jan 5, 2026
My experience - The experience was good but be prepared that even if you are not getting into the waterfall you will need to wear water shoes. Depending on your guide you will need to walk through water at different times in the day. People had to constantly take off their socks and shoes and put them back on. I think our guide took us a different path and we walked a lot through the jungle so be prepared for a bit of walking. Also bring snacks we did not eat lunch until 3pm and we were all starving. Also the cacao experience you don’t really make your own chocolate bar so don’t think you will be getting a full chocolate bar it is more of a small ball. Overall it was a good experience. I would recommend.
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Bryan
Jan 2, 2026
Great experience! - Tony was a great guide and gave great explanations. The locations we visited and foods we had were amazing! Would highly recommend to anyone who would like to learn more about the coffee and cocoa process!
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Miguel
Dec 29, 2025
Good plan, better experience and take care of mosquitoes - It is a perfectly studied and designed walk to be unforgettable. We saw other options in the area and either for costs or activities in the plan, this attracted us more and was a great decision. Recommendations: mosquito repellent is indispensable. Snacks, water and shoes suitable for a smooth trekking but with different surfaces. We went to celebrate the anniversary of marriage and we came out recharged. Thank you very much.
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Olivia_m
Nov 25, 2025
Loved it and would... - Loved it and would recommend it! It was so informative and the lunch was very tasty. Our guide was very knowledgeable!
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Wale_o
Jan 7, 2026
Good Tour - This was a walking tour around the mjnca jungle to a local independent coffee farm and a waterfall. After the waterfall, you walk to a fairly average lunch in a eco lodge and then more lectures about existing flora and fauna in the region capped by another lecture on chocolate making. The tour guide was good and very knowledgeable
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Michael_y
Nov 27, 2025
Good value for a day trip - This is a good way to see the eco friendly town of Minca. The waterfall and chocolate factory at Jungle Joe's were really something special. This may have been the best chocolate I've ever had.Lunch was also surprisingly good. Unfortunately the coffee plantation was a let down, with average coffee and prices roughly 2x what you'll see anywhere else. Even considering the artisanal, organic practices, there is no reason to charge that much for thoroughly average coffee. The guide was also pretty good and knowledgeable. I'd recommend if you're looking to explore the city
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Maureen_k
Jan 4, 2026
Not for the faint of heart or anyone unfit. And bring mosquito repellent. - I realize it's almost the busiest week of the year but Minca was absolutely overrun with people. I'm not sure if the tour was overbooked but we seemed to stay a long time at a coffee tour that took way too long and then it rained hard and the next part of the trek took over an hour so that we didn't get lunch until almost 3pm. The lunch was cold, dry rice and chickens some salad and cold veggies; with a few sweet mushy fruits. It was disappointing as we were all very hungry at that point and had trekked through a number rivers, gotten soaked and eaten alive by the bugs. The eco talk was good and the chocolate workshop was fun but by that time it was almost 4:30pm so it seemed rushed. I really enjoyed meeting so many people from around the world - there were around 25 ppl on the tour which I think made it too crowded and threw things off. I'm not sure if the price was inflated because of high season but it seemed expensive, with no snacks other than the lunch at 3pm (I got picked up at 8:30pm) and a couple of chocolates afterwards.
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up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).