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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Sharron_b
Aug 24, 2025
You won’t be disappointed if you love coffee, chocolate & wildlife - Be prepared for slippery trails and river crossing. The enthusiasm that our guide had was truly contagious. He loved what he does and has stories for days. Coffee in the morning, from the small farm, lunch at Jungle Joe’s & chocolate making was brilliant! One of the best trips I’ve been on & so happy I had made last minute plans to book
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Ivan
Aug 20, 2025
Beautiful walk - I had the opportunity to live this experience and fully recommend it. The landscapes, the rest and the kindness of the people is worth everything. We met places we never expected to meet and then we could enjoy the beautiful beaches of Santa Marta. Each of the moments of the tour are worth it and it is all very organized. It's an opportunity that can't be missed.
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V963xmjond
Aug 13, 2025
Great experience and views - What an amazing trip with Gustavo! Scenic and really informational.... The Minca tour was well worth the time and the trip. The meal and time spent at Jungle Joes Ecolodge was amazing!
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Diams2018
Aug 11, 2025
Highly Recommended! - I actually attended the tour in July 2024, and it was one of the best hiking tours I’ve ever experienced. Our guide was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable, and I felt well taken care of the entire time. It truly felt like a great value for everything we did that day.
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Donnie_n
Aug 5, 2025
Very Good Tour - Very informative and interesting tour of the forest and coffee farm. We saw many beautiful insects and birds. Lunch and the chocolate demonstration were great.
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Marjan_l
Aug 2, 2025
Very educative. Learn a... - Very educative. Learn a lot about ecosystems, coffee, cacao and similar, including insects, birds, lizards.
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Jose
Jul 31, 2025
Hiking and tasting - Well worth the price. Hiking around Minca, stop at working coffee farm to learn about it's making, and a tasting. Bathed in a small waterfall, followed by tasty lunch and chocolate history and making chocolate. Fairly rigorous hike with decent elevation changes, so be aware. Guide was friendly and funny and gave talks about the ecology in English and Spanish. Definitely recommend. About 8 hours total with transportation.
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Katma9446gv
Jul 30, 2025
Brilliant tour guide - This was one of the best tours I’ve ever been on usually I’m hesitant to go on tours but the gentleman who let it work incredibly bright
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Tourist04544981032
Jul 21, 2025
Amazing local guide, enthusiastic, energetic and knowledgeable - very good local guide well versed in both english and spanish and incredibly enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the tripp, wildlife and history. 10/10 wish i stayed in Minka longer
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Nicola_l
Jul 19, 2025
So much potential, but guide fell short - Overall this tour had a ton of potential and was well planned and well executed with stops at a waterfall, organic coffee farm, lunch & cacao demonstration. However, the guide Gustavo majorly detracted from the experience. He had no energy whatsoever and cast a negative vibe on the whole tour. Further, even though the tour was advertised in English, he repeated every single word in both Spanish and English which made it hard to follow and distracting. Just really got the sense he didn’t want to be there at all. Lunch was great though, and prepare for lots of walking!
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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).