Private Jardin Trip: Colombian Coffee Tour & Tasting, Medellin

Nice excursion. While it is long, it is very enjoyable. Daniel made it very enjoyable telling us history of Medellin and cultural anecdotes of Colombians. Very friendly Daniel, always watchful that we were okay or if we needed anything. 100% recommended. Garden, it is beautiful, the farm we visited was incredible, landscape, history, coffee process, was explained by vera, who made it very fun and interesting. Get ready to enjoy a great day!!!

We really loved this day tour. Our tour guide, David, was awesome. He picked us up at the hotel early in the morning and we picked up some fresh coffee and pandebono and pan de yuca and started making the drive to Jardin. We had great conversation and the perfect musical soundtrack for the drive. We enjoyed the green scenic views of the mountains outside Medellin. Jardin is a cute town with colorful painted homes and clean streets to stroll down, we are glad we went. It's the perfect place to relax, have some fresh juice, and enjoy the ambiance. The cable car was a fun experience and the church in the central plaza is beautiful. After visiting Jardin we headed to the coffee finca (La Florida), which was also an impressive apiary, keeping many different species of bees (abejas). David made the experience so memorable, changing the vibes with classical music as we ascended a flower-lined dirt road up a dirt road to majestic views of mountain valleys lined with coffee and banana trees. The coffee experience started with some education and tasting, then we were off to pick beans. After picking beans, we learned how to process them for roasting and grinding. We loved the whole experience and left with a lot of honey and coffee to bring home. The lunch provided was really filling and delicious. I highly recommend this tour, it was one of the most fun days we had in our 2 week trip. Hanging out with David all day was like being with an old friend, hope we can meet again someday!

What a memorable fantastic day! We can’t recommend this private day trip to Jardín enough. Daniel was thoroughly entertaining, a passionate story teller, he kept us thoroughly entertained and engaged for almost 10-hours. We travelled way up into the Andes to a charming coffee plantation where we learned all about coffee but also bees! We picked coffee beans, learned the process followed by a delicious home made lunch with a spectacular view. Then we visited the lovely town of Jardin. Definitely our favourite day trip from Medellín. Gracias Daniel!

We had a fantastic day- the coffee experience is enjoyable and unforgettable (also, if you get the chance to eat there then their food is amazing). Jardín is just as pretty as we had been led to believe. For us, the highlight of the day was our tour guide, Daniel, who was likeable, interesting, knowledgeable and fun. The time when we were travelling between locations passed quickly due to how exceptional he was at his job.

Alberto was a wonderful guide and made for a terrific experience at the coffee plantation and in Jardín.

Very good choice of tour, good planning. My guide was really a companion who guided the tour in a very cheerful and friendly way. Excellent service

We arrived in Jardin from Medellín a fantastic place, made a visit to Alejandro’s estate, gave us a professorship on coffee, an experiential signature of every step, enjoying its friendliness and wonderful coffee, ... and other products that it also produces. Don’t forget to visit and have your rich coffee; Vascafé

This was the best experience we had while visiting Medellin. It was pricey so we had our misgivings initially but my sister and I really wanted to visit Jardin so we went for it. The best day trip we had during our visit to Medellin. Fabio was our tour guide. He was punctual, friendly, and knowledgable. We drove about 2.5 hours to a working coffee farm where we were given a taste of their delicious coffee and where the owner explained the entire process as well as how growing organic coffee helps the local ecosystems and makes for a healthier and better tasting cup of coffee. We found the coffee tour very informative and fun-we were able to pick some coffee and first-hand go through the process. The farm had beautiful flowers, birds, etc. they also protect over 20 species of bees-I had no idea there were so many different kinds of honey bees. We had a good lunch there then headed to Jardin Square, a beautiful small town not far away. The pictures don't do it justice! Loved our experience it was well worth the money.

The Coffee Tour was OK. Arley the owner of ranch doesn't speak very good English and I was surprised when he told me to spend twenty minutes picking coffee beans for him. Isn't that his job? I don't drink coffee so the many steps to make coffee wasn't interesting to me. But the city is Jardín was very interesting. There wasn't much noisy traffic like in Santa Fe so it did feel like going back in time. The church was incredible and it was hard to believe it was in that tiny town. What was most interesting to me were the many small towns Fabio (my tour guide) passed through. It was early evening and every little town was already alive with music and dancing. No wonder people want to live here!

This trip was a joy from beginning to end. The coffee farm owners are friendly, welcoming, and well organised. The process tour is, informative and interactive, and the lunch was very good (even catering well for vegans). It's a long drive (which is obviously more of a challenge for the person driving), but the scenery is beautiful and lush. Even on a rainy day. We had some great wildlife sightings too. The town of Jardin is attractive, and had we had longer in Colombia, is a place we would have liked to have spent more time. The highlight of the long day trip was our guide, Fabio. His English was amazing. His knowledge about an array of subjects was also really impressive. More importantly, he was entertaining, starting some really thought-provoking conversations. I usually fall asleep during long drives, but not on this tour. We loved it!