coffee tour hacienda venecia

Pick up in town a half hour late. Power was out at farm so no promised welcoming coffee. We were also promised to roast a small batch...did not happen. The extra cost lunch was almost tasteless. When we were served an espresso it was merely warm. The grounds are beautiful but save your money. No apologies were offered or reduction in fees. If everything promised were delivered it might have been worth the asking price.

It was a perfect occasion to learn a lot on local coffee production and to visit a wonderful area. The guide was very competent and attentive to all the questions of group. Excellent lunch at a pleasant place. I had booked the tour from my hostel and everything was very well organized.

A beginning to end tour of a working Colombian coffee farm and how the beans end up in your cup. $35.000 Cop ($15.00 US)

Didn't realise how much there was to coffee production. Very comprehensive talk with masses of visual aids, questions and laughter. Into the fields and factory for a really good look at the manufacturing.All the coffee you could ever want to drink...Transport to and from Manizales was beautifully driven and spot on as arranged. Book through really helpful man in Tourist Information centre park in Centre Manizales, just down from top air cable station.

Our guide and tutor, Rubén, was excellent. He shared his extensive knowledge easily and understandably in a confident manner. I was amazed to discover the small amount of equipment and machinery needed to process such large quantities of coffee berries. I learned a lot about the history of coffee, how and where it grows, and about the different qualities. A little capital investment in materials and IT would help Rubén shine even brighter in his role and visitors to have an even richer experience.

I couldn't help taking shots of all the beautiful compositions of trees,flowers and structurally exciting plants as well as hanging on every word of the coffee tour.

Learn about coffee. Eat lunch if you can. Fabulous. Very complete and entertaining tour. The location is worth the visit just to experience the place.

I know that Lonelly Planet lovers are not going to agree, but not all that is listed on lonelly planet is that good.I took this tour on December/14. Its pricer than most of the coffe tours on the region, and is really crowded (thanks LP)My impression is that this is a comercial tour more than anything. The whole situation is focused on selling things instead of presenting and teaching.It takes 4-5 hours, because those who choose do not have lunch have to wait for the ones that are having lunch at the farm (comercial part of the tour) so be aware that you might spend more than hal a day there.I would rather go to a smaller farm to have the taste of what coffe means in cultural terms that to this one, but this is my personal opnion.

I had a very good time at the tour. I would give it a 5 star rating, but marking it as 1 star to alert travelers from hacienda to the airport of a scam. The driver gustavo is a scam artist. The price is 45.000 from hacienda venicia to santa marta airport. I paid him with a 50.000 bill, but he didn't have change. He look into my wallet (has another 50.000 bill) and asked for 6.000 more. He returned change of 10.900. As i was checking in luggage, he returned and claimed that I owe him money. He claim that I either grabbed back the 50.000 or he accidentally returned the 50.000 bill. Couldnt understand him well, so he got the owner (juan) of the hacienda on the phone to help translate. Juan couldn't remediate the situation by phone, so I grabbed the police who will look through the cctv. I didn't have time to wait for the police to return, so returned the 50.000 bill to him and walked through the security gates. He didn't put up a fight, said "listo" and walked away. End of the day, loss is 5.000. Beware of dishonest driver. Recommend pre - paying at the hostel before hopping onto the car or pay with exact change.

The coffee tour was a great experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the history of coffee and the various types of coffee beans. He reviewed the roasting process. We were given a tour of the coffee farm and walked through the plantation and explained the growing process. The tour then visited the plant where the coffee beans are cleaned, sorted and dried. The tour was very informative and the coffee farm has a beautiful setting. The guide was very helpful and answered our questions the only fault maybe be that he did not always address all of the tour participants with the answers. The tour is well worth the price.

This is a nice tour. They pick you up from your hotel and bring you to their farm. It starts with history of the coffee business. You then learn things such as the different varieties and thing that affect quality. They then show you around the grounds and some of the equipment used in the processing. Finally, we had lunch at their hostel are which is very nice and peaceful. Also, their were a lot of hummingbirds at the hostel. I definitely enjoyed it.

Interesting and informative tour of coffee farm our guide Alex Rodriguez was excellent a must do if visiting coffee region

I am an unrepentant coffee snob. I will not go to Starbucks and require the origin, date of roasting, and tasting profile on all the whole beans I purchase. This was both a tour and hands-on classroom about coffee production; I loved it and now admire Colombian coffee even more!

This really is a great day trip to a coffee plantation with all of the free coffee you can drink. The guide was excellent and well-versed in coffee production and I learned a lot of new things.A few items: with lunch the price was $57,000 pesos. Be prepared to walk as you will actually be walking through coffee fields. No one told me about the pool else I would've brought my suit and went in for a quick dip. And bring a copy of your passport as I think they have to track people for their purposes. Oh! And tell them that you want to buy coffee! I was expecting the tour to end in a gift shop of sorts and it didn't. They were extremely low pressure about it, which surprised me because my main reason for going on the tour was to buy coffee. In all, this was a great tour and I can see how this place would be very peaceful and serene if you were to stay here for a few days. I would take any negative reviews with a grain of salt.

Haciënda Venecia got advised to us by a local guy from Manizales and he wasn't wrong when he said that we gonna have a great day there. The owner from the Haciënda picked us up and in a group with three other backpackers he showed us the coffe plantages and explained it very detailed. We got a teaching lesson about the coffee types, the production and the different tastes. Besides that, he and his stuff are very friendly. We stayed at the pool for the rest of the afternoon and just enjoyed this peaceful and beautiful place. Of course the coffe is as well a very special one with and we enjoyed every zip of it!If you have the possibility definetly visit the place and if you can, stay there for a few days-its great!