The Coffees of Colombia: Bogota & the Coffee Region
October 17-25, 2025 | US $3,500
US $3,500 per person sharing (international airfare not included)
Transform what you know about coffee, its origin and its people over seven wonderful, event-filled days in the heart of Santander, Colombia.
Your experience starts when we arrive in Bogota, Colombia, where we’ll board a short domestic flight to the city of Bucaramanga in the region of Santander. Once in Santander, we will be staying on a traditional Colombian coffee farm which has been repurposed as “Posada Don Agustin”, a bed & breakfast.
We will visit nearby towns, local coffee farms, Chicamocha National Park (PANACHI), and of course, the beautiful town of Barichara. We will be learning all about coffee cultivation, harvesting, processing, and even cupping some local coffee along the way. Most meals will be provided at the Posada, but there will also be opportunities to branch off, explore, and find some delicious treats on your own at PANACHI and Barichara. And best of all, you get to explore all this with Edward Denyer — coffee afficionado and great guy!
October 17
Depart from your North American airport to Bogota, Colombia.
October 18
Arrival in Bogotá, local flight to Bucaramanga. Transfer from the Bucaramanga airport to the Posada Don Agustín, located in Aratoca Santander, a modest hotel reimagined from a coffee farm into our exclusive compound with plenty of nooks to embrace the coffee plantation sights and sounds until sundown. Registration followed acclimation and optional poolside. Welcome dinner will be a traditional plate, this will be a group event in the outdoor kitchen.
October 19
For breakfast at the Posada you have a choice of eggs, arepas, fruits, fresh juice and coffee. Our education then starts with learning the process of coffee cherry collection, to be later processed manually as was done in a traditional plantation. We have a typical lunch at the Posada and in the afternoon we continue with the process of pulping and fermenting. Mid-afternoon we will have the experience of eating “arepas de choclo”, provided by the local producer. Dinner at the Posada.
October 20
After breakfast at the Posada, we continue with the sequence of the coffee process: consisting of selecting the parchment, removing the husk or hulling, selecting the grain, roasting, and grinding. We have lunch at the Posada and in the afternoon we visit Jordan, a town on the banks of the Chicamocha River, where the first toll booth in Colombia existed during the time of conqueror Simon Bolivar. We return to the Posada for dinner.
October 21
After breakfast at the Posada, we will visit an artisanal family run coffee farm near San Gil where we will learn about the coffee process from the farm administrator. We will have a traditional worker lunch and then we return to La Posada. In the afternoon we have a group session to go over all the latest methods that are used to prepare your brewed cup of coffee, hosted by a local specialty coffee outfit, with a “tasting” included. Dinner will be at the Posada.
October 22
After breakfast at the Posada, we travel to Barichara, which is considered the “most beautiful town in Colombia”. It is renowned for its buildings from the late eighteenth century and was declared a National cultural heritage site. Barichara has numerous restaurants, cafes and bars that preserve the colonial architecture, as well as a large number of ecotourism activities. Lunch is on your own. In the afternoon we return to the Posada where we will have our celebration dinner.
October 23
After breakfast at the Posada, we check out at the Posada and we will visit the “Hacienda Cafetera La Pradera”, a family owned coffee processing business spanning three generations where their innovative techniques and quality improvements in specialty organic coffee are well known and respected. At noon we head to the Chicamocha National Park, known as PANACHI, located along the Chicamocha river canyon 50 km from the city of Bucaramanga. The park contains a variety of outdoor activities, one of the most outstanding being the cable car that crosses the river to reach “Mesa de los Santos” on the other side of the canyon. Lunch is on your own in the park. We will continue to Bucaramanga where we will spend the night and enjoy our last dinner.
October 24,25
After breakfast at the hotel, we then checkout and head to Bucaramanga Palo Negro airport to take the flight to Bogotá. Enjoy some time for shopping, before transferring to the Bogota airport in time for your evening flight back home (arriving home on October 25th)
Included for this safari:
- All en-suite accommodations (with private rooms!) as per the itinerary.
- Breakfast every morning
- Meals specified each day (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Airport transfers
- Exclusive transport in air conditioned vehicles with guaranteed window seat.
- An English-speaking Colombian guide (Edward Denyer), knowledgeable of the region and culture.
- Leadership in ethical, socially responsible practices.
- Entrance fees as specified in the itinerary
- Two domestic flights (Bogota – Bucaramanga – Bogota) as mentioned in the itinerary.
- Completed pre-departure information including packing lists, trip itinerary, and flight details.
Not included:
- International flights to Colombia
- Travel/medical/cancellation/interruption insurance
- Meals and beverages not indicated within your itinerary.
- Items of a personal nature such as laundry, phone calls, beverages, etc.
- Tips for your guide and driver (suggested as US$ 50 for the entire trip)