Top Central Highlands Coffee & Tea

Enjoy caffeine and adrenaline in one tour on this excursion from Antigua. The eclectic tour is sure to please a variety of travelers. Climb on board your personal ATV and head to a local plantation, where you discover the coffee making process from seed to mug. After a hot cup of the local beverage, ride up to Cerro de la Cruz, which offers a spectacular view of the city and surrounding mountains.

Coffee is one of the world’s most beloved beverages, but most people don’t know just how much goes into making our daily cup of joe. Located just a short drive from the popular tourist town of Antigua, this tour gives you the chance to see all the steps in action—from growing to harvesting, roasting, and, of course, tasting. It’s also a great way to learn about rural life in Guatemala and support local.

Explore the countryside of Antigua with your own private guide on a full-day tour that visits farms that benefit the indigenous community and environment. Tour a coffee plantation and macadamia nut plantation that use sustainable agriculture methods to grow high quality foods while preserving the rain forest. Sample their delicious coffee and nut products, then learn about Guatemala’s indigenous Mayan music at Casa Kojom. Includes hotel pickup and drop-off.

This mountain biking tour from Antigua offers an intimate look at small-scale coffee production. After an intermediate ride through the beautiful countryside, tour a coffee farm with a co-op member and visit their home to learn how beans are traditionally flame-roasted and ground by hand. Tour ends with lunch with the family for an authentic travel experience that gets you in touch with everyday life in Guatemala.

On this tour you will be able to connect with an agricultural town, learn how the country people work, and of course learn about part of the coffee processes, where the coffee grower is an expert and will know how to connect with nature. You will know the processes of the farm, from which fertilizers are used, the treatment of the plants and you will live the experience with a local coffee grower. It will be explained how to make an ideal cup of coffee and you will learn how it is harvested within the area. You will learn to make your ideal cup and you will drink coffee 100% made by coffee growers in the area.

Despite its small territorial extension, Guatemala is currently one of the ten largest coffee producers worldwide.  You'll be part of a well-guided tour about the importance of coffee in Guatemala and learn about the 8 regions of coffee and its specialties that will surely open up your senses. Come with us to enjoy good coffee.  After the coffee tour, you`ll enjoy a mini walking tour around the city's historic center. You'll enjoy the architecture, and iconic places and will be able to take great pictures! 

Raise your hand all coffee lovers out there! Coffee is the second most famous beverage in the world just after tea. Guatemala produces one of the best coffees in the world and is very sought-after internationally. The altitudes, the weather, minerals, and different components make Guatemala's coffee worldwide acclaimed. Get to know the coffee plantations of Cobán in the highlands of the country, learn about production techniques and processes from the very beginning till the end. Walk along a path surrounded by coffee plantations of more than one century of history. This spectacular tour is given by the people from the ethnic group of Mayan Q'eqchi so you will live this experience directly with the locals. An amazing adventure is waiting for you…

On this tour, you will have a unique experience, since you will learn more about the world of Tea with local people in which you can become an expert in infusions.