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Bogota Coffee Farm and Tequendama Falls Day Trip

From Bogotá: Coffee Farm and Tequendama Falls Tour

A farm, a waterfall and a door-to-door transfer

Collected from your hotel

A return shared transfer from your own address, which removes the 6:30 taxi from the equation.

Two hours on the finca

A guided tour of a working coffee farm near Fusagasuga, entry ticket included in the fare.

Tequendama Falls

The Bogota River goes 132 metres off a cliff, and the day builds a viewpoint stop into the route.

Coffee liqueur to finish

A speciality the farm makes itself, poured at the end of the visit.

Birds along the way

The route runs through forest, and the species you pass are part of what you are paying for.

Why this is the one most people book

It has the highest review count of any coffee departure from the city, and the reason is structural rather than scenic: it collects you, it includes the farm's entry ticket, and it adds a second sight to a drive you were making anyway. For a first trip to Bogota that combination is hard to argue with.

The day starts at your accommodation and runs south-west through countryside towards the Bogota River. At the farm a guide takes you through how coffee is grown and processed here, and how the operation has scaled up over the years. Then Tequendama Falls, seen from a viewpoint by a local eatery, and a coffee liqueur back at the finca before the transfer home.

Set your expectations on the coffee itself. This is a working commercial farm rather than a specialty estate, and the cup at the end is brewed on an espresso machine. If the cup is the point, a coffee plantation tour at the specialty end will serve you better; if the day is the point, this is the best-value version of it.

The route, stop by stop

  1. Hotel pickup. From your own address in Bogota, shared with the rest of the group.
  2. South-west, towards the river. Countryside, and a guide who fills the drive.
  3. Tequendama Falls. A viewpoint stop at the 132-metre drop, with a local eatery beside it.
  4. The coffee farm, near Fusagasuga. Two hours guided, entry ticket inside the fare.
  5. Coffee liqueur. The farm's own, at the end of the visit.
  6. Return transfer. Back to the door you were collected from.

What the fare covers

  • Return shared hotel transfer
  • Driver
  • Tour guide
  • Coffee liqueur tasting
  • Coffee farm entry ticket

What it does not

  • Food
  • Extra drinks
  • Souvenirs

Who this suits, and who should book something else

Book this if

It is your first trip, you want the logistics handled, and you would rather see two things than one. The included transfer and entry ticket make it the least complicated full day here, and the review volume behind it is the largest of any coffee departure from the city.

Book something else if

You are a specialty drinker who came for the cup. The farm brews on an espresso machine and does not work at the specialty end. In Chapinero the cup is the whole subject, and the two-hour workshop there costs half as much.

Know before you go

Free cancellation up to 24 hours aheadHotel pickup and the farm's entry ticket are both inside the fare.
Check availability

Next step: pick your date and see live availability, the exact meeting time and travellers' own photographs of the day.

Questions people ask before booking this one

How high is Tequendama Falls?

433 feet, or 132 metres, where the Bogota River goes over the cliff. You see it from a viewpoint rather than from below, and there is a local eatery at the stop.

Is lunch included?

No. Food, extra drinks and souvenirs all sit outside the fare. Bring cash in pesos, or eat before the pickup.

Which farm does it visit?

A working coffee estate near Fusagasuga, about two hours from the city, and the entry ticket is inside the price. It is a commercial operation rather than a specialty producer — the farms page sets out the difference between the estates you can reach in a day.

Is the coffee any good?

It is honest farm coffee, brewed on an espresso machine rather than by filter, and the estate does not work at the specialty end. If a specialty cup is what you are after, the two-hour tasting workshop is built around exactly that.

Will I be collected from my hotel?

Yes, and that is a large part of the appeal. The return shared transfer is included from your own address in Bogota. Confirm the pickup time when the operator contacts you.

Can I do this with children?

There is no minimum age, but it is nine hours with a two-hour standing tour in the middle. Younger children usually do better on the two-hour city tastings.

A track winding down through a hillside coffee plantationA narrow footpath running through dense green coffee plantingA waterfall dropping through forest in the Cundinamarca hills

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Other ways into the coffee

If this one is not yours, the other two featured days are a hands-on day on a women-led smallholding, meeting in La Candelaria and a two-hour specialty workshop through three coffee rooms in Chapinero.