Private transportation with Spanish-speaking driver and English/Spanish-speaking guide.
Our guide will meet you at the lobby of the hotel and will take you to the International Airport El Dorado or Puente Aéreo (depending on your flight). We will assist you at the airport during the check-in at the airline counter to help you connect to your next destination.
NOTE: Our transfer fee includes transportation of one bag per person of up to 23kg (50 lbs) plus one carry on. If you plan to travel with additional luggage please let us know in advance in order to assign a different vehicle capacity for the transfer. Please keep in mind that additional costs may be charged.
EARLY MORNING FLIGHT TO ARMENIA
Private transfer airport to hotel
Private transportation with Spanish-speaking driver and English-speaking guide.
Upon arrival you will be met by our representative and will be taken straight to your first experience in the coffee region. A one-hour transfer from Armenia’s airport will take us to Buenavista, Quindío, to the hacienda with the most awarded coffee and the most astonishing view: San Alberto.
The Coffee Triangle is a perfect name for the “Zona Cafetera”, Colombia’s principal coffee-growing area. Shaped like an inverted triangle, this region is formed by the three departments of Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda. Its spectacular natural beauty, makes it one of the most beautiful destinations to visit combining lush green valleys, exotic wildlife and balmy climate. This is the perfect place to unwind and relax, while you sit back and enjoy the freshest coffee you'll ever taste.
NOTE: This rate only applies if the airport and the hotel are both located in the same department. Our transfer fee includes transportation of one bag per person of up to 23kg (50 lbs) plus one carry on. If you plan to travel with additional luggage please let us know in advance in order to assign a different vehicle capacity for the transfer. Please keep in mind that additional costs may be charged.
San Alberto Coffee Tasting
Private service with Spanish-speaking driver and English-speaking guide, private Coffee Tour at Hacienda San Alberto, 3 to 4-hour duration + transfer time, all entrance fees are included.
About an hour outside of Armenia lies the town of Buenavista, the smallest municipality in Colombia. There, up in the hills you will find a premium coffee producer: Hacienda San Alberto. San Alberto has been producing coffee since the early 1970’s, so it came as no surprise when they decided to open their doors to the public and share this experience with the coffee lovers around the world.
Tour around the beautiful Hacienda San Alberto and learn all about the coffee process from start to finish. You will get familiarized with the coffee bean germination process, visit the coffee nursery, walk around the coffee plantations and visit the processing plant. Afterwards we invite you to participate in an incredible experience that will awaken all your senses: a coffee tasting accompanied by our experts. A sip of coffee will never be the same again, you will learn to identify the characteristics and qualities that are present in a good cup of coffee.
NOTE: We recommend you not to eat spicy food before the coffee tasting and try not to have perfume on your hands, this might affect your tasting experience. Coffee fields are located on a mountain slope, so please let us know in advance if passengers have any disability or walking difficulty.
After the coffee experience, you will be taken to your hotel. Our guide will assist you at the hotel with the registration procedures (check-in).
Hotel options in Pereira
1. Hotel Casa San Carlos Lodge - Superior Room
Meals: San Carlos Breakfast Included
2 nights
It is a place designed and planned to give you a unique travel experience in its class, where nature is found everywhere. We have 22 rooms each different in its theme and design: 13 superior rooms, 7 junior suites and 2 suites. Restaurant open for guests and visitors by reservation, different spacious places for business meetings and social events.
2. Hotel Boutique Sazagua - Standard Room
Meals: American breakfast included
2 nights
Sazagua is a boutique hotel that arises in the heart of the Coffee Cultural Landscape, declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Surrounded by natural beauty, gardens, tropical flowers, unique birds and beautiful surroundings of temperate lands cultivated with coffee, this place turns into an exquisite manifestation of hospitable culture ideal for special visitors. With its name it honors the Quimbaya civilization that inhabited the region.
3. Hacienda San José - Standard Room
Meals: Buffet breakfast included
2 nights
In a charming hacienda from 1888, San José is hidden in Colombian bamboo reserve. It is decorated with antique furniture and the pool is surrounded by lilac flower gardens. Rooms at Hacienda Hotel San José feature Spanish colonial interiors with polished hardwood floors and ornamental headboards. All have cable TV and private balconies with scenic garden views. The restaurant serves Colombian specialties and offers an extensive wine list. Guests can relax under the Colombian sun with an exotic cocktail from the bar on the outdoor terrace. A full breakfast is served daily. Hacienda San José is only 5-minutes by car from Pereira Airport.
