Nature 100% - The fresh air and tranquility of the place offer a total disconnection from the daily stress. I enjoyed hiking its trails surrounded by flora and fauna, visiting crystal clear waterfalls and drinking coffee directly from local farms.

Informative, Fun Coffee/Chocolate Experience! - Very informative. The guide had a lot of knowledge about coffee and the ecology of the area, and it was great that he did the tour in both Spanish and English. The woman who did the presentation on chocolate was also amazing and we even had a local singer/songwriter provide musical entertainment at the beautiful restaurant where we had a delicious lunch. Very much worth doing! Of course it was great we got to sample the coffee and the chocolate!

Exceptional and Full Day! - This was seriously one of the best full day tours I've ever signed up on. It was packed full of interesting activities. If you're just looking for physical activity and thrill, probably not the best choice but if you want to learn about the natural environment here, I can't imagine a better choice. The ride to Minca was by taxi. 🚖David, the driver, was very accommodating and picked me up at my hotel, even though I hadn't prearranged that. I was thankful to be able to save that extra half mile walk from the prearranged meeting spot. Tony was an awesome tour guide. Very very patient, kind, and extremely well educated about his natural environment. I learned so much about the jungle flora and fauna. I've been on coffee and cacao tours before. This was so much more informative with talks by 3 different local botanists/naturalists. I am a design-builder by profession. I learned a lot about bambo construction and how to naturally prevent termites from being attracted to wood. Ate coca tree leaves that cocaine is made from. We were introduced to leaves that can be used for natural mosquito repellent. But I didn't see any mosquitoes on the hike. At 69, im in moderately good shape and found the hiking part just a tiny bit challenging. 4.5 mi up and down moderately steep hills. It's nothing that someone who is active, at any age, can't handle. Minca is a really cute little town. The waterfall is really just a spillover into a man made pond, lovely and very refreshing. The perfect midday break after getting the coffee talk and taste. I highly recommend this tour to anyone with limited time that wants to pack a lot in a day.

Recommended! - A very complete and interesting experience! Exercise, beautiful places, good food and culturally enriching.

I loved it and I usually hate tours - I absolutely recommend this tour to get an idea of what Minca has to offer! The trek to the waterfall wasn’t so bad since we stopped a couple times to learn about the natural area. Our tour guide, Tony, was very knowledgeable and shared a lot about the natural world (he was a little negative about the state of the world and I wish he focused more on solutions and inspiring guests to take care of our home tho) . The waterfall wasn’t the most popular one, which I preferred since we were almost the only people there. The water was just perfect for cooling off. The coffee tour was on a very small farm and it was nice to support a small family. The trek to the coffee farm was my favorite part (but DO NOT forget bug spray. The sand flies will devour you! Bring an essential oil like lavender or thyme to repel them instead of Deet). The walk from the coffee tour to Jungle Joes hostel was the longest and most tiresome, I had to stop for more water in town. But we were greeted with the most amazing views, a huge delicious lunch, and a local guitarist. Then Tony taught us more about the animals of South America (this part was could have been shortened because by then we were all very tired) then we learned about cocao and how to make our own. I spent another $20 USD on coffee, chocolate, and Tony’s tip. Overall an amazing experience. I think you can book more directly by contacting Jungle Joes if you prefer.

Do it again! Memorable! - Gustavo, the Guide, was very competent and patient with our two young daughters! Great jungle hike, memorable waterfall swim and tasting of coffee, cocoa and local produce at lunch, excellent!

Fantastic - Tour was fantastic. Very informed and passionate guide who is a biologist and ornatologist. Stops to learn about cacao and coffee (and taste!). Great included lunch.

Minca village - I think the surrounding area is beautiful to visit. The waterfall etc hiking very chill to do. The village Minca self is a bit less I wished they took care better of the animals (dogs and cats) similar to what I have seen in other places in Columbia like Salento and Guatape. The coffee tour and cacoa tour is simple but fine. I enjoyed the coffee tour in Salento more

Very good guide, BUT the tour price is exorbitant for what you get. - The guide is really good, enthusiastic about his topics and will surely teach you something new. Also, he is really confidently bilingual, something you don’t get easily here… However, the tour price is totally exaggerated, about half of it would be fair. So you can say it is not worth the money. Finally, the transportation at the end of the tour back to Santa Marta was very much disappointing. Very much waiting, then the driver dropped us somewhere in town telling the lie that he ran out of fuel, he took off and his friend drove us to the drop off. We arrived in darkness. Unacceptable!

Race against time and then the tour was over 1.5 hours early - It started with us having to pay in advance via WhatsApp link. The link you received had expired. So the credit card could not be used and we had to call the bank to clarify this process. That was just under 10€ extra. There was no answer on WhatsApp. But, well. We then decided to pay cash on site. The tour itself was not wrong but I have to say that for this money it was absolutely not worth the trip. We were picked up by a taxi driver and drove about 30 min up into the jungle. Arrived we started to the coffee plantation. Then we went to the falls and finally to dinner and a chocolate demonstration. Unfortunately, every station tried to make money. You didn't really get offered anything for it. Buy here, tip there.I'm not saying anything against the people there or directly against the organizers but it just wasn't authentic and unfortunately it got more and more strenuous over time. The guide always ran ahead and probably didn't have time... Arriving at the food it was not fast enough and it was all very hectic. After the meal, however, the locals and also the guide started to tell us about some things for over an hour. It went on forever and we sat there like we were in school. After the tour came to an end, our guide was just gone and we “were taken to the village by a local to the taxi stand”. So he ran off without saying anything without instructions or anything like that and we couldn't even pack up our things in peace. Thank God we had been able to remember the way. Otherwise we would have been lost. In general, it was incredibly hectic. A couple who were traveling with us wanted to buy souvenirs at the taxi rank. These have also been hectically turned on that we have to go after all. Less than 5 minutes we had to ourselves or the beautiful scenery. No picture and not even creaming was in it. Thus, the tour was finished almost 2 hours before and no one has commented on it. Ah yes and the falls - well . If you sleep on site it is certainly a nice change but going there extra was really unnecessary. And that for almost 80€ per nose.