Coffee Tourism
What's the latest travel trend? Coffee tourism.
According to Newsweek magazine, growers in the Western Hemisphere are hoping to mimic the success of vineyard tours, and entice coffee-loving vacationers to visit their coffee farms.
According to Newsweek magazine, growers in the Western Hemisphere are hoping to mimic the success of vineyard tours, and entice coffee-loving vacationers to visit their coffee farms.
- For example, the Finca Irlanda company in Chiapas, Mexico produces organic "shade grown" coffee under a rainforest canopy. Guests can stroll along winding mountain paths, spy on more than 200 species of exotic birds, such as orange-chinned parakeets, and learn about sustainable coffee cultivation. All for $175 dollars a day.
- In Peru, coffee aficionados can participate in a harvest festival, meet members of an indigenous women's coffee cooperative, and take a side trip to Machu Picchu the city of the Incas. That'll set you back about $19-hundred dollars.
- And the final coffee trip: a visit to the luxury beachfront Guanacosta Four Seasons resort in Costa Rica. They offer tours of rain forest, cloud forest, and active volcanoes. Plus visits to 3 famous coffee plantations, plus gourmet dining with legendary coffee connoisseur, Jeremiah Pick. It'll cost you $44-hundred bucks a person.
