On And Around The Finca
There are many activities and (nature) attractions around Minca. The following list is just a small excerpt of what you can do:
Bird Watching
Just on the finca, sitting still or walking. There are binoculars, telescope and a bird guidebook at the reception. Use the free app MERLIN from CornellLab to determine birds by their sounds.
Free
Walking to different points on the finca
Amazing views hasta Barranquilla from the former coffee processing platform (7 minutes).
From there, you can take a circular hike. Just follow the signs for “S. Cascada” and “Vuelta.” It takes about 60 minutes. The trail goes up to around 1,430masl. Sturdy footwear is required.
Free
Camp Fire
Enjoy camp fire after sunset. We can set it up for you, just let us know.
Free
Views & Sunset @ Platform
Climb up the steps on the path between the cabins and reception and enjoy another marvellous view from the relax chairs. Don’t forget your drinks 😉
Free
Plant a tree
Leave your footprint on the Finca: As we are permanently reforesting the area, you can plant a (native) tree that we provide, together with us (in the rain season April – November). Hopefully you come back one day to visit your tree…
Free
Yoga, Exercises, Meditation
We provide yoga mats; there is a bench for bench press and weights. Some people who did meditations reported nice (awakening) experiences.
Free
Exclusive guided tour to waterfall
We offer two different waterfall hikes, each with its own character. Availability depends on various factors, including weather conditions.
Waterfall Tour 1 – Small Hidden Waterfall
Waterfall Tour 2 – Swimming Waterfall
139.000 COP / person incl. lunch and 250gr of our organic coffee
Mirador 360° (360° Viewpoint)
Walk approximately 45 minutes from our finca to this viewpoint, where you have nice views over the valley until Tayrona: walk aproximately 10 minutes downhill from the finca entrance and then make a right on the sign. Views are already amazing on our property so it´s more about the walk… (or workout 😉
Free
Finca La Candelaria: Coffee or Cacao Tour
Walk to our neighbour, the finca La Candelaria (35min). Walk downhill and then the small path with the sign left hand side. You can choose between the coffee or cacao tour (apr. 1 hour); you will visit the plantation, learn about organic cultivation, harvesting, processing; there is a live roasting of the fresh coffee/cacao and cupping, at the end of the cacao tour you will also get a cacao face mask. Between 9am and 4pm daily.
Available in Spanish or English.
35.000 COP per person I +57 321 5887985 (WhatsApp)
Popular: Half Day Tour, La Candelaria – Hidden Waterfalls – Minca
A tour popular with our guests: Walk from our finca downhill and then the small path with the sign left hand side to Finca La Candelaria. Once there, you can take a coffee or cocoa tour, enjoy a coffee or cocoa or continue directly along a small path to the Cascada Escondida (Hidden Waterfall, approx. 45 min). This small waterfall with the opportunity to swim is not as crowded as Pozo Azul, for example. From there you can walk on to the village of Minca (40 min). There are various restaurants and cafés in Minca and you can optionally visit another site in/around Minca. Later you can take a moto-taxi back to Sintropia and enjoy the sunset.
La Candelaria entrance free, tour cacao/coffee 35.000 COP per person
Hidden Waterfall entrance fee 10.000 COP per person
Mototaxi back to Sintropia 30.000 COP per person
Guided Bird Watching Tour
With a local guide from Minca. 6am – 8am; leaving near our finca, discover the extremely rich diversity of birds in the Sierra Nevada, some endemic, with a resident guide; binoculars are provided. During the tour you will have the chance to see or hear around 30 different species.
Starts at 6 am at the entrance of hotel Mundo Nuevo, walking 35min from the Reception of Sintropia downhill. Take a flashlight.
Spanish, English
80.000 COP per person I local guide Elkin +57 312 6486732 (WhatsApp)
Permaculture Tour / Farm to Table Workshop
Our neighbors Anne and Pim offer an interesting workshop at their farm “PLAN B”, 30 minutes walking downhill:
🌱☀🪶Farm to Table Workshop at Plan B
Reconnect to Nature
Ready to taste life straight from the jungle?
Join us for a grounded morning where Pim, our passionate permaculture guide and beekeeper, leads you through our tropical garden and the vital world of stingless bees and their essential role in our ecosystem.
Then Anne, holistic chef with 15+ years of experience, serves you a colorful five-course tasting menu, fine-dining style, crafted from the abundance of our land. This inspiring workshop offers a glimpse into life outside the matrix.
Raw, abundant, adventurous and deeply connected to the Earth.
You’ll also receive plenty of inspiration and real-life experience on how to live in the jungle and build a self-sustainable life.
Warning: you may leave wanting to start your own garden immediately. 😉
🌿 Permaculture garden tour
🐝 Stingless bee workshop + honey tasting
🥗 Five-course tasting menu
🍹 House-made drinks included
🕘 9:00 AM – ~1:30 PM
Every Wednesday & Saturday
💰 288.000 COP (+5% with card)
Bring comfy shoes, long pants & your sense of wonder.
To reserve: please send your full name, passport number & country.
Whatsapp / Phone: +57 311 7401224
With love,
Anne & Pim
🐝🌱💛
288.000 COP per person
In And Around Minca
Walking to/from Minca takes around 60-90 minutes (4km). Going by mototaxi takes around 15 minutes and costs 30.000 COP.
Some Maps of Minca & Souroundings
These are some maps which are beeing used in Minca.
Coffee Tour At Finca La Victoria / Beer Brewing Course
La Victoria, Founded in 1882, this is the oldest coffee farm in the area and still using their old machinery. You can visit them and take a snack or coffee and they offer an apr. 1-hour tour, daily from 9am to 4.30pm. There is a craft-beer brewery on the premises which offers brewing courses as well.
It’s around 3 hours walking from here one way or you can take a mototaxi.
Spanish, English
entrance free, tour 30.000 COP per person
Pozo Azul
Pozo Azul Cascades are water holes where you can swim; probably one of the most visited spots in Minca, popular with the locals and therefore crowded during the day, we suggest going in the morning or skip it completely. Be careful with climbing the waterholes/cascades, accidents have been reported in the past. You can walk Pozo Azul from the Finca La Candelaria after doing the coffee/cacao tour through small paths (around 2.5hours) or walk it from Minca (1hour).
entrance fee 2.000 COP per person
Marinka Waterfalls
Nice waterfalls with restaurant and hammocks, around 60 minutes walking from Minca village. There is a quite big, nice swimming hole with cold water. Can get crowded during the day and weekend. There are quite a few other less known waterfalls around Minca.
entrance fee 10.000 COP per person
Rent a Motorbike
Explore the area by yourself. You can rent a motorbike for 150.000 to 200.000 COP per day, 8am to 5pm. We can help you organizing.
Cerro Kennedy
Cerro Kennedy is the highest peak in the region with around 2800 meters altitude. In the morning you have amazing views to the highest, snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevada (5780m). Up in the cloud forest there are several nice hiking options, bird watching and some basic places to spend the night. There are various options how to get there, you can go by yourself or as a guided tour. At the reception we can give you further information.
