In the morning we have breakfast with a view over the green Sierra Nevada. Nevada means snow-covered, but snow is extremely rare here in the Caribbean, even at this altitude. Right after breakfast we take a look at “Finca Buenos Aires”, where we spent the night. The name immediately reminds us of the capital of …
Café de Colombia – Day 9
We leave Santa Marta in the morning and drive along the coastal road for a while. Then we head into the Sierra Nevada, the highest coastal mountain range in the world. In jeeps we rock our way higher and higher on mostly unpaved roads until even the dirt roads come to an end. Stopover in …
Café de Colombia – Day 7 + 8
Today with a stopover in Bogotá, we continue to Santa Marta in the north on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Here we visit the cooperative „Red Ecolsierra“ (literally red = net, eco = eco and Sierra of Sierra Nevada, the region, roughly “eco-net(work) of the Sierra Nevada region”) – first we go to the headquarters, …
Café de Colombia – Day 6
In the morning we have a delicious and hearty breakfast with a special hot chocolate, soup and the ubiquitous arepas, small corn flatbreads. Rich and hearty breakfast. With a jeep, which is really necessary on the steep slopes and slippery mud paths in the rain, we pick up two more roasters. They spent …