Original Historic Coffee Farm Guided Tour with Transfer

Recommended by 90% of travelers

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Offered in: English

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Overview

Take a tour of a historic coffee farm in the state of Rio de Janeiro on a small-group tour. Venture out to the countryside of Brazil to the coffee valley and learn about the “Coffee Rush” that began in the 18th century. The coffee farm is preserved in the original colonial style and includes a museum, chapel, main house, slavery memorial, and cachaça house for guests to explore.

Explore Brazil’s coffee valley on a small-group tour from Rio de Janeiro
Learn about the “Coffee Rush” and the history of coffee in Brazil
Visit a colonial-style coffee farm and explore its grounds
Enjoy a personalized experience on this small-group tour

What's Included

Driver/guide
Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
Transport by air-conditioned vehicle

Food and drinks
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Pickup is available from most hotels in the areas of Leblon, Ipanema, Copacabana, Flamengo and Downtown (Centro). Contact us back to adjust the pickup time.

Meeting point

Rio Othon Palace - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22010-000, Brazil
If you do not provide us the pickup location at the time of booking and you do not inform us about it later, we will assume you will meet us at the Meeting Point at the Front Desk of the Rio Othon Palace (Avenida Atlântica, 3264 - Copacabana).

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Start time
.8:00 am

Itinerary

Vassouras

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Barra do Pirai

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
We visit one of two famous Farms in the Coffee Valley: Fazenda da Taquara or the Fazenda São Luiz da Boa Sorte. Contact us in advance if you wish to confirm which one we visit on the day of the tour.
Stroller accessible
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate

Duration of the transfer from Rio to the Coffee Farm: approximately 2 hours.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 19 travelers per Minivan.
Minimum of 2 people are required for this activity to take place. Otherwise, the tour may be rescheduled.
Pickup time is subject to availability. It depends on the Coffee Farm schedule.
Contact us to confirm the pickup time according to hotel location.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 19 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.7

based on 21 reviews

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Historic Coffee Farm Guided Tour

Jodi_G, Aug 2025

We had a great experience and learned so much about the historic Fazenda da Taquara coffee farm. Our guide was Wagner and he did an amazing job translating on the tour. He picked us up at our hotel and pointed out many interesting facts as we drove 3 hours from Rio to the coffee farm. When we arrived at the coffee farm, a member of the family gave the actual farm and farmhouse tour. The tour was in Portuguese, and our guide Wagner translated everything into English for us. The family member gave a detailed tour of the coffee farm, including explanations of the coffee production process from growing to washing to roasting. After the coffee tour, we had a tour of the historic farmhouse. There is much history and many antiques in the house that we learned about. All of this was followed by a wonderful lunch of stuffed breads, coffee, and sweets served in the farmhouse. The family members of the original farmhouse were so friendly and welcoming we felt right at home.

Very authentic visit

Geir_K, Aug 2024

Very nice and authentic visit, were you are introduced to the family story and the production of high quality organisation Coffee. However, please note it is quite a long drive from Rio (Copacabana).

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Hello! Thank you for your feedback! We're glad you enjoyed the farm and learning about coffee production. This is, without a doubt, one of the coolest tours we offer. It's really worth it! Regarding the time of the tour, we will revise our descriptions to ensure that everything is very clear. Thank you for your comment. Best regards!

Great insight into the coffee growing industry. Highly recommend.

Ruth_S, Mar 2024

Wonderful trip to this small coffee plantation with the original colonial house. Our guide , Monica, was really knowledgeable about the history of the country, slavery and plantations. We all really enjoyed meeting Marcelo and his wife and learning about the coffee growing and harvesting process.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Hello! We're very happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip! Visiting the Coffee Farm is one of the most incredible excursions in Rio and worth every minute! And of course, we work with the best professionals in town to make sure that every tour is unforgettable. On behalf of the Rio Carioca Tour team, thank you very much for your comment and the positive evaluation!

Very Bad experience all around - misinformation, poor use of my time/money

Matthew_T, Nov 2023

I would NOT recommend this tour. Specifically, I would not recommend this tour to non-Portuguese speakers. We were originally told this was an 8 AM tour. The evening before we were told that we’d get picked up at 11 AM instead of 8 AM for a 3 PM Tour. At the time that we took this tour, there was only one tour time per day. So we had no choice but to accept. Departing from Rio, the Farm was 2.5 hours away, one way! Our Viator tour guide told us that she’d never been assigned to this tour before and therefore she had little to no information about the days events. We met at the pickup point where we waited for other tour-goers. We ended up driving ~5-6 hours in a small 5 passenger vehicle with 5 passengers loaded into it. We were offered 0 bathroom breaks or food breaks from the moment we left Rio until we returned to Rio 7 hours later (except for at the farm). At the farm, the farm owner/guide arrives and informs all of us that he doesn’t speak English (which everyone else on the tour spoke.) He explains to our Viator tour guide that she will have to translate EVERYTHING he says into broken English. Now, imagine never being to a location and not knowing anything about a place… you’re spoken to in Portuguese and somebody else is translating their second language and you still can’t understand what is happening. I give credit to our Viator tour guide for trying, but there were many instances where the Farm owner and guide talked for many minutes straight without a single translation simply because the Viator guide was overwhelmed and didn’t know how to translate properly everything that she was being taught. To cap it all off… there was BY FAR one of the more expensive tours that we went on during our 12 days in Brazil. It felt like we were cheated out of nearly $300 USD for 6 hours in a crammed vehicle, 1 hour tour, and very little new learnings about what was expected.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Hello, we're sorry you didn't enjoy your tour. The time indicated is an estimate, as the operation of a coffee farm differs from time to time due to production, harvesting, etc. Your time has been changed to 11:30 so that you can visit the farm at the appropriate time. The distance of the trip is described at the time of your purchase, which I believe you may have overlooked. But it's there, it's never been a secret and clearly the farm is in a rural area and obviously not in the middle of the urban city of Rio de Janeiro. I think there's been some confusion. The guide has done this tour countless times and we even have positive comments here about the tours she's given. Your tour is shared. Therefore, it is necessary to be with other participants. The filled capacity is the capacity established by law for the car, 4 people, and the driver. On this tour, there were two of you and another couple, and you were free to request anything you wanted, such as a bathroom stop. Unfortunately, unless you say so, we have no way of knowing your desire to stop, but the guide would certainly have done so with great care. The owner of the farm is under no obligation to speak English, given that he is Brazilian and from a rural area of the city where no one speaks English. Therefore, you are accompanied by an English-speaking guide, and I'm sorry that you didn't quite understand what she was saying. The owner of the farm is under no obligation to speak English which seems strange to us, given that the guide gives tours literally every day in English and we've never had any complaints, maybe it's the accent or maybe you were expecting a native English-speaking guide. We're sorry it didn't meet your expectations. We hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.

Amazing coffee farm tour

David_J, Mar 2022

Highly recommend coffee farm tour with Monica , who is such an amazing person, with great knowledge and story telling. Overall great experience and a must do if you are travelling to Brasil to get to know the history of Fazenda , detailed information on coffee seeding, harvesting and finally making in what we buy in the shops. Just fantastic, highly recommend.

Response from Host, Mar 2022

Hello! Thank you so much for your comment! How awesome to hear that! We are glad that you enjoyed our guide and tour. Thank you for your kind words and we hope to see you again soon. Have a good day