Seven days inside Nicaragua's premier coffee regions, in partnership with Green Haven Imports. Walk the farms behind the beans, taste the newest harvest at the cupping table, and stand where direct trade actually begins.
This is the trip Kris Hehl runs each year alongside Green Haven Imports, the importer behind the direct trade relationships you taste in every bag. It is a working coffee journey, not a resort holiday. You move through the highland regions that grow Nicaragua's best beans, meet the producers by name, and follow the harvest from the picked cherry through washing, drying, milling, and the cupping table.
Days open with cloud forest air and close over dinner in a colonial courtyard. Between them: rugged 4x4 roads to farms most visitors never reach, four or more guided cuppings, a tour of a working processing facility, a cigar factory in Esteli, and a full day on the slopes of Mombacho Volcano. The group stays small, capped at ten, so the producers have time for real conversation.
Last year's group with producing partners at the cupping table, Nicaragua.
Hotels are named where confirmed, or the nearest equivalent. Breakfast is included every morning; lunches are included on five of the days as marked below.
Arrival
Your driver meets you at Managua Airport with a welcome package and everything you need for the days ahead. The rest of the evening is yours to settle in and rest before the highlands.
Granada
Matagalpa to Esteli
The oldest coffee region in the country, and a chance to meet one of Green Haven's newest producing partnerships. The day includes a guided cupping at an exporting facility.
Mogoton to Somoto
The Mogoton region sits below Nicaragua's highest peak, where lush cloud forests feed exceptional coffee. You cup directly from the newest harvest with the people who grew it.
Dipilto to Somoto
Dipilto is known for its mountain vistas and premium shade-grown coffee. Rugged 4x4 transfers carry the group to farms tucked high into the range.
Pueblo Nuevo to Managua
The Pueblo Nuevo region is known for fertile valleys and inventive small-scale producers. The day also includes a cigar factory experience in Esteli before the drive back to the capital for your final night.
Departure
Your Nicaragua experience comes to a close. A hotel shuttle returns you to the airport for your onward flight.
Tour locations are curated dynamically to give you the most authentic farm and cupping experience. Specific farms and the regions visited may shift with the harvest and producer availability.
Real photographs from a previous Green Haven origin trip. Your accommodation, vehicles, and farms may differ.
Limited to 10 travelers. Opens in the Green Haven sign-up form.
Rates are based on current promotions at the time of preparation of this proposal. These conditions may change.
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