My husband and I went on this tour with our friend. We were contacted the night before with the pickup time and name of guide. Natalia was very knowledgeable and explained everything about the city as we drove past. We rode the cable cars, walked up and down Comuna 13, stopped at a local farmers market, and a memorial park for the victims of Pablo Escobar. It was great having Natalia to help translate and add information to what we were looking at. We expected the tour to last 3-4 hours but Natalia had us scheduled for 6 hours. Just something to clarify if you’re on a timetable. Overall we had a great time!

This was one of the best experiences during my time in Colombia. It is a beautiful representation of the country and of every aspect coffee related. Andrés’ kindness, knowledge, and friendship through the day were a notable highlight that I will keep with me. I am a barista and still was able to expand my coffee knowledge/appreciation greatly.

We do not recommend this excursion primarily because of lack of professionalism before the tour and refusal to take accountability for what was included in the price paid. This our first time visiting Colombia and Medellin. We like most travelers book our excursions ahead of time to aid in plotting our your itinerary. We booked 2 tickets for this excursion. We paid $35 each for a total of $70. I took a snapshot of what was included for this day trip from Viator. It also had my confirmation number and booking number. Our tour was scheduled for today, but while we were on another excursion on Monday, the operator of the tour sends me a WhatsApp message telling me that we paid the wrong price , and that they normally get $300-$350 for this excursion and that to come to it we need to pay the difference. I said to him that we have already paid and sent him the confirmation (I’ll attach photos) . He said, that only covered the cost of the horse ride. I said but how can that happen since that’s not what was advertised on Viator. Had we known that excursion would be that amount, we would have never booked it from the start and would have explored other activities. Then he tries to negotiate a price of $200. I’m sorry that is a turn off and completely inappropriate. I contacted Viator and all they did was refund, and the operator sent me a message to say he cancelled and refunded. By doing that, it doesn’t allow for you to leave a review on Viator’s site directly because it makes it appear as though the customer cancelled the activity which is not true. I am a business owner myself, and if that happened to one of my customers, I would have apologized and taken “one for the team” so to speak . It would have certainly incentivized us to recommend this excursion to all of our friends and family, but we will not. This review is not meant to hurt the Operator’s business but we felt highly disrespected. We don’t recommend. Viator, respectfully, I feel your platform is somewhat responsible because you should hold your vendors on your platform more accountable as the Operator completely ruined the experience we were hoping to have here. We use Viator in the past and felt it credible and reliable but after the way this was nonchalantly unaddressed properly, we will reconsider other platforms for connecting us with local vendors when we travel.

Andrés was was absolutely amazing! His knowledge of both Medellin, Jardín and the entire process of turning coffee beans into coffee is unsurpassed. This trip was a wonderful cultural experience for everyone in our group.

I really enjoyed the Jardin tour! Our tour guide Juan was very knowledgeable. We went to the town of Jardin and a local coffee plantation. If you want to immerse yourself in the Colombian coffee culture, I would highly recommend this tour. 5 stars!!!!

Juan was a terrific guide. He is very familiar with the towns, restaurants and the coffee plantation that we visited and greets many friends along the way. This friendly demeanor and sharing of friendships offers a slice of local life that is otherwise not available to a tourist. His English is great. He shares his knowledge of the towns and history. Restaurants for breakfast and lunch were very good! Felt good in the tummy. While the drive is longthe scenery is spectacular. I would highly recommend this leader and tour!

We have been traveling around Colombia for the past two weeks for our honeymoon. One thing we were eager to do was a horseback ride in the countryside. Wow, this certainly did not disappoint. We were mind-blown by the incredible views we saw. The horses were easy to ride, and we were able to even get some cantering in over the course of the 2-hour ride, capping it off with a delicious lunch. I can't forget to mention Andres, who was an amazing host. He truly made the whole occasion all the more special and unique for us, as well as being incredibly informative. Thank you, Andres, for what has to be one of our favorite days of our honeymoon. I can’t recommend this trip more highly.

This was our second tour in Medellin with Andres and equally rewording as the first one in the Concordia region. The tour was performed by a local that lives in communes 13 and raises a young child as a single mother, walking up stairs every day. She showed her neighborhood with pride, we listened to the stories behind the beautiful graffiti, visited selected galleries, took elevators and walked stairs. Andres offered additional point of views, showed us former gangs members making an honest living selling goods for tourists. Again having a guide like Andres who knows the history, respects the local culture and loves his city was invaluable. So glad we do this with him. On the way to communas 13 we made an important stop at the Parque Conmemorativo Inflexión which was built by the government in memory of all victims of Escobar. Getting the right aspects of this sad phase of columbias history was very valuable. Thank you for a memorable experience.

One of our best days in Colombia going to El Retiro, El Penol, Guatape and a family-run coffee farm. We are a family of 2 adults and 2 teens. We don't usually do packaged tours with a guide, but I am so glad we did this one and would highly recommend it. Well worth the money. Fernando was an excellent guide with a great playlist for our drive. He was so knowledgeable about the history and culture of the places we visited. You can tell that he truly loves sharing information about his country with visitors. We had a lot of questions and he was happy to talk about everything and never rushed us. It was really a lot of fun. We especially enjoyed the Finca La Rivera coffee farm. The owners were super gracious and showed us every aspect of the process ending with delicious coffee. And the town of Guatape is so colorful and fun to see.

This experience was gifted to my husband and I for our wedding, and it was by far one of the best gifts we have received! Andres is a fabulous tour guide in that he is very knowledgeable about the city, the overall region, local history and all-around just an easy person to be with. The Santa Elena region is right above Medellin and absolutely beautiful! It’s a nice countryside area just outside the city and offers wonderful views have surrounding hills and valleys, and as well as the city. This was an overall great experience, and really added to our honeymoon memories.

Andres of land venture travels was an excellent guide for both horseback riding and in the city of Medellin. I highly recommend booking, horseback, riding and city tours with Andres. He provides excellent opportunities and commentaries. I’m definitely going back. He was also very considerate about planning parallel activities for my husband and me. My husband has some mobility problems, but Andres was able to accommodate his needs as well as engaging with me.

The city was very green and beautiful, surrounded by mountains. I did a city tour and some horse back riding with Andres of Land Adventures and he was a great great guide. He provided excellent opportunities and commentary. I would highly recommend a tour with him. I never felt unsafe in Medellin. Just for comparison, the homicide rate is 16 per 100,000 as compared to Baltimore Maryland USA which is 50+ per hundred thousand.

Andrés' tour of Jardín and Jaime's coffee plantation was truly an amazing experience from the beginning to the end. He was not only a very informative guide, but he also felt like a part of the community everywhere he took us. From the arepa to choclo, to details about numerous local bird species and plants, he really took care to elaborate the region and give us more than just a simple tour. We also found the experience at Jaime's plantation second to none. From the explanation of the cosecha to drying, we got a very tasty Belgian siphon coffee at the end. Long story short, great experience, would repeat in a heartbeat or take another tour with Andrés if we had more time.

These kind of experiences make you realize how amazing is travelling, meeting people from other countries and learning about their culture. We had an amazing experience with Andrés. A private tour for 2 took us to a local coffee farm, to a little town of Concordia and to horseback riding onto the hills of Andes. From start to finish it was all very personal experience, more like going on a tour with an old friend. Andrés is a very knowledgable man with lots of interesting stories to share. The highlight for us was the horseback riding which I highly recommend to book. It was amazing to ride through the hills and plains of nearby mountains. It's impossible to express the beauty of the scenery we encountered during that, but I'm certain that this remains as one of the highlight of our travels in Colombia. Thank you again Andrés!

Andres was excellent communicating the history, the architecture and the beauty of Guatape. He is awesome with everyone and assuring that all enjoy the trip.