For quite a long time harvesting high quality coffee has been a tradition in the Chiriqui highlands. Although, for some years now, producers have taken more advantage of the microweathers in the region and today they harvest the most expensive coffee in the world: The Elida Geisha Trip Natural, that went on to reach $1,005.00 per pound in the last international auction. This product has inspired the creation of one of the tourists experiences with more national identity: The Coffee Route.
An Experience that Stays with You
In this route, local and foreign Visitors can choose from various tourists packages that some tour operators offer. One of the most valuable tourists packages is the one that takes you planting, harvesting and packaging of the final product, you even get to have a delicious high quality coffee cup, while getting to know the farmers that do this demanding task every day. Another tourist package that you can take is the one where you can taste various types of coffees along with renowned tasting experts. In this experience you learn to know why nut, fruits and flower flavors are developed inside the coffee bean and how the toasting affects the flavor and above all, you will learn to recognize a good coffee. Either of the packages described will leave you unforgettable moments of the local people, the surrounding nature and the flavors you will discover along the route.
Activities for All to Enjoy
The region where the best ocoffee in the world is harvest also has other activities that will enriched the experience of every Visitor like: bird watching, ecotourism activities, kayac horse riding, sports fishing, river rafting, senderism, canopy, a walk through the honey route and boat rides.
The Coffee Route has 18 coffee farms located in the Renacimiento Area, Highlands and Boquete. This is the list of the farms that harvest the best coffees in the world: Harman, Grupo Eleta, Apre and Cáandela, in the Renacimiento District. Janson, Ceriana, Carmen Estate Coffee, Nueva Suiza, Hermanos Lara y Bambito Estate, in the Highlands Disctrict.; Boquete Tree Trek, Kotowa, Lérida, Elida, Princesa Janca, Café Ruiz, La Milagrosa, Don Pepe y Hacienda Mamecillo, en the Boquete District. At each coffee farm the Visitor will be able to see how they work and the places where they harvest the best coffee.
They are important conglomerate of this industry nationwide and internationally as well. A group of associates that have created a long with Panama Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Environment (Mi Ambiente) an experience that creates a clear identity of what is Panama. A country that protects its rich natural resources and converts it into an experience that can be taste in every corner of the world. For more information access www.visitpanama.com/coffee.
