This trip takes us to Agaete on Gran Canaria's north western corner and from there into an incredibly lush and beautiful valley, San Pedro, where we will visit Europe's only coffee plantation. It's not just coffee they are dealing with, here grows a lot of fruits and they have their own wine production.
We take the motorway to Las Palmas and continues along the coastal road to Agaete. In this part of the trip we will clearly see how lush and green is on the north of Gran Canaria. When we arrive at Agaete (it is from here you sail to Tenerife) we goes into a narrow but incredibly beautiful valley where we find “La Finca La Laja".
The bus cannot drive right up there so from the parking place there is about 150 meters to go. Should there be bad walking person between our guests, someone from the property can down and pick them up with their car.
When we come up to the estate we get a little introduction, after this the tour starts out between the green trees and bushes. We get a little story about each species, including the coffee trees (they have about 2000 of them).
The coffee beans begins to shift from the small white flower to fruit in November and December. The fully grown coffee beans are pick in April, May and June. They take only the red ones, so they have to look around the trees 2-3 times a week. Coffee trees cannot tolerate sunlight, but would like to have the warm so they have tied wine plants above them on a kind of roof to take the direct sun.
From 5 kg of coffee beans picked, there will be 1.5 Kg, finished beans, when they are peeled, dried and toasted. When the coffee beans are ready for sale they will include 2, 3, and 5% caffeine.
We continue into their tiny wine bodega where we get explained how they make their own wine, witch is not much, they make about 4,000 bottles a year, and it is only use their own grape production. They offer several varieties and each of wines is a mixture with 2 or 3 different grapes and this mixing gives the difference in the taste of the different wines.
The visit ends with tastings of everything they do and a little more, for example homemade cake and a tasty cheese, which is made of half goat and half cow's milk. You can of course buy their products.
The tour will be in English or Spanish.
This trip is so beautiful and interesting that it is a "must" to participate.
Tour no. 053
Attention! Tour number must be entered on the enrollment Departure from Puerto Rico at 08:30
Departure from Playa del Ingles at 09:00
The duration of the 6 1/2 hour
The tour price 45 Euro
Quite a bit of mountain driving on good road
Warm sweater not required
This tour is ok with small children
Evnt. food is on own account (lunch)
Registration required at least 24 hours before departure The trip is paid at the start.
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