Anyone just want to visit some coffee farms anywhere?

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Permalink Reply by Pablo Castaneda on March 24, 2008 at 1:05pm

When I said we have a five star hotel, that means if our prices are to expensive , I can get you other hotel options, even to really live the Guatemalan experience indeed with a Guatemalan family. In the plantation you get to see the entire process of harvesting , cuping, roasting. We have horse rides, zip line tours (from 200 to 1640 feet) , 7 rides all together and you can tour Antigua town. Depending on your time and budget I can tailor a tour as well for RIO DULCE area, an awesome tropical place 4 hrs from Guatemala city so you get to experience a different experience of our caribbean sites. Something really important you need to consider with whoever you tour in any Latin Country, is the safety matters, make sure you get a local that knows your culture and it is not going to put your life in danger taking you to unsafe places. Remember that for us as Latin Americans, violence situations are an everyday experience, believe me... but for you guys it is way different. Be aware of that as your safety is NUMERO UNO compadre.

Take care

Pablo Castaneda

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Permalink Reply by Ken Chappell on March 24, 2008 at 1:56pm

Pablo, I would love to visit you. Most definitely, I would want to stay with a family if possible. I want to experience life with your culture, not a 5star American vacation. My budget is small, but I will scrape whatever necessary. I will travel with my wife, but I suspect I should leave my 4 year old daughter at home. She is quite ready for the trip, but I would not want her in danger in any way. Is a week reasonable for the trip? What is the best time for the trip?
I do think it is a good idea to meet up with other folks from this list & go as a group, what do you think about that?

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Permalink Reply by Pablo Castaneda on March 24, 2008 at 3:06pm

Indeed Ken it is better if we are talking about a group, for several reasons. More than anything else we reduce costs and I think a week for a coffee tour is good enough. We can do Antigua and Atitlan coffee region indeed. Yeah a trip for a 4 year old can be rough, regarding security you dont have to worry as I have me own security team indeed. A good time is from April through June, after June the rainny season starts. The best for you guys is to live the ENTIRE COFFEE CULTURE OF GUATEMALA. check my site so you can see some more about the plantation www.kafesguatemala.com

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Permalink Reply by Bel Townsend on March 25, 2008 at 4:48am

I take it everyone replying to this so far is based in the US or already in South America somewhere? I've just looked up flights... and OW, basically. Like, £750 ($1400?) from London!!

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Permalink Reply by CJ on March 25, 2008 at 11:56am

Not entirely overly expensive, I paid 1020 for round trip to south america last summer. And I flew from Texas, which is considerably closer.

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Permalink Reply by WMitro on March 25, 2008 at 1:06pm

Idea: Perhaps if we get a large enough crowd that will not back out, we can perhaps make some type of "bulk" deal with some airline for plane tickets. I think the biggest thing right now is tickets. If you look below we have been talking to Pablo Castaneda, and I think so far he would be great to work with.

Thought: When are we wanting to go besides "NOW"? Do we want to scramble for this summer or make everything smooth sailing for summer 2009?

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Permalink Reply by Pablo Castaneda on March 25, 2008 at 1:31pm

This will be the best as well to reduce logistic costs regarding trasportation and so on. I was going to tell you I can even provide references from people from the U.S. that knows me and they liked the way I workd regarding tour and coffee business indeed.

take care bro

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Permalink Reply by WMitro on March 25, 2008 at 2:05pm

Yea I would to hear more about you and what exactly you do.

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Permalink Reply by CJ on March 26, 2008 at 8:44am

If you go in the summer of '09, it will give me plenty of time to prepare for a trip. I feel if we did anything this year, it should be in the latter part of the year. Sounds good, I'm on board. Not sure if bulk tickets would work, though, since most of us are in several different places.

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Permalink Reply by WMitro on March 26, 2008 at 2:35pm

I haven't flown too much but is there not one big airline that travels everywhere? Or even owns different airlines?

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Permalink Reply by Pablo Castaneda on March 26, 2008 at 2:46pm

hey man I think it will be good if you go to my companie's website so you get to know more about what I do as a coffee company.

www.kafesguatemala.com

I recommend www.spiritair.com to travel to Guatemala. it depends where u are flying from indeed.

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Permalink Reply by Pablo Castaneda on March 26, 2008 at 3:11pm

Regarding business recommendations you can contact www.acadiacreative.com this company and KG , we are putting together and entire business marketing plan for a new Hotel in Guatemala, where we are going to do what you guys are planning to do regarding a coffee plantation visit. They are going to visit Guatemala as well, to take a tour I will give them as part of this venture.

take care guys

Pablo

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