00:09coffee plantation highly recommend this to understand and see coffee production from
00:14seed to coffee cup tour guide was knowledgeable and fun macadamia farm who knew macadamia nuts
00:22grew outside of hawaii and used in so many products this tour answers any and all questions
00:29about the nut there's a restaurant and small gift shop tour guide was informative the facility also
00:37has a community outreach program donating trees to families to a supplement their food supply and
00:44b give them a way to potentially bring extra money selling macadamia and macadamia products
00:50there is something on this tour for all ages julio was our driver for our tour he picked us up
00:59at our arranged meeting spot he waited for us during our coffee tour he made sure we enjoyed
01:05our tours as we drove to the macadamia tour he showed and talked about the history of the original capital
01:12of guatemala before the agua volcano flooded the town he made sure to guide us to the correct
01:19locations at each tour we enjoyed a delicious meal at the macadamia plantation julio then dropped us off
01:27at our hotel greatly appreciate the kindness and hospitality shown highly recommend this service
01:36it is a fun and different type of tour learned a lot of things and our tour guide was extremely
01:42knowledgeable i recommend waiting for this tour to buy your authentic guatemala clothing souvenirs
01:49there is a huge difference in the quality of the clothing at the weaving museum versus the markets
01:55slash stores in antigua you can tell that it is truly handmade also both the coffee and macadamia farms
02:03are beautiful and very interesting the coffee is delicious highly recommend this tour we had an amazing day
02:13with erwin we learned so much about local coffee and macadamia production along with learning a great deal
02:19about guatemalan history along the way plus we made an additional surprise stop at carolina's textiles
02:27a truly remarkable place where we were able to watch ma yin weaving and enjoy learning about their customs
02:33and be surrounded by the beautiful art history of their work we will return highly recommend to do this tour
02:40when in antigua my husband and i and two sisters had a wonderful day with erwin rivas a phenomenal guide
02:48he provided an engaging history about antigua guatemala coffee weaving agriculture you name it
02:56he answered all questions and was always interesting we went to a coffee plants gin a macadamia nut plantation
03:05and a weaving studio and museum of an outstanding weaver a great tour we highly recommend him and the company
03:14both the coffee and the macadamia farms were interesting tours we were surprised how both
03:21items are harvested and prepared for the market roberto was an informative and entertaining guide
03:28we learn lots about his country and he was able to answer all our questions about coffee and macadamia nuts
03:36it was a fun morning and we recommend roberto be your guide for this mini adventure
03:42i've traveled to antigua several times but this was the first time for my friends our tour guide roberto
03:49was very engaging and knowledgeable about the area we toured a coffee plantation and a macadamia nut
03:57plantation we learned a lot and enjoyed all of the beautiful trees plants and birds as we learned
04:03how they opened i'm glad that we booked this tour and highly recommend it
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