Coffee Lover?

From the cloud forest to your coffee mug, learn how small scale coffee producers make it happen.

Looking for a meaningful vacation? Are you curious how to build a wood-conserving stove and roast coffee by hand? Harvesting, depulping, drying and roasting - see where coffee comes from, be part of a Honduran family harvest, and learn about small scale coffee production.

Come support SHI-Honduras families in their efforts to establish sustainable farming practices in their communities.  This rewarding trip combines volunteer projects, environmental stewardship and fun in the lush highlands of Central America. 

Volunteers participating in this project will stay with local SHI participant families and work alongside Honduran staff. In addition to volunteer projects, there will also be a weekend excursion to enjoy the ancient Mayan ruins of Copan.

December is the heart of coffee harvesting season, so we invite you to book your spot on our upcoming Honduran Coffee Tour!

READY TO TRAVEL? Download the REGISTRATION FORM, or contact us for more information. Download an INFORMATION PACKET (pdf) for this trip to learn more. On Facebook? RSVP to this trip.
ALREADY REGISTERED? Click here to make a Deposit, Balance or Full payment for your trip.

Help us promote this trip! Download a PDF poster, print and distribute!

TENTATIVE ITINERARY*

Day 1:  Arrival

• Group arrives at San Pedro Sula airport
• Group travels to Quimistan in mini bus, lunch en route
• Group checks into Hotel San Miguel
• Dinner at hotel
• Discussion of trip schedule, expectations
• Group stays at Hotel San Miguel

Day 2:  Travel to Brisas del Mar

• Breakfast at Hotel San Miguel
• Spanish crash course and introduction to SHI-Honduras staff
• Group travels to community Brisas del Mar
• Lunch in Brisas del Mar
• Afternoon family visits and distribution of home stay (at least two trip participants per household)
• Dinner, lodging with host families Brisas del Mar

Day 3: Community Projects - Brisas del Mar

• Breakfast in Brisas del Mar
• Morning work project: Natural fertilizers for plantain and cardamom with Javier Rivera
• Lunch in Tierra Amarilla
• Afternoon work project: Bocashi compost
• Group returns to Brisas del Mar
• Group stays with host families in Brisas del Mar

Day 4: Community Projects- Buena Vista

• Breakfast in Brisas del Mar
• Morning work project: Irrigation systems with Jose Tavola
• Lunch in Brisas del Mar
• Afternoon visit to local waterfall
• Dinner in Brisas del Mar
• Group stays with host families in Brisas del Mar

Day 5: Community Projects – Brisas del Mar

• Breakfast in the community
• Morning work project: Coffee Harvest with Francisco Garcia
• Lunch in Brisas del Mar
• Afternoon coffee depulping demonstration
• Group stays with home stays

Day 6: Community Projects – Brisas del Mar

• Breakfast in the community
• Morning work project: Wood-conserving stoves
• Lunch in the community
• Afternoon coffee roasting
• Community meal and evening departure ceremony
• Group stays with host families

Day 7: Copan Ruins R&R

• Breakfast in Brisas del Mar
• Group travels to Copan
• Lunch in Route
• Check-in at B&B Casa de Café
• Afternoon R&R
• Dinner in Copan

Day 8: Copan Ruins R&R

• Breakfast at Hotel Casa de Cafe
• Tour ancient Mayan Ruins
• Afternoon free time (explore colonial village, markets, museums)
• Dinner
• Evaluations

Day 9: Departure

• Breakfast at Hotel Casa de Cafe
• Group travels to airport
• Depart for home or continue traveling on your own

* Smaller World Tour itineraries are shaped by the requests of SHI's Central American field trainers and the farming communities we serve.  Trip participants work alongside local staff and families and we do our best to match groups with activities that fit their interests, skills and schedules. Each Smaller World Tour is accompanied by an SHI trip leader who coordinates the group's activities on the ground.  Specific projects and plans may change and we request that volunteers keep an open mind and remain flexible during their trip.

TRAVEL COSTS
$1,500 per Adult

These costs include project materials and supplies, liability insurance, rustic dorm accommodations at the work site and double occupancy hotel accommodations when we visit tourist areas, meals, in-country transportation and guide / translation service. In addition, 20% of your program fee supports the local projects you'll be working on in the field. This total DOES NOT INCLUDE airfare, medicine, phone calls, souvenirs, or any additional costs not mentioned.

A deposit of $500 should be sent in with your registration form. The balance $1,000 is due to be paid 60 days prior to the trip departure date. If travel funding is an issue for you, don't hesitate to fundraise for your trip expenses. Visit our fundraising idea page or contact our office for more information.

READY TO TRAVEL? Download the REGISTRATION FORM, or contact us for more information. Download an INFORMATION PACKET (pdf) for this trip to learn more. Help us promote this trip! Download a PDF poster, print and distribute!
ALREADY REGISTERED? Click here to make a Deposit, Balance or Full payment for your trip.

Visit our Honduras program page to learn much more about this country program.