5 Nairobi Coffee Tours, Cup by Cup

1.Nairobi Coffee Farm and Factory Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 87 reviews · from $98Our pick

Visit Fairview Coffee Estate about 20 minutes from central Nairobi with a private driver and farm guide. Walk among coffee trees, see beans graded, dried, processed, and roasted, then taste several coffees with snacks. Guides may include Moses, Obed, Ann, Elvis, James, or Alex.

“Very interesting. Well organized. Ann was our very knowledgable guide and was truly excellent. Whether you like coffee or not, see how complex and labour intensive the process is to get the best coffee. Proper tasting session at the end was fun.”

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2.Coffee Factory and Farm Tour with Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 60 reviews · 4 hours · from $24Best value

Spend four hours traveling from Nairobi to Fairview Coffee Estate in Limuru, where a farm guide such as Elvis or James explains growing, picking, drying, roasting, and brewing. You will walk among coffee plants, taste several Fairview coffees, and have time to buy ground or whole-bean coffee before your return transfer.

“The tour was nice. The plantation was very nice. Our guide Elvis was a real coffee expert and we learnt a lot during our walk. The coffee tasting was a lot of fun.”

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3.Coffee Farm Village & Factory Half Day Tour with Pick-Up

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · from $95

Spend four to five hours exploring Fairview Coffee Estate outside Nairobi with a private driver and farm guide. Learn how Kenyan coffee is grown, processed, roasted, and brewed, then sample the finished drink. Guides such as Liz, James, Elizabeth, and Faith have been praised for clear explanations and warm humor.

“I enjoyed understanding their process of coffee farming. The tour was educational and interesting. The people were very friendly and we enjoyed our guide.”

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4.Guided Coffee Farm Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 3 hours · from $27

Join guide Patrick for a three-hour Nairobi coffee farm visit covering African coffee history, varieties, cultivation, harvesting, roasting, and tasting. You will walk among the plants, meet farm workers, try coffee flavors, learn basic Swahili, and finish with a hot cup and snack. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

“My full day was fantastic, from start to finish. Patrick, my guide, was very friendly and knowledgeable about the city, it's regions and history. He gave detailed information on our surroundings as we drove to the giraffe centre (requested as an extra by me ahead of time). The coffee farm is an almost expert level tour. You walk the farm, tasting cherries, guessing flavour profiles and learning about the soils, plant differences, cross pollination techniques for flavour, drying processes, roasting and all important coffee tasting. The explanations on how coffee is grown, created and sold globally is just superb. If you're a coffee lover (like myself) and want to know…”

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5.Coffee farm tour, coffee roasting and tasting experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $35

Spend about two hours at All Seasons Coffee near Nairobi with guides such as Stanley and Duncan. Walk among coffee trees, learn how beans are grown and processed, roast your own coffee to take home, then drink freshly brewed Arabica coffee with snacks and water. Groups are capped at 10 people.

“It was fabulous tour. The guide "Stanley" who really taught us so much about plantation of coffee and kinds of it was great.”

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