Luis Felipe Mantilla

The route of coffee is a relatively new concept. It has been developed parallel to the farms that protect their natural surroundings and assume with conscious the social responsibility for their workers as well as the search for fair prices.

Luis Felipe Mantilla is a talented coffee producer. Currently he is part of the big family of small and medium coffee producers. Their objective is to carry out a local tourist complex, which will be an alternative during the low coffee season and a parallel income for the local economy.

“As you see, this farm has preserved the rustic part of the conventional farms but with some basic conditions to welcome the “adventure tourism”... Our best recommendation letter is the excellent quality coffee. We have bee selected many times in the “cup of excellence” says Don Luis Felipe.

The tourist-coffee project is being carried out at Los Encinos … We have been visited by many foreign and local people. When they are here they drink our coffee together with delicious maize “rosquillas” (local corn donuts). We explained them the qualities of the coffee berries and which are the most important coffee farms in Nueva Segovia.

“For you to see that we are being serious, let me tell you that few weeks ago we signed a contract with hotel Fronteras (one of the most important hotels of the region) and we offer the services of “path and ecological walks”. A group of foreigners were fascinated with our fauna and the richness of our soils.”

Los Encinos is a special “casona” (farm house) and it is a pleasure to arrive to this farm of the northern part of the country.