Highlands Coffee Plantations
Goroka coffee
Goroka is the heartland of PNG coffee, where you can visit smallholder coffee gardens and processing plants and taste Highlands Arabica.
Eastern Highlands Province is Papua New Guinea's main Arabica coffee-growing region. The hillsides around Goroka are dotted with smallholder coffee gardens, where the coffee is typically grown under shade and hand-picked. Local hotels and tour operators can arrange visits to the gardens so you can learn the whole process, from picking, pulping, fermenting and drying to roasting. The town also has processing plants and cafés where you can taste local specialty coffee and buy beans. The harvest season runs roughly from April to September each year. Visits to village gardens require a local guide, and you should respect the landowners.
Opening hours
Reservation required
Nearby sights
- Raun Raun Theatre
- Goroka Market
- Goroka Show
- J.K. McCarthy Museum
- Mount Gahavisuka Provincial Park
- Asaro Mudmen Village
- Daulo Pass