Coffee Farm in São Paulo, Brazil: Luxurious, early XIX century, working coffee farm, countryside, fishing, radical sports, lakes and views.
The Home: 2.500 square meters of a totally newly renewed Brazilian colonial house built in 1813.

Seven large bedrooms, each one with its own private bath. The house has a private gym with bath, larges wet and dry saunas. Also we have two bars, plus a coffee bar, large verandas, barbecue area, wood-oven, fire pit, five fireplaces, large swimming pool, library, lots of antiques and all modern amenities. Dining, living and family rooms are a must all year round.

This house is the center of a traditional working coffee farm (500.000 coffee trees) with 2, 42 millions of square meters. The farm has four lakes for fishing, and trails for hiking and biking. It is a working farm so you can see all the coffee production. Also we have horses cattle, lambs, poultry, pigs, etc...

The house is by the side of the lakes, and in the middle of a hundred of fruit trees as oranges, lemons, avocados, peaches, bananas, grapes, berries and many others at your disposal.

The place is a paradise for resting and you can indulge yourself staying in a net looking the horizon with the blue of the sky and lakes, contrasting with the gold of the sun and the several greens of the coffee, drinking a “caipirinha” (natural drinking).

We have a couple of full time employees, who do all the cleaning, laundring, and some cooking, The maid is good in cooking, but is up to the guests. They are available from 8 AM to 17 PM - Price to discuss with advance notice or the same benefits in the exchange.

We can also borrow a car to reach to all places in Brazil that you can possible wanna go.

Located in the geographic center of São Paulo (280kms), Dourado is a city blessed by nature, which has the honor of having preserved their environment.

Close to the Farm you can find four larges cities Araraquara, São Carlos (Musens), Brotas (for adventure and radical programs) and Jaú (center for shopping shoes)and two small towns Ribeirão Bonito (8kms) and Dourado (7kms). The neighborhood is totally secure and very quiet. You can feel the real taste of countryside.

In the area you can do horse hiding, biking, rafting, rappel. The nearby city of Brotas is a well known adventure/touristic destination, in Dourado, on wednesday a catolic priest performing miracles. You also have a variety of small and nice restaurants. We can provide transportation from the São Paulo airport to the Farm.

More information could be seen at our site www.cafehelena.com.br

If you want to know more about us, you can find de info below: (Unfortunally is all in portuguese)

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Café Helena


Fazenda Monte Alto - Café Helena

We are open to receive people anytime and to go anytime.
The farm is our second home, so we are open to a non-simultaneous exchange.

Open to any dates

All Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zeland and ski areas in the USA, Canada and Europe.

We live in the city of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. We do not live in the farm. It is our second home. Ricardo (born in 1951) is the General Counsel of Johnson &Johnson in Brazil, VP for Latin America and Maria Helena (born in 1950) is a retired CFO who actually runs the farm.

We have two daughters: Amanda (born in 1982) and Ilana (born in 1984) both lawyers, who take care of our coffee brand "Café Helena" in São Paulo Capital.

We love to travel (we already went to more the 70 countries) and to meet people and different cultures. We consider exchange home and hospitality as an opportunity to meet real people in their own environment. That’s why do not like staying in hotels.

This farm belongs to our family for almost 200 years and is our refuge place. Normaly it is full of relatives and friends. We have done six experiences of exchange home and we become friends of all the people which came.

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