I Bought a Mini-Coffee Finca in Colombia

A Finquita!

Sara Burdick
7 min readAug 28, 2024
Welcome to the jungle! Photo by the seller of the house.

I have been beyond stressed this week as I was knee-deep in paperwork and figuring out how to buy a house in Colombia. You probably know that I have been on the search for land for the past three years.

I have been looking a bit around Jericó and other areas in Antioquia, but the overall theme of my search was expensive! I have also looked at different regions.

Well, every region I have been in has had a major deterrent. In December, I looked at a farm and loved it; it was a perfect size, but I did not like the town.

It was one of the ugliest pueblos I have ever visited! Sorry, Amagá!

Yet I thought, who cares what the city is like? I will have my space, and that won’t affect me.

Then I moved to Jericó and realized the importance of having a town with high-quality restaurants, amazing coffee shops, and an overall beautiful place. Plus, every few months, they have a festival in town, a kite festival, a music festival, a book festival, a coffee festival, and more!

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Sara Burdick

I quit the rat race after working as a nurse for 16 years. Travel and Storyteller. I live in Colombia. https://linktr.ee/saraaliceburdick