Comunidad Nueva Alianza
Ecotourism Destination & Fair Trade Organic Coffee & Macadamia Plantation

Comunidad Nueva Alianza is a fair trade, organic coffee and macadamia plantation owned and run by a cooperative of forty Guatemalan families. All profits raised by the community are divided amongst the community members and are used to improve the health, education and living conditions within the cooperative. Nueva Alianza is located in a temperate area 1000 meters above sea level in the Guatemalan municipality of El Palmar, Quetzaltenango, about 45 minutes north of the tropical coastal town of Retalhuleu.

The community is nestled amongst a large plantation of organic coffee and macadamia trees. Large tracts of natural tropical forest have been preserved and a walk through the plantation will bring you to cascading waterfalls with crystal clear water, edible and medicinal plants, and breathtaking views of volcanoes Santa Maria (3772m) and Santiaguito - an active volcano which erupts on average every hour.

Apart from the incredible wilderness, Nueva Alianza's richest resource is the forty families living and working on the plantation. Fifth generation plantation workers, we members of the cooperative are an incredibly generous and curious group of people who will welcome you into our community with open arms.

The cooperative works according to the principles of Direct Democracy and currently boasts within its organizational structure a Women's Committee, an Education Committee, and a Board of Directors dedicated to ensuring that all workers have equal rights. A visit to our community, either as a tourist or a volunteer (see Volunteer Opportunities), will give you the opportunity to learn our amazing history of exploitation and extended struggle for land and workers rights.