Hacienda La Victoria, Coffee plantation in Antonio Pinto Salinas, Venezuela

Hacienda La Victoria is a coffee estate of about 4 hectares in the Mocoties Valley, on the northern bank of the Mocoties River. Its central casona, built of tapia, wood and tile, has a 40-metre facade and a large patio; workers lived on the lower floor and the family above. The grounds also hold a small plaza, brick-paved drying patios and two museums.

The main mansion was built in the late 1800s and received the first specialized coffee processing machines to arrive in the region, brought through the port of Maracaibo. In the following century, the estate transitioned into an agricultural university while keeping its original structures.

Two museums on the property display old coffee equipment and personal belongings left behind by immigrants who settled in the Mocoties Valley. Walking through them gives a direct sense of how people lived and worked on the estate over many decades.

The estate now belongs to an agricultural university, so access can depend on what is happening on campus at any given time. It is worth checking in advance whether a visit is possible before making the trip.

The protective walls and drying structures on the grounds date to 1896 and still define the layout of where coffee processing once took place. They are among the oldest surviving elements of the original working operation on the estate.