El Alto is located in Sile San Francisco, close to Cerro Grande in the Municipality of La Labor Ocotepeque, Honduras.
Finca el Alto has been growing coffee for four generations, starting in 1965 with Jose Aguilar, followed by Jose Daniel Aguilar, who inherited El Alto in 1978. Ludwin Daniel Aguilar began to work at the farm with his father, Jose Daniel, in 1992. The children of Ludwin Aguilar lead the fourth generation.