About: This coffee tour is run by a local co-op organization, Coopeatenas, and while not as small-scale as some other the other family-run coffee tours, this co-op is able to work with the local community on several social projects and businesses like the local supermarket, gas station, hardware store, auto shop, and liquor store. This…
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Choco Tour Costa Rica
About: This small, local chocolate farm offers a tour that teaches you how they grow, harvest, and process the cacao, as well as about sustainability, history, and culinary art. Their passion is reflected in the tour and you will not be disappointed. Province: Alajuela Starting from: Downtown Alajuela Time to reach from starting location: 1…
Bitzu Coffee Tour
About: This is a great option for a coffee tour near the city. It is a smaller operation than other coffee plantation, and is family-owned and therefore very personal. It is informative and interactive. In addition to learning about coffee, you will learn about hummingbirds, in particular the Bitzu hummingbird which pollinates the coffee plant…
Brewing the Forest
About: This coffee shop allows you to take a tour of their plantation, experience a coffee tasting and learn all about coffee, or just have a cup of coffee. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from starting location: 7 minutes Time needed for activity: 1 hour Kid friendly: Yes Wheelchair accessible: Yes What…
The Best Pineapple Tour CR
About: One of the few pineapple tours in Costa Rica, it is a great pit stop on the way to and from La Fortuna and a unique experience. They take you around the farm on a giant wagon pulled by a tractor. They provide a ton of information about how pineapples are grown and produced,…
La Fortuna Food Tours
Options for food tours in La Fortuna:
Two Little Monkey’s Chocolate Tour
About: A very in-depth, hands-on chocolate tour. It first takes you on a tour of the farm, followed by an interactive session where you make different chocolate products as well as sugar cane juice. Of course, they sell chocolate products you can purchase as souvenirs. Province: Alajuela Starting from: La Fortuna Time to reach from…
Tree Chocolate Tour
About: This cacao farm provides interactive, hands-on tours of the chocolate-making process, teaching you everything about cacao plants and how the chocolate is extracted and made into different products. You’ll also get to taste many different things besides chocolate, including sugar cane juice and spices and ingredients that get added to the chocolate to make…
Rainforest Chocolate Tour
About: A hands-on tour that teaches all about the chocolate-making process and allows you to participate in making the different stages, and of course try them along the way. They will also point out wildlife along the trail on the property. There is a small gift shop where you can purchase chocolate of course. Province:…
North Fields Coffee and Chocolate Tour
About: An interactive tour of a local farm where you get to experience the coffee-, chocolate-, and sugar cane juice-making processes. You will receive plenty of information as well as participate in making and tasting the coffee, chocolate, and sugar cane juice. Province: Alajuela Starting from: La Fortuna Time to reach from starting location: 5…