About: This small family business offers a chocolate tour on their farm. It is very informative and interactive as you learn about the entire process from plant to product. They show you how to make several different products and let you try them all. Province: Alajuela Starting from: La Fortuna Time to reach from starting…
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Eden Chocolate Tour
About: Learn all about chocolate in all of its forms and all of its processes through this cacao farm tour. Get hands on and make your own chocolate, even adding your choice of flavors. There is a gift shop. You may also get to see a sloth. Province: Alajuela Starting from: La Fortuna Time to…
Don Olivo Chocolate Tour
About: This family-run tour focuses on chocolate and coffee, and also covers tropical fruits as well as Costa Rican history and culture. You will learn about the chocolate and coffee processes from start to finish, as well as participate in some parts of the processes and of course taste the products. You will walk through…
Don Jorge Chocolate and Coffee Tour
About: This is a family business where they will make you feel at home during your hands-on chocolate, coffee, and sugar cane tour. You will walk through their farm to learn about how the different plants are grown and processed. You will get to participate in making your own chocolate and sugar cane juice. They…
Coffee and Chocolate Tour La Fortuna
About: This tour is located inside the Villas Vista Arenal hotel. It is a convenient location since it is right in town in La Fortuna. They explain the processes of making chocolate and coffee from plant to final product. It is an interactive tour where you get to touch and taste as the tour goes…
Cata Chocolate
Note: Cata Chocolate has essentially two locations, a farm in Bijagua called Finca Cata where the cacao is grown and a production facility and gift shop in Playas del Coco. The farm and beach locations are only about an hour and a half away from each other. This post is about the farm location. The…
Artisan Chocolate and Coffee Tour
About: There are two separate tours offered at this small local farm, the chocolate tour and the coffee tour. Each one goes in-depth about their respective plants, processes, and products. They are hands-on experiences where you get to try many different forms of the plants and products as you learn about how they are made….
La Fortuna Farms
Options for farms in La Fortuna:
Rancho Margot Farm Tour
About: This guided farm tour covers all things sustainability as you explore what they call “an exemplary specimen of a truly regenerative circular economy.” Combine the tour with lunch to enjoy a product of everything you just learned about. Province: Alajuela Starting from: La Fortuna Time to reach from starting location: 45 minutes Time needed…
Paz Handmade Art and Medicinal Garden
About: This unique tour delves into the senses, as you smell, taste, and pick your way through Edy and Bridie’s garden. They will teach you as much as they can in the time allotted about medicinal plants. Then, Edy will show you his art of wood carving and jewelry making. You’ll have your own attempt…