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…
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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….
Monteverde Food Tours
Options for food tours in Monteverde:
La Bella Tica Coffee Tour
About: A small family-run coffee farm that offers an interactive, educational tour with the owners. You’ll learn about the entire process of making coffee from bean to cup, of course tasting the coffee as well as other local products like fruit and sugar cane juice. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from starting…
El Trapiche Coffee, Chocolate, and Sugar Cane Tour
About: This is an in-depth tour about coffee, sugar cane, and chocolate. It is a family business and almost everyone who works there is part of the family. They are very informative. You will get to participate in the sugar cane making process, and try samples at various stages of all 3 processes. You also…
El Pueblo Coffee Tour
About: This is a family-run coffee tour on a local coffee farm where you will learn all about the coffee-making process from start to finish. It is an interactive tour, and you’ll get to try coffee and other things as well like fruits, sugar cane, and local dishes. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to…
El Cafetal Coffee Tour
About: This small family farm offers a coffee tour that explains the entire coffee-making process, and also provides other information about fruit trees, medicinal plants, flowers, and gardens. It is an interactive tour and of course, you’ll get to try the coffee. They sell bags of coffee beans from their farm. Province: Puntarenas Starting from:…
Don Juan Coffee, Chocolate, and Sugar Cane Tour
About: This 3-in-1 guided tour covers the entire processes from start to finish of the coffee, chocolate, and sugar cane. It is a very in-depth tour as well as a hands-on tour. They also offer a guided night tour that you can combine or do separately. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from…
Cafe Monteverde Coffee Tour
About: Enjoy a tour all about the coffee process. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from starting location: 10 minutes Time needed for activity: 2.5 hours Kid friendly: Yes Wheelchair accessible: Yes What to wear and bring: Comfortable clothes, walking or hiking shoes, sunscreen, insect repellent, hat, poncho or rain jacket, camera, water…