TOUR DESCRIPTION:

Leaving San Jose in the morning, you will enjoy a picturesque scenery ride to the Caribbean lowlands of Sarapiqui region till arrives to La Virgen de Sarapiqui Town. In here, La Tirimbina Biological Station awaits for you for an exclusive and unique tour: The Chocolate Tour.

In this three-hour activity you will discover the marvels of one of the favorite foods of humankind - chocolate. A plant originating in Mesoamerica with an extraordinarily rich history, cacao, or chocolate, was one of the most important products of the Maya and Aztec, as well as other Central American cultures. The tour includes a guided hike across the Tirimbina suspension bridge to a cacao plantation, as well as to a forested section where you will observe forest species of cacao and how the product originally developed there. During the hike, the natural and cultural history of the cacao tree is explained. Onsite, you will learn about the process by which cacao is processed into chocolate (harvesting, fermentation, drying, milling). There also you may taste different types of chocolate, made from organic chocolate grown by the Association of Amazilla Women of the Caribbean , a group of rural women from Pueblo Nuevo de Guacimo dedicated to the production of organic chocolate.

Lunch included at the field station before your return to San Jose.

Don´t miss it…

DURATION: 8 Hours.

INCLUDES: Transportation, naturalist tour guide, entrance fee to La Tirimbina Reserve and lunch.

WHAT´S TO BRING: Comforttable shoes, light clothes, rain gear, camera, binoculars and hat.

PRICE: $ 80