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Costa Rica’s lush jungles have long been a notable area to grow cash crops such as coffee, chocolate, and sugar cane. On this private experience, visit a plantation in Manuel Antonio and learn how these three crops are produced. Take a guided tour of a plantation and traditional sugar cane mill, and see how some of your favorite treats are made.

Journey into the waters aboard a 32-foot custom Maverick on this Los Suenos sport fishing tour. Choose from a full or half-day experience and follow your expert bilingual captain and mate into one of the top fishing destinations in the country. Gear and tackle is included, ensuring a fun-filled day on the water and non-alcoholic beverages plus beer and lunch are included in the full-day option. This Los Suenos sport fishing tour is guaranteed to be a day of fun, sun and outdoor adventure on the water.

This 3 in 1 tour will take you to know the incredible process of 3 very important products worldwide. With one of our guides you will see the coffee, cocoa and sugar cane plants, we will explain you all the processes of these 3 products and also to taste each one of them. One of our main features is the infrastructure, where all of the trails are made of cement, which will allow the tour on sunny or rainy days. Families with children who need to take their stroller or people with some physical limitation will not have trouble walking with a walker, crutches or wheelchair.

We offer a combination of attractions! Firstly, the chocolate tour starts with the cultural and biological background of cocoa in the world and here in Costa Rica. It further introduces into the collecting, fermenting, grinding and finally the making of chocolate, the drink of the gods. Secondly, we talk about coffee and its importance for Costa Rica's economic and cultural development. We have a showroom with important coffee picking instruments and a better explanation of the process of coffee production. We want to show you how to make Café-Chorreado, the real Costa Rican practice of preparing coffee. Finally, we want to look at one of the most important aspects of Costarican culture and tradition, the trapiche: A sugar cane-mill run by two beautiful oxen (Fast & Furious). Here we grind sugar cane to extract the juice and make all kinds of local and delicious candy (Dulce, Sobado, Espumas and Miel) you can try. This is for sure the sweetest tour in the area.

Get a new perspective on the Costa Rican coastline from the back of an all-inclusive catamaran, visit islands you might otherwise have overlooked, and enjoy time to snorkel during this half-day excursion. Soak up the sights as you make the most of free alcoholic beverages, snacks, and fresh fruit, relax on the tanning meshes, or take a dip in the Jacuzzi.

This is a private catamaran charter experience destined to our Secluded beach club, complete with private chef, bar, bartenders and hostess. On our very unique and exclusive secluded beach Private Catamaran Tour you will cruise on a brand new 50 ft catamaran destined for the secluded beach, Playa Fantasia. Playa Fantasia is a beach, accessible only by water, a beach with sprawling jungle, reef formations, white sand and turquoise waters. Untouched and full of marine and wild life such as Monkeys, Scarlet Macaws, Turtles, and of course all our rescued animals. Included you will have a beautiful fresh lunch cooked by our private chef at Playa Fantasia as well as a bar of fresh Pina coladas, margaritas, mojitos, beer, soda and water. Fresh fruits are served throughout the entire tour. Read more about Catamaran & Secluded Beach Tour 2018 - Jaco

Whether you want to relax or be more active, this full-day catamaran tour to Tortuga Island from Jaco delivers. The island has some of the most unspoiled beaches in Costa Rica, ideal for swimming and snorkeling. Make use of the jacuzzi on board and go for a fun banana boat ride if you wish. This is a fun day out that couples and groups of friends will love.

We are a local family interacting and teaching about the local cuisine in Manuel Antonio from the local taste perspective. You will be learning directly from the locals how to best combine native ingredients with the best spices to get a tasty meal.

Costa Rica is renowned for its chocolate production and exports chocolate all around the world. On this tour, go behind-the-scenes at a traditional cocoa plantation, learn how chocolate is made from bean to bar, and sample the cocoa fruit. Get involved as you watch the chocolate-making process, then sample a variety of delicious chocolates and tropical fruits.

Ride along the forested coast of Manual Antonio National Park on this 4-hour catamaran tour. Morning tours feature a snorkeling adventure in the secluded bay of Playa Biezans, while evening tours allow you to take in views of the sunset over the Pacific Ocean. This tour includes round-trip transportation from your lodging in the Manuel Antonio area as well as snorkel equipment (morning tour), a guide, and lunch or dinner.

This private Costa Rican cooking class in Jacó lets you work closely with a chef to learn recipes and techniques unique to the region’s cuisine. Cook healthy and classic dishes like ceviche and soup alongside a published cookbook author, with the option of cooking in her home kitchen or yours for the ultimate convenience. This class culminates in a filling and delicious lunch.

Experience the mist-shrouded treetops and incredible biodiversity of Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest on a shore excursion from Puntarenas. Travel from the Pacific Coast to the country’s higher altitudes, where you'll explore a vast array of tropical flora and wildlife while hiking across six suspended bridges. Recharge with included lunch, and then learn about the lifecycle of Costa Rica's most famous import on a coffee plantation tour.

If you would like a historical and detailed tour with hands-on experience, then we invite you to join our farm tour where you will learn and experience traditional farming in Monteverde, a variety of gardens, farm animals and local cuisine.

You will truly appreciate the wonders of Peñas Blancas river and the surrounding rainforest as we float down the river, this way you will enjoy the journey quietly rowing and taking photos. The Safari Float will also take you to enjoy a visit to learn about coffee, cacao and sugar from sugarcane, as well as the importance of these crops for Costa Rica development, followed by a typical snack and tasting of the final meals from these plants. In our tour, you will have the best part of your visit to La Fortuna. Come and enjoy this great experience!

This is more than a cooking class, we will show you a large botanical garden, a vanilla plantation, a cacao plantation, sugarcane mill and of course the cooking class with the locals. We will start with a lovely short hike is out properly to learn about the ingredients and history of our culinary culture with special focus on the medical herbs garden. We then continue to our local home where we will explain step by step the cutting, dressing, mixing and cooking techniques used in Costa Rica to make delicious meals.

The Monteverde Coffee, Chocolate and Sugar Cane Tour offers a different perspective to witness the Monteverde Cloud Forest and it's countryside, where you can appreciate the beauty and tranquility of rural Costa Rican life, a world away from the tourist crowds and traffic. Visitors are given the rare privilege of exploring this beautiful private farm on a guided walk, from where you will see the amazing process of 3 very important products worldwide, as well as enjoy coffee, cocoa and sugar cane plantations. Our guides will explain you all the processes of these 3 products and you will also taste each one of them. One of our main features is the infrastructure, where all of the trails are made of cement, which will allow the tour on sunny or rainy days. Families with children who need to take their stroller or people with some physical limitation will not have trouble walking with a walker, crutches or wheelchair. Private tours can be arranged as well as group tours with prior notice.

Exclusively designed for the real soul adventurous traveler who doesn't mind waking up at 3:00 am to get ready and spending three hours driving to be somewhere fantastic. This is a tour we create by traveling together as a group of friends in our days off. Today we are proud to offer a unique one of a kind tour that involves driving over 10 000 feet elevation and several life zones, finding one of the most beautiful birds in the world and of course, learn and taste the agricultural product that characterizes​ beautiful Costa Rica.

The new tour in town, the best location for a chocolate tour within 1 hour drive each way, certified and fully licensed.

In this online cooking class, you will learn about our Costa Rican cuisine, the ingredients that characterize it, and how to prepare simple and staple dishes that can easily be repeated at home. Also, you will get a special promo code that will offer you a discount to use to purchase my cookbook, Living Longer, Healthier & Happier - Recipes from Costa Rica

Our full-day Catamaran Charters Jaco has the best of everything and allows you plenty of time to enjoy the secluded beach club and all the amenities included in your full day Charter. If you can imagine it, we can make it happen! Sit back, relax and enjoy your exclusive adventure knowing that we will take care of every last detail! You just have to choose who is going to come with you and enjoy the privacy of their pleasant company. Our Full day Catamaran Charters Los Suenos are #1 Tour in Costa Rica on Luxury Catamaran combined with the natural beauties of a secluded beach known as Playa Fantasia. If your passion is sailing and your idea of the perfect vacation spot is a white sand beach under a brilliant blue sky where crystal clear waters are home to an abundance of wildlife, Playa Fantasia is for you.

Transportation will be provided by your tour operator who will pick you up at your hotel. You will travel about 20 minutes to Quepos dock. A guide will take you to the loading platform and help you board the catamaran. Travel to the horizon and slide by dazzling waves.

In this week of surfing and stay with us, you will have the chance to experience the authentic surfing lifestyle, with healthy meals every day, beautiful accommodation. Personal assessment and surf design program by our head surf coach Guillermo Cilintano with more than sixteen years of teaching surfing experience in the area. small groups of max 3 participants per surf instructor to maximize: safety and personal coach assistance. we are one of the few surf companies with our own bodega at playa grande with more than 25 different surfboards, so we don't need to carry to the beach, and also we have other surf shack next to the surf brakes in Cabuya. The atmosphere in the camp is amazing with people from all around the world and locals hanging out in the lunch areas. and having spontaneous meals and sharing a drink with the staff. We will help you with our local knowledge to arrange any optional activity

Delve deep into Costa Rican coffee culture with this farm tour taking you step-by-step through the production process. From seed all the way to delicious cup, learn about Costa Rican culture using coffee as a focal point. In addition to coffee, you'll have the chance to explore the production of two other important staples, chocolate and sugarcane.

This is rather a complete cultural ana culinary experience. We will show you a large botanical garden, a vanilla plantation, cacao plantation, medical plants garden, sugarcane mill, coffee sampling and of course, the cooling class.