Costa Rica Volcano Tours

SEE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING IN ONE SPECTACULAR DAY:

·  DOKA COFFEE FARM TOUR in the morning.
· 2 BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS in rainforest settings. 2nd with hummingbird gallery.
· CHOCOLATE HISTORY TOUR IN A PRIVATE RAINFOREST PRESERVE
· SCENIC DRIVE BACK TO S.J. THROUGH A RAINFOREST NATIONAL PARK.
· INCLUDES DELICIOUS LUNCH in a typical Costa Rican restaurant.
·  REFRESHMENTS from sodas, bottled water, fruit & BEER provided at no extra cost.
·  FREE PICK-UP & DROP-OFF in comfortable, 5-9 pass 4x4 SUVs with A/C or larger vans or buses.
· American Owned & operated by Master of Science with Costa Rican background & citizenship
    and over 35 yrs in Costa Rica, 23 operating tours.
· SCENIC DRIVES though quaint colorful towns and farm land.
· View Stops
·  LUNCH included, as are REFRESHMENTS ALL DAY.

WATERFALLS: After the Doka Coffee tour we’ll arrive at the first of 2 spectacular waterfalls, "La Paz" (“The Peace"). This impressive waterfall is a triple sault of pristine water producing an effervescent pool of water surrounded by lush rainforest vegetation. A road bridge is located directly in front of the falls giving you an excellent spot to view the falls.


La Paz Waterfall Views

San Fernando Falls &
Hummingbird Gallery

HUMMINGBIRDS: A few miles down the scenic road with forest lined canyons and farm land we'll stop at a former typical country restaurant with a breathtaking view of the San Fernando Falls and enjoy a hummingbird gallery. A 300 ft. high spout of pristine water spilling out of an impressive rainforest lined canyon in the near distance, provides a spectacular background to a wide variety of hummingbirds feeding from feeders giving you an excellent opportunity to admire and photograph these amazing birds. Restrooms are available here.

LUNCH: Here in front of the San Fernando Falls we'll stop for lunch at rustic typical Costa Rican restaurant with a variety of delicious local food and refreshments.

CHOCOLATE HISTORY TOUR in the RAINFOREST: Following lunch we'll drive about 1 hour down the Caribbean slopes of the Central Mountain Range on an ever scenic route to the Caribbean Plains (but some 50 miles or 80 kms inland from the Caribbean coast) where around 1:30 p.m. we'll arrive at a private Rainforest Preserve which borders both sides of the Sarapiquí River. To start the 2 hour Chocolate Tour you'll be led by a trained guide across a 160 meter or 500 ft long cable suspension pedestrian bridge high above and across the white water rapids of the scenic jungle-lined Sarapiquí River onto a ½ hour trail walk into the rainforest to a former cocoa-growing plot and shelter. There you will enjoy a presentation of how chocolate was first made by the Indians of Central and South America by way of an artisan processes that transforms the cacao or cocoa fruit into chocolate from harvest, fermentation, sun drying, and grinding etc. While the story of pre- and post-colonial chocolate is told along with the history of it's cultivation by the Spanish and how it progressed into becoming popular in Europe, you'll be able to taste and see how fresh made chocolate in its pure form is made and in different stages of its fabrication through its history while learning about the difference to modern chocolate. After the chocolate tour presentation you'll walk back the ½ hour scenic trail through the rainforest along the banks of the Sarapiquí River to the hammock pedestrian bridge across the river to the reception area where you'll have the opportunity to buy hand-made organic chocolate made by Amazilia del Caribe Women’s Association. Closed shoes only please, no sandals during the chocolate tour. Restrooms are available at the reception.

We carry a full compliment of refreshments, from cold beer to sodas & bottled water in our vehicles, available all day long at no extra cost.
email us

Tasting fresh organic chocolate

Cocoa/Cacao Fruit on tree

Cocoa Beans fermentation & drying stages

Sun dried Cocoa Beans

Cable suspension bridge over the Sarapiquí River

Returning to San José a different way you’ll enjoy a scenic 1-½ to 2 hour drive back with a ½ hr or 20 miles of it being through the impressive Braullio Carrillo Rainforest National Park. Here with weather conditions and visibility permitting, you'll be to take in the views of the forest lined canyons before taking you back to your hotel or place of lodging around 6:00 p.m. This can vary though.

Price from $125/person *All Prices are subject to change without notice and are based on the tour operating with 4 persons or more. Private Tours are available for 2 or 3 persons for a nominal premium with all the inherit advantages of a private tour.

Best to email us at least 24 hrs or a couple days before requesting a tour.
But if you prefer or with short notice call us in Costa Rica via our
U.S. Telephone #s: 1-352-505-4001
or 1-352-505-2636
Free of International Charges from the U.S. and Canada!
And for calls from other countries, only charges to the U.S. apply.
We'll do our best to arrange same day tours with calls in the early morning,
but best to call (and also email) us at least the day before, if not much sooner to increase your chances of us being able to help you.

If you are in Costa Rica or need a tour with short notice it's
best to call (and also email) us, hopefully at least the day before or sooner to increase your chances of us being able to help you, at
our Local C.R. Telephone #s :
2215-2162 or 2215-2163.
IF you must dial our Local C.R. Tel. #s from outside C.R. first dial your
International Access Code (011 in U.S. & Canada), then C.R.'s Country Code 506, then our number.
There are no area codes in Costa Rica.
Example dial from U.S. or Canada to C.R. dial: 011 (506) 2215-2162.
Of course from U.S. or Canada try our US Tel. #s above first.
We'll do our best to arrange same day tours with calls in the early morning,
but best to call (and also email) us at least the day before, if not much soonero increase your chances of us being able to help you .

This tour description is of the sole right of it's creator and its strictly prohibited to copy and publish any part of this document.