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Treat your taste buds to a sampling of Costa Rica’s famed coffee paired with gourmet chocolate on this half-day tour of the Café Britt coffee plantation. See firsthand how this sustainable, gourmet producer grows, harvests, and roasts coffee beans to create the perfect aromatic cup. Visit the on-site coffee bar to taste several of Café Britt’s different roasts, accompanied by chocolate. Round out the day with a farm-fresh buffet lunch of traditional Costa Rican cuisine at the plantation restaurant.

LIVE THE EXPERIENCE OF A COOPERATIVE COFFEE MILL! Live with us the experience behind a delicious cup of coffee. Learn, along with our experts, how we process and roast coffee from our producer´s farms, in harmony with the environment, and how COOPEATENAS benefits more than 1300 producers, their families, and the community.

Once we have completed the coffee tour, we will next begin to explore the Poas Volcano. In this way, you will identify the diversity of agricultural products, such as flowers, strawberries, ferns, cattle raising and the beautiful view of the Central Valley. This 2708 meters of height cone is currently active. You will not only be witnessing its amazing crater, but you will be receiving information about its freatic activity, the different ecosystems and the abundant vegetation inside the national park. Our next destination will be La Paz Waterfall Garden, an incredible path will be welcoming you which is also the way to go to the different attractions this place has, such as an aviary, the biggest butterfly garden of the country, the hummingbird gallery, among others. After a while, an attractive buffet lunch will be waiting for you in the middle of the rainforest, then you will be performing a hike, where you will be appreciating three natural waterfalls formed by La Paz river.

Visit the Central Market in San Jose on this guided tour and learn about its 136-year history. There, sample regional staples like tropical seasonal fruit, tortillas, ice cream, Costa Rican coffee, and other local specialities. Plus, find out how and why San Jose became the capital city of Costa Rica.