The 9 Best Food Tours in Province of Alajuela, Costa Rica

Waterfall rappelling and the chocolate tour are two exciting tours that will introduce you to both the nature and culture of Costa Rica.  You will be driven 5 minutes outside of downtown La Fortuna to the chocolate tour where you will learn about, taste, and see how chocolate is made from bean to bar. You will also take a short oxcart ride and have the opportunity to purchase a selection of artisanal chocolate. After the tour, you’ll head to the Pure Trek headquarters for a delicious organic lunch and then to the glorious Pure Trek canyon for waterfall rappelling. Get ready for an exciting afternoon of rappelling down tropical waterfalls, rock climbing, river hiking and the Monkey Drop (you will get wet!)

Inclusions: Lunch, Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only), Professional, bilingual guides, High quality equipments

Exclusions: Gratuities

This activity will lead to our Sloth Park to start, we will walk trough the rainforest 1.5 to 2 hours inside the trails and you can get to see two and three toes sloths and some poisonous froags and snakes even birds. Done with the hike we will visit the second section of the the park to get your amazing chocolate coffee and sugar tasting along all the information provided in by our tour guides. Very instructive and educative tour!!

Inclusions: Beverages, Round-trip shared transfer

Exclusions: Lunch, Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option not selected)

You will truly appreciate the wonders of Peñas Blancas river and the surrounding rainforest as we travel down the river without a motor, this way you will enjoy the journey quietly rowing and taking photos. You will also learn and participate in the whole production process, from the harvesting of the fruit, the fermentation, drying and grinding of the seed, to the point where you obtain a delicious chocolate -free from chemicals- and of course, you can taste the traditional drink of our ancestors and the best handmade organic chocolate from the seed to the bar considered as the "Gift of the Gods". In our tour, you will have the best part of your visit to Costa Rica. Come and enjoy this sweet experience!

Inclusions: Transportation, Bilingual Guide, Safari Boat Equipment , Entrance Fees, Chocolate Tasting

Exclusions: Gratuities

An exclusive private tour that includes a visit to the rainforest, a cocoa plantation, artisan chocolate farm for learn about the chocolate history, plantation, processing and elaboration of chocolate drink and bars. Later enjoy a great relaxing time at Baldi Hot Springs, the best Thermal Pools complex in Arenal Volcano Area

Inclusions: Lunch, Private transportation, All Fees and Taxes, Private Naturalist Tour Guide, Coffee and/or Tea, Bottled water

Exclusions: gratitudes for guide, Alcoholic Beverages

This is a hands-on experience when you taste the raw fruit, peel the fresh roasted cacao beans, grind them and mix them in order to produce a rustic chocolate made all by yourself.

Inclusions: Typical lunch is included. Also included is a welcome beverage., Air-conditioned vehicle

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Enjoy a sweet experience with the chocolate tour, where your will know about the history of the cacao and taste all the process to get the chocolate. At the waterfall, admiring 70 meters of a drop that transmits the power and energy of The Fortuna River.

Inclusions: Bottled water, Air-conditioned vehicle, All Fees and Taxes

Exclusions: Alcoholic Beverages

In Eden Chocolate Tour you'll experience an hour and 45 minutes tour. A first part is held in our cocoa organic plantation where the visitor can see the cocoa flower, the cocoa trees, the fermentation and sun-dried process of the cocoa beans. A second part is inside the Ranch where the visitor can roast and grind the cocoa beans; also the conching and refining process of the chocolate. At the end, the visitor can make his own chocolate bonbons.

Inclusions: Food tasting, Local guide

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First visit a real plantation in less than ten minutes from La Fortuna and learn about the nature and the cultivation of cocoa. Then learn to make your own handmade chocolate in our artisanal factory.

Inclusions: All Fees and Taxes, Chocolate bar, Private transportation, Air-conditioned vehicle

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Don Juan Tours Arenal is a family business that through its tours teach visitors the whole process behind two very important products worldwide, Coffee and Chocolate. At this Coffee and Chocolate Tour, we will teach you the entire Coffee process, from the seed to the delicious cup of coffee. Once the coffee tour is finished, we will start with the sweetest part of the tour, the delicious chocolate. Like coffee, we will talk about the entire Chocolate process, from the seed to the delicious chocolate bar and we will end up selecting some members of the group to grind the cacao beans and make their own chocolate bar. Once finished you will have the opportunity to taste several types of chocolate such as Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate and White Chocolate.

Inclusions: Chocolate and coffee-tasting, Professional Guide

Exclusions: Gratuities, Hotel Pick Up and Drop Off