Private Eco-Farming Tour: Sloth Hiking Experience with Coffee & Chocolate in Northern Costa Rica
3.8
4 Ratings
Bijagua de Upala
Embark on a private eco-farming tour in the northern rainforests of Costa Rica. Hike through lush vegetation, spot exotic wildlife, and learn about cocoa and coffee planting. Indulge in a tasting of natural cocoa and coffee snacks.
Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bijagua de Upala - Rainforest tour include private transportation, naturalist guide specialist in flora and fauna, hiking tour for 1.5 hours in a flat trails and easy walk like 3/4 miles in a circle trail. You can spot two and three toad sloths, iguanas, frogs, birds as hummingbirds, tanagers, toucans and.others.

All ages can hike in this interpretative because is easy walk and flat trail.

Bring cameras, binoculars, insect repellent, raincoat, long pants, extra clothes and cash extra.

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Is not include alcoholic drinks
  • Carbonated beverages
Additional Information

Small scale family run eco-tourism project set on an organic farm, located in the northern rainforests of Costa Rica. Hiking trail are surrounding by beauty gardens, lush vegetation as: bromeliads, mosses, lichens, orchids, heliconias. Through our work we have created a haven for birds and animals including hummingbirds & toucans, sloths, frogs, lizards, mammals like two toad sloths, three toad sloths, monkeys, skunk, bats. Amphibians like red eye frog, dart frogs, toads.
Hike is around 45 minutes to 1 hour with local expert guides.

Leaving the small factory towards the cacaotal. At the beginning we will have an explanation of how cocoa and coffee planting history, culture and process of grafting, tree development and harvest.
You able to peel the grain of cocoa, grind it and taste a natural cocoa- coffee cup snacks.

Location
Bijagua de Upala
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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635belindas
Aug 6, 2023
High recommend the tour. - Went with family aged 11-74. It was such a great experience. The team at the coffee and chocolate farm were so knowledgeable and we learned a lot. Plus the fresh coffee and hot cocoa were amazing. The tour at the sloth sanctuary was also great. We learned a lot and got to see a sloth close-up. High recommend. Suggest bringing bug spray for the rainforest hike.
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80lorrainew
Jul 6, 2022
Family experience - The property we visited to view the sloths and other wildlife is locally owned and operated and the guides are volunteers from the nearby community. The chocolate and coffee tour was also at a small local farm. We try to support small local businesses when traveling as much as possible as we’ve had some of our most memorable experiences that way. Luckily for us, our wonderful tour guide Wilmar of Guanacaste Adventure Tours has the same philosophy. Use Wilmar if you are looking for an authentic local experience! At the wildlife sanctuary, we saw several sloths, frogs and even a small boa constrictor. One sloth was hanging out in a tree at our eye level so we were able to get some great pictures. The property also has many beautiful plants and trees to and our guide explained their traditional uses to us. The coffee and cocoa tour was hands-on and we got the opportunity to grind cacoa and coffee the old fashioned way. Very interesting!
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Mark_n
Dec 21, 2023
Liars - Vendor lied about travel time to/from activity site! Time was excessive with holiday traffic! Can’t trust the Viator website!
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