Cahuita National Park & Banana Plantation

Cahuita National Park & Banana Plantation
Puerto Limon Shore Excursion

Book Now

Your breath-taking adventure begins with a pickup from the entrance of the pier and a relaxing drive through the wonderful Costa Rican countryside on an air-conditioned transportation and recent model minibus. Your professional bilingual guide will point out many sights of interest including banana and chocolate plantations, diverse fruit stands and rural farming communities. You will be heading to Cahuita National Park, located about 1 hour from the pier.

Cahuita, from the indigenous worlds kawe or mahogany and ta or point, was created in 1970 to protect the country’s largest coral reef. One hundred twenty-three species of fish have been listed here, along with a variety of corals and other invertebrates. The park also protects an example of tropical moist forest, along with swamps forest and marshland. Cahuita is a perfect place for those who want to enjoy a beautiful tropical beach, the rain forest and abundant wildlife. Upon arrival to Cahuita Town, we will get into the park for a 45 minutes nature walk for enjoy the rich biodiversity of the area, along a flat and shady trail that runs along the shoreline. Monkeys, Sloths, Iguanas, Toucans, Colourful Frogs and many other species are very common to see during this tour. This is a very easy walk for all, from kids to seniors.

From the pier to Cahuita you will pass lots of banana plantations and our tour guide will stop in one of them, where many interesting facts about this amazing fruit will be explained: The Crop, harvesting, processing, packing and exportation. Costa Rica is the second largest banana producer in the world and 80% of the plantations are located in Limon province, becoming one of the most important economic activities in the region.

The tour includes a visit to a prospect plantation and souvenir store, where organic banana and chocolate trees, cassava, annatto and many other important agricultural products of the region will be explained by our tour guide. This tour is an excellent introduction to the Costa Rican Afro Caribbean culture, local products and rainforest ecosystem.

Note: In this tour we visit the plantations. No the packing houses due they are private properties and we are not allowed to get in. Our guide will explain from the side road about the activity and at the prospect plantation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Tour include: Round trip transportation from Puerto Limon pier, bilingual guides, fruits snack, water, Entrance fee to Cahuita Park, Visit the local souvenirs, a prospect plantation and City Tour

What To Bring: Long or short pants, tennis shoes, sunscreen, sunglasses, mosquito repellent, a hat or cap and money for extra expenses.

Tour Meeting Time:  30 Minutes After Ship Arrival (Earliest tour 8:00 AM) We operate all our tours accordingly with the ship arrival. We know sometimes the ships are running late OR early. For this reason, we have our pickup 30 minutes after the ship arrival. First departure 08:00 AM

Meeting Place: Main entrance of the pier. In there you will see our tour guides holding a sign with your name. We do not pick up INSIDE the pier.

Arrival Port: Puerto Limon.

Emergency Contact Number Via WhatsApp: +506-8530-2973. Text message only please. No calls.

*FULL REFUND POLICIES IF TOUR IS CANCELLED OR SHIP MISS PORT*
Read our cancellation policy. Click HERE.

Click this link Puntarenas Shore Excursion for check all our great shore excursions from Puntarenas and Puerto Caldera.

Greenway Nature Tours is a certified tour operator founded in 1999
Certified by the Costa Rica Tourism Board since December 2003
Certified with Essential Costa Rica since July 2024
Member of National Tour Association in the United States.
Travellers’ Choice Award Winner by TripAdvisor Click on the link for check what people say about our tours and services.
Check our Google Reviews: https://g.page/r/Cfu8lg1dd_JBEAE/review