Chocolate Tour & Tortuguero Canal

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Tour Meeting Time: 30 Minutes After Ship Arrival (Earliest Tour 8:00 AM)

Meeting Instructions: Main entrance of the pier (main street). It is about one block from your ship and 5 minutes’ walk. There you will see our staff holding a sign with your name on it.

CHOCOLATE LOVERS TOUR

If you love chocolate, nature and observing wild animals in their natural habitat such as monkeys, sloths and colored frogs, this is the perfect tour for you.

We start the tour from the Puerto Limón Cruise Dock to the Cahuita National Park community. After a pleasant 45-minute bus ride through the beautiful Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and enjoying the extensive explanations of our guide, we will arrive at Cacao Trails Tayku, a place where we will have the opportunity to learn everything about this wonderful fruit as it is the Cocoa and how it is transformed into one of the most desired products around the world: Chocolate.

In this property, managed by a local family with more than 100 years of chocolate tradition, you will be able to know its history and how it has managed to survive through time. Accompanied by expert local guides, we will visit the cocoa plantations to learn about the plant, the cultivation techniques, its fruits, harvest, and processing of the seeds until we reach the final product: Chocolate.

In the process you will be able to taste a fresh cocoa bean and delight in its sweet taste and you will be amazed at how different it is before processing.

On the tour we will have the opportunity to visit the Cocoa Museum, which has been created by this family collecting artifacts, machinery and instruments that are used to make chocolate. In this museum, you will have the opportunity to make your own chocolate guided by indigenous women who will teach you the process with their traditional methods combining various natural ingredients such as sea salt, vanilla, nutmeg, black pepper, hot chili, and others. And best of all, you will enjoy eating a lot of chocolate of different flavors.

You can also visit an U SULE; the traditional conical ranch of the Bri Bri and Cabecar Indians, used by the Shamans for cures, acts and social ceremonies for thousands of years. Around this ranch, you can learn about medicinal plants and how the Shamans used them to cure the ills of their community.

As you walk the trails of the CACAO TRAIL TAYKU you will have the opportunity to see poison frogs, giant ants, spiders, and scorpions, as well as howler monkeys, iguanas, sloths, armadillos and other native species that can be seen quite easily in the top of the trees.

At the Organic Banana Farm, you will learn the traditional methods of organic cultivation. You will take a step inside the Historical Monument that celebrates the old Punta Riel train station, where the route of the traditional “Burro Carril” ended, that train that transported cocoa and banana bunches.

After this unique rainforest experience, continue the journey to the next destination: Tortuguero Canal. Board your covered boat for a 60-minute leisurely cruise through the jungle canals. Your guide explains the rain forest eco-system and points out sights of interest. Keep an eye out for wildlife including howler monkeys, many sloths, toucans, aquatic birds, bats and crocodiles as well as exotic flora.

After the boat tour, refresh yourself with a fresh plate of tropical fruits before the return to the pier.

Note: All our tours have 8:00 AM as departure time. However, if your ship arrives later the pick up time will be 30 minutes after ship arrival.

Greenway Nature Tours is a Certified Travel Agency and Tour Operator by the Costa Rican Tourist Board with special certification in Sustainable Travel (CST). We offer about 10 different Puerto Limon shore excursions.

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