- Wildlife
- Easygoing
- Family-friendly
Manuel Antonio National Park
A naturalist’s spotting scope finds the wildlife most visitors walk right past.
- Duration
- About 3–4 hours, including the guided walk and beach time
- Price
- from $60 per adult
- Easygoing
- Family-friendly
Chocolate Farm Tour
From cacao pod to chocolate, with your own hands on the roasting and grinding.
from $69 per adult, with lunch and transport
Overview
A bean-to-bar visit to a cacao farm near Manuel Antonio and Quepos: a walk through the plantation and medicinal garden, then a hands-on chocolate-making demonstration. Tastings of fruit, chocolate, coffee and sugarcane juice are included; transport and a meal are optional.
What happens
- Optional hotel pickup from Quepos or Manuel Antonio, or meet at the farm.
- A welcome drink and an introduction to the history of cacao in Costa Rica.
- A guided walk through the cacao plantation and medicinal garden.
- An interactive chocolate-making demonstration.
- Hands-on roasting, grinding and tasting of cacao.
- Samples of fresh fruit, chocolate, coffee and sugarcane juice.
- Optional traditional meal, depending on your package.
- Water
- Wildlife
- Easygoing
Catamaran: morning or sunset
The coastline, a swim in a sheltered bay, and — if you pick the afternoon — the sunset.
- Duration
- About 3.5–4 hours, depending on weather and sea conditions
- Price
- from $85 per person
- Wildlife
- Water
- Easygoing
Mangroves by boat or kayak
Calm channels between mangrove roots, with a naturalist scanning for birds, iguanas and crocodiles.
- Duration
- About 3–4 hours, including transport
- Price
- from $75 per person