6 Farm Visits in Costa Rica to Build a Day Around

1.Chocolate and Coffee Tour Farm Don Jorge

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 113 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $50Our pick

Spend about two hours at Don Jorge Farm with guides such as Fabricio, Alexis, or Gabriel. Walk among cacao, coffee, fruit, and tropical plants, taste sugar cane juice, make chocolate and hot cocoa, prepare coffee, and visit a waterfall on the property. The private format keeps the experience personal and hands-on.

“Great experience for adults and kids! Really fun to learn about and make chocolate. The Don Jorge team was very engaging with the kids.”

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2.Pura Vida Cooking Class in La Fortuna (From farm to table)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $99

Spend about four hours at La Finquita Farm near La Fortuna, touring a sustainable farm and cooking gallina achiotada, tortillas, plantain chips, and more. Guides such as Marco, Melanie, Nelson, and Hugo bring the farm and kitchen to life, while the small group setting keeps the class hands-on. Hotel pickup is included from central La Fortuna.

“Wow! What a great experience! Our group (of six) all agreed that of the activities we’ve done on this trip to Costa Rica, this is one of the best! Our host, Diego, started us off with a tour of their organic farm, explaining which crops are grown and how they manage them including pineapple, banana, plantains, peppers, peppercorn, a variety of herbs and spices, collecting the ones we needed for our meal. We harvested yuca root, a new experience for us. We then prepared (under guidance of the chef, Marcella) pico de gallo, plantain chips (patacones) made our own flour tortillas, and a delicious local chicken dish. The resulting food…”

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3.Costa Rica Descents Organic Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $58

At Costa Rica Descents Organic Farm in La Fortuna, a local guide explains seasonal crops, food distribution, and traditional medicinal plants. You’ll tour the farm, meet animals, and enjoy a Costa Rican lunch with coffee or tea. Guides have included Chamo, Andres, Manuel, and Cris, with groups capped at 15 people.

“Awesome, educational, and delicious experience with our guide Andres!”

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4.Private cooking class in organic farm at La Fortuna

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $75

At Finca Paraiso Organico near La Fortuna, Huberth and his family guide you through their organic farm, medicinal garden, and orchard. You gather herbs and vegetables, make fresh sugarcane juice, then prepare a traditional Costa Rican meal with homemade tortillas in the family kitchen. The private visit lasts about 2.5 hours.

“Hubert Sr and Hubert Jr greeted us as we arrived and Hubert Jr conducted the tour. We left right at 4p as scheduled. We got an educational tour through their family garden. He gave us different herbs and had us guess through smell and taste what they were. We collected the herbs we needed for dinner. After the tour, we went to the pavilion where we made our own fresh sugarcane juice. Then we added the herbs we had collected and made a flavored / herbal sugarcane drink. After cleaning up, we went to the vegetable garden and collected the vegetables we needed to make a fresh salad with dinner.…”

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5.ATV Waterfall & Organic Coffee Farm with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 36 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $195

Ride an ATV from Nosara through dirt roads and jungle trails to a swimming waterfall, then continue to Juan’s family-run organic coffee farm. Guides such as Junior and Abraham lead the outing, while Juan explains coffee, fruit trees, and regenerative farming before serving fresh juice, coffee, and lunch overlooking the hills and coast.

“Junior was awesome! Juan was extremely informative showing us around his family farm. Highly recommend bringing some cash to buy some of his coffee! Junior’s hidden waterfall spot was absolutely amazing, we could have hung out there all day. Highly recommend this trip!”

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6.Chocolate and Farm Tour with local Tico family

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · from $45Best value

Spend about two hours at Finca La Esperanza, 25 minutes from La Fortuna, with a local Costa Rican family. Walk through the cacao and coffee farm, taste fresh cacao fruit, learn traditional and modern drinks, and make a chocolate bar with toppings. The small group has a maximum of 12 people.

“I can't say enough about this tour and how special it was. It was just the 4 of us and we were shown around this family's cacao and coffee farm. We toured the property and got to eat raw cacao fruit and to see all of the things that they grow on their farm. It was wondeRead more”

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