Top Central Valley Coffee & Tea Tours

Learn about two of Costa Rica’s biggest (and tastiest) exports on this tour of a coffee and chocolate farm just outside La Fortuna. Admire the beautiful views of Arenal Volcano while learning more about coffee and chocolate production, followed by a taste of the final products. Your guide will share insight into the industries throughout the tour.

Visit Poás Volcano's massive crater and stop at Starbucks' Hacienda Alsacia coffee farm for an included coffee tasting. Includes an expert guide and transport from San José. Perfect for nature and coffee lovers. Discover Costa Rica's most iconic natural wonder and world-class coffee culture in one unforgettable day. Journey from San José to Poás Volcano National Park, home to one of Earth's largest active volcanic craters at 2,708 meters above sea level. Begin your journey venturing into the mystical cloud forest, where trails lead to breathtaking viewpoints of the turquoise acidic lagoon and steaming fumaroles. Visit serene Botos Lagoon, a pristine crater lake surrounded by lush vegetation. Your expert bilingual guide shares fascinating insights about volcanic geology, coffee cultivation, and local biodiversity throughout the journey. With comfortable round-trip transportation and small group sizes, this tour perfectly balances adventure, education, and authentic Costa Rican culture.

Get the inside scoop on a pair of Costa Rica's most famous exports on a combo tour of the Doka Estate coffee plantation. Learn how coffee beans are grown, harvested, and roasted to perfection, and then follow the sticky-sweet journey of sugar cane at a working sugar mill. Finish the flavorful visit with a tour of the estate’s inedible natural treasures, including hundreds of miniature bonsai trees, colorful orchids, and butterflies.

Indulge your sweet tooth and discover the secrets of La Fortuna's best chocolate. This small-group tour starts out in an organic cocoa plantation where you'll see the cocoa flower and trees, as well as the cocoa bean fermentation and sun-drying process. Afterward, in the ranch, you can roast and grind the cocoa beans and also, ultimately, make your own chocolate bonbons.

Discover the hidden elegance of San Jose on a journey that blends urban storytelling with a sensory experience. Walk through San José’s most prestigious districts, nature-filled parks serve as the backdrop to stunning historic architecture and the city’s best-kept secrets. Then we transition from the streets to the sanctuary of a boutique coffee shop. Here, the experience reaches its peak with a coffee tasting led by a professional barista. Using a specialized brewing method designed to unlock the complex soul of our volcanic beans, complemented by a curated tasting of artisanal Costa Rican chocolate and raw cacao. Paired with a fresh sweet or savory pastry, this session offers a deep dive into the flavors and craftsmanship that define our world-renowned coffee culture. What’s Included: A guided historical walk through downtown’s finest districts and parks, followed by a specialty coffee tasting session, a guided artisanal chocolate/cacao flight and your choice of a fresh local pastry.

Spend a delicious 2 hours learning all about the best type of chocolate in the world, along with coffee, tropical fruit, spices, rum, and sugar cane- all products of Costa Rica, on this tour. Explore the farm holding 1600 cacao trees, where they produce 150 pounds of cacao every week. The best part: sampling the chocolate and the rest of the delicious produce!

Visit three Costa Rican highlights in one day on this guided tour from San José. First explore a Starbucks-owned coffee farm, learning all about how your morning brew is grown, harvested, and roasted. Next, visit the Poas Volcano Crater and marvel at its powerful geysers and bubbling lake of aquamarine water. Then, experience La Paz Waterfall Garden–a lush rainforest that boasts spectacular waterfalls and exotic wildlife. Finally, stop by another coffee plantation and enjoy a lunch of traditional Costa Rican fare.

Hiking in the Costa Rican rainforest can be a dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. Book this La Fortuna Sloths, Coffee, and Chocolate Experience and go with a guide who will keep you safe and well informed. Set out through the rainforest to spot sloth and other wildlife before stopping at a chocolate and coffee farm for tastings.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at Costa Rica’s famous coffee industry with this tour to a coffee farm from San Jose. Learn first-hand how beans are grown, harvested, and roasted for the perfect cup of coffee. Plus, visit the towns of Sarchi and Gracia to visit popular monuments and learn how they keep handicraft traditions alive.

A thrilling mix of adventure and culture awaits in La Fortuna with this unique combo experience. Start with an exciting zipline canopy tour featuring 9 cables and 10 platforms, soaring above the rainforest with breathtaking views of Arenal Volcano and Cerro Chato. With cable lengths ranging from 80 to 550 meters, it offers a fun and dynamic experience for both first-time zipliners and adventure seekers. Children must be at least 4 years old to participate, and guests over 125 kg (275 lbs) are not permitted on the zipline. After the adrenaline rush, continue with an immersive cultural experience centered around Costa Rica’s coffee, artisanal chocolate, and sugar cane traditions. Learn about the traditional processes behind these iconic products while enjoying fresh coffee, artisanal chocolate, and sugar cane juice tastings. This combo offers a memorable blend of excitement, culture, and authentic local flavors.

Chocolate and coffee come together on this small-group tour in La Fortuna. Visit the plantation to learn how cocoa and coffee are harvested, taste 70% chocolate with spices, make chocolate bonbons, and prepare your own mocca. You’ll also package a 50-gram coffee bag as a gift or for yourself.

The tour showcases Costa Rican peasant culture as well as authentic Costa Rican food cooked over a wood fire.

Explore the Costa Rican capital’s rich history, landmark buildings, and modern culture on a combo bus and walking tour of San Jose. Get a great introduction to city highlights like the National Theater and Art Museum, and stop to walk through bustling markets and public plazas to feel the pulse of this modern Central American metropolis. Get an extra boost of Costa Rican culture by listening to traditional folkloric music onboard the bus.

Coffee lovers, get your fix on a tour of the Café Britt plantation including private transfers from your San Jose hotel. Learn the history of this famous Costa Rican export, and see firsthand how coffee beans are cultivated, roasted, and transformed into fragrant elixir with a behind-the-scenes look at the farm and processing facilities. Browse products at the Britt factory store, order a freshly brewed drink from the coffee bar, and enjoy a buffet lunch from the plantation’s own restaurant.

The Coffee Tour, Poás Volcano, and La Paz Waterfalls is a complete experience that combines tradition, breathtaking landscapes, and lush nature all in one day. The tour begins with a visit to a coffee plantation, where you will learn about the journey of the coffee bean from the plant to the cup while enjoying beautiful mountain views. You will then explore the impressive Poás Volcano, one of the country’s most spectacular active volcanoes, featuring a massive crater and unforgettable panoramic views. To end the day on a high note, you will walk along the trails of La Paz Waterfall Gardens, surrounded by tropical rainforest, majestic waterfalls, and an incredible variety of wildlife. An ideal tour for those who want to discover the best of Costa Rica in a single adventure.

The Coffee, Poás, and La Paz tour is a unique experience that combines culture, nature, and adventure. It begins with a visit to a coffee plantation, where you'll learn about the production process of one of Costa Rica's most famous products. Then, you'll explore the Poás Volcano, a majestic active volcano with breathtaking views. Finally, you'll enjoy the natural beauty of La Paz Waterfall Gardens, a wildlife sanctuary with spectacular waterfalls and a wide variety of fauna. A must-do tour to experience the best of Costa Rica in one day!

Get a taste of Costa Rica’s famed biodiversity without straying too far from the city with this all-access day pass to La Paz Waterfall Gardens Nature Park. Prebooked entry saves you from waiting around in long ticket lines, so you have even more time to explore its attractions. Choose whether to tackle family-friendly hiking trails through the cloud forest, visit a rescued jungle cat educational program, or spend time at the site's numerous specialty wildlife exhibits.

Visit the impressive crater of Poas Volcano and go behind-the-scenes at a large commercial coffee farm on this full-day tour from San Jose. A guide shares fun facts about one of Costa Rica's most-visited volcanos and biggest exports on a field-to-cup tour of the coffee farm. Plus, private transportation and included lunch make this tour a breeze.

This full-day coffee farm tour provides an authentic day-in-the-life experience you won’t find on many of the other coffee farm tours. While tours often only demonstrate a small fraction of the process, at Aquiares, coffee lovers can see what it takes to bring coffee from the seed to the cup. Plus, you can experience the welcoming community, rich foods, and stunning scenery of a farm in the Costa Rican rainforest.

Learn about coffee production at Costa Rica's largest coffee farm on this guided tour. At the Aquiares Estate, you’ll see the process from seed to cup after visiting the local community and hearing about coffee agronomy and its importance to Costa Rica. Then, learn about coffee roasting and cupping and get a taste.

At the meeting point, there will always be an official, properly uniformed guide waiting for the clients to start the activity.

At nightfall, join us to discover the delicious world of chocolate where we will learn the whole process from the seed to the delicious Chocolate bar, once the explanation is finished we will select some members of the group to grind the Cocoa to make your own chocolate bar. Once finished you will have the opportunity to taste several types of chocolate such as Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate and White Chocolate. Once this sweet adventure is over, we will tour our farm to enter the extraordinary nightlife where we can see some species of frogs and toads such as the Giant Toad, the big chicken eater frog, the small “Jewels of the Forest” like the Hourglass Frog and the most emblematic of Costa Rica, the Red-Eyed Frog. With luck during the tour, we can see some species of insects, mammals such as the sloth, raccoons and sometimes nocturnal birds.

Enjoy a typical Costa Rican lunch in a lovely home that’s over 100 years old with a huge garden to relax in. This small group experience will last about 1.5 hours, and you’ll have several wonderful things to try. Look forward to Carribean-style dishes, salads and fresh fruit, Turrialba cheese with banana in honey, Aquiares coffee, and more. Dietary restrictions can be accompanied for.