| PERFECT COMBINATION (BUTTERFLY FARM
& COFFEE PLANTATION) |
| Approximately pick up time: |
7:20am |
| Approximately duration: |
7 hours |
Learn all about the fascinating Butterfly as you explore its
natural habitat, filled with hundreds of butterflies. The Tour
begins with a 25-minute film that gives and introduction as to
what will be seen and discussed with the guide. From the film
room, visitors proceed with a knowledgeable guide to the export
office. On export days, the sorting, packing and export of the
pupae can be seen. After an explanation on the exportation of
butterflies, the Tour proceeds to The Butterfly Garden. In an
enclosed tropical garden where perhaps over a thousand butterflies
live their lives, feeding, mating and laying eggs. Guides may
identify the most beautiful of Costa Rica's butterflies, point
out the females ovipositing their eggs on host plants and feeding
on flowers.
Following imagine the journey of a coffee bean on the plantation
- from the plant to a cup of gourmet coffee. When you take the
Coffee Tour you'll do exactly that! Their professional acting
troupe, dressed in traditional garb, will escort you through a
multi-media, interactive tour through the history of coffee. On
their finca, as the plantation is called in Spanish, your day
starts on six-acres of coffee fields, tropical gardens and coffee
processing facilities. We'll teach you all about coffee cultivation
- and not just by giving you the facts - feel free to pick a few
ripe cherries to taste their sweetness or take a few of the dried
beans home to grow a plant of your own! Although incredibly knowledgeable,
our troupe has a rather short serious threshold!
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| Recommendations: |
Camera a/o binoculars and comfortable shoes. |
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