Published on Feb, 2025
This tour exceeded our expectations from organizers JJ and Anni to our fantastic tour guide Jose and driver Manuel! Since there were 5 of us, we arranged for a private van and Jose tailored the day based on what we were interested in seeing. They were experts at spotting sloths and toucans in trees along the road and we pulled over many times to view and photograph the wildlife. Our tour of the organic chocolate and coffee farm in Bijagua de Upala was expert led by Brenden who was very knowledgeable and guided us through a hands on tour of growing, harvesting and serving cacao, coffee, sugar cane and pineapple. The taste testing was terrific. Our day included lunch in an open air restaurant overlooking Tenorio Volcano. I can't say enough good things about our experience on this tour! In fact, our day was so great that we requested Jose and Manuel for a second day tour of birding and the Palo Verde River Cruise (reviewed separately).