Top La Fortuna de San Carlos Food & Drink

As one of Costa Rica's biggest exports, coffee plays a big role in Costa Rica's economy—and its culture, too. Learn about artisanal Costa Rican coffee from bean to cup complete with harvesting, roasting, and grinding on this tour of a family-owned coffee farm near Arenal Volcano. As a bonus, try other favorite Costa Rican crops such as chocolate and sugar cane.

Get a close look at Costa Rica’s coffee- and chocolate-making traditions at a family farm near La Fortuna. See a cacao and sugar cane plantation, and learn how cacao is made into chocolate. You’ll get to sample fresh coffee and chocolate from the farm with a small-group tour limited to eight people.

Learn about two of Costa Rica’s biggest (and tastiest) exports on this tour of a coffee and chocolate farm from La Fortuna. Not only do you go to a side of Arenal volcano that most visitors miss in order to see the coffee and cacao crops, but you also get to taste the final products—it’s as fresh as it gets. Your guide shares insight into the industries throughout the tour.

Get a taste of authentic Costa Rican life and cuisine as you join a local family for a cooking class and home-style meal. Along with a guide, visit the home of your hosts outside of La Fortuna and learn about household customs and cooking techniques. Join in the preparation of a typical meal, and then savor the fruits of your labor alongside new friends.

Aromatic coffee, sweet sugarcane, and melt-in-your-mouth chocolate are three of Costa Rica’s top agricultural exports—and its favorite products among locals and visitors alike. Learn about these three crops first-hand on this tour of a family-owned farm near La Fortuna. See how coffee is created from bean to cup, and then taste other delicious crops along with a guide.

In Eden Chocolate Tour you'll experience an hour and 45 minutes tour. A first part is held in our cocoa organic plantation where the visitor can see the cocoa flower, the cocoa trees, the fermentation and sun-dried process of the cocoa beans. A second part is inside the Ranch where the visitor can roast and grind the cocoa beans; also the conching and refining process of the chocolate. At the end, the visitor can make his own chocolate bonbons.

You will truly appreciate the wonders of Peñas Blancas river and the surrounding rainforest as we travel down the river without a motor, this way you will enjoy the journey quietly rowing and taking photos. You will also learn and participate in the whole production process, from the harvesting of the fruit, the fermentation, drying and grinding of the seed, to the point where you obtain a delicious chocolate -free from chemicals- and of course, you can taste the traditional drink of our ancestors and the best handmade organic chocolate from the seed to the bar considered as the "Gift of the Gods". In our tour, you will have the best part of your visit to Costa Rica. Come and enjoy this sweet experience!

Pick up some cooking skills and learn how to make authentic Costa Rican dishes, including homemade corn tortillas, with this class in La Fortuna. During the lesson, you’ll also hear about the customs and traditions of the country’s farmers. And, at the end of class, dine on the freshly prepared meal along with the local family.

Enjoy a sweet experience with the chocolate tour, where your will know about the history of the cacao and taste all the process to get the chocolate. At the waterfall, admiring 70 meters of a drop that transmits the power and energy of The Fortuna River.

Spend a half-day at a farm in La Fortuna for a cooking class that features some of Costa Rica’s favorite dishes. Start with a tour of the farm’s orchards and gardens, collect some ingredients for your meal, then head to the kitchen to learn to prepare classics such as gallo pinto (rice and beans). Top off your experience by enjoying the meal with your hosts.

Get back to nature while still enjoying creature comforts at the El Salto waterfall and swimming hole, a natural pool located in the rain forest of Arenal. Parking and access can be a challenge, so park right nearby at the riverside Hunters & Gatherers restaurant and take advantage of its restrooms, changing facilities, and Wi-Fi. Before or after your swim, enjoy a delicious Costa Rican buffet without traveling back into town.

This activity will lead to our Sloth Park to start, we will walk trough the rainforest 1.5 to 2 hours inside the trails and you can get to see two and three toes sloths and some poisonous froags and snakes even birds. Done with the hike we will visit the second section of the the park to get your amazing chocolate coffee and sugar tasting along all the information provided in by our tour guides. Very instructive and educative tour!!

Learn all the process and history of cocoa and chocolate with our Chocolatiers. Also elaborate your very own handcraft chocolate from the bean to the bar and make the drinks the Mayans and Aztecs did 2000 years ago! It is a learning workshop, practical and very entertaining

The perfect way to get to know Costa Rican culture and take part in some of our most important activities in Costa Rica: cooking, eating and dancing!

Join Chef Scott Alan and his local chefs for a fun and entertaining afternoon of Costa Rican cooking while learning how to make delicious tropical dishes and cocktails. You can participate in the meal creation or choose to sit back, relax and watch. On a clear day, you’ll see amazing views of Arenal Volcano in the relaxed atmosphere while preparing and tasting your meals. Learn new techniques in a pura vida atmosphere, enjoy amazing views and make sure to bring your binoculars and camera because toucans are spotted on a daily basis.

Fermentation is the process used to make alcohol and various foods through the addition of microorganisms—creating foods that are rich in probiotics and acclaimed for their health benefits. This unique workshop teaches you all about the fermentation process and shows you how to make foods such as sour dough bread, sauerkraut, and vinegar. Armed with the skills to make your own fermented foods, you will be able to make your own gut-friendly foods at home.

Take advantage of some of northern Costa Rica’s best white-water rafting on this full-day, guided tour with traditional lunch included. Paddle through the rainforest and over the rapids of the Balsa River stopping along to swim and rest in nature. After your adventure is done enjoy a Costa Rican style lunch at a local restaurant.

Costa Rica is known for coffee production. On this tour, visit a family farm to learn about one of the world’s most-consumed beverages including how it’s grown, processed, shipped, and consumed. You will also hear about the important role coffee plays in Costa Rica’s economy and culture, plus sip a fresh cup of organically grown Costa Rican coffee.

You do not have much time and you want to see the most attractions Eat typical food Know how a Costa Rican family lives in the rural area Travel through the calm waters of a river and enjoy the monkeys Jump into the crystal clear waters of a waterfall over 150 feet high Eat the best lunch in the area with a delicious coffee

First visit a real plantation in less than ten minutes from La Fortuna and learn about the nature and the cultivation of cocoa. Then learn to make your own handmade chocolate in our artisanal factory.

-Tour of the Coffee We will know the complete history and importance of coffee for Costa Rica; In addition, we will know the complete process of elaboration; from planting the seed to tasting a cup of 100% pure Costa Rican coffee.   -Tour of the Chocolate We will return to the past to know its origin, history and 100% traditional process in honor of our ancestors. We will be able to see their different stages and varieties of cocoa. - Both tours include tastings; In addition, we teach the process and history of sugarcane in the traditional Costa Rican way and its derivatives

Soak up views of Costa Rica’s tropical rain forest and waterfalls during a thrilling whitewater rafting adventure down the Sarapiqui River. Slip on your provided helmet and life vest, and safely navigate the river's rapids, twists, and turns with a guide. Refuel with a freshly prepared buffet-style lunch at an organic farm. Round trip transport from your hotel in La Fortuna is included.

We want to give our guests a special experience. By showing you around on our organic farm and allowing yourself to pick the cocoa fruits from the trees and be a part of the whole process from start to end. Our farm has the most beautiful view of the Arenal volcano and away from the noise of the city. Our guides are born and raised in the same environment and you can see and feel how passionate they are about it when they explain about the cocoa. The atmosphere a our farm is very relaxed and comfortable. Our chocolate tour is small groups of maximun 10 people.

Experience the adventurous side of La Fortuna on a tour that includes a waterfall hike or rappel, zipline course, and a return trip by tractor or on horseback. Combining some of La Fortuna’s top activities into one high-energy day means you can explore even more of the rainforest: get wet, soar through the air, learn about indigenous Maleku culture, and watch for wildlife in the lush rainforest canopy.