Costa Rica Tours, Ltd.

Caribbean Costa Rica

Can be Sponsored as a Private Group Tour

You may know that Costa Rica is the #1 destination worldwide for nature and adventure travel. Also, it is the #1 travel destination worldwide preferred by Americans. Our unique tour combines a variety of nature and cultural activities in the eastern regions of Costa Rica.  You will learn about its diverse population which includes descendents of the native indigenous tribes, the Hispanic colonists and the Africans whom they brought as slaves, and the Jamaicans and other Caribbean islanders who came in the late 1880s to build the railroad and work on the emerging banana farms.  Only on this tour can you learn about Black Heritage in Costa Rica, one of the least known throughout the African Diaspora.

Tour Highlights

Traditional Hispanic & Indigenous Culture (Cartago & Turrialba)

• Basilica de los Angeles in Cartago, the first capital of Costa Rica
• Tour of Irazu Volcano
• Tour of Guayabo National Monument (archaeological ruins/ rainforest)
• Lesson in making tortillas and Tico (Costa Rican) Highlands cooking
• Folk Dances presented by local school children
• Crafts Shopping in Puerto Viejo and Moravia (town east of San Jose)
• Tour of Banana Packing Plant

Black Heritage Activities

• Afro-Caribbean Cooking Lesson
• Presentation by Afro-Caribbean historian

Relaxation on the Southern Caribbean Coast (Puerto Viejo)

• Tour Aviarios del Caribe Sloth Refuge (the only one in the world)
• Wildlife Tour by canoe on the Estrella River
• Resort on the ocean (ranked among the10 best beaches in the world)
• Lobster lunch at Maxi’s restaurant on Manzanillo Beach; swimming & snorkeling
• Optional Canopy / Zipline Tour through rainforest

OUR LAND TOUR FEATURES:  A Costa Rican guide throughout the tour. Comfortable A/C motor coach or van transfers to and through three regions: San Jose, Cartago / Turrialba, Southern Caribbean Coast (Puerto Viejo).

COST for Land Tour:  Call for details.