During our 1 Day Food Tour from San Jose, you will learn about local medicinal plants, choose, fish and cook your own tilapia and make your own customized chocolate using organic cocoa.
 
Our guided One Day food tour at Surá organic farm in Sarapiquí, is an authentic experience where you can learn the most important aspects of traditional, Costa Rican gastronomy, agriculture and rural life style.

Itinerary
 
After breakfast we will pick you up at your hotel at about 6:00 am, then you will start a two hours journey to Finca Surá where you will join the Gómez family, who will receive you with fresh fruit drinks!
 
Activity 1 - Farm Tour
 
A member of the family will take you into a tour around their organic farm. During the tour you will be able to participate in the art of cutting sugar cane and preparing the juice, taste a local cocktail with it, then they will take you to the organic pineapple plantation to taste the sweetest pineapples you ever tried! The tour continues by walking around the garden where you will learn about medicinal plants, spices like vanilla, turmeric, lemon grass, ginger, etc. Take a fabric bag with you, you can collect some spices to use during the next activity.
 
Activity 2 - Cooking workshop
 
At the cooking workshop for lunch, you will have the opportunity to fish for your own tilapia, learn to prepare a local recipe using fresh herbs and spices, which will be served with “patacones”, fried cassava, salad and natural juices, all harvested from the farm.
 
After lunch you will have about an hour time to relax, explore the gardens, or share with the family.
 
Activity 3 - Cocoa/Chocolate Workshop

Of course we didn't forget your dessert! You will enjoy an authentic, sweet and delicious experience! You will visit the Huertas family, they will take you through the cacao fields while they explain everything about cacao's history, tradition and culture, you will learn all about cacao fermentation, roasting process and participate in the creation of your own chocolate recipe mixing local organic spices like cinnamon, raw sugar, white or black pepper, vanilla, ginger and more. You can buy chocolate bars at the end, make sure you take some cash, they don't take credit cards.
 
After a day of delighting your senses, learning and enjoying the rural lifestyle of the Huertas and Gomez family, your guide will take you back to San Jose. Arrival time to your hotel would be at around 8pm.

Includes

• Private transportation.
• Snack on the way to the farm.
• English speaking guide during the tours and workshops.
• Full lunch.
• Cooking workshop at Finca Surá (all ingredients included).
• Guided tour to the farm, including fruit tasting and medicinal plants explanation.
• Guided tour to the cacao fields + chocolate workshop: how to prepare artisanal chocolate from scratch (includes all ingredients and tastings).