Costa Rica one day tours
Perfect combination

      The tour begins with a 25-minute film that gives an 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. 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. The tour then proceeds to view the amazing metamorphosis of the caterpillar forming the pupae where their bodies change from a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. The entire cycle of the metamorphosis is shown and the early morning tours may even see the butterflies emerging from their chrysalides and taking off for their maiden flight.
       After this unique experience, imagine following the journey of a coffee bean on the plantation - from the plant to a cup of gourmet coffee. When you take the Coffee Tour at Café Britt you'll do exactly that! The professional acting troupe, dressed in traditional garb, will escort you through a multi-media, interactive tour through the history of coffee. On a finca, as the plantation is called in Spanish, your day starts on six-acres of coffee fields, tropical gardens and coffee processing facilities. When you arrive, you are greeted by a breathtaking view from the lookout point with two of Costa Rica 's most famous volcanoes on one side and a spectacular panoramic view of the Central Valley on the other. You will learn 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!
      From the fields, you will be taken into the roasting and packaging facilities where you'll soak in the aroma of roasting coffee and learn all about this magical process that turns a red coffee cherry into a delicious cup of java. Then, in the theater, sit back and watch a multi-media play and presentation of coffee's place in world history. Learn about how deeply coffee culture is woven into the history and peopleS of Costa Rica - and be prepared to have a few good laughs while you're at it.
Departures: Around noon. Pick up times vary according to the hotel location.
Duration: 7 hours
Frequency: Daily
Facilities: Gift Shop and restaurant
Recommended: Comfortable shoes and camera
Includes: guided transportation, lunch and entrance fee
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