Chocolate Tour & Tortuguero Canal Cruise

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Chocolate Lovers and Tortuguero Canal Boat Tour — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

If you love chocolate, nature and observing wild animals in their natural habitat such as monkeys, sloths and colored frogs, this is the perfect tour for you. During this tour, you will be visiting a traditional cocoa plantation near Cahuita Park in Puerto Limon.

In this property, managed by a local family with more than 100 years of chocolate tradition, you will be able to know its history and how it has managed to survive through time. Accompanied by expert local guides, we will visit the cocoa plantations to learn about the plant, the cultivation techniques, its fruits, harvest, and processing of the seeds until we reach the final product: Chocolate.

After this chocolate tour, continue the jorney to Tortuguero Canal, a place fully of wildlife species where the sloths in their natural habitat, are easy to see.

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At a glance

Duration: 6 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 20 people
People per booking: 1–20
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Greenway Nature Day Tours

Ages: Infants (0–3 years) · Children (4–12 years) · Adults (13–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: 1 hour boat tour in Tortuguero Canal
Included: Bottled water
Included: 2 hours Chocolate making workshop
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle
Included: Fresh cut fruits

Not included

Not included: Lunch
Not included: Alcoholic Beverages

Itinerary

Puerto Limon

Passing by

Limón, commonly known as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It is the seventh largest city in Costa Rica, with a population of over 55,000, and is home of the Afro-Costa Rican community. The pier is located right in front of the city and it is a small town that you can explore easily with a short walk. During our tour, our guide will provide a short city tour where you will be able to learn about its culture, traditions and principal attractions.
Stop 2

2 hours Admission included

If you would like to discover and learn all about cocoa or chocolate, you will be in the right place to do it, visiting our original cocoa plantation (more than 100 years old) with its respective history then we arrive at a new plantation in production where you learn how to grow cocoa in harmony with nature and you can also taste the fresh fruit and we will arrive at the Afro-Caribbean Museum, the whole history of cocoa, machinery used to process cocoa drying in the last century and next to the museum there is an adequate space where observe the whole process of the cocoa bean, even customers can participate tasting the grains in different stages of the process until they become chocolate and finally they can taste the chocolate they want.
Tortuguero Canal

2 hours Admission included

Tortuguero Canal in Moin, Puerto Limon area, is the starting of the 100 miles that goes along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. This natural and man-made channel host many wildlife species easy to see, including sloths, aquatic birds and with some good luck, monkeys.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Tour Meeting Time: 8:30 AM for early ship arrivals only / 11:30 AM for ships arriving after 8:30 AM

Meeting Point: Main entrance of the pier. It is a very short walking distance from the cruise ship. Once at the entrance of the pier, you will see a Greenway Tours Guide wearing teal blue polos.

End point

Tour Meeting Time: 8:30 AM for early ship arrivals only / 11:30 AM for ships arriving after 8:30 AM

Meeting Point: Main entrance of the pier. It is a very short walking distance from the cruise ship. Once at the entrance of the pier, you will see a Greenway Tours Guide wearing teal blue polos.

Using your ticket

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT PICKUP TIME

All our pickup times are set to 8:00 AM by default.

HOWEVER: If your ship arrives after 8:00 AM, the Pickup will be 30 minutes after ship arrival. You can book your tour and we will adjust the time accordingly with your ship arrival.

If you ship is late, our staff will wait for you till the ship dock and allow you disembark. We operate all our tours accordingly with the ship´s arrival.

Meeting Point: Main entrance of the pier. It is a very short walking distance from the cruise ship. Once at the entrance of the pier, you will see a Greenway Tours Guide holding a sign with your name.

Important Note: This tour is exclusive for cruise ship passengers. If you are not arriving by cruise ship please do not book this tour. Tour operate only when we have cruise ships in port.