Cahuita National Park & Bribri chocolate & Waterfall visit.
Description
This is a unique tour that gives you the opportunity to enjoy the humid tropical forest like never before. Once we arrive at the Cahuita National Park, our guide will be in charge of showing you all the beauties within the park. We will walk for approximately 2 hours in search of wild animals. Once this time was over, we headed to the Bribri community to share the experience of making chocolate in a traditional way. We will arrive at a local family, where we will share for about 2 hours about the history, the way of life, the language and we will also have the opportunity to make 100% organic chocolate in a traditional way. To finish, we will enjoy a delicious traditional lunch prepared with local ingredients. Then we go to the waterfall where we will walk for approximately 10 minutes until we reach the waterfall where you can enjoy a refreshing swim and to finish we will have a delicious tropical snack.
Tour Options
Itinerary
We will start with a short walk on a short trail for approximately 10 minutes, once we reach the waterfall we will have the opportunity to enjoy the impressive landscape or enjoy a refreshing swim in the waterfall. To end our time at the waterfall we will enjoy a delicious tropical snack based on fruits and coconut water or cocoloco.
Once we enter the Cahuita National Park, our Naturalist guide will share information about the creation of the park as well as the history of this park. Next we will begin our search for all types of wildlife. Our Naturalist guide has perfect vision to find all types of creatures that live within the park. During this tour of approximately 2 hours we will have the opportunity to find different species of mammals such as; monkeys, sloths, raccoons, etc. Also other vertebrates such as snakes, iguanas, river turtles, and much more. We can also enjoy the rich sea breeze and the beautiful beach within the national park.
Once we arrived at the Bribris indigenous territory of Talamanca. Our guide who is also a Bribri indigenous descendant of the Duriwak clan will tell you about the history of this indigenous group, you will also have the opportunity to learn about the culture, about the language and also about the way of life of the Bribri indigenous people. As part of this activity we will learn about the use of some medicinal plants that are used in native home remedies. To continue with our day, we will have the opportunity to learn how to make chocolate in the traditional way, you will have the opportunity to make chocolate with your own hands. Once we finish the chocolate process we will enjoy a delicious lunch prepared with local ingredients.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can pick you up at any hotel or accommodation around Puerto Viejo.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(33)
Excellent tour to visit Cahuita Park and observe flora and fauna, learn about the life and customs of the Bri Bri community, collaborate in the traditional preparation of chocolate, and finish with a nice hike to the waterfall.
Very good experience, very friendly guide. This excursion allows you to see and learn a lot of things!
Ariel is a very professional guide and attentive to our children. He showed kindness, gave us extremely relevant and interesting explanations not only about the animals but also about the customs and traditions of the country. We recommend this experience!! The people from the Bribri tribe that we met were very kind. We felt well welcomed and were able to discover a small part of Costa Rica. Delicious meal.
This was the best tour of our trip! It was well worth the cost for the three different activities. I will echo what everyone else has said- Ariel was absolutely amazing. From the time we entered Cahuita, he was showing and teaching us about the wildlife there. At one point, we saw a woodpecker, a sloth, a pit viper, and little hermit crabs all in the same area. After the park, we went to the BriBri reserve and learned about their traditions. We enjoyed a delicious lunch and made chocolate, starting with the cocoa pod and ending with a cup of hot cocoa. Then we hiked to a waterfall that we had all to ourselves. We ended with a Coco Loco drink and a song. So fun! Ariel picked us up at our AirBnB and took on an unforgettable journey! We were very grateful for the experience and impressed with him from beginning to end.
We couldn’t have asked for a better experience at the Cahuita National Park and local community. Ariel, who is native to the area and owner of the company, was a phenomenal guide. He was exceptionally knowledgeable and he went above and beyond to ensure we saw as much as possible in the park. With his telescope, we got some amazing views and pictures. Even better was our time with the indigenous BriBri community. We loved learning about their history, way of life, preservation of their culture and even participated in making different chocolate products. Ariel made every bit of the experience unforgettable.
Ariel saw so many hidden creatures that we would have strolled by. Cahuita is truly a magical place. His knowledge of the area and animals and culture was very helpful as we asked lots of questions. Top notch experience!
Ariel is a great guide, he helped us spotting a lot of animals in Cahuita and also take amazing pictures with his equipment. The tour in the Bribri indigenous territory was also very interesting, informative but also very hands-on and fun.
Ariel was awesome and super knowledgeable! Great conversation would highly reccomend!
Ariel was amazing my he picked us up in his car early in the morning, and we made our way to Cahuita NP to spot wildlife. He spoke good English and was able to communicate tons of facts. He’s been doing tours for 15+ years. We then drove to BriBri for chocolate making and waterfalls. Both were great and amazingly authentic. Price was super fair for the whole experience and would highly recommend. The tour is a private tour so we were the only ones with him the whole day!
Saw a bunch of animals in Cahuita National Park that I would have never seen had it not been for Ariel's keen eyes. The chocolate tour was very interesting - I learned about BriBri culture and plants they use (and the hot chocolate at the end absolutely delicious)! The waterfall and provided coconut to drink from afterwards was refeshing. I also learned a lot about how Puerto Viejo had changed over the years. Ariel was very friendly and knowledgable about everything. I was the only person on the tour, so I appreciate that he still ran it!
