El Trapiche Sugar Cane Tour (to/from Monteverde)

We currently have discounts for this tour!

Trapiche Tour

Operated by El Trapiche Tour

Original price per adult: $32.00
Pura Vida! eh? discount price per adult: $28.00

*Visit http://www.costaricawithkids.com to learn whether child and/or student discounts are available for this activity!

Tour times: 10:00am, 3:00pm (Sundays only at 3:00pm)
Tour duration: approximately 2 hours
Tour includes: guide, coffee break, and round-trip transportation

Tour description: Come visit El Trapiche, a Costa Rican family business where you can enjoy a 2 hour tour. The tour begins with a short walk through the farm where you can get a glimpse of plantations as sugar cane, coffee, bananas, plantains, tubers, oranges and more. Enjoy the entire coffee process, ride a Costa Rican ox cart and experience the process of making liquor out of the sugar cane, and to finish delight yourself with a fragrant cup of coffee. El Trapiche tour, is a project of a Costa Rican family, which offers a guided tour for approximately 2 hours. The tour begins with a walk through the farm, which may have an opportunity to observe the different plantations, besides crossing a small area of forest where occasionally you can see wildlife. During the tour in the farm you can see a project of tilapia (kind of fish), banana plantations, bananas, arracache, macadamia nuts, oranges, sugar cane and coffee. During the walk around the farm, the guide explains the process involved in growing sugar cane, natural history and also provides an opportunity to taste the sugar cane and its various derivatives. Once this is over we will show you the process of coffee, starting from the planting and continues with the process of crushing, peeled and roasted by machines. To end the tour of the crushing, peeled and roasted by machines. To end the tour of the farm you are invited to make a small trip ox cart (only if you want, otherwise you can do this walking), it starts from the sugar cane plantation and ends at the mill. Once arrived at the mill grinding is done with oxen, to achieve the extraction of juice from sugar cane. Following is an explanation of some artifacts typical of the Costa Rican customs and culture, as the stove, the marimba, the pylon and a demonstration of the Saca De Guaro (which is distilled with pure water). Immediately to the explanation of ancient artefacts we move properly to the area where is done the artisan process of sugar cane and different products. To end the tour provides an opportunity to taste a Cooked Arracache mince served with a drink (lemonade, or coffee agua dulce and be presented with a small cap from sweet sugar block to tour participants. To end the tour of the farm you are invited to make a small trip ox cart (only if you want, otherwise you can do this walking), it starts from the sugar cane plantation and ends at the mill.

Additional details: This tour requires a minimum of 2 people to run. Please contact us to inquire about tour availability if your travel group is comprised of less than the tour operator’s required minimum number of participants.