Private Tour: Arenal Chocolate Tour & Baldi Hot Springs Combo

What your day looks like

Your breath-taking, adventure begins with a pickup from your hotel and a relaxing private drive through the wonderful Costa Rican countryside on air-conditioned transportation and a recent model deluxe vehicle or minibus. Your guide will point out many sights of interest including coffee plantations, sugar cane and citrus plantations, diverse fruit stands, and rural farming communities. You will be heading Fortuna Town, about 2 hours drive from San Jose. Upon arrival at the beautiful property of Rainforest Chocolate Tour, you will have some free time to use restrooms and explore the surroundings before starting the nature walk into the rainforest and learn about chocolate. With the view of the majestic Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna of San Carlos, enjoy the sweetest rainforest experience, discovering the ancient secrets of chocolate: from its discovery and use, in tropical America, to the processing of the product we know and enjoy today. Considered as “a gift of the Gods”, the cacao tree was very important to the ancient culture, it was not only used as a ceremonial drink but its seeds were also used as currency because of its economic value, in many regions of Mesoamerica, including Costa Rica. In this 2-hour “hands-on” program, you will have the opportunity to learn interesting aspects of cocoa and chocolate, from its origin and history, participating in all the production processes, from the harvesting of the fruit, drying and grinding of the seed, also the developing of the traditional drink of our ancestors, and of course, enjoying high-quality organic chocolate. Later, you will relax in one of the best thermal water places in the area: Baldi Hot Springs. At Baldi Hot Springs you will find an endless dreamed stay, where the natural environment, colorful natural gardens, therapeutic waters, pure air, and our care combine in a perfect state; the dream came true. The unique frame where your experience turns into the most unforgettable one. In here you will enjoy multiple thermal pools, a giant steam room, luxury pool bars, Giant water slides, relaxing areas, and much more. Upon arrival to Baldi Hot Springs, enjoy a delicious Buffet Lunch before jumping into the Thermal Pools. Lockers and Towels are included in our tours. In this paradise you will stay till 4:00 PM, then, we will begin our return trip to the city of San Jose.