Definitely, one of the places you should visit in Costa Rica… The geological formation of the Poas Volcano massif is widely recognized as one of the most striking strato-volcanoes in the world due to its changing behavior and morphology in the chemical composition of its phreatic lagoon. It is easy to access the main viewpoint after a simple 10-minute walk, from where you can observe (even with little cloud cover) the main crater of the mountain.
The park’s trails are immaculately coated with the effects of Costa Rica’s cloud forest; one of them will take you to Laguna Botos, a vestige of an older crater. Once there, different trail will take you back to the main entrance.
It has spacious and comfortable facilities designed for the hundreds of tourists who visit it. To purchase tickets, you must visit the following site: SINAC website http://www.sinac.go.cr. The tickets for foreigners round $18.00 per person with taxes included.
We provide a daily tour as well combine with Doka Coffee Estate.
La Paz Waterfall Garden is a private cloud forest reserve near the Poas Volcano National Park that you can combine too with the volcano on the same day. It offers a great spot to see some animals, butterflies, birds and of course waterfalls among other attractions.
It is an easy and beautiful drive along the way after an hour in the middle of Derry farms, coffee, and strawberry fields. The Park offers trails and a buffet lunch for their visitors as well as giftshops.
The trails are located along the river where easily and safely walk can be taken following the waterfalls on its way. The entrance fee is approximately $65.00 pp, however, let us know and we should find a much better price.
Rent a car on our site or let us know and we can provide you the service as well.
Just 15 minutes from our location. Recommended for families, the Wildlife Rescue Center rescues over 3,000 wild animals every year. Roughly 2% of the animals they receive cannot be released back into the wild because they have been too badly injured, or they have been kept as pets and are too used to humans. These animals are provided with lifetime care in Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center’s Lifetime Care Sanctuary. The sanctuary residents live in highly naturalized habitats nestled amongst thirteen acres of lush, tropical botanical gardens.
Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center also features a souvenir shop with local crafts, an ice cream shop with fresh fruit smoothies and home-made juice pops from local fruits as well as a full-service restaurant. Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center is fully accessible and complimentary wheel-chairs are available previous request.
Sarapiquí area is located in the northern Caribbean lands of Costa Rica offering an exuberant tropical rain forest and many spots for bird watching, rafting tours, chocolate tours, horseback riding among other activities. It is recommended to leave early since the driving takes around 2 hours, however it is worth it.
The main attraction is the Sarapiqui River which runs along the Central Volcanic Mountain Range to get into San Juan River which is the natural border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Rafting companies operate in the area where you can also combine with zip lining or horseback ride tours. All activities are easy to coordinate if you have interest in visiting the area.
For chocolate lovers, Sarapiqui has one the good ecosystem to produce and collect cacao beans, Chocolate farms offer tours in their plantations where in fact it is possible to participate in the chocolate process.
The day trip is also available for our guests renting a car or taking a driver.
Alajuela is the second largest province of Costa Rica and the downtown is just 15 minutes away from the property. Learn about the history and culture getting a taste of costarican lifestyle visiting the central park, the cathedral and specially the local central market which is an interest way to travel back and see how used to be the simple life years ago.
The Juan Santamaría historical museum, has permanent exhibitions about the city and it develop a long the colonization and then, the later arrival of coffee as a motor of the economy in the country. Very interest place to visit for no charge.
One more option, is to take a short walk to Plaza Real Alajuela where is also an option for night life, good restaurants, cinemas and very nice atmosphere.
A working coffee farm since 1908, the Doka Estate has been growing coffee in Costa Rica for more than 100 years. Today, the farm uses the same century-old water mill imported from England to power their processing plant – a rustic building recently designated a historical and architectural heritage site by the Costa Rican government. Doka offers guide tours showing the entire process since the coffee arrives from their plantations until the roasted process and its final presentation.
For three generation the Vargas family has owned and worked the land of the Doka Estate giving the award-winning coffee its brand name, Tres Generaciones (Three generations). They also have a coffee shop on site to buy or even send coffee to your home. The normal entrance fee is $24.00 per person and add $14.00 per person for a typical buffet lunch.
Recommended for lovers of hiking and waterfalls. Located on the western slope of the Poas volcano, this section of the rainforest offers adventure activities visiting the ¨Bajos del Toro¨ waterfalls and horseback riding tours. From here you can follow the route to the Arenal Volcano and La Fortuna.
A local guide must be scheduled for walks longer than 6 hours”
Transportation service and/or vehicle rental available.