Chocolate and Night Wildlife Tour: A Dive into Cocoa Process and Costa Rica's Exotic Fauna

Join us on a nighttime chocolate and wildlife tour in Costa Rica. Learn the process of making chocolate and explore the exotic fauna of the Costa Rican rainforest.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Don Juan Tours La Fortuna - Don Juan Tours Arenal is a family business that through its tours teach visitors the whole process behind two very important products worldwide, Coffee and Chocolate.
    Our experience: Don Juan - Coffee and Chocolate Tour, will take you to know the entire Coffee process, from the seed to the delicious cup of coffee….
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Chocolate and coffee-tasting
  • Local taxes
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option not requested upon booking)
  • Souvenir (available for purchase)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

At dusk, come be a part of our journey into the scrumptious universe of chocolate where we’ll explore every step from cocoa seed to an enticing chocolate bar. After the explanation, a few members from the crowd will be chosen to ground the Cocoa to create their unique chocolate bar. You will then have the chance to sample a variety of chocolate flavors,…

Location
Don Juan Tours La Fortuna
Avenida 351
1.5 km Northest from La Fortuna National Bank, on the road 351
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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909lesliep
Sep 27, 2024
Very Cool Night Tour!! - I really loved this tour!! I can’t remember the guides name but he was extremely knowledgeable about the animals and forest!! He kept us entertained and made it a really fun experience. I loved that the trails were covered especially since it was pouring during my visit! We saw a sloth and her baby right at the beginning, and the guide showed us many frogs. We made our own chocolate which was super fun. They offered free coffee and tea which was an added bonus!
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Jameshutson
Aug 26, 2024
Outstanding and Memorable Experience - Apolgies in advance if I have the wrong name but I'm 90% sure our knowledgeable and excellent guide was "Alex." Our tour was in the afternoon (not night), although I suspect the night tour is just as good. The experience was divided into two parts -- coffee, followed by chocolate -- each with a hands-on agricultrual walk followed by a practical demonstration (and most important: tasting). The whole experience took about 2 hours, not including the drive, which obviously depends on where your hotel is located. Ours (Nayara Springs) was roughly 10 minutes away. TIPS and SUGGESTIONS: (1) the coffee plants rely on mosquito action for fertilization. Consequently, it's best to wear long pants OR plan to apply lots of bug spray. (2) The gift shop is one of the best we encountered during our whole trip, including the shops in La Fortuna. (3) Come prepared with binoculars and cameras for wildlife. By far, our best sloth encounter (mother and baby) occurred here.
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Irish_kiwi77
Aug 20, 2024
Baby sloth - I really enjoyed this tour, Alex our guide was excellent and it was really impressive as to how he could find the various small creatures at night. We saw four different types of frogs (quite a few red eyes tree frogs) a banana spider, bats and the highlight a baby and its mother sloths. We also learned about the cacao growing and preparation process and after we had walked around the part of the property we got to make our own chocolate bars (had at least 10 different ingredients we could add to the chocolate. Definitely worth a visit if you like chocolate and want to see some nocturnal night life
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Mikess4560rn
Aug 5, 2024
Terrific Family Fun! - Tour was excellent! I was so glad that we went. Both the chocolate part and the animal part were terrific family fun! We got a LOT of photos including a mom sloth and her baby. Besides the recommended bug spray, consider bringing a small fan as you will be out in the humid jungle for a bit and it gets hot!
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E4772kvsaraht
Jul 21, 2024
Beautiful tour! - This tour ended up being even cooler than I had hoped! Our guide, Didier (sorry if I spelled that wrong) was super knowledge both about the chocolate-making process, but also about the wildlife around the farm. In particular, he was an expert on frogs, and helped us find and get pictures of all three of the most iconic rainforest frogs in the area (including some great shots of the green/red-eyed frog in the photo for this tour :) ). We got to see a sleeping hummingbird, as well, which was very cool! Perhaps the wildest part of our tour was when a mama sloth was hanging out in the trees of the farm with a baby on her belly - absolutely magical experience that the staff did a great job managing so that the sloth wasn't disturbed (the respect for the wildlife was clear and built into everything they do). The chocolate-making was also super fun! We got to walk through the process and end up with two chocolate bars each to take home with us. (And even more chocolate and coffee once we hit the wonderful gift shop.) All in all, a magical night!
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Jpinero74
Jun 22, 2024
Unforgettable - What an experience! Our guide was knowlegable, fun and patient. Just as excited to find animals as much as us. We enjoyed seeing the chocolate making process from fruit to molding it with our own hands. He helped us take video/pictures thru his telescope of the animals. Got to a sloth, bats, frogs, snake, lightning bug and others. Would highly recommend this.
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Sarah_a
Jun 10, 2024
Great guide, memorable experience. - The guide honestly made the trip more fun. He was incredible and you can tell he really enjoys his job as he shares his expertise and charisma with others.
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Lisa_f
Jun 6, 2024
A very special treat! - This was so much fun.amf we got so lucky with the sloth sightings!! Both kinds of sloths and two together, one soooo close!! Such a good night!! Learning about the cocoa process and that I can't hate mosquitos anymore was so interesting and my nephew (and i) loved coming up with our own chocolate recipe. I highly recommend!!
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Axd
Feb 28, 2024
Great night tour - Great experience with a top guide who took the time to explain how cocoa is made and who showed us several animals. I highly recommend!
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Adira_s
Jan 10, 2024
So fun! - You get to make your work chocolate and learn about the process along the way while spotting wildlife. We got to see three sloths and lots of frogs!
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