La Fortuna: Coffee & Chocolate Tour with Tastings
Grind your own cacao and savor rich flavors straight from La Fortuna’s farms
A coffee and chocolate tour in La Fortuna run by Don Juan Tours Arenal walks you through the complete growing and processing of both crops, with a professional guide in English or Spanish. You'll taste several types of chocolate and grind cacao beans to make your own bar. All trails are paved and wheelchair accessible, so the tour works on rainy days and for families with strollers or mobility aids.
Step-by-step itinerary
Coffee and Chocolate Tour Experience
- Learn coffee process from seed
- Enjoy a cup of coffee
- Discover chocolate process from seed
- Grind cacao beans to make chocolate
- Taste dark, milk, and white chocolate
What’s included
- Coffee and chocolate tastings.
- professional guide in English or Spanish.
- cacao bean grinding and chocolate bar making for selected group members.
- three varieties of finished chocolate to taste.
Times
- Every day 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 13:00 14:00 16:00
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The experience
La Fortuna's Don Juan Tours Arenal operates a two-hour tour that covers the entire journey of coffee and chocolate, starting with coffee. You'll learn the process from seed through to the cup you drink at the end, tasting the result once it's brewed. The tour then moves into chocolate, following the same seed-to-bar progression, and here's where it becomes hands-on: selected group members grind the cacao beans and make their own chocolate bar to take with you. After that, you taste three varieties (dark, milk and white chocolate), to see how processing changes the final product.
The infrastructure here matters if you're visiting during La Fortuna's unpredictable weather. All trails are paved cement rather than dirt, which means the tour runs in sun or heavy rain without turning into a mud walk. Families traveling with strollers can push them the whole way. People using walkers, crutches or wheelchairs have accessible surfaces throughout. The guide is a professional who speaks English or Spanish, so the explanations are clear whether you're a coffee enthusiast or just curious about where these things come from.
A minimum of two people per booking is required. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes since you'll be walking the grounds, and bring nothing else. The guide and tastings are included in the price.
Is this one for you?Two hours leaves the rest of your day open for other La Fortuna activities, and the paved trails mean you can go whether the weather is clear or rainy: no rescheduling needed if the forecast changes.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English and Spanish.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (7 to 12 years); Infant (under 7): free.
What exactly do you learn about coffee on this tour?
The coffee portion covers the entire process from seed to cup, so you see how the plant grows, how beans are harvested and processed, and how they're roasted and brewed into the coffee you taste at the end of that section.
Do you actually make chocolate yourself on this tour?
Selected members of the group grind cacao beans and make their own chocolate bar during the chocolate section, which you get to keep. Everyone tastes the three types of finished chocolate regardless of whether they participate in the grinding.
Can you do this tour if it's raining?
Yes, all the trails are paved cement, so rain doesn't make the paths muddy or unsafe. The tour runs in both sunny and rainy conditions.
Is this tour accessible if you use a wheelchair or mobility aid?
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible, and families with strollers can bring them along the paved trails without any trouble.
How long does the coffee and chocolate tour take?
The tour runs for two hours total, covering both the coffee and chocolate processes with tastings included.
La Fortuna: Coffee & Chocolate Tour with Tastings
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