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Learning About Costa Rican Coffee with Doka Estate Coffee Tour

January 4, 2024 By Sammi 29 Comments

If you love coffee, then you must take a coffee tour in Costa Rica. Costa Rica produces some of the world’s highest quality coffee and countries like Japan, South Korea and United States purchase thousands of kilograms of Costa Rican coffee every year since they recognize that it’s high quality coffee.

So if you are a coffee lover, you have to take a coffee tour in Costa Rica to learn about the process. There are many coffee tours in Costa Rica, from full on plantation tours to roasting tours. The best coffee tours are the ones where coffee grows the best in Costa Rica, which are high elevation places such as the Central Valley (San Jose, Cartago , Heredia and Alajuela). San Jose is the capital city of Costa Rica.

From San Jose , there are a few coffee tours to do but the easiest one to visit to experience the full plantation and process, is Doka Estate Coffee. We visited Doka Estate Coffee and did their Doka Coffee Tour which is one of our favorite tours in Costa Rica.

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Doka Estate is 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest from San Jose. It is about a 1 hour drive on a well paved road.

The Doka Estate Coffee Tour

Doka estate coffee tour is one of the oldest coffee plantations in the country. The family who owns and runs the plantation has been doing this for over 70 years! The estate is located up in the valleys of Alajuela with the perfect conditions to grow coffee: a cool climate of 17 to 28° Celsius (63 to 82° F) , fertile soil and a high altitude of 800 to 1600 meters (2624 to 5249 feet).

Their coffee tour takes you through the entire process from planting the coffee tree, picking cherries, roasting and making the Costa Rican way. It’s an extremely fun, educational, interactive and interesting tour for anybody who likes coffee.

Station one – the plants

Coffee comes from a plant that grows cherries with the coffee bean inside. If you drive along the Central Valley, you’ll likely see rows and rows of these coffee plants. Our guide showed us what a coffee plant looks like at 1 year, 2 year, 4 year and full grown. It takes quite awhile for these plants to develop and start producing cherries.

Coffee pickers measure their cherries by baskets. One basket weighs 28 pounds and a good coffee picker can pick up to 18 baskets a day! It’s not an easy job being out there in the sun 11 hours a day and they get paid around $3 USD per basket. Majority of the coffee pickers nowadays are from Nicaragua.

Station 2, 3 and 4 – Coffee Processing (Washing, Peeling, Fermenting and Drying)

This station is the oldest wet mill in the country and this is where the cherries are separated by quality using water. Low quality coffee floats and high quality coffee sinks. Most of the floaters are green unripe cherries or berries that have holes chewed by worms.

Unfortunately we came in the off season so the mill wasn’t working. Coffee picking season is from September to January-ish so we couldn’t see the process in action which would have been really interesting to see. The truck dumps the berries into the green container and the berries drop straight into the water.

Once they are separated by floaters and sinkers, the berries get carried into the next room where they get shelled and washed.

Next, they get directed into large holding areas to ferment in order to get rid of the sugar. After that, the beans need to be dried. There are two ways to dry the beans either by the sun or machine. Our guide told us that machine is faster but the quality and the flavor doesn’t turn out quite as good.

To hand dry, they rake out all the beans on a flat surface outside and sift through them every 45 minutes.

Station 5 – Storage

After the beans are dried, they go into storage and here you can find huge bags of coffee! They separate it out by quality which you can tell in the colors. At this point, you can peel the outside and find the coffee bean.

After this, Doka sends out the coffee to various other companies to be exported or roasted.

Purchasing Coffee

You can purchase coffee from the plantation and if you want to bring back coffee for souvenirs , I highly recommend buying it there. It is fresher and cheaper as you cannot readily find Doka Coffee at supermarkets outside the plantation.

One bag of coffee costs starting at $10 USD. They have both whole beans and ground coffee.

Doka Coffee Tour Review

Our knowledgeable guide made the tour very fun but educational at the same time. He used to be a coffee picker so he knows all the ins and outs of the procedure.

Learning the process of how something comes about is always an enlightening experience. We don’t think too much about it since we buy it from the grocery store, turn on the coffee maker and it ends there. In reality, it is a long process and it takes many workers to support the giant coffee addiction our world has.

Doka Coffee Tours from San Jose

If you have a car, you can drive to Doka Coffee Estate and take the coffee tour at the plantation. I recommend making reservations as it can get full quickly in high season (December through April). They run tours 5 times a day Mon – Fri and 4 times a day on the weekends. The Doka Estate Coffee Tour price is $18 – $65 per person depending on the package you get.

San Jose Day Tour

If you’re staying in San Jose and would like to do a tour with roundtrip transportation included, a very popular day tour from San Jose is the Doka Coffee Tour, Poas Volcano National Park and La Paz waterfall gardens.

We have done this day trip twice and it’s a fantastic experience to see three things Costa Rica is famous for: coffee, nature and wildlife. This tour includes breakfast, lunch, transportation, bilingual guide and entrance fees. If you would like to book this Coffee Tour with La Paz and/or Poas Volcano, we offer small discounts for this tour and many other San Jose day tours. You can click the link San Jose day tours discount to book with our discount!

You can watch a video of this tour below.

This tour picked up in San Jose, went to Doka Coffee Estate first for the coffee tour and breakfast, then Poas Volcano National Park and then La Paz waterfall gardens which is where lunch is.

Interested in other day trips from San Jose ? Click the link to see our most recommended day excursions from the capital city.

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Reader Interactions

Hauser says

September 6, 2024

You can buy doka coffee at the SJO airport for 15usd per bag as of this writing

August 17, 2021

Hi! How long does the tour take please?

It’s a couple of hours

Joanna says

February 3, 2021

Want to stop here for a tour on the way to our hotel, would it be safe to have our luggage hidden in the trunk of the car? Is there security in the parking area?

February 6, 2021

Hi Joanna, I’m not positive if they have a security guard but they have the parking inside their property and there are always people going in and out.

Lorraine says

January 12, 2020

Do you pick up from the Costa Rica Marriott Hotel Hacienda Belen?

yeison says

January 14, 2020

Hello Lorraine,

Our partners at Expediciones Tropicales does pick up at the Marriott Hotel in Belen you can book this tour by clicking here .

Felicia Murrell says

May 12, 2019

We’re not planning to rent a car, but very interested in this tour. Will be staying in Playa del Cocos for the week. Is there another method of transportation to get there besides having to rent a car?

Doka is about a 4-4.5 hour drive from Coco so it’s not possible to do in a day, the best way would be to stay a night in the Alajuela/San Jose area.

Vicki L Smith-Jones says

September 2, 2018

Is there a plantation closer to Liberia that you would recommend? We will be staying at Playa Hermosa and I would very much like to take my family to a plantation as a day trip. Thank you,

September 3, 2018

Hi Vicki! Hmm honestly, because coffee grows best at high elevations, you will need to drive to get to a plantation. There are coffee tours in Liberia but they don’t have the plantation since they are at sea level so Guanacaste is not a good place for coffee. Monteverde is a great place for coffee and you’ll find some in Naranjo area on the way to La Fortuna as well.

Hannah says

September 18, 2014

fun read! I used to work at a coffee shop and Costa Rican coffee was VERY popular for sure!

Oh yeah! I always see them selling it in specialty coffee shops. Soo good!

Sand In My Suitcase says

August 11, 2014

We don’t need to be sold on Costa Rican coffee! We’re already there! This looks like a great tour 🙂

August 12, 2014

It was! So educational and informative. Plus great coffee 🙂

Irene (Lists-of-Lists) says

It is just for one cup. I like it strong. However, when you make coffee this way and use good coffee, it does not taste bitter at all.

It tastes pretty bitter to me! Depends on what kind you get. Peaberry was too light and citrusy for me. The espresso was nicely strong and dark.

Kristina says

August 6, 2014

Have not visited Costa Rica yet, but this blog post was quite informative and interesting. Would you suggest Costa Rica as a good honeymoon destination?

Absolutely! There are some gorgeous beaches here and many spots for an intimate getaway whether you just want to relax or go on adventures.

Bente Vold Klausen says

August 5, 2014

Costa Rica sounds and looks so exotic. As a coffee lover I appreciate good and strong flavor in my coffee as I believe this coffee has. I think I will try your Costa Rica guide as well!

It is unbelievably delicious! I love a stronger flavor too

SJ @ Chasing the Donkey says

Hmmmmmmmm coffee!!! I love coffee, and I’d so love to do this. By the way super photos!

Thanks SJ! I love coffee too so this tour was a good fit 🙂

Simone says

We love doing coffee tours! Our favorite was a plantation in Bali that specialized in “Cat Poo” coffee. Odd, but really good and a fascinating process.

Cat poo! Is that the one where the cat eats the seed and they make coffee out of the berry it poos out? Crazy!

Rachel@safari254 says

Picking coffee is hard work, I should know coz my grandmother grows coffee. 18 baskets a day! I think I can only manage 2 🙂 Interesting post, it brought back memories of my childhood, helping out in the coffee farm during the holidays.

I think I could probably only pick 2 too! It’s really tough work, not as easy as people think. I know coffee is a big deal over there too, I’d love to visit a farm one day to see the differences!

Lindsey Monge says

August 4, 2014

Wow this sounds like a great experience! A lot of people should see this process so they know what hard work goes into each cup of coffee 🙂

I absolutely agree! It’s not an easy process and us coffee drinkers take it for granted. It was great to learn more about it!

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Once we pick you up at the hotel and as you ascend through the Alajuela province terrains you will notice a change in temperature and vegetation; you will see coffee plantations, fern, flower and strawberry farms along the way, creating a beautiful array of colors and textures. You will visit the Doka Coffee Estate for a coffee tour in an actual coffee plantation where you will learn the techniques used by the experts to produce one of the best coffees in Costa Rica. The careful process involved in the cultivation, harvesting and roasting of the Golden Bean will then be illustrated. Continue to Poás Volcano where you will not only admire the impressive main crater with its sulfur fumaroles, but also learn about the different ecosystems in this unique and protected national park. Following the visit to the volcano, continue to La Paz Water Fall Garden to walk through a trail, leading to a spectacular waterfall in the middle of the rainforest. Inside the park visit the hummingbird gallery, the serpentarium, the bird house, the butterfly garden and the frogs exhibit; to be enjoyed by those of all ages. Departure: Morning. Experience last: Full Day. Difficult level: Low. Includes: Transportation, Bilingual guide, Entrance fees, Breakfast & Lunch. We Recommend you bringing hat, light jacket, walking shoes, Insect repellent, binoculars, camera, raincoat. As you arrive to La Paz, you will walk through a trail, leading to a spectacular waterfall in the middle of the rainforest. Inside the park you will also visit the hummingbird gallery, the serpentarium, the bird house, the butterfly garden and the frogs exhibit; to be enjoyed by all ages. Departure: AM. Duration: 7 hours. Includes: Transportation, bilingual naturalist guide, entrance fee. Recommendations: Comfortable clothes, bug repellent, sunblock lotion, camera, hat, raincoat.

This tour takes you throught the incredible Doka Estate, where you´ll learn about techniques used by the experts to produce the best coffee in the country, the imponent Poás volcano, where you´ll get to see the impressive main crater and last but not least, you´ll go to La Paz Waterfall Garden. where you´ll walk throught a trail, leading to a spectacular waterfall in the middle of the rainforest. As you arrive to La Paz, you will walk through a trail, leading to a spectacular waterfall in the middle of the rainforest. Inside the park you will also visit the hummingbird gallery, the serpentarium, the bird house, the butterfly garden and the frogs exhibit.

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Located along the fertile slopes of the Poás Volcano, Doka Estate has been growing and roasting award-winning coffee for three generations. This tour allows visitors to gain an intimate understanding of how coffee is grown, harvested, processed and produced in both Costa Rica and around the world.

From the seed to the cup, the Doka Estate Coffee tour will teach you everything you need to know about how coffee is grown and made. The tour begins in the seedbed, where expert guides will speak about the varieties and growing habits of coffee plants, as well as the local history and geography of coffee production.

The next stop is the processing plant, which is very old and was, in fact, declared to be an Architectural Heritage for Humanity site in 2003. Here you’ll observe the process of de-pulping and fermenting the grains, which readies them to be peeled and then exported or roasted in the country. Finally, you will visit the roasting plant Café Tres Generaciones and learn about the various roasts that are offered before finishing at the gift shop with the option of sampling the eight different blends made at Doka Estate.

Monday through Friday, tours leave at 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm. On Saturdays and Sundays tours times are at the same with, except there are no 3:30 pm tours.

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This is the most traditional coffee tour in Costa Rica, since 1940 the Vargas family has dedicated their life to the coffee industry; they developed the famous coffee brand “Tres Generaciones,” harvested in Doka State plantation, which is the best coffee plantation in Latin America. In easy words, this is one of the best coffee mugs in the world.

Activities there at Doka Coffee tour:

– Guided tour through Doka State installations and coffee process. – Shopping at Doka State Coffee Shop.

The Poas Volcano tour activities: – Pick up at Jaco: 7:00 am. – Optional Stop at El Jardin to grab breakfast to go (on your own). – Visit to “la Casita del café.” – Visit Poas National Park. – Lunch at the famous Freddo Fresas Restaurant in Poasito town. – Arrival at Jaco at 6:00 pm.

What to bring? – Comfy shoes. – Sunscreen. – Camera. – Dry clothes. – Jacket. – Hat.

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Doka Estate Coffee Farm

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• Location : Sabanilla de Alajuela
• Altitude : 4,570 feet above sea level
• Area : 450 acres
• Hours : 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Telephone : 2449-6623
• Entrance Fee : $20-$29

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.

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).

Coffee Tour

Doka Estate gives one of Costa Rica's most popular coffee tours. The tour begins at the seedbed, where visitors learn about the farm's history, the coffee trees and the planting process. If the plants' fruit is ripe, guests can pick a few coffee berries before visiting the water mill, processing plant and roasting room. The tour's highlight is the coffee tasting. Doka Estate produces eight coffee blends – Peaberry Estate, French Roast, European Roast, Espresso Roast, House Blend, Breakfast Blend, Decaf, and Organic – that range from smooth to bold.

Doka's most common coffee tour is the "Breakfast Blend" excursion, which includes round-trip transportation from the San Jose area, breakfast, tour and a coffee-picking contest (Aug.-April). Tours are offered at 9 a.m., 11 a. m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Facilities:

In addition to an on-site restaurant and souvenir shop, the estate also has a bonsai and a butterfly garden that are included in the coffee tour entrance fee. The bonsai garden, landscaped with a variety of orchids and other colorful plants, has more than 250 bonsai trees while the nearby butterfly garden is home to 15 vibrant species.

Daily temperatures range from 50-75º F. Morning tours are less subject to rain, but take a raincoat or umbrella in case it rains.

Getting There:

Car: From the courthouse in downtown Alajuela, drive five miles north toward Poas Volcano. At San Isidro de Alajuela, turn left at the Catholic Church onto Sabanilla. Then go 2 miles to the central soccer field in Sabanilla. Turn right and continue 1.25 miles to the Doka Estate.

Bus: Public buses run between Alajuela and La Sabanilla every hour. Take a $3.50 taxi ride from the last bus stop to the Doka Estate or walk for the last mile.

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Sometimes (and sadly) missed by travelers with their sights set on the nearby Starbucks Coffee Farm is Hacienda Doka Coffee, an old-fashioned coffee plantation, factory, roastery, and shop . Hacienda Doka Coffee is my preferred coffee farm to visit in the area, thanks to the property’s stunning, manicured grounds , easy walking trails, antique but still functioning coffee manufacturing equipment ( Hacienda Doka Coffee is home to Costa Rica’s oldest wet mill), and authentic, rural Costa Rican vibe . Everything you might want or need to learn about coffee production—from demonstrations of how coffee is picked off the plant to the hands-on practice of drying coffee beans to delicious coffee sampling —can be had at this coffee farm, and all within a few short hours on the farm’s coffee tour. More subtle draws and appreciated extras include the robust coffee aroma that wafts throughout the roasting room, the strollable botanical, bonsai, and butterfly gardens , the unique coffee-bean-stamped pathways , the striking blue hydrangeas and rainbow eucalyptus trees , and the observation tower that provides a bird’s eye view of it all. From a strategic standpoint, trips to Hacienda Doka Coffee are easy to coordinate ; visit to/from your hotel in the Alajuela/SJO airport or San Jose area (45 minutes from Alajuela/the SJO airport by car; 1 hour and 15 minutes from downtown San Jose by car), pop in on your way to or from the Poas Volcano or the La Paz Waterfall Gardens (45 minutes from either attraction by car), or stop by during travel to/from destinations in the Central Valley, such as Alajuela/SJO airport or San Jose, and destinations in the Sarapiqui or Arenal region (1 hour and 45 minutes from Sarapiqui; 2.5 hours from Arenal). Convenient, educational, and fairly priced , Hacienda Doka Coffee is a great place to get an enjoyable taste of Costa Rican culture and history, and of course, delicious coffee !

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Doka Estate Coffee Tour & La Paz Waterfalls – Private Tour

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DOKA ESTATE COFFEE TOUR & LA PAZ WATERFALLS GARDENS PRIVATE TOUR FROM SAN JOSE.

Tour Description:

Your breath-taking adventure begins with a pickup from your hotel and a relaxing private drive through the wonderful Costa Rican countryside on an air-conditioned transportation and 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 Alajuela Province, about 45 minutes’ drive from San Jose. Upon arrival to the beautiful property of Doka Estate, you will have some free time for use restrooms and explore the surroundings before to start the Coffee Tour.

Discover the step-by-step process of seed germination to the first crop of our plants. There you will observe and be explained the development process of the plant up to the point of recollection of the ripe grain. You will also learn about the history of the estate, its owners, the production and varieties of plants, the geography of the area and the traditional ways of cultivating the grain.

The tour is interactive, and our customers will be able to experience at first hand all the different process involve in the coffee industry.

Continuing the tour, a few minutes’ drive will take you to one of the most beautiful places in Costa Rica for enjoy nature and wildlife.

La Paz Waterfall Gardens is the #1 most visited privately owned ecological attraction in Costa Rica featuring the best hiking near San José, the most famous waterfalls in Costa Rica, rescued wildlife preserve with over 100 species of animals, and an environmental education program.

With the fine attention and explanations of our naturalist tour guide, enjoy: Five waterfalls, cloud forest and rain forest, safe hiking trails, aviary with numerous species of birds, toucan feeding, insect exhibit, butterfly observatory, capuchin (white-faced) monkeys, black-handed spider monkeys, hummingbird garden with 26 documented species, hummingbird hand feeding in the mornings and afternoons, serpentarium (snake exhibit), jaguars, pumas, ocelots, margays, traditional typical  house with petting zoo and ox cart, ranarium (frog exhibit), orchid exhibit, heliconia exhibit.  All these offered at one place, makes us the best Eco-Park in Costa Rica.

Our tour includes a delicious Buffet Lunch. It includes multiple selections of Traditional Costa Rican Dishes, Full Salad Bar, Pizza, Garlic Bread, French Fries, Fresh Fruits, Rice Pudding and unlimited Fresh Fruit Juice, Coffee and Tea.

After finishing all these unique Eco Attractions, and by the middle of the afternoon, return to your hotel in San Jose.

THE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES :

– Pick up directly from your hotel in San Jose and surroundings

– Private Transportation in a comfortable minibus with A/C

– Professional & certified naturalist tour guide

– Sightseeing tour along the way

– Bottle of water

– 2 hours coffee tour at Doka Estate Plantation

– 4 hours visit to La Paz Waterfall Gardens – Great lunch

THIS TOUR OPERATES FROM: San José

PICK UP TIME: 07:00 am

PICK UP PLACE: Your hotel in San Jose.

DURATION: 10 Hours

MINIMUM: 2 Passengers

PRICE PER PERSON 2-3 Pax: $325 4-6 Pax: $252 7-9 Pax: $238 10+ Pax: $230 CHILDREN RATE: (5-12 years): $260

BOOK ONLINE AND GET A 10% OFF USING THE DISCOUNT CODE GNT10PROMO

HAVE A GROUP? CONTACT US FOR A SPECIAL DISCOUNT

RESTRICTIONS: No

WHAT´S TO BRING: Tennis or Hiking Shoes, T-Shirt, Jeans or short pants, Raincoat, Cap or Hat, Jacket, Mosquito Repellent, Money for extra expenses.

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Greenway Nature Tours  is a certified tour operator founded in 1999 Certified by the  Costa Rica Tourism Board  since December 2003 Certified with  Essential Costa Rica  since July 2024 Member of  National Tour Association  in the United States. Travellers’ Choice Award Winner by  TripAdvisor  Click on the link for check what people say about our tours and services. Check our Google Reviews:  https://g.page/r/Cfu8lg1dd_JBEAE/review

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Pick Up Time - 07:00am

• Meet our Guide and Private Transportation from your hotel
• Drive to Doka Coffee Tour Plantation.

Arrival to Doka Estate - 09:00am

• Doka Coffee tour .

Arrival to La Paz Waterfalls Gardens - 11:30am

• Time to explore the multiple exhibits at La Paz.

Lunch - 12:30pm

• Enjoy a delicious lunch.

Visit The Waterfalls - 1:30pm

• Explore the rainforest and waterfalls at La Paz.

Return to San Jose - 3:30pm

• After have a great time, get ready for the return to San Jose & Hotel.
• Enjoy a pleasant & colorful drive along the countryside.

Arrival to your Hotel in San Jose - 5:00 pm

• Drop off at your hotel and good bye.

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Hadley Smith

Great Experience We did a tour of the Doka Coffee Estate with Greenway Tours and it was informative and interesting. Our guide was funny, pleasant and professional. We learned how the coffee beans are processed in the mill and the different blends of coffee made from arabica beans. After it, we were taken to La Paz, an amazing ecological attraction with multiple things to do. It was a super great day. Highly recommended.

April 22, 2019 at 7:36 pm

Harrison porter.

Personable, professional and informative Our guide Gerardo was on time, very professional in the way he dealt with all the arrangements he had to make. He had a very personable style and was very easy to communicate with. He was very well informed about the coffee tour and the La Paz gardens and all the waterfalls that can be visited. I would highly recommend this tour.

June 20, 2019 at 7:37 pm

Natalia rodriguez.

I book this private tour with Greenway Tours and went to Doka estate to tour their growing, processing and tasting the finished product. I enjoyed seeing the coffees at varying stages and how the banana were roasted and packaged. I especially enjoyed the little coffee shop. After it, the visit to La Paz Waterfalls was just amazing. Beautiful nature and food great

August 11, 2019 at 7:34 pm

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Hacienda Doka Coffee Tour: Best Coffee Experience in Costa Rica

Hacienda Doka Coffee Tour + Poás Volcano Adventure

La Paz Waterfall & Hacienda Doka: Ultimate One Day Tour in Costa Rica

Hacienda Doka Ultimate Coffee & Nature Experience: Immerse in Costa Rica's Coffee and Natural Wonders

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Join us for the Hacienda Doka Ultimate Coffee & Nature Experience, an exceptional one-day journey that captures the core of Costa Rican culture. This unparalleled tour uniquely combines Costa Rica's rich coffee heritage with the breathtaking beauty of its natural landscapes. Experience the art of coffee and the splendor of nature in one day, tailored for both coffee enthusiasts and nature lovers. Celebrate the essential elements that make Costa Rica an extraordinary destination.

Embark on a Unique Journey: From the Tranquility of Waterfalls to the Richness of Coffee

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*The children's rate applies to ages 3 to 11 years old.

**Lunch is available from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

About the tour:

Embrace the Essence of Costa Rican Coffee Tradition

Poás Volcano Adventure: 

Begin your journey with a trip to the magnificent Poás Volcano. Experience the grandeur of its active crater and the serene Botos Lagoon, offering a unique perspective on Costa Rica's volcanic landscapes.

La Paz Waterfall Gardens Visit:

Transition to the serenity of La Paz Waterfall Gardens. Explore lush gardens, marvel at majestic waterfalls, and encounter Costa Rica's diverse wildlife in this tranquil part of the tour.

Hacienda Doka Coffee Tour: 

Continue with an immersive coffee experience at Hacienda Doka. From the seedbed to our Heritage Processing Plant, discover the secrets of coffee production, culminating with a tasting of eight distinct coffee blends in our gift shop.

Savor the Finale at Our Gift Shop:

Conclude your tour with a visit to our gift shop. Sample eight unique blends, each carefully crafted to represent the essence of Hacienda Doka’s coffee expertise.

This experience is more than a tour; it's an immersion into the heart of Costa Rican culture. Join us for a day filled with diverse experiences, exploring the best of Costa Rican coffee and natural wonders.

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