City: Province of Puntarenas
Top Things to do in Province of Puntarenas
Top Restaurants in Province of Puntarenas
Top 10 Farms in Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Puntarenas (Spanish pronunciation: [puntaˈɾenas]) is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the western part of the country, covering most of Costa Rica's Pacific Ocean coast, and it is the largest province in Costa Rica. Clockwise from the northwest it borders on the provinces Guanacaste, Alajuela, San José and Limón, and the neighbouring country of Panama.
Restaurants in Province of Puntarenas
1. Rancho Raices de Osa
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 106 reviews
We are a local family farm, we do home made traditional chocolat and we share all about our culture, traditions, fruit trees, cultivations, animal farm and more !!!
Reviewed By Eagar4Nature
This was a wonderful tour given by a beautiful Costa Rican family who share their chocolate farm experience directly with you. They let you and your kids participate as much as you want in the whole chocolate making experience. The guide Herman was very knowledgeable about native plants that he grows on his farm and their various uses and you get to sample many along the way. If you visit the Osa peninsula I highly recommend you visit this family and support their tour! Covid has hurt many families like this in Costa Rica who depend on ecotourism and I recommend you support a beautiful family like this over some ecotourism corporation.
2. Hidden Valley Permaculture Farm
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By patrickmD3116MM - Toronto, Canada
The Hidden Valley Permaculture Farm is located at the Monteverde Inn and is fully integrated with the Escondido Preserve. This tour provides some wonderful insights into practical techniques for achieving sustainability. It is interesting, educational and very encouraging to see how they are addressing the challenge of maintaining a comfortable hotel environment while reducing the impact on the natural environment. Obviously there's much more to the story than can be described in a short review and I can only say that we found the afternoon fascinating. I believe they may be considering some educational programs and, based on this tour, we'd certainly consider making a special trip if they do!!
3. Finca EL Zapote Horseback Riding
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
Horseback riding tour in our 33 hectare farm, where you can see mountain landscapes, farm animals and exotics such as white-faced monkeys, morphos butterflies and birds.
4. Hacienda Mil Bellezas
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 32 reviews
We are a 100-acre (40ha) tropical agritourism farm located in the foothills of the jungle northeast of Quepos with horses, chickens, dogs, and a cat. There is a combination of beautiful waterfalls, swimming holes, fruit trees, and wildlife on our property with a total of approximately 5km of trails in the jungle. We offer hiking/walking tours on our farm and in the jungle, horseback-riding, and accommodations. Reservations are required.
Reviewed By TXShayberry - San Diego, United States
This place just blew us away! We will be booking the guest house here when we return to Costa Rica. There is not enough to say about the tranquility of the beautiful farm. Walks were perfect (we’re not hikers) but you can do many trails if you like. Food was fantastic and quite a spread. The owner himself welcomes you and is extremely well knowledgeable about the plants trees that grow around the gorgeous 100 acres. Swimming holes were a blast and extremely refreshing and I haven’t even begun to tell you about the animals; what lucky critters. We were escorted by puppies and a tiny deer as the owner showed us around the trail and farm. 2 Horses on property, chickens, ducks, sheep, kitty, and of course the puppies which love throwing sticks and tennis balls and enjoy swimming with you in the many swimming holes with waterfalls and brooks. We had come here with 1 teenager and knew the 2 things we were going to do, this was 3rd on our list and was something we were to do if we had possible time. I wish we had done this first! At first I thought the tickets were a little high and thought we would do the self-guided tour and I’m soooo glad we did the guided with the owner! They definitely weren’t charging enough! This was our favorite and well worth every penny. It wasn’t busy, just us with the owner and we probably overstayed our welcome lol 6.5 hrs. Excellent and a must do!
5. Manuel Antonio Bee Farm Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Welcome! We are a family who are dedicated to protect the bee habitat of the native stingless bees and the production of 100% natural honey from the bee Apis mellifera. We offer fun and educational bee tour in the natural reserve Tocori. The tour includes guide, entrance in the natural reserve, all equipment needed, lunch and transportation. Welcome!
6. Villa Vanilla / Rainforest Spices
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 587 reviews
Come experience Villa Vanilla's Spice Tour and Gourmet Tasting!! Only 10 miles east of Quepos/Manuel Antonio Park our 2.5 hour plantation tour includes: 1. Post-harvest warehouse where spices are dried,processed and packaged. Our "bean to bar" spicy chocolate is tasted here. 2. A garden walk thru our Epiphyte Trail where you'll see, smell and taste our tropical spices and plant collection 3. Flavors of the World Spice Tasting at our breathtaking Mirador viewpoint from our vanilla, chocolate and Ceylon cinnamon. 4. Spice Shoppe where you can stock up on our vanilla, Ceylon cinnamon, cocoa, peppers, ginger, red turmeric, allspice and cardamon.
Reviewed By 210anns - Ithaca, United States
The Villa Vanilla tour was spot on — informative, enjoyable and a real introduction to how spices are grown in an organic setting. The first part of the tour took place near the warehouse and the in the chocolate room where cocoa beans are processed. A walking tour of the area where vanilla beans are gown on vines (vanilla is an orchids ) and where pepper trees and cocoa also is grown followed. We ended at a pavilion overlook where we ate delicious treats, vanilla ice cream, cinnamon pana cotta, Our guide Giusele was amazing. All in all, I recommend this highly for almost everyone, although smaller children might be bored. Also, I will never wonder why spices like vanilla are so expensive. The labor that goes into producing them is intensive.
7. El Trapiche Tour
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 952 reviews
Reviewed By tacitaholictravels - New York City, United States
One of my main highlights at Monteverde was this amazing tour where I got to learn the history and production details of coffee, sugar & chocolate. Our driver/guide picked me up from a specific location in city center of Monteverde and picked up the rest of the group from different locations on the way. He was also very knowledgeable about the history of coffee, sugar, cocoa and gave an unbiased take on exploitation of workers in countries in Africa where coffee and cocoa originates from. The tour was couple of hours walk-through at the huge El Trapiche plantation where we got to see sugar canes, different types of coffee beans at different stages of production and witnessed the process of how coffee is made, visited a tiny greenhouse of sorts where cocoa seed and cocoa plants were. We also got to sit on a traditional ox-cart headed by two big oxen to go to a sugar-making factory where we got to cook brown sugar in heat and packed it to go, followed by taking few shots of strong Costa Rican rum. The wonderful day ended in the big kitchen area where we were served a homemade snack and wonderful coffee. I'd recommend this educational tour to anyone visiting Monteverde.
8. Cafe Monteverde Coffee Tour
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 367 reviews
Café Monteverde is a group of 12 families that have farmed, harvested, milled, roasted & exported especialty arabica coffee since 1989 in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
9. Finca Lindora
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 11 reviews
The best combination: adventure, adrenaline and relaxing. Horseback Riding and Hot Spring. A little paradise tucked away in the Monteverde rainforest! Take a gentle horseback ride through our Ranch, surrounded by breathtaking landscapes, to our relaxing hot spring. The Lindora Ranch is located only 10 minutes from town center
Reviewed By R1908RValanl - Austin, Canada
Fantastic experience with some very gentle horses. Family business and we were just my wife and I with Francesco son of the owners. Huge farm with very nice trail to a hot spring. You don't have to be an experienced rider, this was only the third time on a horse for my wife. Up and down the various hills and valleys with beautiful scenery.
10. Valle Escondido Preserve
Come enjoy permaculture in practice. Walk through gardens, by ponds, and flower beds. Learn about sustainable design and green technology. Tour includes an introduction to the ethics and principals of permaculture and then a farm tour experiencing those principles in practice. Great for families. Student, children and group discounts.
