Top Things to do in Province of Limon
What to do and see in Province of Limon, Costa Rica: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Province of Limon, Costa Rica including Chocorart, Finca Tierra, Talamanca Chocolate, Kekoldi Indigenous Reserve, Catedral Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, amaSER, Explore Limon, Nature Park Walk, Sixaola Bridge, Casa De La Cultura Limon.
Restaurants in Province of Limon
1. Chocorart
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 233 reviews
In the Chocolate tour you first visit the cacao plantation and receive an insight of the work involved in growing, care taking cacao trees and harvesting the cacao pots. There are other tropical fruit trees and large up to 60m tall shade trees native to the area of tropical rainforest, inhabited by diverse wildlife such as the howler monkeys, agoutis, kinkajous, sloths and many birds among others. All is managed organically, respecting the natural environment. You learn about the fermentation process and visit our traditional sun drier covered with the cacao beans. We taste different fruits from other trees depending the season. In our workshop you will receive a fruit juice of the farm and appreciate all the manual work to manufacture the chocolate, the way how the cacao beans are roasted on fire, then broken with stone and grinded by hand. You will come into the enjoyment to taste an ancient special chocolate drink and at the end a tasty dessert with the freshly made chocolate.
Reviewed By pebse2017 - Nelson, Canada
I didn't get to go on this tour as I was in injured, but I sent my teens and husband. When I asked my teen how it was, he said it was amazing....so that says a lot! What made it special was all the fruit that the gentleman picked along the way and shared ( a tropical fruit wonderland) and the process of making chocolate by hand. It was a very close to nature experience for my kids, which they rarely get to see anymore. Hard to look up as this person doesn't advertise very well, but I think the tour is at 2 or 3pm on most afternoons.
2. Finca Tierra
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
Finca Tierra invites you for a one and a half hour guided tour of our permaculture demonstration and education center. We look at energy systems, carbon neutral cooking and bio-thermal hot water production. We learn about sustainable building techniques. We walk through the organic gardens, a polyculture of vegetables, fruits, edible leaves and medicinal plants and much more! We currently only hold group tours. $35 per person 4 person minimum or ($140) By Reservation Only. Make yours on the Finca Tierra Website
3. Talamanca Chocolate
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 11 reviews
Make your own chocolate in this fun, informative hands on workshop. Starting with the cacao tree, you’ll learn the history, culture and traditional uses of this amazing tree. Then it’s back to the kitchen to make chocolate from a 2,000 year old recipe. Participate in every step of the process, from roasting, grinding, winnowing and milling. From the fresh fruit to wrapping your own finished bar!
Reviewed By I6571GOclairem
I had a lovely time in the Talamanca Chocolate workshop. Ancel, the owner, is delightful and a fountain of chocolate knowledge (pun intended). Ancel will walk you through the bean to bar experience starting with her beautiful cacao orchard. You will learn how to roast, winnow(remove shells) and grind cacao beans all the while tasting the many varieties of delicious Talamanca chocolate. Spending time with Ancel and eating Talamanca chocolate was the highlight of my Puerto Viejo trip.
4. Kekoldi Indigenous Reserve
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4.5 based on 76 reviews
Surrounded by the Bribri Reservation, the precious Kekoldi Indigenous Reserve is home to wildlife and foliage found in no other place in the world.
5. Catedral Sagrado Corazon de Jesus
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Tim479 - Glen Arm, United States
We asked our tour driver to stop for pictures and he was happy to do so. The Cathedral is likely the most beautiful place in Puerto Limon and well worth a look. Although it was well after Christmas the elaborate manger display was still up. Free but you are welcome to donate.
6. amaSER
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
Lead a yoga retreat, join a retreat or even a yoga teacher training to gain certification in the field! Otherwise, you can join public yoga classes, enjoy the peace and tranquility of the spa or stop in for a healthy, Yoga and Ayurveda inspired meal. We're located within walking distance of main street Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Our on-site eatery is vegan and gluten free with spanning ocean views. This is a unique location with multiple yoga platforms overlooking both the ocean and the jungle. Your experience will be accompanied by exotic birds and on the right day, the sloths, monkeys, agoutis and mapaches, too! Our center is dedicated to health and wellness and is strictly non-smoking site. To make reservations for our lodging, to hold the whole site for your incoming retreat group or just to stop in and get a glimpse of wellness lifestyle find us in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca.
Reviewed By 363sabrinaj - Great Barrington, United States
Such an incredible experience from beginning to end. I just completed my 250 hour Yoga Teachers Training at OM. The location is amazing and located right in the jungle...with sloths, monkeys and chameleons just hanging around. The town of Puerto Viejo and local beaches are just a 5 minute walk from OM. The food is so nourishing and fresh! I don't think we ate the same thing twice unless someone requested it! I left there feeling inspired to go out and share Yoga with the world! The place, the staff, the students, the food, the location, the wildlife just were the icing on the cake! Thank you...I will be back!
7. Explore Limon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 64 reviews
At Explore Limon we specialize in historic tours around the city of Puerto Limon. Our themes are culture, art, gastronomy, music, nature, and others that make up the identity of the city. The tours last 2.5 hours and cover the main monuments, buildings and natural sites classified as Costa Rican National Heritage sites. The routes do not have an established rate, the participant decides at the end of the tour to give the value that they believe is adjusted to the quality of the activity.
Reviewed By Botanicalpainter
You arrive on your cruise ship in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. Five minutes’ walk away across the road from the port is Limon City, or Puerto Limon to those unwilling to differentiate between the port area and the commercial/residential district beyond. We wanted to explore Limon City, but not on our own as we had been fed dire warnings about the prevalence of crime there. Was there any truth in these advisories? It’s difficult to say because crime statistics specific to Limon City/Puerto Limon are difficult to find and even then not easy to interpret. Still there’s nothing wrong with being sensible so we booked a guided walking tour through the organisation ‘Explore Limon’. All our arrangements were made by email prior to leaving England. Our guide was Sergio from ‘Explore Limon’ and he arranged to meet us in Parque Vargas by the Gazebo situated just a few minutes from where our cruise ship was berthed. And we certainly felt safe enough in his company. Our immediate concern prior to meeting with Sergio was that our ship was frustratingly late docking and allowing passengers ashore. By the time we disembarked and cleared the port area would he still be at our pre-arranged meeting point? We rushed past the lines of locals and their offers of excursions and fast walked into Parque Vargas. Would Sergio still be there? He was. At first glance Limon City was unprepossessing. Looking around you could not fail to gain the impression that this once thriving city is in a state of long drawn out terminal decline. Yes, it does need some TLC and could certainly benefit from regeneration projects. But what you see first of all is just surface. Sergio is a highly knowledgeable and experienced guide. With him we were able to see beneath this superficiality. He is passionate about this place - his city - and enthusiastic about promoting its virtues of which there are any number to Limon’s visitors. He is an inspiration. Our tour was scheduled to last for two and a half hours, but ended up being nearer three and a half. Sergio invited us to meet any number of Limon residents, who despite the state of the national economy - an enviable GDP growth, but high national debt coupled with high unemployment - seem to maintain a very positive outlook on life. Led by Sergio we visited buildings that had once been part of M.C. Keith’s 19th century United Fruit Company empire at the centre of the banana industry, but now only lightly occupied and no longer concerned with the banana trade. With Sergio interpreting we enjoyed impromptu conversations with local residents whom we met in the course of our tour. Several were street traders operating from stalls, tables on pavements, or just the carrier racks on the backs of their mopeds. A visit to an art gallery established and run by a local fine arts enthusiast made us realise that this gallery is at the centre of a community of talented painters many of them working en plein air. This was followed by a tour of what had once been a vibrant indoor market, but was now clinging tenaciously onto life thanks to the determination of a handful of stall holders. There is a number of historically important buildings standing deserted and no longer maintained. These are listed, or protected, buildings which cannot be demolished and which would also be uneconomic to revitalise and put to new uses. Consequently they are simply left to decay. Our tour ended at the Catedral Sagrado Corazon de Jesus dedicated in 2010 and replacing the previous cathedral so badly damaged in the 1991 earthquake. The architecture is unapologetically Brutalist, which is to say its imposing concrete masses and planes are not easy on the eye. But step inside. The singular most striking feature is the ceiling, which Sergio explained was constructed to resemble the keel of Noah’s ark. In the imaginary waters beneath the keel and set into the exterior walls are fine stained glass windows allowing shafts of colour to permeate the interior space. In its own way the Catedral Sagrado Corazon de Jesus symbolises what we come to understand about Limon City. What you see on the exterior belies what exists within. To appreciate the sense of the place you do need to dive beneath its surface. We thoroughly enjoyed our excursion through Limon City and can highly recommend not only the tour, but also Sergio who brought it to life for us through his narrative featuring the history, economy, geography, politics and social aspects of this interesting place. Our walking tour arrangements were made through [email protected] and there is no fixed fee. At the end of your tour you pay what you feel the experience was worth to you. Our one regret was that having noted the risk of crime we had erred on the side of caution and taken only a modest amount of USD ashore with us. We gave Sergio what we had feeling it was not enough and wishing we could have given him more. He certainly deserved it.
8. Nature Park Walk
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 73 reviews
Reviewed By 829josephd - Leesville, United States
Yes it’s gorgeous. Drive past Maxi’s down a dirt sometimes gravel road (short walk if arriving by one of the many local buses). Many days the shaded area off the beach are filled with families grilling and chilling. Hey bring your cooler. At the end of the short road you’ll find the little suspension bridge for the easy mostly level trail. At the end a gorgeous scenic selfy ready vista. Drop down and explore the beach area (check out other reviewers photos). Before the walk a very nice beach with snorkel ready clear water and close reefs. Hungry thirsty? Local grocers right there, food, beer, more. Lazy? Places to eat galore within walking distance. We’ve been before but going back again tomorrow.
9. Sixaola Bridge
10. Casa De La Cultura Limon
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
