Cultural Experience Tour: Immerse Yourself in Costa Rica's Wildlife and Traditions
4.7
152 Ratings
Playa Matapalo
Immerse yourself in Costa Rica's wildlife and traditions on this cultural experience tour. Explore an animal sanctuary, traditional house, and botanical garden for a full immersion into the country's rich biodiversity and cultural heritage.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Diamante Eco Adventure Park - Combine our Animal Sanctuary tour along with a tour of our Traditional house and botanical garden for full immersion into Costa Rica wildlife and culture. The Traditional house located in the botanical garden offers a guided hands-on experience with sugar cane, coffee, and Chocolate. The botanical garden is full of medicinal plants, fruit trees, and flowering plants your guide will help you learn more about how these were used in the past and still used today. The Animal Sanctuary and Wildlife Education center offers you the opportunity to learn and see up close Costa Rica’s most beautiful animals. The bilingual staff is always eager to share their love of wildlife and our efforts to preserve and protect these amazing creatures.
What's Included
  • In-person guidance
Additional Information

Merge a visit to our Wildlife Home with a journey through our Authentic Dwelling and Herbal Garden for a thorough engagement with the local fauna and customs of Costa Rica. The Authentic Dwelling nestled within the Herbal Garden provides a guided interactive exposure to sugar cane, coffee, and chocolate.

The Herbal Garden teems with therapeutic plants, fruit-bearing trees, and blooming flora. Your escort will assist you in deepening your knowledge about their historical and present-day applications. The Wildlife Residence and the Animal Education Center present the chance to acquire knowledge and closely view the splendid animals of Costa Rica.

Location
Diamante Eco Adventure Park
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Rickthorold
Jun 7, 2024
An awesome day! - An amazing and educational day. Learned about amphibians, snakes, sloths and cats, large and small, from very knowledgeable and proud staff. Had the best cup of coffee ever in the cultural centre. I highly recommend taking the time to visit and learn here.
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872yanw
May 25, 2024
Fun little low key activity, informative - The cultural experience was a nice little demo on coffee, sugar, and chocolate making. It was about 30-40 minutes, really fun and informative, and we were able to taste what we made (coffee, sugar water, grounded chocolate paste). There's a little farm next door where you can feed and pet the animals. The animal sanctuary portion is self guided, but the staff was eager to give more info on each of the animals (shout out to Veronica in the frog exhibit and the lady feeding the animals (there's a feeding schedule for the sloths)). Everyone was very friendly and helpful in making it a positive experience. We weren't able to fit in all the activities, but would consider going back to try the zip line and beaches.
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Amorab2022
May 13, 2024
Magnificent experience 💛 - The facilities are very clean, beautiful, well-kept and safe, the animals seem to be very well cared for 💛, we had a very nice experience with our 4-year-old daughter. The cultural tour staff was too special with our daughter. Highly recommended.
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Maggiecj5636ij
May 5, 2024
Highly recommend the cultural experience! - We went on a Tuesday afternoon and it was relatively empty - we were the only ones doing the cultural experience and got to mix our own chocolate and try fresh, traditionally brewed coffee! There’s a cute petting zoo with pigs, sheep, a donkey, a cow, and some bunnies. The zoo was the best part in my opinion! You’re pretty close to some sloths and all the big cats were out too!
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Michaeljay2016
Apr 29, 2024
Highly Recommended! Frogs, Butterflies, and Jaguars Oh My! - Such an great experience. Visited the last week in April 2024. Wanted to see the Jaguar feeding, but they feed them in shelter and then let them out. There was a beautiful Puma that was slightly overweight (not at the fault of Diamante Eco Adventure Park). Everyone was so knowledgeable and friendly. A+ to the frog exhibit and butterfly exhibit personnel!
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Safari287115
Apr 28, 2024
Worth it! - Visited this Sanctuary on Fri 4/26 in the morning. The animals have a story as to why they are there, and they appear to be well taken care of which was nice to see. Suggest going early since it is a bit cooler and be there for the 9:30 sloth feeding as Lucy was active and hungry. We did the sanctuary & the cultural tour - coffee/cocoa demonstration - which was very informative and you get samples! Would go back!
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Denisej_w
Apr 19, 2024
Costa Rica Experience - A great tour. We added on and was totally a great day. Costa Rican lunch, people, place and Staff we great!
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Kburly12
Apr 19, 2024
Awesome experience - Kevin was our guide and did an awesome job! We made syrup from sugar cane , learned about coffee and coffee beans and how to make chocolate. We taste tested many things. It was an over all great experience.
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Heatherreyes
Jun 3, 2024
A great place to visit - I really enjoyed my visit here. The park was clean and the staff friendly and helpful. We arrived just in time to see the sloth feeding. The animal caregiver was very knowledgeable and interacted with the crowd very well. We then went to the jaguar release. The staff there was also very knowledgeable, as was the person who gave us information about the frogs, the butterflies, and the toucans. It was great to have someone give us insight and they were all very personable. The coffee tour wasn’t so much a tour as a demonstration in a building but I didn’t mind because it was a welcome chance to sit under a fan for a while after spending the day in the heat.
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Joni411
Apr 19, 2024
Unfortunately misleading and disappointing - This view was a bit misleading and therefore I was unable to enjoy or get to experience this. My group had mobility issues and there was t clarity around the amount of walking involved but there were other tours that were great. Please be more specific and detailed so that people know what to expect.
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