San Rafael de Escazu Trip Overview
Full day at Poas Volcano with coffee tour at Starbucks Farm from San José, Alajuela, Heredia or cartago with pick up at the lobby of your hotel.
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Duration: 10 to 12 hours
Starts: San Rafael de Escazu, Costa Rica
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Coffee & Tea Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting San Rafael de Escazu, Province of San Jose, Costa Rica
Full day at Poas Volcano with coffee tour at Starbucks Farm from San José, Alajuela, Heredia or cartago with pick up at the lobby of your hotel.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Poas Volcano National Park, Poas Volcano National Park, Province of Alajuela
The Tour will start with pick up at your hotel to take you at Poas Volcano, as we ascend the mountain, we will see coffee plantations as well as fern, flower and strawberry farms along the way, creating a beautiful array of colors and visuals.
There is a noticeable change in temperature and vegetation, preparing us for the pleasure of the exuberant cloud forest of the Poas Volcano.
The Poás Volcano, is an active 2,708-metre (8,885 ft) stratovolcano. The crater of the volcano is over a mile across and 1050 feet deep. It has erupted 40 times since 1828, including April, 2017.
At the Volcano we will have time to enjoy the impressive main crater with its sulfur fumaroles.
Stop At: Hacienda Alsacia Starbucks Coffee Farm, Waze Address: Visitors Center – Starbucks On route 712 on the way to the Poas volcano, Alajuela 20101 Costa Rica
Then enjoy the coffee tour at the first Starbucks farm in the world
Today coffee is an important part of the country’s economy. To help ensure the future of coffee, the mission of Hacienda Alsacia is clear: Create best practices to make growing coffee more profitable for small-scale farms; develop the next generation of disease-resistant, high-quality coffee; and share information and resources freely with farmers around the world.
Here in Costa Rica, at the foot of a spectacular volcano, something magical is taking place something much bigger than coffee.
Hacienda Alsacia Starbucks Coffee Farm is our first and only coffee farm. We came here to work the soil, learn from the land and channel our passion into positive change.
Now we invite you to rediscover coffee through the human experience. Once you visit, you too have ownership in its future.
Experience the miraculous journey of coffee at our immersive new Visitor Center. Get a hands-on look at a working tree nursery, wet mill, drying patio and roaster. See what we’re doing to empower farmers, promote sustainable practices and develop the next generation of coffee. Tours are available in English and Spanish.
