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Hiking and Coffee farms in Northern Nicaragua
offered by supplier M17759 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 2
- 4
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 16
people
Destination(s):
Nicaragua
Specialty Categories:
Ecotourism
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 170 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 280 US Dollar (USD)
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Matagalpa – San Ramon.
After arrival in the city of Matagalpa we take you on a short city tour where we will visit the coffee museum and Matagalpa central park and historical cathedral, continuing with a chocolate tour at the Castillo del Cacao where Nicaragua`s finest chocolates of organic cacao are produced. We will bring you to your hotel “El Sueño de la campana” in the village of San Ramon were diner will be served
Day 2: Hike to the La Corona community.
Today after breakfast we leave on a 4 hour hike to the Corona community in Yasika Sur. We will cross the mountain range between the Rio Grande and the Rio Tuma watersheds and see many coffee farms and rural communities. In this area you will find a variety of flora, fauna and coffee farms, some of the organic coffee farmers sell their coffee on fair trade markets, you will learn about coffee farming, processing, visit a farm and the waterfall. (In picking season from November – January it’s possible to participate with coffee picking) We will stay at the houses of the coffee farmers.
Day 3: Hiking up to the Arenal Reserve.
After breakfast we first take a bus to the main road near the village of Santa Emilia. Here starts our hike (5 hours) up to the Arenal Natural Reserve. During the trip we will have spectacular views and we will pass by several coffee estate and rural communities. We bring along a picnic for lunch. Our destination for today is the La Orquidea farm at the community of El Porvenir. We will camp here in tents on the edge of the forest of the reserve. For diner a BBQ will be organized!
Day 4: The Selva Negra and La Hamonia ecological coffee estate.
We will cross the forest of this reserve on a hike for 2-3 hours to the Selva Negra. This is one of the countries most famous coffee farm and one of the first tourism initiatives in Northern Nicaragua. The ecological farm has as principal activity the high quality organic coffee plantations. We make a tour to learn about coffee processing on such a big farm, besides we will see some other activities of the farm such as: flower cultivation, waste water treatment, biogas, bovine and pork cattle and you can see how the workers life. From here we will return by vehicle to the city of Matagalpa.
Notes:
- The price per person for this 4 days/3 night’s package is:
* 2 – 3 pax 280 U$
* 4 – 6 pax 225 U$
* 7 – 8 pax 190 U$
* 9 – 12 pax 180 U$
* 13 – 16 pax 170 U$
- Prices per person in US dollars based on rooms with double, triple or quadruple occupation (single supplement on request)
Package Details:
- 3 nights of lodgment in hotel, farm houses and tents
- All transfers as mentioned in 4x 4 vehicles or microbuses
- Meals included from diner day 1 until breakfast on day Visits activities as mentioned all entrance fees included
- A bilingual tour guide
- 24hrs a day assistance from the local agency.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Also see tour packages in:
Central America and Caribbean
Nicaragua
Ecotourism
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