Agri Tourism
Agri Tourism
Agritourism is a tool that closes the gap between consumers and farmers. It allows farmers to receive additional income to optimize their operations effectively while providing consumers an opportunity to learn about farming operations and culture. It is a bidirectional and mutually beneficial instrument that generates community and connection. It creates a fertile environment to exchange ideas and promote tolerance and empathy.
The Monteverde area
The main agricultural activities in the area are shade-grown coffee production, dairy farming and small-scale subsistence agriculture. In this regard, the Tropical Agroforestry Institute offers to visiting student groups, guests and the general public not only agritourism activities at the Institute´s farm but also educational visits to neighboring farms in the area. These local farmers are striving to transform their operations into sustainable agroecosystems that support biodiversity conservation and the provisioning of ecosystem services.
Costa Rican dishes
Try out our local coffee and dairy products and learn how to make Costa Rican dishes such as empanadas and gallo pinto with fresh and locally sourced produce. Help in farm activities such as harvesting coffee or milking cows and learn how to make delicious cheese. Quench your thirst and boost you energy with freshly squeezed sugar-cane juice and absorb the essence of the relaxed Costa Rican rural campesino culture.
Ecotourism activities
In addition to agritourism activities, visiting groups and guests at the Tropical Agroforestry Institute may use our online platform to book educational ecotourism activities such as natural history walks, night walks, birdwatching, canopy tours, butterfly gardens and the bat museum, among other attractions in the Monteverde area.
Tropical Agroforestry Institute
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