Costa Rica Indigenous Tours, Caribbean Vacation

First Stage: Tourists are welcome at the Rancho "Los Laureles
Second Stage: The view spot "El Guacimo", is our second stage where one can learn about the history of the pineapple while at the same time admire a beautiful humming bird garden right next to the Cimarrones river.
Third Stage: We enter the packing plant, where the pineapple is received from the fields, prepared and packed. The tourists can witness all the hard work involved in the process by the packing plant workers; reception, selection, waxing, crown fumigation, packing, palletizing, and freezing.
Fourth Stage: The Hacienda, besides producing fresh pineapples, also produces dried pineapple to export into foreign markets. In this stage the visitors can learn about the process of dehydration which the pineapple undergoes. The different steps are: reception, then heart extraction, after this comes pealing and slicing, then the distribution of the slices onto the carts, following comes the carts into the ovens for drying and the last step is the packing.
Fifth Stage: In this last stop our visitors can enjoy our souvenir shop and buy all types of Costa Rican souvenirs.

The visit to the Pineapple Plantation is combined with a boat trip on the famous Tortuguero Canal Known as Costa Rica 's Amazon because of its surrounding rain forest, the Tortuguero Canal region is rich with exotic flora and fauna. Duration: 6 hours - Departure: 08:00 A.M
Costa Rica Time.