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Coffee Experience and Poas Volcano Half Day Trip from San Jose

Name: Coffee Experience and Poas Volcano Half Day Trip from San Jose
Brand: Expediciones Tropicales Day Tours
SKU: 218955P10
Price: 105.00 USD
Rating: 4.5 (30 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceSan Jose, Costa Rica

Doka Coffee Tour and Poas Volcano Half Day Trip

6 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Breakfast
Air-conditioned vehicle
Professional Bilingual Tour Guide
All Fees and Taxes
Operates with a minimum of two passengers

Bottled water
Tips

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

05:30 AM

Pickup details

We will pick you up in hotels located in the San Jose area. The pick up time will depend on the hotel location, starting at 5:30 am thru 6 am, we will kindly ask to specify in your request the place where you will be staying.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Infant seats available
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
What to Bring? - - Hat – Jacket - Walking shoes - Insect repellent - Binoculars – Camera – Raincoat
If you are travelling with children please let us know their ages, during the booking process.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 99 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Constantina_P

This day was excellent. The guide we had was Alejandro. He was wonderful, so informative. The coffee tour was great, loads of info and so informative. The volcano was beautiful and really enjoyed his wise words and knowledge. Overall highly recommend. The guide was superb, speaks english perfectly and answered all questions! Wonderful, thank you

Reviews

4.5

30 reviews

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Exceptional Guide and Fun Tour!

Kayla_K, Mar 2024

My husband and I did the half day tour visiting the Doka coffee plantation and the Poaz Volcano. It was such a wonderful experience! We were lucky and had a super clear viewing of the crater. The breakfast was delicious, the coffee tour was so fun to learn about, the volcano experience was superb and the guide (Adrienne?) was exceptional! Highly recommend!

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Dear Kayla, thank you so much for sharing your experience in one of our tours from San Jose. Hope you visit us again,

Coffee and Nature experience!

Anali_S, Jan 2024

Great experience! The only thing I would improve/change is to allow a bit more time for breakfast. In our case it felt really rushed, and we were looking forward to having a nice breakfast with the opportunity of tasting the different coffee types calmly. ~25 min (maybe even a little less) for ordering food eating it and trying different coffee, was not the relaxing morning start we were looking for. The food quality and taste (traditional costa rican cuisine) was enjoyable! Max was a great tour guide with plenty of experience and knowledge! He was very thorough when explaining the different stages of coffee processing and types. We really enjoyed the tour. After the coffee experience we headed to Poas, and we were lucky to have a beautiful sunny day to enjoy the walk towards the crater. We even had time to walk to the lagoon and do some souvenir shopping! Overall a very pleasant experience and a good way to get to know more about the coffee industry in Costa Rica, plus enjoy some of its natural wonders!

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Dear Anali: It is always nice to read a detailed comments about our tours, as they improve the perception to a future travellers to come to Costa Rica to enjoy our nature and cultural activities. Regards,

Well, the pick-up-situation ..

Julian_K, Dec 2023

Not really recommendable to book a tour from San José with personal pick-up. Although it might be comfortable for you, it is quite exhausting, when you have to wait that several other participants are picked-up. Coffee tour and volcano were quite nice tho.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Dear Julian, thanks for your comment about the pick up route when you have booked a regular tour. We suggest future travelers to ask for our one day private tours departing from SanJose which allows to avoid this situation. Hope your comments help other travelers to travel with Expediciones Tropicales Day Tours.

Three Cheers for Martin!

Catherine_S, Nov 2023

Martin was the best tour guide I had in a week of tours in Costa Rica. I learned a ton and was lucky to be one of the 30% of people that actually sees the crater (be warned, there's often clouds). I'm not a coffee fan, but the experience was great and I learned a lot (it's not a coffee tasting experience, though you do get coffee, this is more of a planation educational tour)

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Dear Cathrine: Certainly this is more a educational - cultural & naturalist tour than a tasting coffee experience, as you mentioned. Thank you so much for sharing your appreciation,

Great Tour

Jacquelne_E, Oct 2023

The tour guide was excellent and so knowledgeable. This was a great tour of you love coffee and want to see an active volcano.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Dear Jacqueline: This is always satisfactory for our people at Expediciones Tropicales Day Tours, to listen our travelers when we fullfilled their expectations. We hope your recommendation as well with your friends,

Long and expensive

Doug_D, Mar 2023

Pickup at 5:45am even though I booked for 7:30. Total of 9 hours not 6 as advertised due to all the driving round, pickups, drop offs. Breakfast was minimal but edible. Coffee tour wasn’t great. Volcano was amazing but we had less than an hour there. Would not recommend for the price.

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Dear Doug: Expediciones Tropicales Day Tours as an experienced tour operator, we do appreciate your comments, we believe in excellence, that's why we are constantly improving our customer service according to our clients' suggestions. Regards,

So great! Ask for alejandro!

Constantina_P, Mar 2023

Response from Host, Mar 2023

So great for us having such a happy clients like your guys!! We really appreciate sharing your experience with our customer service staff, they are our treasure. Greetings

Cloudy but happy!

pierre_c, Feb 2023

A glimpse at the Poas crater in between 2 clouds, excellent information provided by the guide. Great group to be with!

Fantastic views and great coffee

Sangeetha_A, Jan 2023

Well planned trip to view one of the largest Calderas and taste some great coffee along the way. The weather favored us and we got some fantastic views. Our guide Pedro was very enthusiastic and kept us informed about the sights along the way. His sense of humor made the trip more memorable.

Great tour!

Ksenia_S, Jan 2023

Donald was very knowledgeable; he walked us through Doka coffee plantation after we had a traditional Costa Rican breakfast and tried locally produced coffee. We learnt about the production process and peaberry coffee. Then we went to Poas and enjoyed an easy and pleasant hike to see the crator and the lagoon while learning about the plants that grow at the foot of the volcano. We got lucky and the crator wasn't covered by clouds. After the tour was over, we made a stop at a local shop where we were offered to try cheese and wine. Totally worth getting up at 5 am for!

Tolle Orte, mangelhafte Tour

Laurin_E, Sep 2023

Die besuchten Orte waren sehr beeindruckend und lohnenswert. Diese Tour allerdings können wir leider nicht empfehlen. Es ist uns mehr als einmal aufgefallen, dass hier alles so schnell wie möglich hinter sich gebracht werden sollte, sowohl die relativ kurze Kaffeetour, als auch die knapp bemessene Zeit am Vulkankrater. Wirklich unverschämt fanden wir allerdings die Aussage von unserem Guide Gary zu dem Vulkankrater. Hier gibt es neben dem dem Krater noch einen Pfad, der zu einer Lagune führt. Gary hat gesagt, dass er uns zwar die einmalige Chance bieten würde, dort lang zu laufen, allerdings sehr stark davon abrät, da dieser eigentlich gesperrt wäre und sehr schwierig zu bewältigen sei. Er selbst würde dort auch auf keinen Fall laufen. Dadurch war die Gruppe sehr verunsichert. Als wir dort waren, sahen wir jedoch, dass der Pfad keineswegs gesperrt ist und sehr viele Leute von allen Altersklassen dort entlang gegangen sind. Nachdem wir uns in unserer Gruppe ohne Guide beraten hatten, ging ein kleiner Teil inklusive uns den Pfad. Es war ein sehr gut mit Treppen und Geländer befestigter Wanderpfad, nach 20 Minuten war man an der (sehr schönen) Lagune. Leider haben sich aufgrund Garys Aussagen letztendlich nicht alle getraut, den Pfad zu gehen, was wir wirklich unverschämt finden, denn seine Aussagen waren zum einen unfassbar übertrieben und zum anderen auch teilweise gelogen. Höchstwahrscheinlich wollte er die Reisenden davon abbringen, damit der eng getaktete Zeitplan nicht überschritten wird. Aber bei ca. 94 € pro Person erwarten wir da wirklich mehr, sowas geht überhaupt nicht. Auch weitere komische Aussagen kamen von dem Guide, beispielsweise wurde uns das integrierte Frühstück als all-you-can-eat Buffet angepriesen, wo man sich zwar nur einmal was holen darf, aber dabei so viel nehmen kann wie man will. Auch das war nicht wahr, die Küche an der Kaffee-Farm hat exakt für die Personenzahl der Tour Essen vorbereitet und jeder hat eine vom Personal zugewiesene Menge erhalten. Das ist ja an sich in Ordnung, aber dann bitte nicht vorher so einen Schwachsinn erzählen. Wir möchten nochmal betonen, dass sich der Vulkankrater wirklich lohnt. Nur von dieser Tour müssen wir leider sehr abraten.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Sehr geehrte Frau Laurin, es tut uns leid zu hören, dass Sie eine solche Erfahrung gemacht haben. Wir werden mit Gary sprechen, um die Situation in der Logistik der Botos-Lagune zu verstehen, da es sich wahrscheinlich um eine Notfallwarnung für vulkanische Gase handelte und unsere Betriebsrichtlinien vorsehen, dass wir Reisende vor dem Risiko warnen müssen.