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If you are looking for the big fans of the Southern Caribbean region of Costa Rica, hey, I am one! But I have to say that even though I have been to Puerto Viejo at least four times I never made it to its neighboring village, Cahuita. The length of the main street wouldn’t exceed one kilometer, and is obviously a dirt road.

When I finally did this beautiful much smaller that Puerto Viejo amazed me, has everything you need! Its main attraction is, it has a whole lot of delicious restaurants along it. You will also find hotels and cabins that fill the rest of the nooks and crannies along the lovely beach which ends at the entrance of Cahuita National Park.

Some of cahuita’s attractions are:

Cahuita National Park

The main path towards this gorgeous well maintained and managed park is a bridge from the town of Cahuita to the registration office. Here, you will sign in. Most of the park here is marine based. It consists of well-marked and super-easy trails that will lead you parallel to all the gorgeous beaches.

If you are feeling generous it is a good idea to donate money for the entrance fee. Apart from being in a spectacular place, you get to relax and get away from everything. You can also enjoy the best snorkeling in all of Costa Rica.

Chocolate Tour

In the early 1900’s, Costa Rica was famous for being the top exporter of Cacao plant which is better known as chocolate. The seed was so valuable once that it was actually used as currency! Those golden, rather, chocolate days are gone since banana plantations have gradually taken their place.

Luckily, the Cacao Trails Tour allows you to fully immerse yourself in the “what-once-was” with a reenactment of the scene back in the 20’s. As a bonus, you get to see how chocolate used to be made back then. It is a quite similar process today except for the fact that today they use modern machinery.

I don’t like chocolate that much, but after watching the natural process and super flavorful ingredients, I couldn’t help myself but eating a few!

Although Cacao and chocolate were the center of attraction of the tour there are many more such as medicinal gardens, the living quarters of the BriBri Indians, who inhabit the nearby Talamanca Mountains and other native flora species. – 35634

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, has been living in (http://travelexperta.com) Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. Traveling with her family to all parts of Costa Rica and Guatemala, she now loves organizing vacations for people and offers first hand experience. (http://tinyurl.com/ydnr5f3) Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!