Day 1 – Fly to Guatemala

Depart Dublin Airport for your flight to Guatemala City.

Day 2 – Arrive in Guatemala

Arrive in Guatemala City Airport and transfer to your hotel for three nights. Your hotel is located 5 minutes from Antigua’s beautiful main plaza, the Villa Colonial. Overnight in Antigua.

Day 3 – Finca Filadelfia & Antigua Guatemala

Breakfast at your hotel. Morning visit to Finca Filadelfia one of the first coffee estates in the region and pioneer in coffee production in Guatemala. You will learn the history, cultivation and processing of coffee on the farm. The tour ends sipping a cup of one of the best coffees in Guatemala. Continue with a Professional Coffee Tasting Session. In the afternoon visit Antigua Guatemala, a colonial city declared by UNESCO as a “Cultural Heritage of Humanity”. Overnight in Antigua.

Day 4 – Finca Bella Vista 

Breakfast at your hotel. Visit Finca Bella Vista. Walking through the plantation and depending on the season, you can participate in the harvest of coffee grains. This finca is currently not opened to the public so the visit has a different ambiance as the one visited yesterday.  Processes, interaction, learning, etc. are more authentic and less touristy. After the visit continue to several of the indigenous surrounding villages of Antigua.  Each with its own personality. Overnight in Antigua.

Day 5 – Chichicastenango Market

Breakfast at your hotel. Visit Chichicastenango to see the most colorful and picturesque outdoor market in Guatemala, where every Thursday and Sunday, locals from the region gather to buy and sell fruits, vegetables, flowers, grains, animals, textiles and handicrafts. Afternoon drive to your hotel at Lake Atitlán. Overnight at Lake Atitlán.

Day 6 – Lake Atitlán

Breakfast at your hotel. Today we visit one of the twelve indigenous villages of Lake Atitlán. Depart by boat from Santa Catarina Palopó to either the town of San Pedro La Laguna or San Juan La Laguna. Visit a Local Coffee Cooperative which is a project that promotes organic coffee growing and provides technical assistance and training in the production, processing, marketing and environmental responsibility. In the afternoon return by boat to Panajachel and afterwards continue to Guatemala City. Overnight in Guatemala City.

Day 7 – Fly to San Jose 

Breakfast at your hotel. Transfer to Guatemala City airport for your internal flight to San Jose, Costa Rica.  Upon arrival transfer to your hotel in San Jose with a brief introduction to Costa Rica during the transfer. San Jose is a bustling city nestled inside a tropical paradise; it sits in the centre of the country in the Central Valley and is surrounded by gorgeous untouched cloud forests. Overnight in San Jose.

Day 8 – Los Santos area & Café Privilegios

Breakfast at your hotel. Visit the Los Santos area – “The Saints”. The Los Santos area is a traditional agricultural area with elevations from 3,000 feet up to nearly 10,000 feet. The middle elevations are known worldwide for its quality coffee like the wonderful coffees from Santa Maria de Dota. You will visit Finca El Cedral. This farm is designed to process coffee pulp, where it is converted into compost by the Californian Red Worm. Enjoy a delicious typical lunch at the home of a local farmer. Afterwards enjoy a delicious cup of coffee in Café Privilegios, listed in the Lonely Planet magazine as one of the top ten best places in the world to drink a cup of coffee. Overnight in San Jose.

Day 9 – San José

Breakfast at your hotel. In San Jose – you will have a guided city tour: San José is the capital city of Costa Rica and is located in the centre of the Central Valley surrounded by volcanic mountain ranges. The city tour will show you a few of the sights, residential areas and includes the National Theatre, built in 1890 with the profits from coffee.  Continue to Muelle de San Carlos. Overnight in Muelle de San Carlos.

Day 10 – Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge

Breakfast at your hotel. Visit the Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge. This tour will take you through the most important citrus groves and sugar cane plantations of Costa Rica. Overnight in Muelle de San Carlos.

Day 11 – Poás Volcano National Park & Doka Estates Coffee Plantation

Breakfast at your hotel. Return to San Jose, en-route visit the Poás Volcano National Park at 2704 meters, with the opportunity to walk right to its crater at 2500m.  Afterwards visit the Doka Estates Coffee Plantation to learn about the traditional techniques of coffee farming, harvesting, milling and roasting. Enjoy a hearty typical lunch with a spectacular view of this award-winning coffee plantation.

Day 12 – Return Flight

Breakfast at your hotel. Transfer to San Jose airport for your flight home.

Day 13 – Arrive Home

Arrive home.