 We begin with a walk on our farm where our guests will learn about the production of sugarcane, coffee, and the traditional ways of cultivating bananas, arracache (a local legume), avocado, macadamia nuts as well as other products. Also one can observe our Tilapia fish project and a small-forested area where it is possible to see various flora and fauna of the Monteverde zone.
During the tour of the farm, our visitors will have the opportunity to collect coffee, transport it to the grinding machines and see how the delicious Monteverde coffee is made. Also on our farm there are oxen with a traditional cart awaiting to transport visitors to the sugarcane mill where we will demonstrate the process of making brown sugar and all the other types of products made from sugarcane.
One can also enjoy a representation of the extraction of guaro, a Costa Rican alcohol made from sugarcane. To end this eventful tour our guests can enjoy “picadillo de arracache”, a traditional vegetable hash, accompanied by a cup of coffee or lemonade.
 Sugarcane is a poacea plant that originated in Polynesia and its presence was reported in China and India in the year 800 B.C. Via the invasions of Persia, Egypt, The coasts of Africa and the Mediterranean sugarcane and other products were transported until eventually arriving in Spain.
On his second trip to the Americas, Christopher Columbus, brought pieces of sugarcane that were then planted in Santo Domingo. By the 16th century sugar was an important commercial product between Europe and the productive regions of Brazil, Cuba and Mexico.
In 1530 sugarcane was brought to Costa Rica from Nicaragua by Pedrarias Davilas, who introduced it to the Ujarras Valley in Cartago. During the 18th century the production of sugarcane was based on small plots of land run by individual families for their own consumption. After 1950 was when little by little the production of sugarcane became more technological and more efficient.
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