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Cultural Tourist Guide Northern Plains
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Contents
Top 10 things every tourist must see and do in the Northern Plains .......................................................................................... 3 Introduction................................................................................ 4 Cultural tourism map of the Plains ............................................ 6 Tourist and cultural activities calendar ...................................... 8 Gastronomy.............................................................................. 10 Handicrafts............................................................................... 13 Cultural identity ....................................................................... 14 Artistic groups.......................................................................... 20 Wellness tourism ...................................................................... 22 Protected areas........................................................................ 24 Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area (ACAT)
Tenorio Volcano National Park................................................. 26 Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area
(ACAHN) .................................................................................. 29 Arenal Volcano National Park .................................................. 32 Juan Castro Blanco National Park ........................................... 35 Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge..................................... 36 Rio Medio Queso Wetland....................................................... 39 Fortuna River Waterfall ............................................................ 41 Volcanoes, plains and rural tourism ......................................... 42 Rural tourism inns .................................................................... 47 Casitas Tenorio......................................................................... 47 Albergue Heliconias................................................................. 49 Finca 360 .................................................................................. 50 Arenal 1968 .............................................................................. 51 La Finca Lodge......................................................................... 52 Agro-productive farms............................................................. 53 Rainforest Chocolate Tour ....................................................... 54 La Amistad Farm ...................................................................... 55 Eden Chocolate Tour ............................................................... 56 Estukurú Chocolate and Coffee Shop ..................................... 57 Arenal Vida Campesina............................................................ 58 Vivencias Campesinas .............................................................. 61 Finca Don Juan......................................................................... 62 Other agro-productive farms................................................... 63 Picturesque towns.................................................................... 66 Directory of tourism companies .............................................. 69 National Birding Route ............................................................ 76
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Tourist Information
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PHOTO CREDITS GUIDE Northern Plains
1- Los Chiles Chamber of Tourism Catuchi.fn@gmail.com Fernando Sandí Castro
2- Tenorio- Miravalles Chamber Flory Ramirez/ Orian Rodriguez CATTEMI Tenorio-miravalles@hotmail.com;
3- I.C.T. Regional Office Oscar Solis Oscar.solis@ict.go.cr;
4- Fortuna- Arenal Chamber of Tourism Tadeo Morales
Pablo Rodriguez info@arenalcostarica.cr
5- Upala Chamber of Tourism CATUPA
Geovanni Getvislav / Digna Villalobos catupala@gmail.com;
6- San Carlos Chamber of Tourism Gustavo Flores
info@camaradecomerciozn.com;
7- Bijagua Chamber of Rural Tourism CATURI
Kenneth Hidalgo Chinchilla info@caturi@gmail.com;
8- Miravalles-Tenorio National Park German Aguilar, SINAC German.aguilar@sinac.go.cr;
9- Casitas Tenorio- Pipa Kely
info@casitastenorio.com;
10- Aventuras Travel
Helen Salazar Chaverri desarrollo@aventurasarenal.com;
11- Desafío Adventure Mario Abarca
Mario.abarca@desafio.com;
12- La Finca Lodge / Hot Air Balloon Esteban Elizondo Arrieta oesteban@lafincacr.com;
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José Meléndez Mario Badilla ICT Roberto Ramos ICT
Roberto Ramos