Costa Rica & Nicaragua - Fair Trade Responsble Holiday -Traidcraft Meet the People Tours

Costa Rica and Nicaragua

On this two week trip we explore Costa Rica and Nicaragua whilst visiting the coffee farmers who supply the Cafédirect coffee we know and love. We experience the coffee process from picking the beans right through to sitting back and enjoying a cup of coffee on the farm where it was grown. Throughout the process we can chat to the farmers and other representatives of the cooperatives who will be able to share with us the benefits that producing Fairtrade coffee have brought to their community.

After arriving in Nicaragua and relaxing from our flights in the capital, Managua, we will leave the city and head north to visit the coffee farmers of San Ramon. Here we can taste the coffee of the region, while admiring the surrounding birds and butterflies. We then head back to Managua and spend some time with local craft artisans, before heading onto the historical and cultural centre at Granada.

Continuing on our way south we cross the border into Costa Rica to explore the beautiful pacific coast and enjoy more of the stunning volcanic scenery. We will then enjoy visits to see some Fairtrade pineapples being grown, meet Fairtrade sugar farmers and visit the Fairtrade AFAORCA coffee farmers in the mountains surrounding San Jose. We finally tie up the tour with some time spent in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.

Photos top down: Heiner Castillo, i-stock, Ruth Junkin, David Hall