Top La Fortuna Classes & Workshops

Chocolate lovers won’t want to miss this private chocolate-making workshop. Learn about the full bean-to-bar cycle and about the history of chocolate in Latin America. Sample Mayan, Aztec, and Spanish-style chocolate drinks, and make your own chocolate bar in a hands-on class. This is a fun activity for the whole family.

Join a local chef for an afternoon cooking class in downtown La Fortuna. Learn how to make Costa Rican dishes and cocktails in the relaxed atmosphere. You can choose to participate in the meal prep or simply observe. Discover traditional cooking techniques as you make a three-course meal, featuring dishes such as ceviche, coconut flan, and chayote picadillo. The class is designed for both beginners and seasoned cooks.

Pick up some cooking skills and learn how to make authentic Costa Rican dishes, including homemade corn tortillas, with this class in La Fortuna. During the lesson, you’ll also hear about the customs and traditions of the country’s farmers. And, at the end of class, dine on the freshly prepared meal along with the local family.

Combine learning to cook with learning to dance with this combo experience. You'll learn how to make traditional Costa Rican food and sit down to eat your creation. Once you're done, you'll work off your meal with a dance lesson focused on Latin dance styles such as salsa, merengue, cumbia, and bachata.

After this experience, you will have the knowledge to do the same back home. Here you will learn how to take advantage of all the medicinal and sacred values that cacao has. Balance your body, mind, and soul taking cacao as what it is, a superfood, sacred and divine! And of course, walk away with your own dark chocolate bars, a modern way to take the benefits of cacao into us! A nature connection, an inside of a Costa Rican family. Let us show you our pure lifestyle!

With the help of Doña Chela, you will learn about the preparation of traditional Costa Rican dishes with products from the garden and the oldest way in the heat of the wood-fired kitchen.

We are a small Costa Rican family of 5, made up of Lidiana, Eddie, our sons Aaron, Edison and our daughter in law Tiffany. We also have 3 cats and a dog. We are determined to improve ourselves day by day, our main objective as a Costa Rican family and peasant, is to maintain our customs, traditions and share them with visitors so they can feel at home and part of our family.

Spend a half-day at a farm in La Fortuna for a cooking class that features some of Costa Rica’s favorite dishes. Start with a tour of the farm’s orchards and gardens, collect some ingredients for your meal, then head to the kitchen to learn to prepare classics such as gallo pinto (rice and beans). Top off your experience by enjoying the meal with your hosts.

Enjoy amazing views of Volcano Arenal in a “Pura Vida” atmosphere while preparing and tasting your newest culinary creations. The class is located in a gorgeous professional kitchen overlooking the rainforest. You will learn Scott’s personal recipes, techniques, get to participate in the creation of them, and of course sit down to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

The alcohol you use at home, you will see it differently after this class, because we will explain why we have chosen a specific rum, or tequila, and how you can substitute them. You will discover new alcohols, the Costa Rican ones such as Cacique or Ron

This cooking class farm to table is hands-on experience. You will collect the ingredients your-self in our organic farm. You will learn about old Costa Rican culture & cooking techniques. The food will be cook in an open wood-fire kitchen.

Our customized yoga class at our Riverside Rainforest yoga platform is the perfect opportunity to either continue your practice or if you’re new to yoga, this is an unintimidating class to help you explore this amazing, wholesome activity. Vacations are perfect for trying new things.

The canyoning and cooking class combo is perfect for couples and groups of friends who would like to explore both the Costa Rican rainforest and the local, tropical cuisine. - Full Day Canyoning and Cooking Class combo with an afternoon break at your hotel - Includes bilingual guides, transportation, lunch, snack - Starts at 7am, and lasts for 6-7 hours - Family + Kid Friendly!

We invite you enjoy an unforgettable and authentic Costa Rican home made food cooking experience. You will sabor your delightful own made costa rican lunch or dinner, surrounded by a quiet and lush forest where different wildlife species will share this beautiful corner with us.

We want to give our guests a special experience. By showing you around on our organic farm and allowing yourself to pick the cocoa fruits from the trees and be a part of the whole process from start to end. Our farm has the most beautiful view of the Arenal volcano and away from the noise of the city. Our guides are born and raised in the same environment and you can see and feel how passionate they are about it when they explain about the cocoa. The atmosphere a our farm is very relaxed and comfortable. Our chocolate tour is small groups of maximun 10 people.