Manuel Antonio Villa Vanilla Spice Tour
Overview
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3 hours
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Villa Vanilla offers a hands-on experience for all ages, where you’ll explore 20+ spice varieties, including American and Asian species like vanilla, cinnamon, cacao, and black pepper. Enjoy homemade treats at our rainforest viewpoint with stunning tropical views and frequent sightings of hummingbirds, toucans, and monkeys.
Ideal for cooking enthusiasts, gardeners, and eco-conscious travelers, Villa Vanilla combines education with an unforgettable sensory experience. Did you know? Out of 30,000 orchid species, vanilla is the only edible one! Highly recommended for families, photographers, and nature lovers.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Villa Vanilla Spice Tour & Shop
We sustainably grow more than 20 spices, some native to the tropics of the American Continent and some native to Asia, species such as our beloved vanilla, true ceylon cinnamon, cacao, black pepper, allspice, turmeric and variety of exotic fruits and medicinal plants. This tour is completely hands-on and will satisfy the curiosity of tourgoers of all ages. All your senses will be involved while identifying a wide variety of intereesting species. Special taste of homemade treats highlighting spices that we grow at the farm, takes place at our rainforest viewpoint. Besides the amazing lush tropical forest view, some frecuently wildlife visitor are hummingbirds, toucans, macaws, and squirrel monkeys. Whether your interests lie on cooking, spices, gardening or sustaineble agriculture, etc. a visit to Villa Vanilla is an unique opportunitty highly recommended by previous visitors. Do you know that?: From more than 30 thousand orquid species, Vanilla is the only edible one.
What‘s Included
Spices taste
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2hrs 30 minutes tour
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Manuel Antonio Villa Vanilla Spice Tour
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Reviews
9 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Delightful tour especially for the culinary inclined!
Jennifer H,,Dec 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a really nice time on this tour learning about vanilla and cacao and all the spices grown on this beautiful farm. Our guide was great and allowed time for us to see, touch and taste almost everything! Nice walk about the property. As an added bonus we saw a very rare ghost bat hanging from a palm frond! Also saw a purple crowned fairy hummingbird. The outdoor pavilion overlook and the ice cream flight and chocolate cake — a treat for sure! The gift shop at the end was well stocked. We have a greater appreciation for the painstaking task of making organic vanilla extract now! Great tour! Would definitely recommend especially if you are a foodie or love to cook/bake. But just the natural setting was a wonderful outing.
Amazing tour on the organic spice farm.
Paradise55528325848,,Jul 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide Joyce was very professional; we learned about dozens of different spices - how they grow, look, test etc. Ice cream at the middle of the tour was delicious, the part devoted to cacao and chocolate (including dark chocolate test) was just a perfect finish of the tour. At the end we stopped at the small gift shop and purchased some unique chocolate and local spices.
Phenomenal tour of a cute...
Michael G,,May 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Phenomenal tour of a cute little spice farm! We had such a great time learning about the different spices, seeing how they're grown, and learning about the process. And, most importantly, tasting delicious treats (including ice cream) made with the spices. The have a great gift shop at the end, too. Well worth the time!
Very best tour !! Well...
Doug P,,Mar 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Very best tour !! Well worth the price! One of the best value! As so much of Costa Rica is now overpriced!
Great tasty tour
JennieS23456,,Mar 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Incredible tour, so much information about the plants on the farm, tasting bits as we went which was super interactive. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable and friendly. The ice cream and biscuits we tried in our break were really divine, my favourite was the chai ice cream. The shop sells some really lovely spices, chocolates and other bits as great souvenirs.
Vanilla spice tour is a must!
Christopher C,,Feb 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This is a great tour! We took our 3 year old and the in-laws and everyone had a blast. We learned so much about the history and production of these spices. The samples and the treats at the end were delicious!
Vanilla tour is a must when visiting the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area
christravels2222,,Feb 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is a great tour! We took our 3 year old and the in-laws and everyone had a blast. We learned so much about the history and production of these spices. The samples and the treats at the end were delicious!
This tour was very interesting. We learned a lot. Even about the butterflies and moths. Great tasting chocolate. Great!
Linda F,,Feb 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was a wonderful tour. We would definitely recommend to more people. The homemade ice cream was delicious.
This was the most...
Alicia M,,Jan 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was the most extraordinary experience. What an absolute dream to get to tour this farm while learning about the rich history of Costa Rican spices. We were lucky enough to be at the farm while the vanilla was drying out in the sun. I’ve never seen, and might not ever see so much vanilla in my life. Our tour guide was so incredibly knowledgeable and made the tour a lot of fun. I ended up being in a tour group with a retired couple. One of whom is a retired chemist, and now a hobbyist gardener. The two of them asked such great questions. The tour was hands on and involved every step of the way. We got to smell and/or taste every spice grown on the farm. My favorite was getting to eat a fresh green peppercorn and taste fresh cinnamon bark. After walking through the grounds we stopped at this beautiful overlook where they served a flight of ice creams, of course made with spices from the farm. Then we sampled some fresh cacao served with a flourless chocolate cake bite. Our tour guide added a couple of drops of vanilla to the cacao after our first sip, which was a treat. Then we made our way back to the beginning of the tour and we were able to buy spices, chocolate, vanilla extract and they had some house made sweet treats and milkshakes available for purchase. I cannot wait to return! Highly recommend this experience if you’re in the area.
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