When thinking about adventure tours Costa Rica, 3 Monkies CR offers the best full day tours. From private day tours to outdoor tours, our clients are always satisfied when visiting Guanacaste Province.
One of the most booked tours is the Kiwanda Maji Full Day Tour. You will have the opportunity of watching and feeding farm animals, tasting some traditional Costa Rican cheese and walking through amazing paths.
Kiwanda Maji
Kiwanda Maji is a beautiful complex located at the slopes of Rincón de la Vieja National Park and just 41 miles from Liberia Costa Rica airport. This extraordinary place will take you to an unforgettable experience.
From the Swahili dialect, Kiwanda Maji means Fábrica de Agua (water factory). This name is due to its closeness to different rivers and waterfalls that surround this amazing ranch.
The weather in this region is mostly rainy and that is the reason why Kiwanda Maji has exceptional vegetation with tall trees and wildlife. Kiwanda Maji full day tour is the perfect combination among nature and fun.
Adventure tours Costa Rica in Kiwanda Maji will let you enjoy and learn about its cheese production and see farm animals like pigs, cows, and hens. Plus, you will get the chance of eating a variety of fruits and seeing the two amazing waterfalls the precinct has.
Our tourists probably do not know much about this region of Gavilán de Upala. Nonetheless, we ensure you that this little town will bring you fun and one of the best Costa Rica tours.
What to do at Kiwanda Maji
In this Costa Rica adventure tour you will have the opportunity of doing a variety of activities such as visiting the cattle and going to the dairy and cheese factory. At the end of the day, you will be very pleased and happy about this trip.
Kiwanda Maji full day tour has professional and bilingual guides that will explain you everything about the complex. Also, they will take you to all the activities you must do while visiting Kiwanda Maji.
Farm Area
Once you arrive to Kiwanda Maji, the first thing you will do is visit the farm area. In this part of the tour, you will have the opportunity of interacting with most of all animals of the farm.
The farm has a specific station for each animal. That is to say that goats, sheep, pigs, hens, cows and donkeys are located separately. In each spot you will learn about them and you will be able to feed them.
In the dairy area, you will get the chance of milking cows and bottle feed the calves. You will also know about the milking machine process which need to done before 11 AM to avoid mastitis in cows.
Finally, after seeing and having fun with all animals, you will visit the “Hens Gallery”. In this area, you will know everything about hens and chickens and you will get some corn to feed them.
Cheese Factory
Costa Rica adventure tours are better if there is food involved. In Kiwanda Maji you will enjoy an awesome cheese tasting. But, before tasting all the cheese you can, you will learn about the production of artisan cheese.
As you know, cheese comes from cow’s milk and before making this delicious cheese, milk need to go through a process. Once you learn and see such process, it is time to eat cheese!
Kiwanda Maji’s workers make the most delightful cheese of Upala area. The combination between salty and sweet makes these cheese one of a kind. Regarding sweetness, some cheese have guava or passion fruit jam.
In regards of salty flavor, cheese in Kiwanda Maji is combined with some spices such as thyme, basil, rosemary, and parsley. For those who like a more natural flavor, there are some cheese with not flavor at all.
Hiking and waterfalls
Your Kiwanda Maji full day tour will end with a walk through a long path (about 40 minutes) where you will visit different waterfalls. The first and the most important is waterfall Itio where you will see a magnificent great fall.
The second waterfall is El Gavilán where you will appreciate its sound and its natural force. While walking to the rainforest, take a minute to explore and see the different tree species, birds and some insects.
Once you finish your tour, you can take a stop at Kiwanda Maji’s restaurant where you can eat typical meals and eat more cheese. The restaurant has a lake with a natural light blue color thanks to the minerals of Rincón de la Vieja volcano.
After lunch, you and your mates can do kayak in the lake or walk around the gardens and keep enjoying the natural beauty of Kiwanda Maji complex in this Costa Rica adventure tour.