flagmom Posted February 2, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Has anyone been on the HAL excursion called "Coastal Highlights and Banana Plantation?" The reviews on the HAL website are very mixed, and the most recent was over a year ago. Was hoping someone on here would have some more recent information on this tour, or comments on the possibility of visiting a banana plantation from the port at Limon. Thanks for your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Scrapnana Posted February 2, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I took this tour last year and enjoyed it. Here is a link to my blog about it. https://2018halgwv.blogspot.com/2018/01/puerto-limon-costa-rica-january-8-2018.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted February 2, 2019 #3 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Been there a couple times tied into a Tortugero Canals boat ride. Interesting and informative as a secondary component of another tour, less so IMO if it were the primary feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Kirikins Posted February 12, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Loved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELENPSL Posted February 13, 2019 #5 Share Posted February 13, 2019 The first time we did the tour to the Tayutic Hacienda. It's a long drive but we found it very relaxing and interesting. This tour is about 8 hours. Of course, we came back 45 minutes late but since we were on the ship's tour we didn't worry. The second time we did the tour of the Tortuguero Canals. That one is about a 4 hour tour. Again, it was a relaxing and lovely day out on the canals and we actually did see quite a bit of wildlife. Whatever you choose have a wonderful time. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzn single Posted February 13, 2019 #6 Share Posted February 13, 2019 We did this last year in April. Of all the excursions I have ever taken, I found this to be one of the best. Truly made me appreciate the lowly banana. Certainly a very labor intensive crop. The man at the plantation was very easy to understand and gave excellent descriptions of how the crop is grown. I would do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cher1 Posted February 13, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 13, 2019 (edited) We took the tour a year ago and disliked it. You sit outside in the jungle with mosquitos on plastic chairs to listen to someone talk about bananas. They take you into the packing house where you must first step on chemicals to enter. The ride was not very scenic. Edited February 13, 2019 by cher1 spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&Dhighdesert Posted February 17, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 17, 2019 We recently did the banana plantation tour. I would recommend it. I thought it was very informative. The plantation is organic. A lot more goes into growing bananas than I knew about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagmom Posted February 17, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Thank you to all who responded to my post. Your information and opinions are invaluable to us as we make our final trip decisions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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