Costa Rica

Mother earth tour

Comprehensive three days experience to learn about medicinal plants and share time with the Bribri indigenous community.

Price from 160$

Schedule

  • DAY 1

    Arrival at Suretka and check in at your accomodation

  • DAY 2 - 07:30 AM

    Start walking towards the mountains: observation of flora, local fauna and medicinal plants

  • DAY 2 - 01 PM

    Return to Suretka and lunch

  • DAY 2 - 02 PM

    Relaxation by the river (with the possibility of swimming)

  • DAY 2 - 06 PM

    Dinner and overnight stay in Suretka

  • DAY 3 - 07:30 AM

    Breakfast and check out

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Nature and outdoors

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Food and socialization

When you enter the Bribri community you have to reset your mind at a different pace. Here the days are longer, people calmer and everything that will happen is merrier. This is because nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. What is her secret? We do not have any answer for that, we are just tourist professionals, but what we know is that you will find here a full, enriching experience and maybe you will be able to discover it for us all! We offer you a tour to learn about medicinal plants, their use to cure body and soul and a chillout evening on the river. Come to meet our Bribri host, his family and his clan!

The itinerery

DAY 1 

Arrival at Suretka and overnight in a typical indigenous wooden home (a simple, basic and very clean wooden home).

DAY 2

We begin our experience in Suretka  and from here we walk for about 3 km in the heart of the Bribri territory – one of the pre-Columbian ethnic groups that have preserved their rich culture and their traditions – crossing the unspoiled nature in the Canton of Talamanca , Province of Limon.

Accompanied by our host, belonging to the Tsiníkichawak Clan, we get to know the culture and way of life of this indigenous population that has preserved a special relationship with nature and divinity.

Our walk is carried out in different stages and has the aim of introducing us to Mother Earth and its inhabitants. Our guide shows us the animal species that populate the area (reptiles, amphibians, mammals, birds, insects) and shows us the shrubs and plants whose material is used for the production of bags, hats, hammocks, as well as the different types of medicinal plants, their function and use.

Lunch included.

An important part of the meeting with the Bribri is dedicated to the spirituality and the relationship with the divinity that this population maintains first of all through their shamans.

At night, after having eaten dinner, we spend some time speaking and telling stories on the porch.

DAY 3

The next morning we greet the new day with breakfast offered to us by our host.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • Suretka, which is a small village 16 km from Bribri and 30 from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca.
  • We meet at the Clinic (meeting place of the local population, near the football field).
  • The accomodation is a typical Bribri home, basic and clean, with an outside bathroom
  • There is free parking available here.
  • If you arrive by public transport, you need to reach Bribri terminal station and took a chicken bus to Suretka (there are two, you have to choose the one direction Bambù).
  • If you need the transport service from Suretka to another location, our guide can book you this extra service.

What is included?

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What to bring?

We suggest you dress appropriately with comfortable clothes and hiking shoes. We suggest you bring a jacket, bugs repellent, sunscreen, waterproof jacket, sunglasses, sun hat and whatever you consider necessary.

What to expect?