Half Day Cultural

Visit Guaitil and Santa Cruz towns. Santa Cruz is the Folklore capital of Costa Rica, in this tour you are going to get to know this Costa Rican community.

The small village of “Guaitil” is home of the last descendants of the Mayans in our country. Proud of their heritage, they have protected much of their culture; especially their ceramic art. Admire how they hand shape mud in to pottery painted with natural soil colors, just like their ancestors did thousands of years ago.

Guaitil is a small village located just outside Santa Cruz, the primary center of Costa Rican folklore.

In this town, people make clay pots by hand, decorate them with the earth´s natural colors and fire them in giant wood-burning ovens, just as their ancestors, the Chorotega Indians, did.

The Chorotegas, is a group of Indians who ruled the land between Lake Nicaragua and the Nicoya Peninsula. Also, during the journey, some of the animals Here, pottery will be shown in all kind of shapes and sizes. Learn about Guanacaste´s watching the pottery works

This tour Includes: A/C Transportation, bilingual Tour Guide.

Please wear: Shorts, T-shirt, Tennis shoes.

Please bring: Sunscreen, hat, camera.