Tico Fusion

Following our tradition of offering unique and personal travel experiences, E4 Travel presents Costa Rican Culinary & Fusion Food Tours. These trips feature exquisite meals, instruction from professional chefs and a combination of great food and even better scenary to provide food lovers with the best in Costa Rica dining.

Take advantage of local, international, and fusion food dining in Costa Rica's Central Valley. Enjoy the stunning views overlooking the valley as you sample the best in Costa Rican cuisine. From the Central Valley head over to the Caribbean Coast where the beautiful beaches and clear waters compliment fine dining experiences dominated by unique tico and caribbean dishes. The Pacific Coast offers some of the best in Costa Rican local cuisine as well as fresh seafood from the Pacific Ocean and unique food experiences on the Osa Peninsula to the south.

In addition too fine dining and fusion food, our Culinary Tours also feature food production in rural communities; cheese making, coffe production, chocolate farms, and visits to local "home cooking style", 'soda' restaurants.

The final key ingredient to our Culinary Tours is guided instruction. E4 partners with chefs, cooks, restaurants, and food production facilities to provide unique cooking lessons to supplement your dining experience. Learn techniques for creating fusion food dishes as well as organic foods, seafood, desserts, and drinks from our culinary workshops and pre/post meal activities.

Combined with eco activities, our culinary itineraries are packed with a buffet of options that will surely fill your plate and have you coming back for seconds. Remember, culinary tours can be combined with any other theme tour and cutomized to your liking. Come celebrate the joy of cooking (and eating!) with E4 Travel.

For more information on participating restaurants, instructors, cuisines, and destination regions please contact an E4 Travel Representative today or fill out an information request form here.

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What's included in a Standard Trip?

Trip Highlights

Custom Options

E4 Travel English/Spanish bilingual guides. Our guides will supplement your travel experience with communication, culture, organization, and efficiency.
Airport pickup at Juan Santamaria Airport in San Jose/Alajuela. Private ground transport to all destinations in Costa Rica. Option for domestic air transport as well.
Lodging for each night of your stay. Budget, Standard, Luxury, and Eco/Green options for hotels (where available).
3 meals per day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, travel snacks as well. Meals are catered to your dietary requests when possible.
Entrance to all activities, parks, and hotel services specified in your itinerary; activity/park/local guides included.

Activities & Destinations: Tell us where you want to go and what you want to do.
Volunteer your time & resources: Add a volunteer element to your itinerary as part of our Travel Initiatives Program. Present purchased supplies to a local school, serve lunch, teach a short English lesson. Whether its two hours or two weeks of your time and effort, it is truly invaluable to our efforts to develop a model of responsible tourism in Costa Rica.
Lodging: Budget, Standard, Luxury and Eco/Green (where available). You can choose from our list of preferred hotels, hotels in our lodging directory, or a hotel you've read or heard about somewhere else. For all reservations booked at eco lodges and luxury hotels, E4 Travel will donate an extra 5% of profits to community projects and initiatives*.
Meals: Customize your meal reservations according to your diet, culinary interests, and travel itinerary. Options for vegetarian & organic, high protein & carbo, as well as fusion foods. Custom meal options depend on your choice of destination and group size. We make every effort to accommodate. Read or hear about a great restaurant not mentioned on our site? Tell us about it and we'll make sure you have a table for 2...or more waiting for you upon arrival!
Guides: E4 Travel provides a bilingual (English/Spanish) guide for each group. Additional guides can be requested or you may choose to travel without an E4 Guide (activity, park, and local guides still included) You may also sponsor a local youth guide through our tourism education travel initiative.
Transportation: Standard trips provide private ground transportation to all destinations in your itinerary, however you may opt to travel by semi-private shuttle, car, domestic air, or public transportation depending on your personal preference and budget.

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Interested in more than just adventure? Combine activities, destinations, and lodging options just the way you like using our custom itinerary request form.

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The total cost of your trip is dependant on the options for lodging, transportation, activities, destinations, and meals, you select according to your length of stay and budget. As a guide we offer the following rough breakdown of trip and tour prices:

Budget Trips: $550-$1,000
Economy Trips: $1,000-$1,750
Luxury Trips: $1,750-$3,000+

Prices are listed per person based on double occupancy, 7 days/6 nights.

For specific price quotes, contact an E4 Travel Representative today. Fill out and submit our custom itinerary request and we will get back to you with a proposed itinerary and quote within 24-48 hours. Preparation of this proposed itinerary is complimentary.

5% of all sales and profits earned by E4 Travel are donated directly to local projects sponsored by E4 Initiatives.

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