{"id":29659,"date":"2023-12-08T13:52:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacuareoutdoorcenter.com\/?p=29659"},"modified":"2025-08-17T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T11:58:07","slug":"visiting-the-nortico-cacao-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacuareoutdoorcenter.com\/nl\/2023\/12\/08\/visiting-the-nortico-cacao-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the Nortico Cacao Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just fifteen minutes from our Turrialba location, and on the way to the Pacuare River<\/a> is Nortico Cacao Farm, a sustainable family farm located in Pavones. The name Nortico is a blend of the two owners’ heritages, Ann-Elin and Aldo, the husband-wife duo who founded the farm in 2016. Ann-Elin is from Norway and Aldo is from Costa Rica. With the phrase “Tico”<\/a> meaning native Costa Rican, blended with Norway you get Nortico.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On custom itineraries or student trips, we often book a morning tour at Nortico before we push off to the Pacuare River and start our rafting adventure. These tours are informative and hands-on. You’ll learn about Nortico’s ethos of sustainable and fair-trade farming and you’ll see firsthand the process of growing cacao, harvesting it, and turning it into chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those interested in stopping at Nortico for an amazing tour of their cacao property, simply send us a message<\/a> and we can build out a custom trip itinerary for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What their tours are like<\/h3>\n\n\n