Visit to Cachabri Indian Village

Minimum 4 passengers

The tour for today is unique. We are not selling this tour except for large and specific groups because of its complexity. 10 days in advance we have to go to Cachabri requesting a permission to take the passengers there. And we have to wait until the headquarters authorize the visit.

Today passengers will have a visit to Amubri, Bribri and Cachabri Indian Village located 3 hours from Almonds & Corals, going into the Talamanca Mountain Range. With the private bus, passengers will get to Sixaola River, here we will transfer them by boat to the other side of the river.

Our van will pick up the people at the hotel at 7:00 a.m. At 9:00 a.m. they will catch the public bus that Indians use to be transferred to Amubri, as we ride along the road, we will see the every day life of the community. We will see cocoa plantations, bananas, thatch roofed huts, chicken, pigs, dogs and the simplicity of life of this people. We arrive to Amubri and then to Cachabri on the bus after 45 minutes driving time and at Cachabri we will be met by an AWA (Indigenous medicine man). He will take us to the “USURE” which is the conical thatch building that they use for ceremonies and he will tell us about their traditions, their beliefs and about some rituals that they perform.

Your guide will translate you the information. Right by the “USURE” there is the OROWE, another construction, this one for social meetings. After this introduction we will walk to their botanical garden at about half hour walking distance from the village, and the AWA himself will explain about the purpose of the garden, about the different plants they use for the different cases and about the preparation of them. On the way back to the village, we will see the big flat stone they use to grind their grains and we will hear the story about bringing this one from the river. We will return to the OROWE for a picnic box lunch.

At 2:00p.m. passengers must catch the public bus back to the Sixaola river and then back to Almonds & Corals. On the way back we will visit the Iguana Project from the Bribri Indians also. Passengers will be arriving back to their hotels around 5:30 p.m.

Includes: Transportation by van, tour guide and box lunch