15/05/2014
Learn where your beef comes from before it is exported to the world markets and how the Cattle Auction works from the ground up, with a complete Tour of the offices, corrals & grounds. Simulate a Cattle Auction where you are the Buyer, then the Auctioneer. Walk the back of the Ranch where the Rain Forest and River has Naturally taken back what was once a Teak Plantation and Date Palm Plantation, creating a Swamp Forest area with great Biodiversity of Plant life, Birds, Reptiles and Animals. Look for our 10ft Crocodile in the Lagoon Pond. Includes a typical meal and drink after your tour, in the Famous Vaquero Pobre - the Poor Cowboys Tavern, where the Bar Top is a History of the Old Chiquita Banana Company. See the Hand Oil Painted Mural Walls inside the Poor Cowboys Tavern with 20,000 bottle caps and over 4,000 beer bottles for windows - The Wall of Parrita & walk through the Old 1901 Train Caboose left over from Chiquita Banana Co., when it started here in the Parrita area, over 100 years ago! Eat a typical “Casado” lunch/Dinner to top it off. Perfect for the entire family!
– Tours Daily 8:00am & 2:00pm
– Cost per Adult $45 / Children $30 (minimum of 2 persons)(Tour time 5 hrs)