Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center
Study Medicinal Plants & Traditional Healingways in Costa Rica
Group Trips, Retreats, Apprenticeship,
Daily, Weekly, Monthly Lodging Onsite Lodging
Have you always dreamed of spending your days where the jungle meets the sea, immersing yourself in tropical rhythms, exploring plants and learning from indigenous and traditional Costa Rican plant people? Join us at Wild Ginger Herbal Center in Costa Rica!
The incredible Talamancan Coast of the South Caribbean of Costa Rica is where everything got started for Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center. Here our home is our community education center is in the heart of Manzanillo, a small village on the Caribbean Sea located at the end of the road on the South Caribbean. At our center we host workshops, groups, apprentices, plant walks and more! Our programming runs from November through April each year. We have been facilitating incredible cross cultural and educational programming for many years in this region home to Indigenous communities such as the BriBri, Kekoldi, and Cabecar, Chinese and Afro-Costa Rican communities, as well as immigrant communities from North American and Canada. Our programs highlight the local plant people, farmers, herbalists, healers, seedsavers, the keepers of this knowledge and culture, those who are helping it to continue on and to thrive into the future. Our tours support first and foremost the local economy, our teachers, hosts, and tours are all Costa Rican owned and operated.
Upcoming Courses
2020 Courses Closed for Registration
Daily Workshops
Email [email protected] to pre-schedule
All classes are on - demand and require a minimum of two people
Payment is in cash upon arrival, in US Dollars or equivalent in Costa Rican Colones, exact payment is appreciated
Local Medicinal Plant Walk - Bush Medicine of the Caribe Sur
2.5 hours walk throughout Manzanillo with local herbalist focusing on traditional Afro Costa Rican uses for herbs. Join local Afro-Costa Rican folk herbalist for a walk through her hometown sharing through stories and demonstration the various medicinal plants taught to her by her grandmother. She carries on the traditions of her ancestors and shares the way she raised her 9 kids and continues to help serve her local community with the abundant green medicine in our region.
$30 per person
Indigenous Chocolate Making & Waterfall Hike
Visit local Indigenous communities learn traditional plants, foods, chocolate making plus hike to waterfall in indigenous reserve!
7 hours includes transportation to and from Manzanillo-Puerto Viejo to BriBri and all activities, please bring water and a packed lunch
$60 per person
Nature Walk in Gondoca Manzanillo National Park
4-5 hour hike in local national park observing local flora and fauna, frequent sitings of monkeys, sloths, amazing plant and animal life. Good footwear is necessary!
$40 per person
Coconut Oil Making Workshop
2 hour workshop learning how create delicious and nutritious coconut oil in the traditional way, from coconut to oil! This is a hands on workshop where participants actually help make the coconut oil, and participants will leave with their own coconut oil!
$30 each
Traditional Caribbean Cooking Class
2 hour class in which you learn on of the most traditional dishes of the Afro Costa Rican communities made with all natural locally grown ingredients. This class is participatory, everyone participates to create this beautiful meal, and shares a meal together at the end!
$30 per person.
2.5 hours walk throughout Manzanillo with local herbalist focusing on traditional Afro Costa Rican uses for herbs. Join local Afro-Costa Rican folk herbalist for a walk through her hometown sharing through stories and demonstration the various medicinal plants taught to her by her grandmother. She carries on the traditions of her ancestors and shares the way she raised her 9 kids and continues to help serve her local community with the abundant green medicine in our region.
$30 per person
Indigenous Chocolate Making & Waterfall Hike
Visit local Indigenous communities learn traditional plants, foods, chocolate making plus hike to waterfall in indigenous reserve!
7 hours includes transportation to and from Manzanillo-Puerto Viejo to BriBri and all activities, please bring water and a packed lunch
$60 per person
Nature Walk in Gondoca Manzanillo National Park
4-5 hour hike in local national park observing local flora and fauna, frequent sitings of monkeys, sloths, amazing plant and animal life. Good footwear is necessary!
$40 per person
Coconut Oil Making Workshop
2 hour workshop learning how create delicious and nutritious coconut oil in the traditional way, from coconut to oil! This is a hands on workshop where participants actually help make the coconut oil, and participants will leave with their own coconut oil!
$30 each
Traditional Caribbean Cooking Class
2 hour class in which you learn on of the most traditional dishes of the Afro Costa Rican communities made with all natural locally grown ingredients. This class is participatory, everyone participates to create this beautiful meal, and shares a meal together at the end!
$30 per person.
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