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Nacientes Palmichal Community Experience

ABOUT US:

Amazing nature just an hour away from San Jose. At 43 Km from the capital you will be able to discover this amazing and beautiful natural place, with crystalline waters, primary forest and great diversity of flora and fauna.

This is how rural San Jose looks like. Sharing with the people from Tabarcia and Palmichal is the way to get to know the other side of San Jose and discover the quiet and simple way of life of the countryside people. You will get to know how they cultivate coffee, oranges and other plants. And while you are tasting different types of exotic fruits you can listen to stories about this peaceful place so close to the capital, learn about the process of making coffee and taste a good cup of it.

Rural San José - a communitarian experience with clear strong ideas. Take a look at this example of community organization that preserves our natural resources, has achieved motivation from public institutions and companies to protect de basin of the Rivers Negro and Tabarcia and currently applies a sustainable development strategic plan.

Protecting water and forest:
Learn about how we preserve and protect 42 hectares of primary and secondary cloud forest and all the species of flora and fauna.

A nature friendly production:
Looking closer at the work of ADESSARU you will have the opportunity to meet with small producers at their pig farms and witness the production of biogas and bio-fertilizer as well as the production of vegetables through organic agriculture and other methods.

Nacientes Palmichal…
An open environmental classroom!

The Association ADESSARU puts at your disposal ample natural resources and its infrastructure with comfortable accommodations and spacious rooms for meetings, trainings or as a starting-point for country tours.

Nacientes Palmichal offers a great variety of activities for you to enjoy!

Such as walks on our trails and observation of the primary forest, tours to waterfalls and natural ponds, visits to agro-forestal farms, orange juice production-sites, coffee plantations, or an approach to the indigenous Huetar culture, among lots of other activities.

HISTORY:

In 1991 a group of 15 neighbors from the community of Palmichal of Acosta and other surrounding communities organized to protect the forest of the Basin Nacientes Palmichal, formed by the Negro and Tabarcia Rivers, and to teach the population conservation and protection habits. With the Ecology Week Celebration our work of environmental education with kids and teachers started, combining festivals, forums and other activities. 

 Thanks to the support of Beneficio Palmichal Company related to Neumann’s Kaffee Gruppe and the Hanseatische Natur und Umweltinitiative (Hanseatic Initiative for Nature and Environment) with its main branch in Hamburg, Germany, the association was able to acquire 42 hectares, at 1500 meters above sea level including primary forest. This area used to be exploited for cattle farming, but is now used for water production and protection of flora and fauna. It will be declared the first Natural Monument of this country, managed by the local government of Acosta, the Ministry of Environment and the community.

The Association ADESSARU, that currently has more than 50 associates, elaborated a plan for sustainable development of the basin, thanks to the guidance of IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura) along with the local governments of Acosta, Puriscal and Mora and public and private institutions. It is a strong experience of community and created a sense of cooperation, which is very important in an area, that’s home to more than 40 thousand. Currently there are programs in place for adequate use of soil, production of water, environmental education.

For the construction of the environmental school funds have been available from the Small Donations Program of PNUD and the JAVA Trading Company.

ADESSARU’s goal is to turn this basin in an open environmental classroom, where kids, students, teachers and neighbors can learn about sustainable and adequate use of natural resources, get to know conservative practices and share the resources of the basin with agro ecologic tourists.

Enjoy the beautiful scenery and experience the multiple cultures of Rural San Jose where the Huetar ethnic group and the rest of the population live side by side.