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Remember the feeling you have towards the end of a really great vacation? Relaxed, clear, energized, able, transformed? Would you like that same feeling at the beginning of your next time away? Would you like to experience something uncommon, perhaps a little adventurous? Come visit us at our finca. We promise you a few well-spent days, an all inclusive accompanied and catered view of life in a marvelous little corner of the world. Finca Casacurry® is a working coffee farm graced by hundreds upon hundreds of flowers, flowering vines, palm trees, and fruit trees as well as several thousand Pacas and Borbon Arabicas. From Casacurry®, one has a stunning vista of eight volcanoes. Two gorgeous guest cabañas are nestled in a vast expanse of manicured St. Augustine's. Those impassioned by coffee, those looking for something out of the ordinary, those who wish to explore an agrarian community, those seeking immersion in great natural beauty would find a few days with us to be memorable and enriching. These hosted visits are customized from a menu of available itinerary selections. The selections include but are not limited to:

 

• the volcanic serenity of Casacurry
• romantic Pacific cliff side ristorantes - mariachis y camarones gigantes
• a stay at a seaside resort
• golfito rustico
• an in depth exploration of both estate farming and the larger commercial coffee growing and processing industry
• a glimpse of the rhythm of agrarian life
• roasting and cupping - a little sniff, slurp, & spit
• a gallery tour to view some amazing works by local fine artists and folk artists
• a walkthrough of the mercado in Sonsonate
• yoga in the mountains
• a private performance by a talented Salvadoreño opera singer
• a tour of the Apaneca region's La Ruta de las Flores 'the highway of the flowers'
• ancient Mayan ruins

 

The mountains are beautiful. The people are wonderful. The coffee is great. The local village La Majada and the vibrant nearby city of Sonsonate are from another world. The shrimp are gigantic and delicious. The mariachis are happy. The cabañas are serene. The cooking is excellent. The experience is rare and memorable. Why wouldn't you come?

 

When to visit?

Anytime really. Each season has its own character. That being said, there are two particularly wonderful times to visit us: early in the year around Easter, and late in the year from late November through early January.

 

Easter time is a marvelous time for a visit. The weather is perfect, the terrain is breathtakingly beautiful, and the coffee plants are laden with fragrant white flowers reminiscent of jasmine. The locals celebrate Easter by literally carpeting the streets with colorful murals. Weeks and weeks of preparation go into making the brightly colored materials used to transform pueblo streets into gorgeous, fleeting works of art. For one evening, normal traffic is replaced with ceremonial processions over brilliantly festooned carpets. Then the murals and processions are gone until next year.

 

Late in the year, from late November into January, it is all work. The beans are ready for harvest, the cortadores gather and prepare themselves, and the harvest begins. Small armies of cortadores move from place to place in packed buses and pickup trucks. Heavy bags of harvested beans are stacked along roadsides waiting for pick up and delivery to the beneficio for processing. Overladen trucks churn their way up and down curved roads making their way to delivery. In the cool evenings, the day's labor finished, everyone is out walking by the side of the road. Life thrums with harvest driven activity. This is an Apaneca to fall in love with. This is an experience that any coffee lover, any adventurer, any romantic would cherish forever.

 

The remainder of the year is marked by a rainy season and a dry season.

 

The rainy season corresponds with our Atlantic and Gulf hurricane season. Many of the Gulf of Mexico's tropical storms and hurricanes wind down to heavy rain in Central America. Apaneca is in the far west, near the Pacific. While the winds and the rain born in the Atlantic are memorable and powerfully compelling, they are not threatening. They are to be experienced. Between the intermittent storms, brilliant blue skies, sometimes with huge cumulus clouds, preside over a vibrantly verdant countryside. Sometimes in the late afternoon la neblina, a seriously dense fog, rolls in transforming the landscape to something barely visible and no longer recognizable as tropical. This, too, is a memorable experience.

 

The dry season comes during our North American winter, providing a welcome respite, a quiet beauty. The sky and mountains are perfect; the pace of life is slow. This is a subtle time to leave behind the demands of life.