THE LANDSLIDE FARM

FINCA EL DERRUMBE,LOCATED ON CALLE DE ALEGRIA TO BERLIN, USULUTAN , AT AN ALTITUDE OR 1,200 TO 1,500 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALEGRIA LAGOON CRATER THE ESMERALD OR AMERICA, KNOWN FOR ITS TURQUOISE WATERS, IS A BEAUTIFUL TOURIST DESTINATION IN THE EAST .THE NAME OF THE ESTATE ORIGINATES FROM THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION THAT OCURRED 500 YEARS AGO, WHICH EJECTED VOLCANIC MATERIAL. IT HAS GREAT TOURIST POTENTIAL, WITH BEAUTIFUL VIEWS AND TWO TOURIST STREETS THE PROPERTY FEATURES INTERIOR STONE WALLS FOR STREETS AND RAINWATER RETENTION, AS WELL AS A WATER SOURCE. THE FARM IS A COFFEE FOREST WITH INGA TREES AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES. IT BOASTS A VARIETY OF COFFEES, INCLUDING BOURBON, RED AND YELLOW ICATU , COSTA RICAN COFFEE, AN CUSCATLECO. THIS YEAR, THE TABI AND KENIA VARIETIES, BOTH BOURBON VARIETIES,WERE ALSO PLANTED. THE RESERVE FOREST INCLUDES CAVERNS AND NATURAL SPRINGS. THE INTERIOR STREETS ARE PAVED WITH STONE, AND THERE ARE MULE AND CART PATHS. THE PROPERTY PRESERVES SEVERAL KILOMETERS OF STONE AND RETAINING WALLS TO PREVENT LANDSLIDES. IT IS ANEXCELLENT BIRDWATCHING SITE, WITH OWLS. TOUCANS AND ENDANGERED AGOUTIS AND PACAS , RABBITS , DEER GOPHERS, COYOTES, BUTTERFLIES , INSECTS, FUNGI , AND FOREST FLORA. THESE LANDS WERE WORKED BY ITALIAN INMIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY IN 1850 THIS PROPERTY COULD BE USED AS AN ECO-HOTEL WITH A RESTAURANT ON THE LOWER LEVEL .