Aquiares Estate The name Aquiares means "land between rivers" in the indigenous Huetar language, and Aquiares Estate is commonly known as "Aquiares Coffee and Community." It is the largest farm in Costa Rica and home to 1,800 people. Although the farm was founded in 1890, Alfonso Robelo is the man responsible for its transformation a century later. Alfonso arrived in Costa Rica in the 1980s seeking refuge from the civil war in Nicaragua, where he was politically active. When politics turned into violence, he fled the country to keep his family and himself safe after receiving several threats against his life. Once in Costa Rica, Alfonso began building the community of Aquiares on the charming slopes of the Turrialba volcano, a lush area of forests, rivers, wildlife, and vibrant flora.