Travel across Costa Rica on a Small Group tour that links pre-Columbian heritage, artisan towns, cloud forest and the Pacific coast. In San José, enjoy a Before-Hours visit to the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum. Share an authentic experience with Randall and Doña Aradina for lunch and a visit to their orchid garden, then visit an organic farm on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience to cook with garden produce you’ve harvested. Learn about cloud-forest restoration with naturalist Edwin Ramírez, walk Monteverde’s hanging bridges and take a Bebedero River tour before your stay in Guanacaste.
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Enjoy the sights and the sounds of the rainforest and experience its peacefulness as we quietly paddle the Penas Blancas river. Monkeys, sloths, iguanas, crocodiles, and numerous tropical birds await us!
You will truly appreciate the wonders of Penas Blancas river and the surrounding rainforest as we float down the river, this way you will enjoy the journey quietly rowing and taking photos.
The kayak tour will also take you to enjoy a visit to learn about coffee, cacao and sugar from sugarcane, as well as the importance of these crops for Costa Rica development, followed by a typical snack and tasting of the final meals from these plants.
In our tour, you will have the best part of your visit to La Fortuna. Come and enjoy this great experience!
Enjoy the sights and the sounds of the rainforest and experience its peacefulness as we quietly paddle the Penas Blancas river. Monkeys, sloths, iguanas, crocodiles, and numerous tropical birds await us!
You will truly appreciate the wonders of Penas Blancas river and the surrounding rainforest as we float down the river, this way you will enjoy the journey quietly rowing and taking photos.
The safari float tour will also take you to enjoy a visit to learn about coffee, cacao and sugar from sugarcane, as well as the importance of these crops for Costa Rica development, followed by a typical snack and tasting of the final meals from these plants.
In our tour, you will have the best part of your visit to La Fortuna. Come and enjoy this great experience!.
Your trip to Costa Rica will not be complete without visiting the magnificent Arenal Volcano and its thermal waters Ecotermales.
Feel and see the power of being in the presence of an active volcano while hiking old lava fields then afterwards soak your body into therapeutic waters of the Hot Springs while watching the volcano if the weather let us.
The Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge and the Rio Frio are biologically humid areas considered to be one of the richest in biological diversity in Costa Rica. Here you can find a great variety of resident and migratory birds plus three different species of monkeys, also iguanas, sloths, turtles and caymans.
The tour starts when we pick up all "Nature Lovers" from the hotel in a very comfortable bus for the 1-1/2 hour Transfer to Los Chiles, a culturally mixed village only 4-km from the Nicaraguan border. Here your boat waits for your river adventure, at that time we begin our 2 1/2 hour floating safari through Tropical Rain Forest and pastures until we arrive at the marsh.
Some birds are residents in the area and it is possible to see hundreds of them especially during the dry season. Some of them are Anhinga or Snake - bird, Roseate Spoonbill, it is possible to see little groups of this bird eating in the surroundings of the river. Wood Storks, the Jabiru, is the largest bird in Central America and very endangered. Also, the Olivaceous Cormorant, which makes its nest in the area, it is also the most popular bird in the area.
Along the river, we can see howler monkeys, spider monkeys, white-faced monkeys, also the three-toed sloth and some reptiles like caimans, Jesus Christ lizard and turtles
This trip includes a typical Costa Rican lunch, regional fruit, natural juices and coffee, all served for our client's comfort at our Rio Frio Restaurant; natural juices, bottled water and cookies are also included during the boat tour.
Enjoy the rainforest through 2.5 km of bridges and trails at the Hanging Bridges or 6 km of flat water on the Penas Blancas River for the Safari Float, both areas full of tropical flora and fauna.
End the day with the sounds of the volcano in the distance, and memories that will last a lifetime. Choose between these 2 options:
Safari Float + Waterfall Hike + Farm Lunch + Volcano Hike + Baldi Hot Springs + Safari Float/Penas Blancas River
Hanging Bridges
Over 2.5 km of trails through rainforest, 15 bridges from 5 to 100 m long and some over 70 m high. This trail is full of flora & fauna and amazing views of the Arenal Volcano. (Closed tennis or hiking shoes are mandatory, the park will not allow entry to the trails to those passengers who use sandals or shoes that do not fully cover their feet.)
La Fortuna Waterfall
Back to La Fortuna the tour takes ahead for the waterfall ; a view of the 70 m high waterfall and a 600 m hike to the natural pool at the base. (Bring swim clothes, towel and special water shoes as the river bottom is rocky). Later on, drive to an organic production farm near La Fortuna for lunch.
Arenal Volcano Hike
About 2pm the tour continues to the Arenal 1968 Park, here the guide will talk about the natural and geological history of the volcano, cross a path of solid lava and enjoy an excellent view of the volcano and Lake Arenal.
Baldi Hot Springs
After the volcano Hike the bus will drive you to the Baldi Hot Springs, here you can enjoy the relaxing baths and waterfalls. At the end of the day, before driving everybody back to the hotel, a delicious buffet dinner.
Safari Float/Penas Blancas River
If you choose the second option, to safari Costa Rica is the best way to see its wonders. This safari floating trip will allow you to see places that you cannot reach by car and not even by horseback! Together with a breathtaking landscape, the Rio Penas Blancas is merely the best to safari Costa Rica! Enjoy the sights and the sounds of the tropic; experience its peacefulness as we quietly paddle down the Penas Blancas river. Monkeys, sloth's, iguanas, crocodiles and numerous tropical birds await you!
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