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  • ADVENTURE
    Buena Vista Canopy & Natural Spa Tour
Duration: Full day!! Starts: 7:30AM - 6PM APROX.
Wear: Tennis shoes, T shirt and shorts.
Bring: Camera, binoculars, swimsuit, long pants, sunscreen, insect repellent and change clothes.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch
Entrance fees and dinner.
USD$115.00

Description:

Enjoy a day of adventure!!! Trails built up in the top of the trees. The tree top canopy has twelve platforms and ten zip lines from 150 to 400 feets long.

Cool off on the 1500 ft. long water slide. And then horseback riding to the thermal waters, steambath and natural spa, located at the foot of Rincon de la Vieja Volcano.

Al this activities makes the adventure more exciting and high adrenaline.

Buena Vista is located near by Rincon de la Vieja National Park. In this tour you will enjoy the primary forest on a different way: trails built up in the top of the trees (about 105 feet high). A small hike takes you to the first platform, from there you start swinging to the other 12 platforms, which are connected by 9 cables from 150 to 400 feets long.

During the canopy, that last almost three hours, you will have the opportunity to observe the surrounding forest from a new perspective…. just like Tarzan!!

You might be getting hot by now because of the canopy, so it is time to cool off on the 1200 ft. long water slide.                                                                                                                             After having lunch at the Lodge, we start the third part of the tour: Horseback riding to the thermal waters, steambath and natural spa, located at the foot of Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. Here, you will enjoy the rejuvenating treatments with volcanic mud and mineral waters.

On your way there you will enjoy the wildlife of a transitional forest ( between dry and rain forest), where you might be able to spot monkeys, squirrels and a variety of butterflies and birds such as wood peckers and toucans.

If you like ADVENTURE, prove this one!

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  • WILDLIFE & NATURE
    Arenal Volcano Combo Tour

Duration: Full day!! From 7:30AM – 11:30PM APROX.
Wear: Comfortable shoes, long pants or shorts and T shirt.
Bring: Sandals or wet shoes, swimsuit, a cap, and a change of clothes.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch
Entrance fees and dinner.
USD$115.00

Description:

Its loud rumblings and frequent explosions of lava and ash during the day create a show that will stun you from miles away.

Let´s take a ride through the heavenly landscape of Lake Arenal and enjoy a hiking tour at the surroundings of the volcano, in an overview area called El Silencio.

After that, you will experience the mineral hot springs.                                                               After nightfall, the glow of flowing lava can be seen from several points in the area (if it´s not cloudy)

Option #1: The perfectly cone shaped volcano raises 4.899 feet above the sea level. It has been active since 1968, when it made its largest eruption. Its loud rumblings and frequent explosions of lava and ash during the day create a show that will stun you from miles away.

On your way there, you will ride through the heavenly landscape of Lake Arenal, a man made lake that provides water for an hydroelectric plant and for irrigation in the low lands of Guanacaste province during the dry season.

As an option, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a hiking tour at the surroundings of the volcano, in an overview area called El Silencio. After that, you will experience the mineral hot springs.

After nightfall, the glow of flowing lava can be seen from several points in the area (if it´s not cloudy). During the tour it is possible to spot toucans, guans, oropendolas, monkeys and coatis.

Option #2: Arenal Volcano by night, same tour but does not include the hiking trip!!! (Duration: 9am – 11:30pm.

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  • WILDLIFE & NATURE
    Palo Verde National Park Tours
    (TEMPISQUE RIVER)

Duration: Full Day!! From 7:30AM – 3PM (put may change because of tide).
Wear: Tennis shoes, shorts and T shirt.
Bring: Camera, binoculars, sunscreen, insect repellent, hat or cap.
Included:

Price
 

Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch

USD$75.00

For wildlife lovers!!! Come and visit Palo Verde, one of the most important and interesting National Parks in Costa Rica.

12 different habitats within the park including: mangroves, swamps, swamps forests, saltwater and freshwater lagoons and marshes.

Enjoy a two hours boat ride on the Tempisque River watching the fabulous array of wild birds and a myriad of creatures such as howler and whiteface monkeys, green iguanas and coatis, anteaters and crocodiles.

Description:

Palo Verde is one of the most important and interesting National Parks in Costa Rica. It has at least 12 different habitats within the park including: mangroves, swamps, swamps forests, saltwater and freshwater lagoons and marshes.

In this tour you will get into the Tempisque River, the most important river of the Guanacaste. On this river you will enjoy a two and a half hours boat ride. From the boat, watch the fabulous array of wild birds and a myriad of creatures such as howler monkeys, green iguanas and coatis, anteaters and crocodiles.

The park provides shelter for a great variety of birds such as the American Woodstock, the Roseate Spoonbill, the Boat-billed Heron, the Tiger Heron and the Tropical Kingbird.

This is a great tour for those who love nature and bird watching!

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  • WILDLIFE & NATURE
    Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Duration: Full day!! From 7:30AM – 3PM APROX.
Wear: Hiking shoes, long pants or shorts, T shirt and a cap.
Bring: Binoculars, camera, sunscreen, insect repellent and rain gear.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch
Entrance fee to the park.
USD$75.00   (close on Mondays)

This National Park was created to protect the biodiversity around Rincon de la Vieja Volcano area.

Fumaroles, hot mud pools and the eerie steam holes of Las Pailas create an amazing landscape. Our hiking tour for about two hours through this ancient forest shows you temporal Waterfalls, Rincon de la Vieja´s Volcano geothermal wonders, huge trees that protect spider monkeys, leaf-cutter ants, toucans and all kind of great and small creatures.

Description:

This National Park was created to protect the biodiversity around Rincon de la Vieja Volcano area. It extends over 14083 hectares of semi-deciduous forest and very moist forest and includes a barren rocky terrain at altitudes that range from 1950 feet to 5748 feet above the sea level on the Caribbean and Pacific sides of the Guanacaste Volcanic Mountain Range. Fumaroles, hot mud pools and the eerie steam holes of Las Pailas create an amazing landscape.

The hiking tour takes about two hours. During this hiking you will get to see the secondary Waterfall, which is about 195 feet high and is located on a rocky terrain devastated by the volcanic eruptions.

The tour not only provides the opportunity to appreciate Rincon de la Vieja´s geothermal wonders, it also allows a close view of an ancient forest hundreds of years old. Huge trees protect spider monkeys, leaf-cutter ants, toucans and all kind of great and small creatures.

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  • WILDLIFE & NATURE
    Corobici River Floating Tour

Duration: Full day!! From 7:30AM – 3PM APROX.
Wear: Shorts, T shirt and a cap.
Bring: Sandals or wet shoes, sunscreen, a towel and a change of clothes.
Included:
 

Price:

Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch

Corobici River is perfect if you have been dreaming about the joys of white water rafting. The waters are not rough, but you have to work out to manage them. (the river is class I – II).

This ride is two hours of rubber boat trip down the river which is bordered by tropical dry forest, trees like Ceiba, Mahogany and Guanacaste. Also, during the journey, some of the animals you may see are exotic birds, Jesus Christ lizards and monkeys.

Description:

Corobici River is perfect if you have been dreaming about the joys of white water rafting. The waters are not rough, but you have to work out to manage them. (the river is class I – II).

The tour is two hours of rubber boat trip down the river which is bordered by tropical dry forest, where you will see trees like Ceiba, Mahogany and Guanacaste.

You may see are exotic birds, Jesus Christ lizards and monkeys.

Before you board the rubber raft, a certified guide will instruct you on safety procedures

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  • CULTURAL
    Nicaragua Tour
Duration: Full Day!! From 5:30AM – 9PM.
Wear: Comfortable shoes, shorts and T shirt.
Bring: Camera, insect repellent and cash.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch
Breakfast
USD$135.00
                                                                                                                                                  If you are planning a visit to Costa Rica and its wonderful natural attractions, why don’t you also take the challenge opportunity to visit Nicaragua
We will introduce you to the cultural and natural charms of the South Pacific of Nicaragua in a one day excursion, you will be amazed and won't believe all the beauty this place hides.

Description:

If you are planning a visit to Costa Rica and its wonderful natural attractions, why don’t you also take the challenge opportunity to visit Nicaragua.

We will introduce you to the cultural and natural charms of the South Pacific of Nicaragua in a one day excursion, you will be amazed and won't believe all the beauty that has been
.

Early morning pick up at your hotel, driving ahead to the border, while you can stretch your legs and take a look around the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border, we take care of all the process to leave the country. Once we have this done, our adventure continues with amazing views of Nicaragua Lake and its islands, we arrive to Granada city in the late morning.

La Gran Sultana - as it is also known, is a Colonial city, founded by Spanish conquerors in 1524, this city with its 478 years old is considered as the ancient settlement founded in America by Europeans in solid earth that still subsists in the same location as its original foundation. We will visit the most important and historical locations here, after the city tour you will enjoy a delicious lunch in a very charming-excellent service- restaurant.

The Masaya market is our next stop,here you can find typical souvenirs, wood crafts, gifts, beautiful hand made hammocks, leather shoes, and a lot more!!! Mid afternoon we drive back to cross the border and return to your hotel.

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  • ADVENTURE
    Rafting the Colorado River
Duration: Full day!! From 8AM – 3PM APROX.
Wear: Cool comfortable clothes (swimsuit), Strap on sandals or water shoes.
Bring: Binoculars, camera, sunscreen and insect repellent.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch

USD$85.00

Description:

Paddle and enjoy for one and a half hour riding on the Colorado River. Get to see the natural and impresive canyon, one of the most intimate and exiting ways to enjoy your vacations by rafting down of this unforgetable scenery.

Then relax on the great swimming holes on this spectacular river. CLASS II,III (No experience necessary.)

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  • ADVENTURE
    Guachipelín Adventure
Duration: Full day!! From 7:30AM - 6PM APROX.
Wear: Tennis shoes, T shirt and shorts.
Bring: Camera, binoculars, swimsuit, long pants, sandals or wet shoes, sunscreen, insect repellent, raincoat and change clothes.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch

USD$115.00

100% adventure!!!! This ranch offers many adventure activities to do just in one day, like: tubing, horseback riding, Canyon canopy, volcanic mud pool and thermal waters.
Come and experience a real canopy including zip lines together with rappelling, rock climbing, tarzan swings, hanging bridges, all set in the majestic canyon

Description:

100% Day of adventure!!!! The Hacienda Guachipelin borders the area of the Rincon de la Vieja National Park, it has views to both the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano and the Pacific Ocean.

This ranch offers many adventure activities to do just in one day, like: tubing, horseback riding, Canyon canopy, volcanic mud pool and thermal waters.

Experience a real canopy tour that includes zip lines together with rappelling, rock climbing, tarzan swings, hanging bridges, all set in the majestic canyon.

After lunch time, we will be ready for the tubing adventure. A tractor ride trough the dry forest gets you to the changing rooms, after a short safety breafing each one gets his own personal round raft, to get his adrenaline pumping as he rides for one hour and a half down the river.

The last part of our trip is horseback riding for about 3km to the Volcanic mud pool and thermal water. Heat surfaces through a crack in the deep geological formations, and boiling mud pools are formed, which emanate a vapor with smell of sulfur. The volcanic mud and water have healing properties.

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  • ADVENTURE
    Tenorio River Rafting

Duration: Full day!! 6:30AM – 5PM APROX.
Wear: Shorts, T shirt, comfortable shoes.
Bring: Camera, sunscreen, swim trucks, rubber sole shoes, complete change of clothes and towel, sunglasses with secure head straps and a baseball cap that fits tight.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch
River sancks
USD$130.00

Description:

If you are prepared for a huge adventure, you are surely ready for this!!!!

The Tenorio River will test your courage with its rapids class III and IV. For those already rafters this trip is a must, its continue challenges await you as you plunge through twists, turns and drops down 10 miles of intense, challenging rapids. All participants must be in a good physical condition.

This is a pure magic trip, unsurpassed beauty and stunning wildlife scenery that will take your breath away.

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  • WILDLIFE & NATURE
    Monteverde Cloud Forest

Duration: Full day!! 6AM– 8:30PM APROX.
Wear: Tennis shoes or hiking shoes, T shirt and shorts or long pants.
Bring: Camera, binoculars, jacket, insect repellent, raincoat and change clothes.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch

Monteverde is one of the destinations in Costa Rica you have to visit.

Our tour includes the Treetop Walkways, Butterfly Gardens, Insect and Reptile Exhibitions at Selvatura Park.

Come and learn about the natural history of this wildlife sanctuary, about its mammals, birds and plants

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Half Day Tours

  • CULTURAL
    Guaitil Pottery and
    Shopping Santa Cruz Tour

Duration: Half day!! 7:30AM – 12MD APROX.
Wear: Shorts, T shirt, comfortable shoes and a cap.
Bring: Bring: Camera, sunscreen and cash.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation

USD$25.00


Guaitil is a small village located just outside Santa Cruz, the primary center of Costa Rican folklore. In this town, people make clay pots by hand, decorate them with the earth´s natural colors and fire them in giant wood-burning ovens.

Here, pottery will be shown in all kind of shapes and sizes

Description:

Guaitil is a small village located just outside Santa Cruz, the primary center of Costa Rican folklore. In this town, people make clay pots by hand, decorate them with the earth´s natural colors and fire them in giant wood-burning ovens, just as their ancestors, the Chorotega Indians, did. The Chorotegas, is a group of Indians who ruled the land between Lake Nicaragua and the Nicoya Peninsula.

 

Also, during the journey, some of the animals Here, pottery will be shown in all kind of shapes and sizes. Learn about Guanacaste´s watching the pottery works.

You will visit Santa Cruz and if we get there by lunch time, you will have the chance to visit a really typical guanacastecan restaurant (lunch is not included)

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  • Liberia City Shopping Tour

Duration: HHalf day!! From 8AM – 13PM or from 1PM – 6PM APROX.
Wear: Shorts, T shirt, comfortable shoes and a cap.
Bring: Camera, sunscreen and cash.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation

USD$30.00

 

Liberia is the capital of the Province of Guanacaste, that is well known as? The White City?

For its gleaming, white-washed colonial homes and for the white soil on which the city sits. Here you can find full service hospitals as well as banking at many national branches. We also visit many souvenirs shops.

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  • WILDLIFE & NATURE
    Tamarindo Mangrove &
    Estuary Boat Tour

Duration: Half day!! Starts: DEPENDS ON THE TIDE – CHECK DAY BEFORE!!!
Wear: Cool comfortable clothes, beach sandals and hat.
Bring: Binoculars, camera, sunscreen and insect repellent.
Included:
Price:
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation  
Drinks and fruits USD$55.00 (from zone A)

Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge protects a large estuary, mangrove forest and tropical dry forest in an area covering almost 500 hectares.

This time an small and slightly boat takes you to the narrow canals observing on both sides at time.

Will be able to observe closer rare and abundant wildlife – including dozens of bird species and two species of monkeys - while learning about the unique ecosystem of the mangrove forest

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  • ADVENTURE
    Sailing & Snorkeling
    Adventure SAMONIQUE III
Duration: Full day!!
Wear: Tennis shoes, T shirt and shorts.
Bring: Camera, binoculars, swimsuit, long pants, sunscreen.
Included:
 
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation Lunch
Join us aboard the Samonique III This 52ft roomy French built ketch can accommodate up to 25 people for 1/2 day cruise.
Call us today! We are flexible to meet your needs! Accommodations include: well – stocked galley and bar, two heads, snorkel gear, sunshade, GPS, VHF, cell phone, stereo & zodiac.

Description:

:Join us aboard the Samonique III This 52ft roomy French built ketch can accommodate up to 25 people for 1/2 day cruise. Call us today! We are flexible to meet your needs! Accommodations include: well – stocked galley and bar, two heads, snorkel gear, sunshade, GPS, VHF, cell phone, stereo & zodiac.

 

IT´S 52 FEET ON FUN !
ALL CRUISES INCLUIDE:

Delicious anacks, fresh tropical fruit & open bar

• SUNSET / 3:30 pm
• 1/2 DAY / 10-2 or 2 pm to sunset
• FULL DAY / 10-6 pm
• OVERNIGHT CRUISE

Note: 1/2 day, full day and overnight cruises include above with gourmet meals and all your snorkeling gear

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  • ADVENTURE
    The Congo Trail Canopy Tour (Artola)
Duration: Half day!! From 8:30AM - 13PM or 13:30PM - 5PM APROX.
Wear: Hiking or tennis shoes, knee shorts or pants, T shirt and a cap.
Bring: Binoculars, camera, sunscreen and insect repellent.
Included:
Price
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation

USD$55.00

This canopy is located in a little town named Artola very close to the beaches of Ocotal – El Coco – Hermosa – Conchal – Tamarindo and Flamingo.

Enjoy your day flying down the suspended cables and come across a walk bridge between two platforms, this is a truly exhilarating and exciting experience. If we are lucky even the Howler Monkeys will be our company during a part of the canopy.

Description:

Artola very close to the beaches of Ocotal – El Coco – Hermosa – Conchal – Tamarindo and Flamingo.

After one hour driving approximately, we arrive at the site, where a tropical – dry forest and its high trees are surrounded the area. Once we get there the tour guides will get you ready for the ride of your life. After a short hike we will come to the first platform, ready for instructions to start flying down the suspended cables.

 
trn, Englishspeaking guide and lunch.

During the tour we will come across a walk bridge between two platforms, this is a truly exhilarating and exciting experience. If we are lucky even the Howler Monkeys will be our company during a part of the canopy.

Come and get your adrenalin pumping and enjoy the beauty of the forest and wildlife.

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  • WILDLIFE & NATURE
    African Safari Wildlife Tour
Duration: HALF- DAY Tour 
Wear: Comfortable shoes, long pants or shorts and T shirt.
Bring: Sandals or wet shoes, swimsuit, a cap, and a change of clothes.
Included:
 
Englishspeaking guide Air-conditioned Round trip transportation  

Up close and personal encounters with some of Africa’s incredible animals in the savannah, traveling in the safety of a specialized vehicle create the perfect location for a photographic safari.

Description

  1. Roundtrip transfers in comfortable modern van from your Hotel driving through small villages and cattle ranches.
     
  2. Experienced English speaking Tour Guide with an understanding and love of animals.
     
  3. Up close and personal encounters with some of Africa’s incredible animals in the savannah, traveling in the safety of a specialized vehicle create the perfect location for a photographic safari.
     
  4. Drive on 4x4 specialty vehicle to El Salto Waterfall deep into the Guanacaste primary forest to explore the local flora and fauna
   
 
 
 

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