OTS- La Selva Hike

Half Day

Morning or afternoon pick-up at your hotel for the OTS La Selva ½ day tour, including round – trip transportation and local guide. The Organization for Tropical Studies (O.T.S.) own a 1560-hectare tropical research station and biological reserve.  In this reserve more than 450 species of trees, 400 species of birds, 113 species of mammals, 81 species of reptiles, & 48 species of amphibians have been identified.… Continue reading →

Chocolate Tour La Tirimbina

3 hours

Visit Tirimbina Rainforest Center for the chocolate tour and discover the wonders behind one of the world’s most tantalizing foods — chocolate! The cacao tree originated in Mesoamerica and has a rich and extraordinary history. The tour includes a guided hike across the Tirimbina hanging bridge to an old cacao plantation, as well as through a forested section where you will observe how the product originally developed there. A guide will reveal the secrets of transforming cacao fruit into chocolate. You’ll see the chocolate-making process first-hand and even have the opportunity to treat your taste buds to real organic rainforest chocolate!… Continue reading →

Caño Island Biological Reserve

full day

Caño Island is located just 12 nautical miles from Drake Bay. The boat trip out to the island is a very scenic ride that takes about 45 minutes.  En route you may encounter flying fish, dolphins, or possibly whales!   The water in front of the beach has a variety of colorful tropical fish and is great for snorkeling or diving. In addition to swimming and sunbathing, you can hike with your guide on the island to explore the interior.  The island once had an indigenous cemetery but this was plundered long ago before it was established as a reserve. However large pieces of mysterious indigenous stone spheres can still be observed here.  The forest harbors “milk trees” that have a… Continue reading →

Corcovado National Park

Full Day Tour

Corcovado National Park has been cited by National Geographic as “one of the most biologically intense places on earth.” Visitors to this park quickly discover why. The shores of the wilderness beaches remain essentially untouched. The forest is dominated by ancient, massive trees many of which are draped with thick lianas (woody vines).  The park hosts all four of Costa Rica’s monkeys (this is the only region where this occurs).   From the treetops near the coast, brilliant scarlet macaws screech loudly overhead.  The park is home to a large variety of birds and wildlife including very secretive animals such as jaguars, tapirs, and white-lipped peccaries that are occasionally seen.  With your guide, you will hike on trails that begin on… Continue reading →

Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Full day

The main volcanic peak of this park rises 6300 feet above sea level and its steep slopes are densely cloaked by forest up to near the top. The main crater contains a blue lake in its center, and has numerous fumaroles (vents) along its walls that release hot sulfurous steam. In the 1980’s and 1990’s the volcano had several small but powerful eruptions, and such intermittent eruptions will likely continue into the distant future.  In the lowlands below in an area that extends over 125 acres is a landscape of mixed open scrub vegetation and forest covering a network of hot steam vents, bubbling “mud pots”, and hot water rivers.  Extending back from this section are forests with ancient trees… Continue reading →

Night Bat Tour La Tirimbina

2 hours

Bats represent almost 50% of the mammals in Costa Rica and are important allies of the rainforest by pollinating flowers and transporting seeds.  The bat tour consists of a multimedia 30 minute presentation on the natural history of bats, diversity, adaptations, reproduction, threats and more. At the end of the presentation, a trained guide will provide you with a safe opportunity to observe close up some of the bats that were captured during the evening for research projects. Finally, you will visit the site of a demonstration snare net such as is used in bat research, where the method of capturing bats is explained.  The careful methods used insure the well-being of the animals.… Continue reading →

Rafting Savegre River Class III

Full day

The Rio Savegre is a beautiful river that descends through pristine forests from the high Talamanca Mountains down to the pacific coast.  In its lower stretches it forms rapids that are classed as level III and IV suitable and fun for adventurous rafters with little or no experience. Your tour begins with an early morning pick-up at your hotel and then a very scenic drive into remote backcountry to the river’s put-in point. After a short briefing and safety talk, you are then off to proceed down river with your guide!  There are great swimming holes to enjoy en route, and always a chance to see wildlife along the river. The tour includes transportation, rafting guides, equipment & lunch.… Continue reading →

Canopy Safari Tour

Half Day

Sail through the treetops and over the trails far below you on the Canopy Safari adventure tour!  This “zip line” forest canopy tour consists of a series of platforms and cables in tall trees.  In this tour you are fitted with a harness attached to a pulley that connects to the cables and allows you to glide rapidly through the forest canopy landing on the platforms in between!  It is a lot of fun! It also gives one a completely different perspective of the forest previously available only to a few researchers and photographers. The tour includes roundtrip transfers & lunch.… Continue reading →

Damas Island Boat Tour

Half Day

In the comfort of a covered boat, you will slowly enter the little-known watery realm of a tropical mangrove forest while your guide skillfully navigates through the canals and points out interesting features of this very important, complex ecosystem.  The unusual vegetation is adapted to living in the tidal zone, a constantly changing environment between dry land and the open ocean. Here you will likely also see a variety of wildlife.  You may encounter white-faced monkeys, colorful tree-climbing crabs, numerous species of water and forest birds, and more. The tour includes roundtrip transportation from your hotel, local guide and lunch.… Continue reading →

Cahuita National Park

Half Day

Lying on Costa Rica’s attractive Caribbean coast Cahuita National Park encompasses 1,067 hectares of land and over 22,400 hectares of ocean. The park’s coconut palm-lined light sandy beach is great for relaxing, and the ocean water is always comfortably warm for bathing. The park contains the largest coral reef in Costa Rica that is rich with marine life. Snorkelers will enjoy searching for varied creatures such as sea urchins, angel queen fish, blue parrot fish, sponges and more! The park’s land habitat is composed of several ecological zones including swamp forest, rainforest, littoral woodlands and coastal zone and is great for bird watching and seeing other wildlife including iguanas, monkeys and sloths!… Continue reading →

Caribbean Dance Class

2 hours

You will learn with a professional Costa Rican dancer or one of his students, the popular and traditional dances of the Caribbean area: calipso, soca, salsa, merengue, African and Hip-up Hop. Be ready to sweat! Part of the fees paid for your participation will go to support the cultural dance group “Olabe” for young people in the communities of Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo.… Continue reading →

Yorkin Indigenous Reserve

Full Day

Travel to this indigenous community includes an hour-and-a half boat ride through rainforest and farms along the Telire River where your local-native guide will explain the region’s culture, history and traditions. The people of the Yorkin Reservation are members of the Bribri community, one of eight indigenous groups that still reside in Costa Rica. On your visit you will learn how the indigenous people live today, including how they use rainforest plants for medicine, which crops they raise, and how they process chocolate from the fruit of the cacao plant.  All the indigenous community’s eco-tourism projects are run by the local women.… Continue reading →

Caño Negro Tour

Full Day

Duration Full Day
You will have an early morning pick-up at your hotel for a scenic drive through farms and citrus groves to the town of Los Chiles.  Here you will board a riverboat for a relaxing trip down the Rio Frio.  You will see abundant wildlife including countless water and river edge birds, iguanas, up to 3 species of monkeys and likely emerald green basilisk lizards, caimans and possibly even a crocodile and more.  You will also see local farms of the people who live along the river.  This tour includes lunch & local guide.… Continue reading →

Arenal Skytram Skytrek

2 hours

Arenal

Today visit the Sky Trek & Sky Tram, including roundtrip transportation, guides and equipment.   This tour offers adventure, zip lines, bird watching & hiking inside the tropical rain forest.  The Sky Tram is a 15 minute aerial tram tour through the rain forest to an observation deck where you have spectacular views of Arenal Volcano, Arenal Lake and the Tilaran mountain range.  Sky Trek is a 3,280 foot long zip line system that gives an exhilarating ride combined with you gorgeous scenery!… Continue reading →

Costa Rica Canyoning Tour and Adventure

4 hours

Arenal

Morning or afternoon pick-up at your Lodge for Canyoning & Waterfall Rappelling. You will have an exhilarating experience with an opportunity to rappel down a series of 4 waterfalls and trek along magical trails in a pristine canyon. Your guides will secure you into your safety harness and assist you as you descend into the area’s enchanting gorges and lush tropical rainforest. The tour includes transportation, guides and equipment.… Continue reading →

Arenal Hanging Bridges

3 hours

Arenal

Arenal Hanging Bridges – Duration 03 hours
Visit the Arenal Hanging Bridges, roundtrip transfers, local guide & entrance fees included.
This is a complex of suspended bridges and trails through a beautiful rain forest. The lush vegetation contains palms, heliconias and giant Pilon rainforest trees that you will view from ground level to above the tree tops as you meander along the trails and on the bridges. From some of the bridges there are also panoramic views of nearby Arenal Volcano. As you walk through the forest, you may encounter a variety of forest wildlife, including toucans, motmots, trogons, poison dart frogs, coatimundis, howling monkeys, spider monkeys and white-faced capuchin monkeys.… Continue reading →