Guanacaste Activities
Buena Vista Canopy and Natural Spa
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 feet long. During the canopy, those 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, steam bath 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!!!
Duration: Full day!! Starts: 8:00 a.m Back: 6pm
Wear: Tennis shoes, T-shirt and pants
Bring: Camera, binoculars, swimsuit, sunscreen, insect repellent, raincoat and change clothes.
Included: Air-conditioned, round trip transportation, English speaking guide and lunch.
Palo Verde National Park Tour (Tempisque River)
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!!!
Duration: Full day!! Dep time: 8am Return: 4pm
Wear: Tennis shoes, shorts and T shirt.
Bring: Camera, binoculars, sunscreen, insect repellent, hat or cap.
Included: Air-conditioned, round trip transportation, English speaking guide, lunch and boat trip.
Rafting the Colorado River
Paddle and enjoy for one and a half hour riding on the Colorado River. Get to see the natural and impressive canyon, one of the most intimate and exiting ways to enjoy your vacations by rafting down of this unforgettable scenery. Then relax on the greats swimming holes on this spectacular river. CLASS II, III (No experience necessary.)
Duration: Full day!!
Wear: Cool comfortable clothes (swimsuit), Strap on sandals or water shoes.
Bring: Binoculars, camera, sunscreen and insect repellent.
Included: Air-conditioned, round trip transportation, lunch, English speaking guide.
Tamarindo Mangrove and Estuary Boat Tour
Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge protects a large estuary, mangrove forest and tropical dry forest in an area covering almost 400 hectares. The boat trip into the estuary offers an opportunity to observe rare and abundant wildlife – including dozens of bird species and three species of monkeys - while learning about the unique ecosystem of the mangrove forest.
Duration: Half day!! Starts: 8:30 or 13:00
Wear: Hiking shoes, knee shorts or pants, T shirt and a cap.
Bring: Binoculars, camera, sunscreen and insect repellent.
Included: Air-conditioned, round trip transportation, English speaking guide.
Rincón de la Vieja National Park
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 Caribe 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.
Duration: Full day!! Starts: 7:30am Back: 3:30pm
Wear: Hiking shoes, long pants or shorts, T shirt and a cap.
Bring: Binoculars, camera, sunscreen, insect repellent and rain gear.
Included: Air-conditioned, round trip transportation, entrance fee to the park, English speaking guide and lunch.
Nicaragua Tour
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.
