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Samara-White Water Rafting Day Tour
Tours daily – Please book 2 days in advance. $160-$235/person depending on group size.
Challenge yourself as you paddle through fun & safe rolling rapids and then play around in tranquil river pools in an isolated rainforest river canyon! You’ll receive a thorough safety briefing and get fitted for your equipment — helmets, lifejackets, and paddles. Practice with your guide and then enjoy a beautiful 2.5-hour rafting trip along the arid and impressive canyon of the Tenorio River in Costa Rica’s picturesque Guanacaste province. Get over 20 fun, exciting rapids, a fresh fruit snack, and plenty of wildlife along the way like iguanas, tropical birds, and monkeys. This unique rafting tour finishes with a thrilling, 10-foot waterfall drop, or you can opt to hike around.
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Samara-Monteverde Day Tour
3 day tour options: Chill tour, Treetops tour, and Skywalker tour – Please book at least 2 days in advance – $190-$325/person depending on tour and group size. Children $182-$192
Straddling the Continental Divide at 1,440 meters (4,662 ft), the Monteverde Cloud Forest offers one of the most interesting places to visit in Costa Rica. It offers more than 100 species of mammals, over 400 species of birds, 100 kinds of hummingbirds, tens of thousands of insect species (over 5000 species of moths), and 2,500 species of plants (420 kinds of orchids). The area is acclaimed as one of the most outstanding wildlife refuges in the New World Tropics. You have your choice of doing the zip line canopy tour where you will be flying through 15 cables and 18 platforms, the hanging bridges, or both!
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Rio Celeste Day Tour
Tours daily – Please book at least 2 days ahead – $150-$250/person depending on group size. Children $122 – Pick up 5:30 am, return approx. 4 pm
A day trip to the Tenorio Volcano National Park involves a pleasant, yet somewhat challenging, hike through the cool rain forest with beautiful scenery. The hike is about 3 km in one direction before you reach the amazing blue Rio Celeste Waterfall. There are several other trails as well. Tour includes guides, transportation, park entrance, and lunch.
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Samara-Arenal Day Tour
3 day tour options: Relax tour, Treetops tour, and Chill tour – Please book at least 2 days in advance – $185-$335/person depending on tour and group size. Children $182-$205
Although Arenal was considered one of the world’s most active volcanoes, it has not seen any activity for about 2 years. However, Arenal remains an impressive and seductive volcano well worth visiting. The area offers natural hot springs with soaking pools ranging from 25c to 50c. Make sure you bring your camera, hiking shoes, bathing suit, towel, insect repellent, raincoat in the rainy season, a jacket, and a hat.
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Arenal Safari River Float
Daily 7am & 1pm Please book at least 1 day in advance $115-$135/person depending on how many people
This tour is great for seeing and experiencing Costa Rican nature up close. In Arenal, you will be introduced to your river guide, and he will take you on a 2-hour gentle float down the slow-moving Peñas Blancas river where you will see a large diversity of birds as well as animals such as sloths, monkeys, reptiles, iguanas, colorful frogs, and snakes including a wide selection of the local flora and fauna.
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Samara-Palo Verde Boat Day Tour
Tours daily – Please book at least 2 days ahead – $135-$210/person depending on group size. Children $120 – Pick up 8 am, return approx. 4 pm
Palo Verde National Park is a wildlife refuge located between the Tempisque and Bebedero rivers offering the biggest area of wetlands in Costa Rica. The boat will take you up the river so you can admire the natural beauty of this park, including wildlife such as huge crocodiles resting under the sun, and groups of monkeys and birds moving quickly between the branches.
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Rincon de la Vieja 4-in-1 Adventure Day Tour
Tours daily – Please book at least 2 days ahead – $180-$265/person depending on group size. Children $142. $115/adult if you self-drive.
Rincon de la Vieja National Park is a still relatively undiscovered gem of the Costa Rican interior. Within it, is the active Volcano Rincon de la Vieja, an andesitic stratovolcano, one of 5 volcanoes in the Guanacaste Mountain Range. The highest peak of Rincon de la Vieja stands at 1,916 meters above sea level. This incredible all-day tour includes white water tubing, horseback tour, zip line, canyon-rock climbing, mud bath, hot springs, and lunch.
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