EcoVentures Travel
Safaris and nature tours for discriminating individuals

San Jose City Tour
Starting on the East side of San Jose you will visit the  Democracy Place and the National Museum, the Courts, Los Yoses, San Pedro Mall, Hispanidad Fountain and the Rodrigo Facio Campus in the University of  Costa Rica. After we have seen the capital’s main attractions, our first stop will be in the impressive Pre-Columbian Gold Museum and the beautiful National Theater where we will have a guided visit through them.  Then  the tour continues to the western section of San Jose: La Sabana Metropolitan Park, Costa Rican Contemporary Art Museum or the first International Airport in Costa Rica, the National Gymnasium, the Comptroller’s office, residential area of Rohrmoser, Nunciatura, Nobel Peace prize winner Oscar Arias Sanchez’s home, Rohrmoser Boulevard and Pavas section.  At the end there is the option of souvenir shopping.

On Sunday, the National Theater is closed and we will only see the outside part and then visit the Pre-colombian Gold Museum.  We recommend: Camera.

Includes: Transportation, entrance fees  and   bilingual guide
Duration:  4 hours approx.

(*) Children  under 2 years old are free

Poas Volcano
Visit the city of Alajuela (Juan Santamaria monument, and church). On the way  to Poas Volcano National Park, will pass through coffee plantations, flowers, dairy farms.  At the Volcano we will have time to observe the impressive main crater with its sulfur fumaroles. Then we will hike on a trail to the beautiful  Botos Lagoon that will allow us to learn about the different ecosystems in the  Park.

Includes: Transportation, entrance fee of the National Park, and bilingual guide
Duration: Half day

(*) Children  under 2 years old are free

Irazu Volcano
Visit the villages of Cot, Tierra Blanca, Potrero Cerrado and San Juan de Chicua while driving on the highway to Cartage. Views onto the Central Valley and Cartago. Visit the "Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles" in Cartago.

Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide and  entrance fee
Duration: Half day

Children  under 2 years old are free

Rainforest Aerial Tram Atlantic
It takes an hour and 20 minutes, during which you’ll glide pleasantly through the treetops.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to see a primary forest and its natural splendor at first hand. The open-air gondolas with canvas awnings seat 6 passengers and a naturalist guide.   We show our guests all the different layers of the rainforest, from the floor to the treetops. The canopy is home to an enormous amount of flora and fauna.

The Aerial Tram tour covers a distance of 2.6 kilometers through primary rainforest. The ride lasts about an hour and twenty minutes and travels at the leisurely pace of two kilometers per hour, allowing you the chance to fully explore this exciting part of the forest.

Includes: Transportation, naturalist guide and entrance fee.
Meals: L
Duration: half day

(*) Children  under 2 years old are free

INBIO Park
Guided walking tour through representations of Costa Rica’s main Ecosystems: Rainforest, Pre-Mountainous Forest, Wetlands and Dry Forest.  There is an introductory video  about Costa Rica´s biodiversity and its conservation and a visit to the biological station.  A Magical and Natural World that includes: Butterfly Gardens, Frogs, Sloths, Tarantulas, Caimans, Exhibit Halls, Turtles, Deer, Iguanas, Medicinal & Herbal Gardens, Biological Station, Barnyard Animals, Snakes, Birds, Bromeliads, Introductory Video about Biodiversity, Heliconias, Aquarium, Maze, Farm, Vegetable Garden, Souvenir Store, Coffee Shop, Lagoon, among others.

Includes: Transportation, entrance fee and bilingual guide.
Meals: L

*Inbio Park is closed on Mondays

Duration: Half day

Butterfly Farm & Orquids Botanical Garden
For those with esthetic sensibilities,  you won’t  want to miss the beauty!   The day begins with a hotel pick up and trip to The Butterfly Farm in the rural community of La Guacima.  After a total immersion experience in the butterflies, it’s a short drive to the Botanical Orchid Garden.  Visitors will be shown through nurseries, a lower show room, garden trails, water gardens and more.  By the end visitors will have learned to distinguish among the different stages that orchids pass through, the extreme flower variation, how to take care of them and much more.  A delicious lunch is served a the Vanilla Café, the garden’s well-regarded restaurant.  Participants should be heading back to their hotel by around 1:30pm.

Includes: Transportation, entrance fees and bilingual guide
Meals:  Lunch
Duration: 5  hours approx.

Chirripo River rafting class III
This rafting trip can be run  in the morning or at  noon.  Two hours of complete of intense rafting,   just  55 minutes away  of San Jose.      This tour allows to take advantage of your  time to the maximum.

Short time in the bus for a same time doing rafting.   Before the tour you will have a briefing about security rules and then will enjoy this mighty one river  whose waters come from  Irazu Volcano and the Braulio Carrillo  National Park. 

Minimum age: 12 yrs old.    
The tour includes: Transportation, guide & equipment.
Meals:  Fruits
Duration:  6 hours approx.

Puerto Viejo River rafting tour class II &III  /  Safari float tour  class I-II is  also available
This  rafting  adventure is made in the beautiful Puerto Viejo, located in “Horquetas”, just 22 kms (14 miles) away from our Operations Center in Chilamate.   It starts in Horquetas and  ends up at “Puesto de Minae” in Isla Grande.  It is a trip suitable for beginners and intermediates.  Along the journey can enjoy about 4 class II rapids and 10 class II, all of them with a good technical level.    Our trip starts picking up passengers at leading hotels towards the Braulio Carrillo National Park that we pass through.  The Park contains many notable geological features among them there is the Sucio River, which can be easily  seen  from the highway.   After the Park we deviate to Puerto Viejo of Sarapiqui heading towards the put-in place to  start the rafting adventure after a safety speech from the tour leader.

This river is characterized by its clear and clean water. Throughout the vibrant journey the tourists will enjoy swimming and refreshing themselves in several peaceful ponds in addition to the thrill of defying   rapids.

During the journey we will stop on the riverbank on a peaceful  pond where tourists can swim  and eat the tasty tropical fruits of the season, prepared and served by our guides.

At the end of the rafting trip, after 2 fantastic hours full of fun the tourist s can get dry and change their clothes before heading back to San Jose.

Included: Transportation, guides & safety kayaker.
Minimum age: 5   years old
Meals:  Tropical fruitsDuration:  6 hours approximately

Colinas del Poas canopy tour
The canopy is a tour through the treetops on a network of cables and platforms suspended high above the jungle trails in the cloudy forest, at the base of the Poas Volcano. The person glides from platform to platform using the cables and gravity, suspended in a harness and a tackle.

With 24 platforms in the major trees, an extraordinary trail has been designed above the canopy forest. The tour, of approximately two hours, is an experience filled with excitement and joy, in which the visitor performs a journey through the treetops on fourteen cables suspended high above the jungle trails, with the help and under the supervision of highly qualified and professional personnel. This exciting adventure ends when you glide down on an impressive 1980-feet length cable.

Duration:   4 – 6 hours
Minimum age:  5 years old/ Children whose height is less than 4, 6 ft will ride with a member of the personnel.

A parent or guardian must accompany youngsters age 11 and under

What to bring:  Comfortable clothing and closed shoes. During the rainy season, light weight raincoat is recommended.
Tour requirements:   Ability to walk 5 minutes uphill and up steps, sufficient mobility and strength to climb a 10-foot ladder straight up, must fit in the harness and helmet in a safe manner as determined by the Head of tour personnel. This is rather based on body shape and size, not weight. The weight limit is 264 pounds (120 kilograms).
The tour includes: Transportation & canopy guides
Meals:  Lunch

Britt Coffee Tour & Butterfly Farm (Combination tour)
The tour starts early as participants are picked up at San Jose’s leading hotels.   Once at The Butterfly Farm in La Guacima, guests are escorted through a tropical garden where the magic of free-flying butterflies, art and myth converge with natural history.   Afterwards, the journey continues to Britt’s farm in Heredia.  This multimedia presentation highlights coffee’s history in Costa Rica and around the world, and the evolution of the golden bean from the plantation to your cup!  Expert coffee tasters will share their knowledge of the arts and science of gourmet  coffee appreciation.

Includes: Transportation, entrance fees and bilingual guide
Meals:  Lunch
Duration: 6-7 hours

Poas Volcano,  Doka, Grecia  & Sarchi  Oxcart Factory
As we ascend towards the volcano we stop for a brief explanation on our golden bean, coffee, and then continue our trip through fern, flower and strawberry farms.

At the Poas Volcano we will have time to enjoy the impressive main crater with its sulfur fumaroles, and hike on a trail to the beautiful  Botos Lagoon. After visiting the volcano, we will have time to enjoy a delicious lunch in one of the typical restaurants of the area.

Our next stop is the town of  Grecia. Considered one of the cleanest towns of Latin America, it is home to the only Metal Church in Central America.  In order to catch a glimpse of local lifestyle we will also visit the central market area.

Our last stop is Sarchi, known as the Cradle of Costa Rican Artisans because of its fine workshops.  Here we will have time to enjoy the artistic work of the local artisans as they create the famous typical oxcart; you will be able to shop for souvenirs to take home.

Includes: Transportation, entrance fee, and bilingual guide
Meals: L
Duration: Full day

(*) Children  under 2 years old are free

Irazu Volcano, Orosi Valley & Lankester Gardens
Drive up the magnificent Irazu Volcano.  The winding road travels through fertile lands cultivated with all kinds of vegetables as we observe a lovely panoramic view. As we descend to the city of Cartago we will stop at the Virgin of the Angels Basilica.  Then the  trip continues to Lankester Gardens, a University of Costa Rica Center for investigation that protects more than 800 species of orchids, bromeliads and countless species of other plants. We will continue to the Valley of Orosi where creation  overflows in  unparallel beauty. We will be able to visit one of the few remaining colonial churches and we will stop for lunch in one of the local restaurants.

During our tour we will be able to observe La Casa Del Soñador an example of Costa Rican primitive art.

Includes: Transportation, entrance fees  and bilingual guide
Meals:  L
Duration:  9 hours approx.

(*) Children  under 2 years old are free

Calypso Catamaran Cruise to Tortuga Island
This tours begins at your hotel where you will be greeted by a bilingual guide and seated on an air-conditioned bus. The bus ride takes you to the pacific port of Puntarenas stopping along the way for Costa Rican typical breakfast.  Upon arrival in Puntarenas you will board Calypso's super catamaran Manta Raya. In the morning the catamaran will pass thru the islands of San Lucas, Gypsy, Sugar Loaf, Guayabo; Jesusita, Cedros and Negritos with Tortuga Island as the destination. Particularly enchanting for it's beauty, Tortuga Island is known for its immaculate white sand beach and turquoise waters, a perfect stop for swimming, snorkeling and Calypso's famous lunch. Afternoon return to Puntarenas and the on a ground transport back to San Jose.

Includes:  Ground and land transportation  to Tortuga Island &  bilingual guide.
Meals:  Breakfast, lunch and pop drinks.
Duration:  12-13 hours

**For  extra $ 12.00 per person the passenger can be dropped off in Jaco  instead of San José or vice versa.

Poas Volcano/ Doka State coffee tour & butterfly garden
As we ascend towards the volcano passing thru coffee plantations, and then continue our trip through fern, flower and strawberry farms.

At the Poas Volcano we will have time to enjoy the impressive main crater with its sulfur fumaroles, and hike on a trail to the beautiful Botos Lagoon. Continue to Doka Estate Farm, where you can learn about the production, the harvesting, the processing plant and the roasting of the grain, besides our other natural attractions and beautiful landscapes and surroundings. A short visit to the butterfly garden before lunch is also included.

The tour includes transportation &  bilingual guide

Meals:  Lunch
Duration:  Full day

Rain Forest Aerial Tram canopy tour &  Chirripo rafting class II-III combo
The Rain Forest Aerial Tram – Atlantic is a 475-hectare (1,200-acre) private reserve, it shares a 10 km border with Braulio Carrillo National Park and constitutes a buffer zone between the park and farming lands.  The park´s multiple gateways take you to each unique rainforest dimension: flights above the canopy treetop,

Zip line tour consists of   7 zip lines with 6 platforms in between the stretches which provide the possibility of admiring a 360 degree view of the surrounding forest. The first cable starts from a ground platform and stretches 80 meters across Molinete River onto a Caobilla tree platform 12 meters above ground. From here a 140 meter cable runs across the river and over an island and finalizing at the base of a ridge to a ground platform. We walk to the next cable which brings us from the ridge to the middle of a gigantic tree known as Tostado. Once atop this tree platform we transport ourselves via a 90 meter cable to another Caobilla  tree located at the edge of the river. Cable brings us back to land where we follow the trail to the main road .

We continue our trip  to the put-in point, where the Chirripo River adventure starts. Before the tour you will have a briefing on  security rules and then will enjoy this mighty one river  whose  waters come from  Irazu volcano and the National Park Braulio Carrillo. 

Minimum age: 12 yrs old.
The tour includes: Transportation, entrance fee, guide & equipment.
Meals:  Fruits and lunch
Duration:  8 hours approximately

San Lorenzo Canopy Tour
This is an experience that is enjoyed only once, as we slide from one platform to the next flying thru the canopy.  Canopy San Lorenzo is located in the middle of a tropical forest reserve in a beautiful area full of orchids, bromeliads and other ornamental plants.

There are 19 platforms, and the longest cable measures 750-meter or 2.460,63 feet.

From one platform to the next the guide will explain the most important features of the forest. Finally, after only a short walk, we will have a delicious lunch in the restaurant Gran Vista.

Minimum age:  5 years old  / They do the tour with canopy guide
Duration:  half day
Includes: Transportation  and  guide.
Meals:  L

 (*) Private tour only under request

Pacuare River rafting class III-IV
The Pacuare River is one of the best choices for your adventure treks in Costa Rica.
Another trip in the country does not exist that offers you a perfect blend of wilderness exposure and excitement,

The white water that is equally exciting. It is not an overly challenging river, but it has a lot rapids, therefore giving you an adventure filled with lots of fun. The 18 mile one day run includes a total of 52 rapids. Few rivers in the world can offer you so many.  Upon arrival to the river we will gear you up with a life jacket, helmet and paddle and then brief you with a full safety orientation talk.

The first 4 miles consist of fun class II-III rapids which is a perfect time to test your new river skills and gain confidence in your team. Here you can find pockets of secondary growth forest that is extremely beautiful. After about 40 minutes we will enter the famous Pacuare River Gorge, which is 5 miles of some of the best white water Costa Rica has to offer. You will also see the Huacas watefall, a 150 foot dramatic drop into the river.

After the gorge the rivers opens up to a 5 mile stretch on the Valle del Pacuare, where the river has a different character. It is wide open, which gives you the opportunity to rest a bit and take the opportunity to do some wildlife spotting. We finish in Siquirres, at our own private Exploration Center, where you can take a shower, and change into dry clothes.  Rafters should be physically fit for this trip, although no previous white-water experience is necessary.

Distance: 30 Km /18 miles
Number of rapids: 52
Approximate river time: 4 Hours
Minimum age: 12 years old.
Included: Transportation, bilingual guides, rafting equipment.
Meals:  Breakfast and lunch

(*)Private tour only under request

Toro River whitewater rafting Class III-IV 
Experienced and first-time rafters love the Río Toro for full-day, class 3-4 rafting. The Río Toro offers over 45-continuous rapids along more than 16 kilometers of deep-canyon gorges and waterfalls where we often see sloths, monkeys and tropical birds, such as toucans and the Montezuma Oropendula.

Once at the river, our experienced guides will give you a thorough safety talk, get you set up with your helmet, life jacket and paddle and then you're off – you'll be paddling for more than 2½ hours – we'll stop along the way for a nice, tropical fruit break and afterward we take you out for a typical Costa Rican “casado” lunch. Then, you will return to San Jose.

Rafters should be ages 13 to 55 and in good physical condition. Although you don't need experience, rafters should know how to swim. Secure shoes and dry clothes to change into.

Minimum age: 15  years old
Includes: Transportation, entrance fees, equipment and naturalist guide.
Meals:  B, L & fruit snack
Duration:  Full day

(*)Minimum 4 passengers
(**) Private tour only under request
(***) For drop offs in  La Fortuna hotels you need to add USD 13.00 extra per person.

Balsa River rafting tour class II-III  /Drop off  in Arenal area
The best half-day class 2-3 rafting closest to the Arenal Volcano!

Pick up at leading hotels in San Jose and drive to the put-in place in Arenal.

Challenge yourself as you paddle through fun & safe rolling rapids with names like "Morning Coffee" & "Rock around the Croc" and then play around in tranquil river pools in an isolated rainforest river canyon! And only 30 minutes from La Fortuna!

Your professional, experienced bilingual guides will give you a safety talk and paddling instruction, lifejackets, helmets & then you're off… Hopefully you'll get to see lots of wildlife like monkeys, sloths and tropical birds such as ospreys, oropendolas and toucans. This unique river trip is the best way to combine adventure and nature.

Included: Transportation, guides & safety kayaker.
Minimum age: 10   years old
Meals:  Lunch
Duration:  Full day

(*)  For transportation back to San Jose you need to add: $ 30.00 per person.

Pejibaye River rafting tour
The Pejibaye River is located thirty minutes from Turrialba.  This river is a class II-III rapids and the six  kilometer  section that we raft is a tranquil and scenic day on the river.

The trip takes approximately 3  hours and is a suitable tour to enjoy will all of the family.  Before entering  the river, our guides give an important safety talk, familiarizing rafters with the necessary commands  and safety instructions  After practicing some commands and drills, you will start rafting  the river.  Rafters will enjoy the surrounding landscapes of the river including  coffee and sugar cane plantations, as well as the pristine refreshing river.  No previous experience is required.

Minimum age:  5 years old.
Includes:  Transportation,  specialized equipment and bilingual tour guide.
Meals:  Breakfast and lunch

Canyoning tour
Canyoning is specifically practiced in the natural geographic setting of canyons.

This activity involves rappelling and descending cliffs and waterfalls within the canyon. The equipment for this activity - ropes, harnesses and carabiners - are the same tools that are used in rock-climbing.

This  canyon  we visit is located in the Puente Vigas Canyon. Our course guarantees you a memorable, safe, and thrilling day of Canyoning as we rappel down waterfalls, zip-line through the treetops, and enjoy the unique, natural beauty of this country.

Our Canyoning site is located in Calle Chirraca, a small, modest, yet lush place near the town of Turrialba, which is an hour and a half east of San Jose.

We begin the Canyoning tour with an introduction of our guides and the equipment to help familiarize you with the different uses of the equipment. We start the tour at the first waterfall where a guide will give a speech on safety. The guide will explain the course and the equipment making sure you know the necessary mechanisms and procedures for canyoning, ensuring you a safe and fun experience. After this, you are off...rappelling down four waterfalls, zip lining down four canopy cables, descending down two tall trees and walking across a 132 foot hanging bridge - all giving you an unforgettable adrenaline rush!  It is important to bring extra clothes and shoes to change into at the end of the trip.

Duration:  Full day .
Minimum age:  8 years old.
Includes:  Transportation ,  safety equipment and bilingual guide.
Meals:  Breakfast and lunch

Waterfalls canopy tour + nature walk
Waterfalls Canopy Tour is located just outside Jaco and near the Carara Biological Reserve and is part of an important ecological transition zone between Costa Rica's drier northwest and more humid south.  The tour includes crocodile viewing at Tarcoles River and  a guided waterfalls nature walk  where we will be explaining about the different areas we pass through and the flora and fauna we encounter.

While zipping over cables as high as 120 foot over ground level, we offer you a bird's eye view of the rainforest canopy, which is home to an estimated 60% of rainforest species! 

The tour includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, canopy guides

(*) Minimum of passengers to run this tour:  4 adults.

Meals: Lunch
Duration:  Full day

Jungle crocodile safari tour
Know and explore a unique tourist destination in Costa Rica located two hours from San Jose.   The Big River of Tárcoles, one of the four rivers that ends in the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific Ocean, offers the visitor the opportunity to observe American Crocodiles (Crocodylae, C.acutus), with sizes over the four meters long, iguanas (Iguanae, Iguana) and basilisks (Basilisks sp.) in their natural environment, in addition to more than a hundred twenty different species of birds, resident and migratory, terrestrial and coastal. 

Our tours specially designed for the whole family, as well as for observers of bird groups, adventures and naturalists.   Specialized bilingual guides accompany the group offering wide educational information on the biology of the crocodiles and diverse aspects of the ecology of this wonderful natural refuge.   During the journey, we enter the Channel of Guacalillo, an estuary where there are four different species of mangrove.   We give a bottle of water and an informative full-colored pamphlet of the 56 birds that may be spotted more frequently to our visitors, as a courtesy.

Horseback ride
This two-hour ride through our private farm starts at the riverside of Tarcoles’s Big River, exploring across paths of tropical forest and a small zone of swamp.  The tourists will be accompanied by  a bilingual guide and an experienced wrangler  who will offer the necessary information to mount our docile horses. Bottled water will be available.

Tour departures:  07:30am or 10:30am  
Tour duration: 10 – 12 hours
Meals:    Lunch
Includes:  Ground &  boat  transportation & bilingual guide.

We recommend to wear light and comfortable cotton clothes, sport footwear, hat or cap and to have a camera and binoculars handy.

Turrialba Volcano hiking adventure
Costa Rica host 109 volcanoes, five of  them are active ones. It is located opposite Irazú volcano, both being separated by a broad saddle. 

Turrialba Volcano can be count as one of them and it  is located in the Central Highlands of Costa Rica and sits at  3340 mts above the sea level,  along the Southeast end of the Central Volcanic Corridor.   It  is  called the same name after the charming Valley of Turrialba.  It is a symbol of force and pride  for the local inhabitants.  The Turrialba Volcano adventure  begins  at  the volcano’s base, which is mostly covered in dense vegetation  except  for the craters section.  The  travelers are guided through  cloud forests towards the paramo.   From the summit on a clear day, the picturesque view  includes  a glimpse of the Atlantic Coast.

Minimum age:  12  years old
Duration:  Full day
Includes:  Transportation, entrance fee  &  tour guide.
Meals:  Breakfast  & Lunch

(*) For private tours a minimum of 4  passengers are required.

Guayabo Archeological Site Tour
Ancient stone carvings of alligator and jaguar gods, ingeniously engineered Pre-Columbian aqueducts where water still flows, and paved roads receding into a lush rainforest - all of these things hint to Costa Rica's mysterious past civilizations.

Costa Rica may not be famous for its archaeological history like Guatemala's Tikal or the Incan ruins of Peru, but veiled in the shadow of the Turrialba Volcano - like a mythical "lost city" from a storybook - lies a mysterious ancient city that was home to over 10,000 people who seemed to have mysteriously vanished just before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century.

This region, known as Guayabo National Monument, is Costa Rica's most important archaeological site and its only named National Monument.

The excavations at Guayabo have revealed a network of cobblestone causeways and streets, open and closed aqueducts, cisterns, stairways, mounds, petroglyphs, monoliths, tombs, and sculptures that belong to a pre-Columbian city, which was inhabited between 1000 B.C. and 1400 A.D.

For your tour a guide will walk you through the entire park while explaining the findings of the excavations and the history of the people that once lived there.  This tour is good for individuals of  all ages.

Includes:  Transportation entrance fees and bilingual guide.
Meals:  Breakfast and lunch
Duration: Full day

(*) For private tours a minimum of 4  passengers are required.

Turubari Park nature walk + one adventure tour
Turubari  Tropical Parks is a is theme park aimed at adventure and ecological tourism which is located in the Province of San José, just 47 miles from the metropolitan area. 

This tour includes a nature walk , tram ride and one adventure to choose from: 

Sensational Cable: Measuring a kilometer long and with a maximum height of 315 feet, guests will reach a top speed of 55 miles per hour. The trip lasts an average of one minute.  It’s like a Superman-style run where you’re flying.

Canopy tour: Our canopy tour boasts two options. The first is called the Turu Ba Ri canopy and is 4.910 feet long, spread out over 7 cables, 12 platforms and one tower. It lasts approximately one hour. The second option is for more daring individuals. The pure adrenaline canopy with the modality: “Tarzan Swing”. The entire tour takes about two hours. Whichever of the two options,  they will have the opportunity to walk along three hanging bridges and several trails in the mountain. The tours finish in our garden after running the last cable, which measures 2.135 feet long.  Our guides are highly trained in this type of activity.

Tropical Garden Horseback Ride: Measuring 8.335 feet and lasting between 45 minutes and one tour, this is a great alternative for those who like unite ecology with adventure. During this trip, guides will offer a general explanation about the flora and fauna that can be observed. It is important to mention that even children can participate in this tour as our horses are trained to offer full safety.

Duration: 6-8 hours
Includes:  Transportation, tour guide, nature walk and one adventure activity.
Meals: Lunch

Rancho Humo one day tour
Transport from San Jose hotels early in the morning.   Arrival to the put-in place.  In the mighty Tempisque River, we board a boat that takes us to the heart of Palo Verde National Park, which has the most valuable wetland in Costa Rica.

Palo Verde national park, located in the low riverbank of the Tempisque River, is made up of an ecosystem of flooded plains, bordered by rivers and by a chain of limestone fiords. Palo Verde is one of the places with the highest biodiversity in the country; there are approximately 15 different habitats, as a result of the varied topography that includes flooded areas, drainages, and the influence of tides.

Among the habitats, wetlands can be found: lagoons and swamps of salty and fresh water. These ecosystems are declared of world priority according to the Ramsar Conference. In addition, you can see mangroves, pastures, small forests across the plains, tropical dry forests, flooded forests, and evergreen forests.

Duration:  Full day
Includes: Round transportation from San Jose, boat tour & bilingual guide
Meals: Lunch

Hacienda Tayutic Experience
This one of a kind excursion through Costa Rican history and culture brings traditional rural customs to life for visitors. You will walk through the old Sitio de Mata village church with its stained glass windows more than century old, stroll through its enchanting gardens, marvel at the exquisite orchid greenhouse and the aromatic herb garden, and wonder at the strange labyrinth and lake that hint at mystery.

Later, your preconceptions about a typical day in the Costa Rican rural milieu will change, as you become a close-up observer and participant in both historical and modern processing of the products of dense, dark green fields of coffee plants, wavy oceans of sugar cane, and a newer arrival to our local agriculture, trees full of macadamia nuts. 

This excursion into the rural Costa Rica of yesteryear is a vivid and remarkable experience, part of which is our organically cultivated brown sugar, including the typical tapa dulce, or brown sugar cakes made in wooden molds. Be sure to take a taste! You will drink our own gourmet coffee prepared by a professional barista, or coffee specialist, and finish with an exotic cocktail featuring our coffee liqueur, organic brown sugar and macadamia essence.

Includes: Transportation & bilingual guide.
Meals:  B & L
Duration:  Full day