Tours in Quepos

Run the cleanest river in Costa Rica that just so happens to have Class III rapids year-round! An adrenaline-packed adventure is just an hour away from Manuel Antonio hotel’s area. Come and enjoy this tropical outdoor excursion, where everyone is welcome… nature lovers, families, and especially adrenaline enthusiasts!

We all need fresh air and adventure, the adventures in the mangroves are full of entertainment and fun. Mangroves are tropical and subtropical coastal forests, located specifically in the intertidal zone. In Costa Rica, mangroves cover 0.8% of the national territory. They are located mainly on the Pacific coast, along which 99.0% of the country’s mangroves are located. A tour for those who decide not to paddle, learn and relax with nature. We offer a personalized tour in a private or shared boat, a perfect experience for travelers of any age, from children to seniors, can enjoy this ride through the mangroves of the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

This is a unique opportunity to have an authentic and fun experience with several members of the local community enjoying great food and learning about the Costa Rican culture while spending an incredible day in a rainforest reserve, swimming in fresh swimming holes under giant waterfalls, crossing hanging bridges, and having a great hike!

This experience is a unique opportunity to experience a rural Costa Rican village while participating in a very interesting hands-on activity making Chocolate. Learn about the history of chocolate, try the Cacao fruit, roast the cacao beans, and then roll up your sleeves and get your hands in there to make your very own truffles choosing the toppings that you love most. This is a fun and interactive experience and great for friends, couples and families! The setting is a private family owned plot of land in the rainforest that overlooks the Naranjo River. You will be surrounded by the sounds of nature and can plunge into the cleansing waterfall after enjoying some chocolate! After chocolate making and waterfall splashing, enjoy a home cooked lunch in the home of our friend and neighbor. Learn to make homemade tortillas with Doña Luz! Our hope is that you will feel like you have experienced something truly off the beaten path that is educational, authentic, fun and delicious!!

Our Jungle Night Tour is an educational and informative experience, our small groups and personalized attention is what sets us apart from most other local night tour operators, besides we are the only company that provides clean rain boots to wear during the activity for your own safety and comfort. If you are not interested in learning about the nightcrawlers that live in Manuel Antonio, this is not the right activity for you. Designed for very small or private groups in mind (4-6 people max), we will commit ourselves to search for any specific animal request as we make our way through a beautifully preserved private property, you will find yourself next to all kinds of spiders, colorful tree frogs, lizards, snakes, and occasionally anteaters, sloths, armadillos, and even the elusive ocelots. If you love creepy things, our Night Jungle Tour is the perfect activity for you and your family. Find out everything there is to know about the creatures you can't see during the day.

You will enjoy a tour in the first marine park in Costa Rica, the Marino Ballena National Park in the South Pacific, where the big humpback whales are dating, as well as dolphins, turtles and more. You will also have the opportunity to Snorkel (weather permitting), visit caverns and more to live more closely the unique experience that gives you this wonderful park. We have two different seasons to see whales, one is from July to October, and the next from January to March!

We are a boutique tour company that is locally owned and operated. We pride ourselves on keeping our groups small to medium in size so that we can make our tours more personal and unique.Once you are picked up at your hotel or vacation rental, you will be driven through palm plantations and a jungle back country before arriving at the thermal springs. It is a informative 45 minute ride where a bilingual guide will explain the history of the local area while looking for wildlife along the way. Once you arrive, there are bathrooms where one can change. There is a 5 minute walk to get o the thermal pools and the river. There are 5 pristine thermal pools where one can relax while experiencing a natural clay mask. One can also swim in the crystal clear waters of the river where the pools are 2 ft to 6 ft deep. There are three naturally carved out rock slides where everyone in the family can have a blast going down them. A typical Costa Rican lunch is served at the end of the tour.

Manuel Antonio’s Best Hidden and unique tour. Mulguri is considered a natural paradise for those whom want to be in harmony with nature, in a place that has an astounding beauty working Hand in Hand with Nature, far from the noise of the vehicles and the city. On 1hour trip from Manuel Antonio, passes through small local villages, natural springs, rainforest and then into the remote back country of this area known as Quebrada de Arroyo. The access to the waterfalls is possible by walking a trail down steps heading to a pristine and safe waterfall area that resembles a natural Jacuzzi with various depths for the security and enjoyment of all. There are in total 3 waterfalls, 1 water drop 4 natural swimming pools. The Property is surrounded by mountains with green leafy forests and located right at the foot of the mountain. The typical Costa Rican lunch is made by a local family, have lunch in their house and explore the local cultural and the rural tourism

I am a local guide who loves my job and I am more passionate about what I do every day! If you want to learn about the natural history of the animals of Costa Rica and see the three-clawed sloths smile at you and move with great patience, I am the right person to show you our natural beauties! It will be a pleasure for me to be your guide in my office, the Manuel Antonio National Park!

We offer more than just chocolate, Firstly, the chocolate tour begins with the cultural and biological background of cacao in Costa Rica. It further introduces into the collecting, fermenting, grinding and finally the making of chocolate, the drink of the gods. Secondly, we talk about coffee and its importance for Costa Rica's economic and cultural development. We have a showroom with important coffee picking instruments and a better explanation of the process of coffee production. We want to show you how to make Café-Chorreado, the real Costa Rican practice of preparing coffee. Amongst other sampling methods. Finally, we want to look at one of the most important aspects of Costarican culture and tradition, the trapiche: A sugar cane mill. Here we grind sugar cane to extract the juice and make all kinds of local and delicious candy. This is for sure the sweetest tour in the area. We have recently added a MEDICINAL PLANTS GARDEN TO OUR.

You will truly appreciate the wonders of Peñas Blancas river and the surrounding rainforest as we float down the river, this way you will enjoy the journey quietly rowing and taking photos of the flora and founa around you. The Safari Float will also take you to enjoy and learn about some plantations during our drive to the river, as well as the importance of these crops for Costa Rica development, followed by a typical snack. In our tour, you will have the best part of your visit to La Fortuna. Come and enjoy this great experience!

Adventurous people visiting Manuel Antonio should not miss the chance to overcome “El Chorro”, a high degree whitewater rafting trip. “El Chorro” is a Class 4 whitewater rafting trip on the upper section of the Naranjo River, about 45 minutes from the main Manuel Antonio hotel area.

Once we get to know each other, each person must pay their own ticket which has a cost of $17 p.p. which will be paid to Hacienda Baru on the day of the tour. We will begin early in the morning in an exclusive and private place, we will walk through places where there are no many people and we will go looking for local flora and fauna of the place, we will have the opportunity to take photographs of the animals through the HD telescope of any smartphone you have.

This is a kayaking tour where you explore the hidden nature of the mangrove’s wetlands. The Damas Island mangrove’s wetland is part of the biggest mangrove’s ecosystem in Central America. There are hundreds of different types of wildlife like birds, mammals, reptiles and fish that can easily be spotted from the kayak. Come and enjoy this educational and eco-friendly tour.

If you enjoy a little heart pumping, this is the best Manuel Antonio tour for you! Round trip transportation is provided and you will be picked up at your hotel and driven to the canopy site, about 20 minutes from the Manuel Antonio hotel area. The Manuel Antonio canopy course has 11 different zip line cables that goes from 256 ft. to 1500 ft., 50 ft. height rappel , 2 suspension bridges and 1 Tarzan swing, all above and within the verdant tree canopies. As you “zip line” from platform to platform and soar over the leafy treetops, you will be amazed by the new perspective of nature’s wonders that this canopy tour gives you.

Live the experience Corcovado with a 1 day tour leaving from Manuel Antonio, our transportation will pick you up and bring you to Sierpe, Osa, where we'll take the boat to start the tour, we will sail through the largest mangrove of Central America, the Térraba-Sierpe, then sail through the open sea to the station San Pedrillo, where we begin with the walks Full of lush flora and fauna, we will take lunch inside the park . Then we going to visit the San Pedrillo waterfall to enjoy its refreshing waters and then undertake the trip back to the starting point. TranslateUpon returning to Sierpe, our transport will take you back to San Jose and this is the end of the tour. *Corcovado National Park is considered the most intensely biologically speaking place in the world, according to National Geographic.

The “Chorro” section of the Naranjo River has Class IV and V rapids, for those of you looking for a more intense rafting expirence. Here we will run some of the best and most challenging rapids available in Costa Rica. Exploding water, steep drops, tight rock walls, and technical routes will get your adrenaline pumping. We will ride through the narrow canyons surrounded by huge boulders, and cascading waterfalls while taking in the breathtaking scenery of the rainforest, making this unique whitewater rafting experience the highlight of your Costa Rica vacation! This trip is recommended for individuals in strong physical condition!  The tour is approx 4.5 hours from start to finish with approx 1.5 hours in the water.  This trip include lunch, bilingual guides, safety kayaker, photographer (pictures available for purchase), and A/C transportation to and from hotels or houses in Manuel Antonio or Quepos. 

We offer a more familiar, educational and relaxing trip which allow you to enjoy the nature as well as fun for the whole family and visitors. We have some music on board to listen, but when there is an opportunity to have some fun dancing our guides and crew will be always ready to. Our delicious lunch or dinner prepare fresh onboard are always well recommended and people just love it. Sunset during the dry season are stunning. Our crew will make a big difference also all the time.

An Unbelievably Unique Experience Best Views of Manuel Antonio Fun, Easy, Relaxing and Safe Only company offering winch boat parasailing in Costa Rica

This is your magical one day retreat on vacation! A day of wellness combining yoga, waterfalls, blue clay experience and a unique cultural lunch in a local woman's home. This an opportunity to visit an area that is close to Manuel Antonio but feels so far away. This excursion is off the beaten path and the intention is to experience the rainforest without the hustle and bustle or crowds you can get elsewhere. We are committed to supporting the locals who have maintained a simple lifestyle in the countryside by sharing meals in their homes. Chorro Ecolodge is a family run place that makes you feel at ease and at peace in nature. It has a stunning rancho with a yoga platform overlooking the Naranjo River and you can take a plunge in the waterfall while listening to Toucans and observing the blue morpho butterflies!

Fall in love with the nature of the mangrove during a 2 hour tour where our guide and boat captain will accompany you throughout the tour explaining in detail each animal and plant we find during the tour will stop to take incredible photos with monkeys and other animal species and enjoy the wonderful view of the coast. This tour is carried out with all safety and insurance protocols for travelers and also offers accurate and correct information regarding the tour

Kayak and snorkel exploring marine wildlife during this exciting 4-hour excursion departing from the pier in Quepos. Paddle your kayak for a little over an hour navigating past tiny islands and observing marine birds and their nesting grounds. Biesanz Bay, a hidden beautiful inlet where you can rest, enjoy a snack and snorkel.

Let's explore one of Costa Rica’s best kept waterfall secrets. This tour begins with a very scenic drive along the coastline. Upon arrival, our short hike down to the river begins! As soon as we will enter the canyon you will come to face with a majestic 150-foot waterfall. We will guide you to the many different features Eco Chontales has to offer - multiple calm swimming holes, areas perfect for taking photos, a mini waterslide & even places to jump from! There is a small jump (6 feet), but also a larger one for the thrill-seeker - 9 meter (28 feet +/-)! After we have explored all the features of the waterfall, we will create a mini on the spot-spa and turn into Avatars. We will apply mineral rich naturally colored blue clay on our bodies. This “rainforest clay” we provide is sourced near fresh spring water and is renowned for its healthy skin care properties. To finalize our experience, we will get to enjoy a delicious, freshly cooked Costa Rican meal at the river restaurant.

We are a boutique tour company that is locally owned and operated. We pride ourselves on keeping our groups small to medium in size and avoid taking out large groups so that we can make our tours more personal and unique. This is a safe rafting tour which is great for people that want to experience a tropical river without driving too far. The starting point is only a 25 minutes ride from Quepos and Manuel Antonio. The Naranjo River is a fantastic way for the whole family to experience a rafting trip in Costa Rica's Central Pacific region.