Top Costa Rica Outdoor Activities

Great experience, something to do for anyone that visits Costa Rica. The tour guide, in my case Rodolfo, will teach you a lot about the Costa Rican wildlife and its plants. You will get to see various monkeys in their natural habitat. Iguanas and other lizards are also plenty around. Sloths are a bit harder to find, but if you are lucky, you will also see some of them. Others are hummingbirds, bats, termites (especially their nests), spiders, and much more. There is also one of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen there, but I would recommend to do this on your own time (don't really need a guide to hang out the beach) and use the guide to show you more about the park. Overall, a great experience. Maybe make sure to visit during dry season (December-April) to enjoy it to the fullest.

The team gave us really clear instructions before arriving - particularly with what to bring/what not to bring which was important as the park is very strict with what they let in. The team organised the tickets before which made it a seamless, hassle-free day for us. The guide, Mop, had a great sense of humour and an incredible eye for spotting animals within the park - he has been doing this for 25+ years! He definitely had the biggest scope and was kind enough to take all the photos/videos using his camera and air-dropped them to us at the end of the tour which finished on the beach. It was a slightly larger than initially expected group for us, but this way due to sickness, so took some time getting through everyone seeing the animals through the scope, but all the groups were lovely so wasn't a big problem for us.

I wasn’t sure what I was getting into . We were picked up from our hotel and taken to this location I had seen from the road . I really thought this was a tourist trap . It was not - 35 acres of woods and saw about 7 Sloths . Really a great experience for kids . The coffee was really good and the cocoa and sugar can was really informative

Thoroughly enjoyed this informative experience. This isn’t a big commercial thing- it’s family owned. Our tour guide showed us the tools his father and grandfather used to harvest the cacao beans for generations. I highly recommend! A few things that aren’t in the booking info- 1. You don’t need any special shoe, but I’d recommend sneakers. I wore flip flops and got a few little bug bites walking through the property. Not a must, but I wished I’d worn closed toe. 2. They give TONS of fruit samples that were absolutely delicious, in addition to a chocolate banana at the start. Unexpected treat! Highly recommend Don Olivo- kind family and informative tour!

We had such an amazing experience! First of all, Oso was the best! He spoke beautiful English and Spanish and made sure all instructions were understood. The guides were fun and very knowledgeable. They helped us maneuver the rapids and got us safely back! I would HIGHLY recommend this group for your rafting needs!!

The hike is no joke! It had been raining so don't wear shoes you care about because you can't avoid the mud and I can tell you from experience make sure they are good shoes cause mine came off while Rapelling so I chose not to do the big one at the end but my daughter did and I got to watch her and video it from above. It was an amazing time though and the guide Grey was absolutely wonderful and attentive (especially to me being mama)!! The food at the end was the best we had the whole trip!!!

The trip was really well organised. We went by bus to the river, about an hour long, stopping enroute for bathroom and souvenir shop. All of the guides were great fun. Really experienced river guides so we felt very safe. It was a fantastic activity! We returned to the base after rafting and had a delicious lunch and tour of the farm. We all thoroughly enjoyed our adventure with Descents!

I had a really good experience! I felt like I got a taste of pretty much most of the things I was expecting. They send you updates when your driver is there to pick you up (greatly appreciated). I will admit at times that it was kind of confusing because we had to hop on different buses midway through the tour and pick up other passengers. But overall, the tour guides were really nice and knowledgeable (I had Sergio and he was cool!). We also ended up switching tour guides too midway. It was a little confusing but nevertheless worth every penny. Lunch was provided, you get the option to choose (they also have options for those with special diets or dietary restrictions). We ate altogether in a beautiful dining area right after our hike to the Arenal Volcano. Fortuna is a great destination to explore and this company highlights just some of the many beautiful things to do in the area. We even saw monkeys and various critters native to the area. As a solo traveler, I’m quite satisfied with this activity and company :)