Top Costa Rica Private Sightseeing Tours - page 4

Leave the hustle and bustle of the city behind and spend the day exploring Manuel Antonio National Park on a group tour. Walk jungle trails, observe wildlife like macaws and crocodiles, and relax on the beach. This guided tour helps you avoid crowded areas and includes hotel pickup and drop-off for convenience.

Learn how to navigate Tamarindo’s waves during this roughly 1.5 hour surf lesson. Choose the group size that works for your budget, with private, small-group, and larger group options. Practice paddling, popping up, and riding with guidance from your instructor. More experienced surfers can also practice their technique by surfing alongside an instructor.

Visit two of the most popular attractions near La Fortuna with this full-day excursion to the Arenal Mistico Park and La Fortuna Waterfall. After pickup from select hotels in La Fortuna, take a roughly 3-hour walk along rainforest hanging bridges equipped with nature-spotting gear. Afterward, swim and relax at La Fortuna Waterfall before having a typical Costa Rican lunch and returning to La Fortuna.

Just 90 minutes from San Jose lies a world of fiery, steaming, white-hot adventure, and with this private tour, you’ll walk into it yourself. Picked up from your hotel, you’ll make the drive to Poas Volcano National Park, where you’ll literally step into the volcanic crater. After getting your fill of this lava land, you’ll cool down with stops at a bucolic farm, coffee plantation, or other Alajuela attractions.

San Pedrillo Station, On this tour you can see the free animals in Corcovado National Park, as well as enjoy our nature and the intensity of a Costa Rican jungle, plus our guides are certified by the Ministry of Tourism of Costa Rica and Corcovado. We offer one of the best lunches with vegan and vegetarian options, natural juices and filtered water. Very safe for your health.

Discover La Paz Waterfall Gardens on this all-day guided tour. The popular natural attraction boasts five waterfalls, a cloud forest, rainforest, an aviary and butterfly observatory, and more, plus capuchin and black-handed spider monkeys and plenty of educational animal exhibits with jaguars, pumas, ocelots, and margays. Plus, visit the largest coffee plantation in Costa Rica and learn about its production.

Coffee lovers, get your fix on a tour of the Café Britt plantation including private transfers from your San Jose hotel. Learn the history of this famous Costa Rican export, and see firsthand how coffee beans are cultivated, roasted, and transformed into fragrant elixir with a behind-the-scenes look at the farm and processing facilities. Browse products at the Britt factory store, order a freshly brewed drink from the coffee bar, and enjoy a buffet lunch from the plantation’s own restaurant.

El Rey is located 28 km away from Manuel Antonio national park area, this place it has a combination of several habitats Tropical Transitional forest and marshes, which makes the perfect place to spot kingfishers, seedeater, flycatchers, hummingbirds, woodpeckers and many others. Our Team would help to locate, identify and share with your different facts about birds like behaviors, diets, mating rituals and much more. You don’t have to worry about keeping a list of the species seen. We want you to spend your time identifying, taking photographs and having a perfect sighting of all different birds in the area, at the end of the activity, your tour guide will send you a full detail list of species seen during the tour which makes identifying and put a name to those photographs and sightings a whole lot easier! During the trip would be snacks and water will be provided during the birding experience It would be our pleasure to share our passion for birding. Book with us.

RSVP to the biggest party in Monteverde with this nocturnal tour of the area's famed wildlife by moonlight, when nearly 80 percent of Monteverde's mammalian residents come out to play. Join a guide who will help you spot animals such as two-toed sloths, reptiles, and more as they come out after dark.

✨ Indigenous Culture, Rainforest Wildlife & Coastal Beauty – All in One Day Embark on a full-day private tour from San José to Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast for a unique blend of cultural immersion and natural exploration. Visit an authentic Bribri indigenous community to learn about their ancient traditions and chocolate-making process, then discover the wildlife-rich trails of Cahuita National Park, home to sloths, monkeys, and coral reefs. An unforgettable day of learning, tasting, and exploring in one of the most vibrant regions of the country. Tour Highlights: Bribri Indigenous Village & Chocolate Tour Meet local Bribri families and learn about their ancestral traditions Witness and participate in the chocolate-making process from bean to bar Learn how cacao is used in medicine, food, and rituals Cahuita National Park Nature Walk Guided walk along a flat coastal trail rich in wildlife and marine views

A specialized tour for bird lovers. A walk to the birding hot spots in Monteverde, one of the best places for this activity. The biodiversity found in this area allow us to spot quetzals, toucans, umbrellabirds, and many other species.

Enjoy a private experience along Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast that combines a peaceful horseback ride with a guided wildlife walk in Cahuita National Park. Ride along quiet paths and the beach at a relaxed pace, on friendly, well-trained horses suited for all experience levels. After the ride, explore the park on foot with a naturalist guide, walking along shaded trails and the coastline while spotting white-faced monkeys, sloths, iguanas, raccoons, tropical birds, and butterflies. This private tour offers personalized attention and a balanced mix of outdoor activity, wildlife, and scenic beauty—ideal for nature lovers, couples, and families.

Get more out of your visit to Tenorio National Park by hiking with a guide, who will tell you about the birds, animals, and plants you see. The two-hour hike is moderately challenging so is ideal for active travelers. Cool off with a swim in the Rio Celeste and enjoy beautiful waterfall views. Take a tour of a wildlife sanctuary where you’ll have lunch and see sloths and frogs.

Learn about the chocolate industry in Costa Rica on this private 7-hour tour from San Jose. You'll visit Tirimbina, a private biological reserve in the rain forest and take a guided hike across a suspension bridge to a cacao plantation. Get an intimate look at the chocolate-making process, from fruit to chocolate bar. Lunch is included.

Experience the best of the Costa Rican rainforest on a combination canopy and hanging bridge tour, with entry to delightful butterfly gardens, too. Take a guided tour of the canopy, looking out for birds and wildlife and learning more about the biodiversity as you go. The hanging bridges provide unparalleled views of the canopy. Transfers from Monteverde hotels add extra convenience.

Discover the heart of adventure in Costa Rica with this exhilarating ATV activity. Explore the lush jungles, picturesque river paths, and pristine beaches, all while taking in the beauty of the landscape from the mountaintop with an unobstructed view of the majestic ocean. This privately guided tour promises a thrilling and unforgettable experience, offering a perfect blend of nature, adrenaline, and fun.

Surrounded by Baru National Wildlife Refuge and located within Manuel Antonio National Park, Hacienda Baru is an eco lodge in Savegre, Costa Rica. From tropical rainforest and mangroves to wetlands and beaches, these diverse ecosystems are yours to explore on a private guided tour. You'll roam around this quiet area with a guide pointing out endemic flora and fauna. Keep a lookout for the toucans, monkeys, and sloths you might see along the way.

Discover one of Costa Rica’s most beautiful national parks, Tortuguero, on a full-day private tour from San Jose. Travel comfortably with hotel pickup and board a private, fully-covered boat for your tour through the canals. Your guide sheds light on the ecosystem and points out wildlife like sloths, toucans, monkeys, and crocodiles. This moderate-level tour includes a nature walk and town visit for a complete experience.

Explore three of Costa Rica's most incredible national parks in just three days with this tour. You'll spend time hiking in Arenal Volcano National Park, traversing the canals and rivers at Tortuguero National Park, and hanging out at the beaches in Manuel Antonio National Park. For added convenience and comfort, all accommodation, transportation, and meals are included.

When your cruise ship docks on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, don't waste time making your own way between its highlights. Maximize your time and spend a half day exploring local culture and the wildlife-rich canals of Tortuguero with this private shore excursion from Limon. Spot famous rainforest residents on a river boat cruise, and learn about Costa Rica's banana and coffee industries with a visit to the Chiquita Banana plantation and a village market.

Get to know Costa Rica’s Caribbean province on a private full-day tour of Limon and its surroundings. Start with a Limon city tour, then take a scenic coastal drive to Cahuita National Park where you experience the rain forest and beach during a short nature walk. You’ll also look for wildlife, visit a banana plantation, and take a boat cruise through the Tortuguero canals.

Spend a day of adventure at the Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin with this tour from Tamarindo. You'll participate in all sorts of activities, from a canopy tour that crosses over a deep canyon to horseback riding through the forest. You'll also get to go inner tubing down the rapids of the Rio Negro, all in just one day.

With this private half-day tour, exploring active volcanoes couldn’t be easier. Picked up right from your hotel, you’ll make the scenic 1-hour ride to Irazu Volcano National Park and its namesake volcano—the highest in the country. You’ll explore this fiery wonderland with a guide (greenish-yellow crater lake and all), witness the old town of Cartago, and so much more.

Today, get into the Monteverde Cloud Forest for this private birdwatching and photography tour. Your professional guide will take you to three areas to observe birds like quetzal, trogons, toucans, and black-bellied hummingbirds. This is a small group experience, lasting around six hours. Use the telescope provided by your guide to take closeups of the wildlife on your cell phone.