Palo Verde National Park Boat Tour
Liberia, Costa Rica
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Take Palo Verde National Park up on its reputation as a bird-watcher’s paradise on this wildlife boat tour from Papagayo Gulf. Following hotel pickup, make your way to the marshland between the Tempisque and Bebedero River for a wildlife tour, with opportunities to see iguanas, monkeys, bats, and more. Complete your tour with a typical Costa Rican lunch and hotel drop-off.
- Wildlife tour of Palo Verde National Park
- Opportunities to see tropical birds, iguanas, monkeys, and more
- Learn about the local ecosystem from your guide as you go
- Typical Costa Rican lunch included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off included
What's Included
- Lunch
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Transport by private vehicle
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR HOTEL / LODGING NAME.
Operating hours.7:30 am
Itinerary
Issys Tours Costa Rica (Pass By)
1
Palo Verde National Park
3 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infant seats available
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infant meals not included
- Infant seats available upon request
- Please provide Lodging name
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Hope_N
our tour guide Luis was great! he was knowledgeable and so friendly!! highly recommend him. he had great information not only on Palo Berde but also general information on Costa Rica. even describing how the sugar field harvests work as we passed the fields along the way. the Pali Verde tour was fabulous. we saw monkeys up close and vcrocodiles and so many kinds of birds. great half day trip!!
Reviews
4.5
based on 28 reviews
Brian_S, Apr 2026
My wife and I were scheduled to be picked up at 7:30 am by your selected provider. We waited outside the resort gate until 8:30, standing on the side of the road.
No one ever showed up. I expect a full refund of the $380.00 prepaid fee. It was a very disappointing and frustrating experience. Zero stars….
Joe_C, Feb 2026
We are supposed to be on our tour now but the tour operator never showed up at our scheduled pick up location and time. We arrived at 7:20am for a 7:30 scheduled pick up. By 8:30 the operator had not arrived. During that time I messaged the tour operator , ISSYS, 3 times never receiving a response. At 8:10 I called Viator directly and spoke with a helpful agent - he put me on hold while he called ISSYS directly - but he said they were not answering. He advised that we wait until
8:30 and if the operator did not arrive or communicate that we should leave and request a refund. It’s later in the day now and I still haven’t received any communication from the tour operator. Extremely disappointing!’
Amanda_R, Feb 2026
I was excited for this tour based on the reviews. However, I'm really disappointed. I reached out a few times prior to the tour to confirm time and pick up location was accurate. I never received a response. The morning of my tour I woke up and noticed they finally sent me a message. Unfortunately, they sent me a message after 11 pm the night before the tour saying their bus just broke down and all the other busses for the day were reserved. They asked if we could reschedule. While I understand things like that happen, we couldn't reschedule since we were going home the next day. I responded with that and asked for a refund since they had to cancel. I never heard anything back from them. I'm wondering if we could have rescheduled if they would have responded then or not. I had to contact Viator for a refund since the operator never got back to me.
Response from Host, Mar 2026
Hi Amanda
First, we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and frustration this situation caused. We completely understand how disappointing it must have been to be ready and waiting for your tour and not receive the service as expected.
After reviewing the booking details, we confirmed that the hotel selected for pick-up was outside of the areas where we provide service. Unfortunately, we are not able to operate tours beyond our established pick-up zones, which is why transportation was not dispatched to that location.
We have previously notified Viator about this issue; however, they have not taken action to restrict bookings from locations outside of our service area.
We truly regret the inconvenience this caused during your trip and appreciate your understanding.
But we would also like to clarify that we are not able to return the deposit directly, as we did not receive the payment immediately. All payments and refunds must be processed through Viator, since they manage the transaction on their end.
As previously discussed, we had already communicated with Viator and agreed to the cancellation of the tour and the corresponding refund. From our side, the cancellation was approved and properly reported to them.
If Viator requires any additional confirmation from us to process your refund, we will be more than happy to assist promptly.
Hope_N, Jan 2024
our tour guide Luis was great! he was knowledgeable and so friendly!! highly recommend him. he had great information not only on Palo Berde but also general information on Costa Rica. even describing how the sugar field harvests work as we passed the fields along the way. the Pali Verde tour was fabulous. we saw monkeys up close and vcrocodiles and so many kinds of birds. great half day trip!!
Nadine_D, Dec 2023
Noelberto is very friendly, knowledgeable and enthusiastic about wild life and Costa Rica preservation efforts.
Highly recommend Solano as the boat captain!
Saw many crocs , monkeys, owls, birds and iguanas!
Moritz_D, Apr 2022
We had a great trip. Saw a lot of wildlife (crocodile, monkeys, birds and iguanas). The tour guide was very nice and very knowledgeable.
Sydney_B, Jan 2020
Terrific tour all around. From the hassle-free pick up at our resort, to the wildlife spotting, and cultural lunch experience, we couldn’t have asked for a better tour. Very casual way to experience some local spots with a knowledgeable guide.
Rebecca D, Mar 2017
Gerson was terrific! He had amazing stores of knowledge. Juan the boat captain and Gerson had fantastic wildlife-spotting skills. The self-sustaining ranch at which we had our fabulous luncheon was wonderful complete with pottery demonstration.
Donna R, Jan 2017
We had a great day, our tour guide Nolberto Hernandez was wonderful we could not have asked for a better guide, we seen crocodiles, beautiful birds, very large iguanas and we had monkeys all over the boat at one point. I would take some insect repel and a camera. Lunch was very good, all the people were friendly. We recommend this tour.
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