ISLAND GUIDE
The tours and day trips worth booking.
The 5 top-rated things to do in Puntarenas — the boat trips, beach days, volcano hikes and old-town wanders worth building a day around, with real prices and who to book each one with.
A guided SkyWalk through Costa Rica’s forest canopy, then a Tarcoles River boat cruise for crocodiles, birds, and great views.
Most Popular“Fabulous guide and driver! On time, friendly, expert information. Very personal and client oriented.”
Ten in 1 Puntarenas highlights tour with Tarcoles croc cruise, monkey house, Carara photo stops, mountain lunch, and city sights.
“Our guide Hazel (Hey!) was very knowledgeable and did her best to show us the highlights on our tour. We'd hoped the group would be a little smaller, as the vehicle we were riding was full to capacity and felt a bit cramped. The monkey house visit was cute; capuchin monkeys were all around us…”
Monteverde’s cloud forest at night, led by a naturalist with night vision scopes for a small-group wildlife hunt in 2 hours.
“From the very beginning our experience was more than we could have hoped for. Our guide, Vinny was amazing, incredibly informative and knowledgeable, and took the time to explain the wildlife and flora and fauna we saw. Vinny was amazing with taking fantastic photos for us, and spotting everything we saw from scorpions, vipers, macaw,…”
Tortuga Island day trip from San José with a catamaran ride, private beach time, included meals, and optional snorkeling with Bay Island Cruises.
“Amazing tropical island experience. This was the best thing we did in Costa Rica! Tortuga Island is a paradise and the snorkelling was very fun!”
Puntarenas wildlife tour with crocodile spotting at Tarcoles Bridge, rainforest drives in Carara, mountain views, and a city loop for first-timers.
“Very bad experience. I booked a cruise excutsion.I was not aware I was given the wrong booking date (7th Octo) instead of 10th Nov. Viator notced my cruise was not docking at the port on 7 Octo. and alerted me by email and I replied asking for correction. However since then despite several enquiries Viator…”
Every archipelago, and the best of each island in it.
