Puntarenas Costa Rica Highlights Tour

Puntarenas Costa Rica Highlights 6 in 1 Tour
Shore Excursion

Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Approx Duration: 6 hours
Price: $135 adults / Children: $108
Activity Type: Nature, Cultural, Boat Tour & Wildlife
Activity Level: Easy.
Restrictions: Be able to walk 0.5 mile in the rainforest

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The best tour you can take during your visit to Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Come with us and enjoy our exclusive and unique tour  and discover the best of Puntarenas Costa Rica Highlights with a professional naturalist tour guide, who will explain you the most important aspects of the Central Pacific Coast and will show you the rich wildlife of this fascinating region. This tour includes: A Rainforest Nature Walk & Hanging Bridges in Villa Lapas Reserve, A Boat tour for admire the huge crocodiles at Tarcoles River, A Puntarenas City Tour, Country Drive and Sightseeing, Shopping Stop, Search for Monkeys & Scarlet Macaws.

Your breath-taking, adventure begins with a relaxing drive through the wonderful Costa Rican countryside on an air-conditioned transportation for up to 20 passengers due we operate small groups in order to provide a professional and personalized service. Your guide will point out many sights of interest including mango, sugar and citrus plantations, diverse fruit stands and rural farming communities. 

You will be heading to Villa Lapas Reserve & Eco Hotel, about 1-hour drive from the pier. Upon arrival to our beautiful property, you will have some free time for use restrooms and explore the surroundings before to begging the rain forest nature walk and enjoy crossing the Hanging Bridges. Experience the beauty of the rain forest through our Villa Lapas Sky Way walking tour 1.5 miles (2.5 km) in length, and five suspended bridges at more than 180 feet above the ground. Each of these bridges is an astonishing 300 feet length, crossing through the very heart of the tropical rain forest. This all-ages tour lets you observe the primary and secondary rain forest vegetation. Make yourself one with the jungle. Keep your eyes open to see the numerous bird species, mammals and other varied fauna that call this forest home.

The nature walk last about one hour and it includes some areas with some steeps, uneven terrain, ups and downs.

After your rain forest experience, enjoy complementary tropical fresh fruits and Ice Tea before to continue our journey to Tarcoles River. Famous for its large American Crocodiles, the Tarcoles River forms the Northern border of Carara Biological Reserve on the Central Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The Tarcoles River is home to one of the world’s largest crocodile populations in the wild and they are very easy to admire during our one-hour boat ride. Besides crocodiles, many aquatic bird species, monkeys & scarlet macaws are easy to see.

Continuing our Puntarenas Costa Rica Highlights Tour, you will visit El Jardin Souvenir Store & Restaurant. This is a beautiful souvenir’s store and Art Gallery with excellent products. At this place, free time is allowed for shopping and has lunch at the restaurant, where delicious typical and international dishes are offered for an excellent price. You can taste the typical dish of Costa Rica, “El Casado” a plate that combine rice, beans, vegetables, fried plantain and a meat of your selection (chicken, steak, fish) for an affordable price of $10. (Lunch is not included in the tour’s rate).

Returning to the pier, before the drop off, you will visit Puntarenas City. This is the largest city in the Central Pacific. Puntarenas offers visitors and locals alike, a variety of tantalizing fresh sea foods such as shrimp, lobsters, fish, etc. A lively and attractive city, perhaps one of Puntarenas’s most interesting features is the Paseo de los Turistas. This is a tree-lined promenade adjacent to the beach. This area turns into a colorful street on weekends, as people from all over flock the popular restaurants, discos, cafes, bars and hotels that are found here. While the beach here is not safe for swimming because the water tends to be pretty murky, it is still a great place to hang out and relax with the local Ticos. It is definitely worth exploring this city, as there are many beautiful old unusual buildings found all over the place, as well as several fabulous restaurants and hotels. Puntarenas also has a lovely old church, which is a must see as well.

Note: If you are not able to walk but want to see the rainforest, we recommend the tour Rainforest Wagon Expedition & Crocodile Safari Cruise. 

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Tour include: Round trip transportation from Puntarenas or Puerto Caldera piers, bilingual guides, insurance, rainforest nature walk in the hanging bridges, fruits, water, breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and 1 hour boat tour in Tarcoles River, visit to souvenir shops, Puntarenas City Tour and Country Sightseeing.

What To Bring: Short or Long pants, tennis shoes, sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat and money for extra expenses.

Tour Meeting Time:  30 Minutes After Ship Arrival (Earliest tour 8:00 AM)

Meeting Place: Main entrance of the pier. In there you will see our tour guides holding a sign with your name. We do not pick up INSIDE the pier.

Arrival Ports: Puntarenas or Puerto Caldera. Our tours are operated from the port the cruise ship arrives. Do not worry about it. We will be at any port.

We operate all our tours accordingly with the ship arrival. We know sometimes the ships are running late OR early. For this reason, we have our pick up 30 minutes after the ship arrival. First departure 08:00 AM

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Certified by the Costa Rica Tourism Board since December 2003
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Greenway Nature Tours is a Certified Travel Agency and Tour Operator by the Costa Rican Tourist Board with special certification in Sustainable Travel (CST). We offer about 8 different Puntarenas shore excursions.

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