Tortuguero Canal & Banana Plantation
Puerto Limon shore trips – Tortuguero Canal Expedition & Banana Plantation
*FULL REFUND POLICIES IF TOUR IS CANCELLED OR SHIP MISS PORT*
Tour Meeting Time: 30 Minutes After Ship Arrival (Earliest Tour 8:00 AM)
Meeting Instructions: Main entrance of the pier (main street). It is about one block from your ship and 5 minutes’ walk. There you will see our staff holding a sign with your name on it.
Our Puerto Limon shore trips includes the best of this amazing region. The Tortuguero Canal Tour begins at port where you hop on a luxury air-conditioned motor coach for a 20 minutes’ drive along scenic roads, passing quaint villages on your way to the famous Tortuguero Canals. Board your covered boat for a 60 minutes leisurely cruise through the jungle canals. Your guide explains the rain forest eco-system and points out sights of interest. Keep an eye out for wildlife including howler monkeys, many sloths, toucans, aquatic birds, bats and crocodiles as well as exotic flora.
After the boat ride, enjoy a snack of fresh tropical fruits before to board your mini bus again for the journey to the next destination. A Del Monte Banana Plantation where many interesting facts about this amazing fruit will be explained: The Crop, harvesting, processing, packing and exportation. Costa Rica is the second largest banana producer in the world and 80% of the plantations are located in Puerto Limon province, becoming one of the most important economic activities in the region.
Note: In this tour we visit the plantations. No the packing houses due they are private properties and we are not allowed to get in. Our guide will explain from the side road about the activity.
Note: All our Puerto Limon shore trips have 8:00 AM as departure time. However, if your ship arrives at 8:00 AM, we will move the Pick Up time to 9:00 AM. For ships arriving late, we will adjust and confirm by email.
We operate all our tours according with this ship´s arrivals.
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 Puerto Limon shore excursions.
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Price – Shore Excursions
Puerto Limon shore trips
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Destination
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Departure
Puerto Limón Pier -
Departure Time
8:00 AM or 30 minutes after ship arrival -
Return Time
1:00 PM -
What´s to Bring
Comfortable shoes, Camera, Rain Gear or Umbrella, Insect Repellent, Comfortable Clothes, Sun-scream, Sun Hat, Sunglasses, Money for personal expenses. -
Included
Entrance feeLunchPrivate tour guidePrivate Transportation -
Not Included
Alcoholic BeveragesBreakfastDrop Off at a different location than your hotel.Gratitude’s for GuideMeals not specified
Tour Plan
Pick Up Time - 8:00am or 30 minutes after ship arrival
- Meet our Naturalist Tour Guide and Deluxe Transportation from the pier
- Drive to private reserve Jungle Breeze where the zipline waits for you
Tortuguero Canal Boat Tour - 9:00am
- Enjoy the Tortuguero Canal boat tour and its biodiversity.
Fruit´s Snack - 10:30am
- After the boat tour, enjoy a fresh fruits snack
Visit a Banana Plantation - 11:30 am
- Learn about banana industry at one of the banana plantations around Limon
Visit the Souvenir Stores - 12 Noon.
- Stop at a nice souvenir store and get that special souvenir from Puerto Limon
Return to the Pier & Ship 1:00 pm
- After an amazing cultural and natural experience, return to the ship
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Sarah Wood
We squeezed onto the tour just a few days before the boat docked, but it was the first week bus was full, I would suggest reservations any other time.
Wasn’t clear: Greenway has been around a long time, but they are not one of the giant tour operators, so you walk through the others waiting at the end of the dock,, walk out the gate and across the street. Greenway was waiting there.
I was impressed, even the guides from other companies helped out and pointed where Greenway was located, and during the day forest and canals I noticed guides from different companies letting each other know where the animals were visible that day.
Our young gal was Imalay O, her English was great (she lived in Chicago two years) and she was a walking wiki on Costa Rica, everything from environment, to animals, people, history – well there isn’t a lot of history around Port Limon.
We saw three types of bats, two types of sloths (special surprise there), some small venomous vipers, termites, iguanas, howler monkeys, and lots of birds (same birds from California wintering in Costa Rica like my brother.)
The driver, whose name I didn’t write down, went out of his way every stop to point out side details…. and there may have been an extra ‘stop’ in his old neighborhood overlooking the harbor.
We were back to the pier on time and had an hour to walk around the Parque Vargas park with some interesting art. Also saw my first “Paso de Touristas” (Tourist Crossing) sign for motorists.
I’ll send my friends bak to Greenway.. great company, great staff.
November 15, 2018 at 10:53 pm
Nicholas Coleman
We were on a Holland American cruise to the Panama Canal and had a stop in Limon on the way back. I searched TripAdvisor for a short excursion and picked this one. Very efficient pick up at the port. Luis was a great guide and the itinerary was perfect for us. Saw a lot of Sloths and Monkeys. Saw cool birds and a big Cayman in the canals. Place we stopped for lunch was good. greT value for the money, highly recommend.
December 5, 2018 at 10:55 pm
Adam Barnes
Best tour we booked while cruising to South America. Tour guides were fantastic; very helpful and knowledgeable.
September 30, 2019 at 10:51 pm
Joanne Jenkins
Wonderful Learning Experience
Our Tour Guide Luis was absolutely wonderful. Extremely knowledgeable about everything Costa Rica. Spoke very good English and made our tour very enjoyable. Also got us back to the Cruise Ship on time. Would highly recommend doing this tour while in Costa Rica.
June 12, 2020 at 10:54 pm