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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.

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Puntarenas cruise tours for enjoy your day in Puntarenas Costa Rica with this amazing rainforest wagon and crocodile safari tour for cruise passengers

Enjoy your Puntarenas cruise tours during your Port of Call in Puntarenas or Caldera Costa Rica with this amazing shore excursion. Visit the rain forest in a easy way: By a nice wagon pulled by a tractor following by a ecological boat tour in Tarcoles River for enjoy the abundant wildlife and see the huge crocodiles living in this area.

Your Puntarenas cruise tours and breath-taking adventure begins with a pickup from the pier and a relaxing 60 minute drive through the wonderful Costa Rican countryside on an air-conditioned transportation and recent model deluxe vehicle or mini bus. Your guide will point out many sights of interest including mango, coffee, sugar and citrus plantations, diverse fruit stands and rural farming communities. You will be heading to the Central Pacific Coast, Tarcoles River and Carara National Park, until arrives to our private property, about 60 minutes’ drive from Puntarenas Pier. Upon arrival to our beautiful property, you will have some free time for use restrooms and explore the surroundings before to start the adventure.

This tour consists of a journey through the rain forest, located in the Tarcolitos River canyon that is part of the 200-hectare private reserve of the Hotel Villa Lapas, crossing the river 8 times with a total distance of 3.2 kilometers in a cart drawn by a tractor at low speed, so that you can appreciate both the flora and fauna of such a special area in Costa Rica as Carara is. During the tour we make several stops for bird watching and important trees in the area as well as a stop to see the river where even customers can get off the wagon and get into the pool. Our two carts have a capacity for 24 and 28 people and lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

After this great adventure, our tour will continue with a short drive to Tarcoles River, where a 60 minutes eco boat tour will allow you to enjoy the abundant wildlife of the area, including the huge crocodiles, multiple aquatic birds, scarlet macaws, howler monkeys and other amazing tropical species.

After these two great adventures, enjoy a stop at El Jardin Souvenir store, one of the best and largest souvenir stores in the region, were you will be able to purchase that special gift from Costa Rica before the return to the pier. Upon arrival, you can decide to stay in the city or make your way back directly to the ship. For all those interested in walking along the boulevards, the pier is located right at the city at a very short distance from your ship. So, no worries for an easy return.

Note: All our Puntarenas cruise tours have 8:00 AM as departure time or 30 minutes after ship arrival.

We operate all our tours according with this ship´s arrivals.

If you prefer to take a rain forest nature walk, we can recommend our tour Puntarenas Highlights 6 in 1 or if you are looking for some adventure, our Puntarenas Eco Adventure Combo including the famous zipline canopy tour

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 cruise tours & shore excursions.

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