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Puntarenas Shore Excursion: Explore Rainforest Skywalk & Tarcoles River Eco Cruise

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Puntarenas

Embark on a thrilling Puntarenas shore excursion and explore the rainforest through a skywalk tour and an eco cruise on the Tarcoles River. Encounter diverse wildlife, including crocodiles, birds, and monkeys, and immerse yourself in the beauty of the tropical rainforest.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Carara National Park - Situated in the breathtaking Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica, Villa Lapas Jungle Village is the perfect gateway to exhilarating attractions and things to do. Located on the Tárcoles River at the edge of Carara National Park, and with 500-acre rainforest preserve offers the chance to experience two unique ecosystems: the Tropical and the Dry Pacific. Over 400 species of birds await birdwatching connoisseurs, as well as other exotic wildlife like white-face capuchin monkeys, peccaries, anteaters, poison-arrow frogs and the crocodiles of the Tárcoles River.

Villa Lapas Reserve offer the amazing eco tour SKyWalk. An unique system of suspended bridges over the rain forest where you will enjoy the perfect ecosystem of this amazing region with the narration of our naturalist tour guide.

What's Included

Tarcoles River Boat Tour for enjoy its rich wildlife
Rainforest Nature walk & hanging bridges
Visit to souvenirs store
In-vehicle air conditioning
Tropical Fruits snack
Professional naturalist tour guide

Additional Information

Discover the splendor of the rainforest on our Villa Lapas Sky Way stroll encompassing 1.5 miles (2.5 km), featuring 3 hanging bridges elevated over 180 feet off the ground. Each impressive structure spans a staggering 300 feet, enabling you to traverse the core of the tropical rainforest. Immerse yourself in this jungle habitat, keeping an eye out for the multitude of bird species, mammals and diverse creatures that inhabit this forest.

The nature trek endures for approximately an hour, including segments with variations in ascents and descents.

After experiencing a taste of this lush ecosystem, indulge in complimentary exotic fresh fruits and Ice Tea to refresh yourself before proceeding to the Tarcoles River. This location houses one of the largest wild populations of crocodiles in the world, easily observable during our hour-long boat tour. In addition to crocodiles, you could easily spot numerous species of waterfowl, monkeys, and scarlet macaws. Following the tour, we will return to the pier.

Children must be accompanied by an adult
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
This tour is exclusive for cruise ship passengers. If you are not arriving by cruise ship please do not book this tour

Location

Muellero Park

Paseo de los Turistas

Pick up is at the main entrance of the pier. Please walk to main gate

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Sharon

May 26, 2024

Awesome crocodiles - Our day in Costa Rica with Greenway was nothing short of amazing. We spent the morning on a short trek exploring the rain forest and the hanging bridges, we didn’t see many animals or birds but did see a dart frog. After we went to the Tarcoles River to see the crocodiles which were awesome. Unfortunately the heavy rain meant the tour of puntarenas was cancelled

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Blair_j

May 2, 2024

Walk & Crocs - Ronald the tour guide was excellent. Very knowledgeable. The rainforest walk was impressive .The boat ride with the crocodiles was impress. We would do it again

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Bill_l

Apr 28, 2024

Rainforest SkyWalk and Evo boat tour - We saw monkeys and other animals during our eco tour on Tarcoles river. Also enjoyed the Sky Walks in the rainforest.

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10sjohn

May 8, 2024

Nice hike, nice river cruise - Very tour. Nice hike, nice river trip. One thing they don't tell you is the 50 minute stop at the souvenir store/complex. Nice place but not sure I needed that stop.

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Christina_k

May 1, 2024

We did enjoy the river... - We did enjoy the river cruise. Our guide was very informative and entertaining. The hike through the jungle was during the day, so none of the animals/birds were visible.

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Donald_r

Apr 28, 2024

Sites great but travel terrible - The minibus was terrible. Many of us could not fit in these sears. There was no legroom and we had to sit sideways - very uncomfortable and smashing the knees. Guides weee good but did not say much about life in Puntanedad unless specifically asked about something - like education system, races, food, government, etc.

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John_l

Apr 15, 2024

Nice way to see some sites - Great tour and great guide. Enjoyed the whole tour. Unfortunately very few crocodiles where seen as the river was very low and it was very hot. Plus a late start on this part of the tour as we had to wait for the tide to come in. But making us stop at a tourist restaurant and gift shop was a total rip off. Over priced merchandise. Got my shopping done at the port. Where you could get better deals. Just a heads-up. At the port go left from the ship. Where you will find better restaurants and cheaper souvenirs.

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Margareta323

Apr 14, 2024

Excellent experience (but longer than expected) - The activities were very enjoyable and our guide and driver were excellent. I would like to rate this tour as excellent, but I expected to return to the ship at 1:00pm as stated on the website, but we actually arrived about 4:00pm. While the 40 minutes delay getting started on the river portion of the tour was not Greenway's fault, even without that delay I still would have returned at least two hours later than I had expected. (Friends on board were a bit worried about me since I didn't meet them for lunch as expected.) However... I really enjoyed the hike and hanging bridges. The resort where it is based was lovely, and we had a wonderful break there with fruit and water before heading to the river portion of the excursion. We saw several crocodiles on the river and the bird-watching was very good. The bus/van was comfortable with good A/C and free internet. As I said before, our driver Charlie and guide Arial were both excellent... friendly, informative, helpful.

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Yengchee_l

Apr 14, 2024

Just an very expensive walk, no pleasant surprises or animals, birds in sight. - Though the tour costd a bom，no drink and food provided during the walking just cheap juice and fruit after the walk. Really not worth it at all for this shabby treatment

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Arthur_l