Hacienda Guachipelin One Day Tours

Choose your own adventure at Hacienda Guachipelin, from one of the many awesome one day tours they offer. Visit waterfalls, hike in the national park, go white water tubing, ziplining in a canyon, horseback riding, or relax in their hot springs and mud baths. Fun for the whole family!

Duration: 4-8 Hours
Transportation: Not Included
Certified: Tour Guide
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Description

Hacienda Guachipelin is one of the top adventure parks in the Guanacaste province, located about a 40 minute drive from Guanacaste Airport.

This huge private park symbolizes quintessential Guanacaste culture and nature with its exciting ziplining canyon tour, waterfall canyoning tour, horseback riding through dry tropical forest trails, waterfalls, white water tubing and lush riverside hot springs pools and mud baths.

They offer day passes to experience all, some, or a few of the park's highlights so your family and pick and choose what they want to do and have a fantastic day together.

Visitors can choose a one day adventure pass, one day nature pass or individual passes with lunch and hot springs included.

Activities offered at Hacienda Guachipelin are ziplining, horseback riding, white water tubing, hiking, hot springs and mud baths, Oropendola waterfall and waterfall canyoning.

The park is about 1 hour from the Papagayo Peninsula and 2 hours from Tamarindo, making it one of the best day trips from the Guanacaste coast.

Tour highlights

Options for half and full day tours.
Options for the whole family, whether they want adventure, nature or to relax.
Experience the best of the dry tropical forest and Rincon de la Vieja volcano.
Tour operates nearly all year round thanks to the drier climate of the area.

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What is included?

Entrance fee to park
Spanish and English bilingual guides
Parking
Lockers, gear and equipment

Before you go

Additional Information

Confirmation will be given upon tour booking which must be prepaid in full to book.
Transportation to Rio Negro hot springs not included, they are located 6 kms from the Guachipelin operation center.
Weight limit for horseback riding is 240 pounds (108 kilos).
Weight limit is 300 pounds (136 kilos) and the largest harness size is XXL.
For tubing, canyon canopy and canyoning, weight limit is 300 lbs (136 kgs).
Minimum age is 8 for tubing, 10 for canyoning and 4 for canyon canopy.
Closed toed shoes are mandatory.
Pregnant women, people with epilepsy and people who had recent surgery or have major health conditions are not allowed to partake in the adventure activities.

What to Bring

Comfortable lightweight outdoor clothes that dries easily (no jeans, heavy cargo pants).
Dry bag to hold items and wet clothes.
Sunscreen, hat and insect repellent.
Swimsuit and sun shirt if doing the tubing, change of dry clothes.

Your questions answered

Is Hacienda Guachipelin inside Rincon de la Vieja National Park?

No, it is not part of Rincon de la Vieja National Park. Hacienda Guachipelin is a private hotel with an adventure park, located outside of the entrance of Rincon de la Vieja National Park. The Guachipelin passes do not include national park tickets and you will not see the volcano.

Are the hot springs natural? Are the mud baths at the hot springs?

Yes. The hot springs are naturally heated by the Rincon de la Vieja volcano. The hot springs pools are next to the river, so you can also bathe in the river if you wish.

What is the lunch like?

It is a buffet style Costa Rican lunch, typically including rice, beans, salad, protein and vegetarian options. Coffee, fruit juice and filtered water are included. Please let us know in advance if you have dietary restrictions.

What should I wear?

If you are doing ziplining, horseback riding, tubing or the canyoning tours, you should wear comfortable outdoor clothes that do not restrict movement like loose microfiber or bamboo shirts and running shorts.

For the tubing, you should wear a swimsuit and a sun shirt or rash guard over it, to protect your skin from the life jacket and the sun. You must have closed toed shoes for the tubing. Open toed shoes are not allowed. You can wear adventure sandals as long as there is a toe bumper (like KEEN Newport H2).

When is the best time to visit the park?

Hacienda Guachipelin is very busy and popular during the high tourism season, starting from mid December to beginning of April. The water levels in the river are at their lowest in March and April, but it is still possible to go tubing, but you may stop more often and hit more exposed rocks.

River water levels are their highest in October, November and December but if the river levels are too high or rapids are too rough, or there is inclement weather, they will not allow the tubing.

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