Have you ever wondered what it’s like to fly over mountains?
Don’t wonder!
Experience it!
You can zipline over forest covered mountains at Diamante Eco Adventure Park in Costa Rica!
This park offers a full day of excitement, adrenaline and fun on the Guanacaste coast.
We offer a 10% Diamante discount for any of their activities. Just click the link to request to book with our discount.
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Diamante Eco Adventure Park Activities
Diamante Eco Adventure Park is well known as one of the top things to do in Costa Rica, attracting visitors who want adventure, culture and nature all in one day.
They provide a safe and fun experience for all travelers, particularly families.
Diamante Eco Adventure Park is one of the best places to visit from Playas del Coco, Playa Hermosa GTE, Playa Panama, Ocotal, Flamingo, Brasilito, Playa Grande and Tamarindo.
Diamante is also one of the best day tours from Four Seasons, Planet Hollywood, Andaz Papagayo, Secrets Papagayo, Occidental Papagayo and the other resorts in the Papagayo Peninsula.
Diamante Eco Adventure Park offers the following activities:
- Canopy tour (ziplining)
- Animal sanctuary
- Butterfly observatory
- Botanical garden
- ATV trails
- Horseback riding trails
- Beach
- Jungle Course
- Cultural house with coffee, sugar cane and cacao presentations (chocolate) and farm
For those looking to get the best of the park, the Adventure Pass is what you want. It includes the Diamante zip line, animal sanctuary, casita, jungle course, botanical garden, buffet lunch and ocean activities.
Below you can read our Diamante Eco Adventure Park review or watch our video!
Video
Our video of Diamante Eco Adventure Park is below!
Diamante Zip Line
This is how the Adventure Pass works. We first did the canopy tour that has five cables. The first is the “bunny slope” cable and then, we got into a truck to go up the mountain to the Diamante superman zip line. After that, we zipped back to the mountain and ended at the animal sanctuary.
From the last cable, we walked across a hanging bridge over the crocodile lake to enter the animal sanctuary.
Diamante Animal Sanctuary
The Diamante Park animal sanctuary is the largest in the country and you can see animals such as sloths, caimans, crocodiles, iguanas, toucans, jagauars and monkeys. They received all the animals from the MINAE in partnership with the La Paz waterfall gardens.
Some animals were born in captivity, some were rescued and unfortunately can’t be released back to the wild, some are on loan from South America (the marmoset monkeys).
Of all the animals they have, the main attraction is Lucy the sloth. They have daily feedings so you can see the sloths in (slow) action. You can also see 4 different types of toucans, jaguars and 3 different monkeys found in Costa Rica.
Butterfly Garden
Walking into the butterfly garden felt just like you were walking through the rain forest. Blue morphos, owl butterflies and all sorts of butterflies fly around you as you walk through the observatory. You can see them feeding on the fruit and flitting about, their vibrant colors flashing in the light.
They also have a section where they show the stages of metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a butterfly. If you’re lucky, you may be able to get a glimpse of a freshly born butterfly!
Next to the butterfly observatory is their reptile section. You can see various frogs and toads and we even got to see them feeding a toad (gross but cool). Outside is the snake exhibit where you can see the various snakes that live in the country.
Water Activities
The adventure pass also includes the use of their ocean toys by their beach. They have hammocks, SUP boards and paddles, kayaks and snorkel equipment so when you feel like you’re ready to take a nap on the beach or for some fun in the water, head down to the beach!
Their staff will help you with the kayaks and SUP boards and take you out to paddle around and snorkel.
Botanical Garden
We walked through the botanical garden to go back up to the main office. They have planted many native and non-native trees, fruit trees and plants like cas, mango, papaya and coffee.
The garden is beautiful and offers a very nice nature walk back up to the welcome center.
Casita (Local House) Cultural Experience
For the cultural tour, Diamante has a casita, or local house where visitors can experience a traditional farming home. Visitors take a guided tour of the house including a short coffee, sugar cane and cacao (chocolate) tour.
This is included in the Adventure Pass and in the Discovery Pass.
They have recently added a farm so visitors, particularly kids and families can learn about traditional Costa Rican farm life.
Jungle Course
This jungle obstacle course is a ton of fun for kids! And grownups too. In case your child doesn’t reach the height and weight requirements for the zipline, you can bring them down to the jungle course so they can have a ton of fun on the swings, monkeys bars and rock wall.
ATV
Diamante has a super fun ATV tour that goes up and around the mountains. You get nice views of the forest and the beach and the trail is very well marked and maintained. We went in June after a few rains and it was a ton of fun going through the puddles and seeing the forestry so green!
Horseback Riding
The Diamante horseback riding is also very nice and goes through the same trails at the ATV. The horses are well cared for and very calm, perfect for those with no riding experience.
Diamante Park Map
Here is a map of the park. They designed the park so everything fits smoothly. Zipline into the animal sanctuary, walk down to the beach and go back to the welcome center via the botanical garden.
There also have shuttles that take you from the main office to the animal sanctuary, beach and parking lot in case it’s raining or you don’t want to walk. There is plenty of staff everywhere that can call a shuttle for you.
Diamante Park Costa Rica Location
Diamante Eco Adventure Park is about a 40 minute drive from Guanacaste Airport (LIR). Coming from Liberia, you do not need a 4wd to get there.
If you are coming from Flamingo via Route 911, you can get there via a sedan in dry season by crossing The Congo Trail to avoid the rivers.
Save on Your Diamante Adventure!
We are so excited to share that we have a 10% discount for Diamante Eco Adventure Park! All Mytanfeet readers can save 10% on ANY activity or pass offered from the park. This is definitely one of the best things to do in Guanacaste!
Maddy says
Can I take a GoPro on the zipline?
Sammi says
Yes but I recommend to put it on your helmet, you can use a stick like we did but we have gone ziplining hundreds of times with GoPros so we’re used to it – if you don’t want to think about holding your goPro in case you might drop it, I’d mount it on your helmet
Chanele Reyes says
Do they have a changing facility and/or place to store valuables at the beach?
Sammi says
They have lockers and bathrooms/changing facilities at their welcome center
Dennis says
My son is only 44 pounds. Are there any zip lines he can go on?
Sammi says
Unfortunately no, even for the short zipline the minimum weight limit is 60 lbs.
Sammi says
It is 280 lbs (127 kilos) for all the cables.
Kristen Brown says
Can a person go to Diamante Eco Adventure Park without booking a tour ahead of time? We have a rental car and are interested in the Discovery Tour with Cultural Guide. Can we purchase that at the park entrance? Is there parking?
Sammi says
Yes you can do that! They have a large parking lot and you can purchase passes at the welcome center. Just tell the front desk to give you the mytanfeet 10% promo 🙂
Christina says
We are staying in Flamingo Beach in April. What would be the easiest way to get here if we do not rent a car? The hotel offers a tour for the adventure pass but we didn’t want to zip only wanted the discovery pass.
Sammi says
Diamante offers transportation on their website from Flamingo but only for the full day, if you want just half day you’ll need to arrange your own like book a private shuttle and have them wait for you or get a phone number of a taxi driver.
Renee says
Thank you for this post. Our family plans to do a day trip here. We have a wide age range of kids from 8 months to 17 years. If my husband and older kids buy the adventure pass, can the younger kids and I buy passes for things such as seeing the animals, and meet up with our family for those things? I wasn’t sure if it was a tour and they do things at certain times or if it’s that they just have a pass to be able to do all of it, but at our own leisure? I have to check ages on some of the things still. Also, do you know if an 11 year old can ride on an atv with an adult?
Sammi says
Hi Renee, the zipline requires a scheduled time but the animal sanctuary, garden and beach is open to whenever you would like to go so part of your family can purchase the adventure pass, and the younger kids and you can purchase the discovery pass and meet up with the rest of the family when the other group is done with the zipline. They also now have a cultural tour at the local house and that is on a schedule as well, which I believe is every hour but you can schedule that at the check in.
The ATV tour also requires a scheduled time and the 11 year old can ride with an adult.
Khush says
Hi,
Does the the Adventure pass come with ATV riding?
Sammi says
Hi Khush, no it doesn’t. You will have to book the ATV tour separately.
Colleen says
Hi. We are thinking of taking the Tamarindo shuttle to the park for the day. Would we be able to take our packs with our wallets, cell phones, snorkel gear, change of clothes, etc and safely store them at the visitor center in between activities and retrieve them when needed? Obviously we can’t take anything on the zip line. And we wouldn’t want to haul our snorkel gear around the entire time. How safe and easy is this to do? Thanks so much.
Sammi says
Hi Colleen, that’s fine, they have lockers at the Welcome Center for you to store things. They do offer snorkel gear though on the beach 🙂
Colleen says
Thanks for your quick reply. We brought our own snorkel gear from Canada so I figured we might as well use it. ; )
What are the waters like off the beach there? Is it a bit calmer and more sheltered than Tamarindo beach? The water in Tamarindo is big waves for surfers and the winds lately have made it impossible for paddling or snorkeling from shore.
Sammi says
The beach at Diamante isn’t a surfing beach so waves aren’t very big and suitable for swimming
Sammi says
Hi Monica, so there is a shuttle that goes back and forth between the animal sanctuary and welcome center and once you finish the zipline in the animal sanctuary, you can take the shuttle and go back to get your camera because you’re not allowed to take anything on the zipline. Another option is that the second to last zipline goes to the Welcome Center so if you don’t want to go back up, you can skip the last zipline and take the shuttle down.
The parking is free 🙂
We also have a 10% discount with Diamante you can get here