Activities and tours Costa Rica

Turrialba is a small city in Cartago, famous for the active Turrialba volcano. Also known for outdoor adventure, Turrialba provides a well rounded experience for those looking to enjoy local life, nature and adventure. So if you’re thinking about visiting, here are our favorite things to do in Turrialba. One of the reasons we loved […]

The Guanacaste province offers visitors a one in done trip as it’s home to amazing beaches, tropical dry and rain forest, mountains, volcanoes, rivers and waterfalls. If you’re looking for a fantastic one day excursion in Guanacaste that has all of that, then Vandara should be on your itinerary! Offering two different passes to enjoy […]

Monteverde is famous for its tropical cloud forest reserves which offer fantastic hiking opportunities. Although a hike in one of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserves is a must, another great hike you can do is the El Tigre Waterfalls. The El Tigre Waterfalls Monteverde hike takes you deep into the cloud and transition forests to […]

Thanks to Monteverde’s location on the Tilaran Mountain Range, there are many great places to see the sunset from Santa Elena and the surrounding neighborhoods. A couple of easily accessible and free ones are right in Santa Elena, such as Mirador San Luis and Mirador Valle Escondido Preserve, but there is one particular spot that […]

If you love coffee, then you must take a coffee tour in Costa Rica. Costa Rica produces some of the world’s highest quality coffee. There are many coffee tours in Costa Rica, from full on plantation tours to roasting tours. The best coffee tours are the ones where coffee grows the best in Costa Rica, […]

Forward! Hard! Duro, duro! I could hear our guide’s voice behind me, yelling us to paddle stronger as we quickly approached the next rapid. I tightened my grip and paddled as hard as I could, sputtering water out of my mouth and bracing for the wave to hit us. Woosh! Water splashed all over me […]