Hike through Aquetzalli's private forest to a waterfall and its clear swimming pool, with a naturalist guide naming what lives along the trail.
You walk in under tall trees, and your naturalist guide names what you pass: native plants, birds, the occasional animal moving through this protected forest.
The trail leads to the center of the reserve, where the waterfall drops into a clear pool. Swim, sit on the rocks, feel the mist. The forest supplies the soundtrack.
Lunch is traditional Costa Rican cooking with fresh local ingredients. The hike is moderate, and families handle it well.
Final price depends on your pickup point.
We pick you up at your hotel or the airport and handle the full route, door to door.
Driving times are approximate.
One of them plans your day, picks you up and brings you back. Who exactly depends on the date.
Around twelve years in Costa Rican tourism. On the drive between Guanacaste and Arenal he points out how fast the landscape and climate change, and shares the history of both regions along the way. His picks: the Palo Verde boat safari and Rincón de la Vieja's Pailas trail.
Twenty years guiding Costa Rica as a general and naturalist guide, with a special passion for botany: he points out plant adaptations, ecological relationships and the quiet work that trees, flowers and lianas do in the ecosystem. His favorite day is Palo Verde, where wildlife, tropical wetlands, cultural traditions and history meet — and the birdlife is spectacular.
Twenty-two years in tourism, from restaurants to tour sales to driving and guiding. Místico is his favorite trail: rich in wildlife, easy to walk, and full of the forest's secrets. On transfers north he loves the moment the dry Pacific crosses an invisible line into rainforest green.
