A slow float down the Corobicí River, then a swim at the base of Llanos del Cortés Waterfall. Wildlife first, cool water after.
The Corobicí moves at walking pace, which is exactly what you want when there are howler monkeys overhead and crocodiles on the banks. Your naturalist guide points out iguanas and tropical birds while you drift through Guanacaste's dry forest.
The calm water makes it easy to photograph what you see, and the guide explains the area's ecology and the conservation work that keeps it intact.
The last stop earns the wet clothes: Llanos del Cortés, a waterfall pouring into a natural pool. Swim, cool off, take your time.
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.
