The trail down to La Fortuna Waterfall runs about 500 steps. At the bottom: a 70-meter cascade, a turquoise pool, and the best swim in the Arenal rainforest.
Count the steps on the way down if you like; the trail runs about 500 of them through Arenal rainforest, with tropical birds, butterflies, and exotic plants for company. Your guide fills in the geology, flora, and fauna as you go.
At the bottom, the payoff: a 70-meter cascade pouring into a turquoise pool. Swim in the cool, clear water, take your photos, stay a while.
A traditional Costa Rican lunch is included, and you will have earned it on the climb back up.
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.
