La Leona makes you earn it: a dry forest trail, rivers to wade, and a vine-hung canyon at the end. Rated hard for good reason.
You reach La Leona partly on foot and partly in the water. The route starts as a guided trail through tropical dry forest, then the fun begins: wading rivers and working over rocky paths into a narrow canyon hung with vines.
The falls pour into a natural pool framed by high canyon walls. Swim, rest, look up.
Your guide points out birds, butterflies, and other wildlife along the way, and explains the geology that carved the canyon. This one is rated hard, and honestly, that is part of the appeal.
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.
