Cross the rainforest canopy at Mistico, then slow down at a sloth sanctuary to meet Costa Rica's most unhurried locals.
This one pairs Mistico's bridges with a dedicated sloth sanctuary. Start by crossing the park's 16 hanging bridges, six of them high above the forest canopy, while a naturalist guide spots monkeys, birds, and frogs along well-kept rainforest trails, with Arenal Volcano in the frame.
At the sanctuary, you watch sloths up close in their own habitat and learn how they behave and what it takes to protect them.
A traditional lunch, Costa Rican through and through, closes the day.
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.
