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Palo Verde Boat Safari: Culture, Rum & Culinary Full-Day Experience, Palo Verde · Tempisque, Costa Rica
Palo Verde · Tempisque

Palo Verde Boat Safari: Culture, Rum & Culinary Full-Day Experience

Easy
Difficulty
Full day
Duration
~8–9 hours
From 1 guest
Private, up to 14
Palo Verde · Tempisque
Destination

This is the full Palo Verde day: river safari, a music-and-dance welcome, a guided rum tour with tasting, and lunch at Hacienda El Viejo.

Enjoy a complete full-day experience that combines nature, culture, rum, and gastronomy at Palo Verde National Park and Hacienda El Viejo. Begin with a relaxing boat safari along the Tempisque River, where your naturalist guide will help you spot crocodiles, monkeys, iguanas, and countless tropical bird species.

Learn about the rich wetland ecosystem and the conservation efforts that protect it. Continue to Hacienda El Viejo, a historic working ranch where you'll enjoy a cultural welcome featuring traditional music and dance, followed by a guided tour and tasting of authentic Costa Rican rum.

Savor a delicious Costa Rican lunch crafted with fresh local ingredients, surrounded by the warm hospitality of Guanacaste. This complete experience offers the perfect blend of biodiversity, tradition, flavor, and culture in one unforgettable day in the heart of Costa Rica.

  • Puma Expeditions: 5.0 on Google · 3 reviews
  • Certified by the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT), fully insured local operator.
  • No payment is required yet. A local host normally replies within one business day.

GuanacastePalo Verde · Tempisque

We pick you up at your hotel or the airport and handle the full route, door to door.

≈ 1½ h from LIR

Driving times are approximate.

GuanacasteAlajuelaHerediaSan JoséCartagoLimónPuntarenasPapagayoLiberiaRincón de la ViejaBijagua · TenorioTamarindoPalo VerdeOstionalNosara · SámaraSanta TeresaMonteverdeLa FortunaTortugueroJacóQuepos · Manuel AntonioOsa PeninsulaPuerto ViejoLIRGuanacasteAirportSJOJuan Santamaría Int'l
  • LIRGuanacaste Airport
  • SJOJuan Santamaría Int'l
  1. Papagayo
  2. Liberia
  3. Rincón de la Vieja
  4. Bijagua · Tenorio
  5. Tamarindo
  6. Palo Verde
  7. Ostional
  8. Nosara · Sámara
  9. Santa Teresa
  10. Monteverde
  11. La Fortuna
  12. Tortuguero
  13. Jacó
  14. Quepos · Manuel Antonio
  15. Osa Peninsula
  16. Puerto Viejo

Meet your local hosts

One of them plans your day, picks you up and brings you back. Who exactly depends on the date.

  • Daniel Alvarado, Driver Guide at Puma Expeditions

    Daniel Alvarado

    Driver Guide · ES, EN

    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.

  • Kevin Arias, Naturalist Guide at Puma Expeditions

    Kevin Arias

    Naturalist Guide · ES, EN

    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.

  • Ronny Bonilla, Driver Guide at Puma Expeditions

    Ronny Bonilla

    Driver Guide · ES, EN

    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.

From$691
2 guests
Final price depends on pickup