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Peñas Blancas Safari Float: Rainforest River Wildlife Tour, La Fortuna, Costa Rica
La Fortuna

Peñas Blancas Safari Float: Rainforest River Wildlife Tour

Moderate
Difficulty
Half day
Duration
~3–4 hours
From 1 guest
Private, up to 14
La Fortuna
Destination

Drift down the Peñas Blancas River near La Fortuna on a gentle safari float, with no paddling required, while your naturalist guide helps you spot howler monkeys, sloths, caimans, and tropical birds. The float ends with a traditional Costa Rican snack.

Trade the hiking trail for the river on this relaxing safari float down the Peñas Blancas River near La Fortuna. Board a stable inflatable raft and let the gentle current carry you through the lowland rainforest, with no paddling required. While your guide steers, you are free to focus on observation and photography from the water.

The river offers some of the best wildlife viewing in the Arenal region. Your naturalist guide will help you spot howler monkeys resting in the trees, two-toed sloths in the cecropia branches, caimans along the riverbanks, and a wide variety of tropical birds, all accompanied by the sounds of the flowing water and the surrounding forest.

The float ends with a traditional Costa Rican snack and cold water. Ideal for families and wildlife lovers, this experience offers excellent wildlife viewing with minimal physical effort and is a great alternative to hiking.

  • 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.

La Fortuna

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

≈ 2¾ h from LIR · ≈ 3 h from SJO

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$356
2 guests
Final price depends on pickup