After dark, this riverside belongs to frogs, insects, and reptiles. A slow walk by headlamp with a guide who knows the night shift.
When the sun goes down, a different forest clocks in. This walk follows the river with a guide who specializes in nocturnal wildlife, moving slowly under the small glow of a headlamp while the water and the insects handle the soundtrack.
Frogs, reptiles, insects, and whatever else is out that night come into view one at a time. Your guide explains what each animal does for the forest and the work being done to protect it.
Nothing here is rushed. The walk is built for looking closely, listening, and letting the forest set the pace.
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.
