3) Natural History Walk

This super tour includes all the subjects of the refuge. We will talk about tropical plants and we will visit our butterfly garden to learn about the butterflies and their cycle of live, survival techniques, functions in the forest and more, after that we will proceed to enter our trails where we have different stations with insects, arthropods, tarantulas, snakes, lizards and frogs. On each one of this you will learn about the relationships in between them and the nature, importance and functions in the ecosystems, importance for the human beans, use of medicinal herbs and others.
This tour starts at the refuge at 8:00 am , 10:00 am , 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

2) Safari Float in a Canoe, Kayak or a Raft

Animals like sloths, porcupines, monkeys, caimans, alligators, egrets, bats and much more lives in the sides of the rivers. This tour is excellent to enjoy the flora and fauna that habitat the tranquil waters of the rivers Arenal and Penas Blancas.It will be a half day of joy and fun with our naturalist guides also experts in water sports and activities

3) Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge

The Cano Negro and Rio Frio rivers form one of the richest wetlands of Costa Rica, it is possible to find a great variety of local and migratory birds species, also there are three types of monkeys, green iguanas, sloth, caimans, alligators and turtles. The tour starts with one and a half hour of traveling time to Los Chiles, a small town located at only 4 kilometers from the border with Nicaragua, up there we will get a board of a boat to travel for two and a half hours trough the wetlands of the tropical rain forest. Our expert guide will show us the diverse flora and fauna.

4) Arenal Hanging Bridges

This place is designed to discover the different angles of the forest, the trails offer to the lovers of the nature an incredible view trough 15 hanging bridges, their lengths varied from 5 to 100 meters, in a loop of 3 kilometers trough the tropical humid forest, with incredible views and an unforgettable experience

5) Venado Caves Tour

For those who don’t care about getting wet and dirty, this is a great underground adventure, at only 45 minutes from our Eco Lodge, we will take you trough tight passages and incredible underground creeks and rooms where we can see the great formations of a Papaya and stalagmites and stalactites that will amaze anyone. Some spiders and bats are some of habitants of these caves. This caves were form 15-20 millions of years ago during the Miocene period, for thousands of years they were under the sea and came up to the surface due to tectonic movements of the Cocos and Caribbean plaques. The Guatuzo Indians discovered them, caliza rocks, stalagmites, stalactites and corals form most of the caves, and the enigmatic formation of rocks was formed by an underground river.

6) Cerro Chato Hike

Cerro Chato is a Volcano located southeast of the Arenal Volcano. It is his older brother. It reaches a height of 1140 meters over the sea level, it has crater of about 500 to 550 meters of diameter, with a lagoon of 250 meters from north to south and 150 meters form east to west, and 18.8 meters dip. In this tour we will travel to the other side of the mountain for about 40 minutes then we are going to start climbing to reach the top trough a dense primary forest, we will visit the lagoon, we will see birds, plants, animals, giant trees, insects and a great view of the San Carlos valley and Arenal Volcano, then we will visit La Fortuna Waterfall and its beautiful surroundings

In The Area:

1) Horse Back Riding To La Fortuna Waterfall

This tour takes about three and half hours on a distance of two and half kilometers, after one hour of horse back riding we will arrive to the horse’s rest area. The views of San Carlos Valley and tropical forest are spectacular from there, after enjoying the scenery we will start walking trough the forest and climb down to the bottom of the waterfall, which has a fall 70 meters, at the base of the waterfall there is a natural pool where you can swim

2) Sarapiqui White Water Rafting

The Sarapiqui River is well known for the scenery of the Costa Rican rain forest; in parallel the river runs a main highway that is very important in case of an emergency or in case of an eventual evacuation. This river has about 35 kilometers of white water rafting, the first section is class IV, recommended for experts and people in good physical condition, the next 13 kilometers are class II and III, recommended for people from ages of 9 to 60 years, and the last section is really calm, where you can enjoy of a nice ride on the raft and we call that a safari on the river.

3) Tirolinas Canopy Tour

An adventure in the highest of the forest full of adrenaline. This experience starts with a short trip from the Lodge to the Tirolinas Canopy Installations, once we arrive there we will walk to the first platform, the tour guides will inspect every piece of equipment and train you on how to use it properly, safety is the number one rule here, all of our guides are properly trained and certified, after you get ready our guide will explain how to slide on de line and how to brake at the other end, you will experience a flying sensation that is unique, all the cables and platforms are designed so you can enjoy the panoramic views and possible see some animals and birds.

4) Mountain Biking Tour

This tour is for those who want adventure trough the forest around the Volcano and Arenal Lake. The tour starts at the Lodge with a shot trip to the Arenal Lake where we will take the bicycles and start riding trough an old road in the middle of a forest around the lake and volcano