Enjoy a full-day nature adventure as you explore Bijagua, one of Costa Rica’s best regions for spotting wild sloths in their natural habitat. Walk through lush rainforest trails with a certified naturalist guide who uses binoculars and spotting scopes to help you observe sloths, toucans, frogs, monkeys, and other wildlife. After the rainforest experience, relax at the beautiful Llanos de Cortés Waterfall, known for its wide cascade and refreshing natural pool. End your day with a delicious traditional Costa Rican lunch before returning comfortably to your hotel.
This was a fantastic tour---we saw sloths, tropical birds and snakes! We also made our own coffee, empanadas and picked coffee beans! Lunch was great too with authentic Costa Rican chicken and rice. Christian was very knowledgeable and a great tour guide. A must do!
My family had an AMAZING adventure with Diego and "Juan Loco"! They made us feel like VIPs. They did not rush us at all. My boys were late meeting up with my husband and myself but they continued to emphasize "No Worries". We were given facts about the volcanos, the provinces, and the land. We were given an informative lesson and was even given a quiz! We saw sloths, snakes, toucans, and red-eyed frogs. One of the tour guides took some amazing pictures with his telescope and our phones. Our food was delicious. We had some Costa Rican punch that I had never had before and would travel just to get some more! The waterfall tour was also amazing. I had never done a private tour before. I had always done group tours. No more group tourd after this experience. We were made to feel like VIPs!!!
Christian's tour company provided excellent service. Johnny and JC were great guides. We used Christian for Airport to hotel , to see an incredible waterfall, atvs, mud bath at the volcano and to see sloths and other animals. Do not hesitate to use Christian, you will save a lot of $$ vs what the hotels charge for non private tours!!
A great tour to a local waterfall, and then sloth watching tour. Our driver and guide, Jerson, was great. It was a bit of a drive from where we were picked up—nearly 2 hours from the JW Marriott in Hacienda Pinilla—to the first stop, but he had a couple stops pre-planned for picking anything up at a market, and restroom breaks. The Llanos de Cortez waterfall is beautiful—you can swim in it if you like, and there are restrooms there for changing. After that, another 90 minutes to the rainforest sloth tour. There, a local guide takes you on about a one hour hike. We were fortunate to see sloths, many birds, frogs, and two types of tree vipers. After that, a delicious lunch at a local restaurant, 5 minutes from the sloth viewing. Then, for us anyway, a 3 hour ride home, but again, pre-planned stops if necessary. Also, the company called the day before to verify pick-up time and location, which was very much appreciated. Highly recommend this tour, and if we have the pleasure of returning to Costa Rica, we would definitely look to this company again.
Christian and Alex were terrific. Very energetic and knowledgeable. Went the extra mile with taking pictures to bringing us water to wash the sand off our feet. The lunch provided was awesome facing the butterfly garden. Can’t say enough good things about the tour and this team!!!
Alex the rabbit and Christian were very informative, friendly, accommodating and humorous! We saw all the things we went there for and more! The ride was comfortable and took our needs in consideration. The lunch was fantastic!
Amazing time! We saw some beautiful wildlife! The sloth was so increasingly and beautiful! The whole Your was an unforgettable experience.
We loved our tour experience! The van was very comfortable and cool. Christian and Juan Carlos went above and beyond to make sure we saw as much flora and fauna as possible. They also were very informative about Cista Rica in general. We enjoyed the waterfall, an excellent lunch with butterfly garden and finally the sloth tour. We saw multiple animals and even a young sloth up close!!! More than we expected. Would highly recommend this group!!!!
Used Costa Rica Adventures Travels as our round-trip private shuttle for the airport. We waited a while for the van at the airport but was nothing horrible. Was a great experience working with Christian and his team. We also did a private Rio Celeste Tour where we also did the coffee/chocolate and sloth farm tour. The tour was great minus all the rain so we did feel a little drained after all the outings and lunch. Lunch was really good. Tour and shuttle were all reasonably priced
We did the tour (private - well worth it) with Norman yesterday (April 30) & it was by far one of the best excursions we’ve ever done! It’s no wonder Norman gets such rave reviews - he’s knowledgeable & communicated so much information not only about all the animals & sights on the tour but lots about the Costa Rican culture & history. Highly recommend this tour & especially if you get Norman!! Paul & Juliellen
An absolutely awesome experience for our family of 6!! We arranged for a pick up close to our VRBO. Juan Carlos was our guide - an experienced naturalist and native Costa Rican he blew us away with his profound and endless knowledge of the flora and fauna and history of this beautiful country ! He was constantly trying to make sure we were seeing everything possible from monkeys and tree frogs to the National bird of Costa Rica ! Lunch was simply delicious and the sloth tour was incredible. Our driver was phenomenal as well - quick to respond when we had a flat tire, kind and helpful every step of the way ! We couldn’t have been more pleased with thus excursion or the hospitality and education we received !
AMAZING! I can not even express what an amazing adventure Christian and Johnny took us on. We combined a couple different options for an epic full day off resort. Christian picked us up at the airport so we got to meet him before we took our tours a few days later. Unfortunately our daughter got sick the day before our scheduled day off resort and we had to switch things around so Johnny became our guide for the day. He was just as knowledgeable and amazing as Christian. Both gentlemen shared so much information about the culture, environment and overall island feel of the country. We started out our tour with Johnny at 7:30am. We visited a waterfall, hot springs, mud baths, rainforests within a sloth farm/sanctuary and had an wonderful authentic lunch. Something we would have never found on our own. We were also able to stop at a souvenir shop because our kids HAD to bring presents back for friends. The sloth farm was by far my favorite part as we were able to see a glorious sloth that we named Flash, close up. It was a private tour that consisted of Johnny our local guide, my husband and I and our two kids, Boy (16) and Girl (12). They loved it all minus the mud 🤣 The Van was air conditioned which was great because it was HOT! I really enjoyed my time in the van just talking to Johnny and Christian about the culture of Costa Rica. Johnny pulled over and gave us fresh tamarind and picked a cashew off a tree. We are so thankful we decided to hire an amazing company to take us everywhere and teach us about the beautiful Costa Rica! Pura Vida! I was joking with Christian when he dropped us back off at the airport when we were all sad we were leaving. I said if our flight got cancelled I’d be calling him. He said we could go have dinner at his house and I honestly think he would have had us over ❤️ Thank you for making our trip to Costa Rica extra amazing!!
We went to one waterfall called Llanos del Cortes around 9am and there wasn’t a lot of people so we got really pretty pics! Than the sloth tour. We saw about four different sloths and one was a baby. Also saw many other animals. He has really informative books about animals, plants, and birds of Costa Rica so it’s super informative and helpful during the search for animals. The lunch that was included was some of the best authentic Costa Rican food I had during my trip and the restaurant has a butterfly farm attached to it so it was super beautiful.
We got just what we wanted out of this experience. We saw several sloths and we were able to see them much more easily than expected. We had some wonderful authentic Costa Rican food and Christian, the tour guide, did an excellent job. Would definitely recommend!
My husband and I took the waterfall/rainforest excursion and had a wonderful time! The waterfall was beautiful and the water was so nice and refreshing, but hands down my favorite part was the rainforest tour. I FINALLY got to see a sloth up close, which was HUGE for me, and we saw all kinds of beautiful plants and trees - and I fell in love with a red-eyed tree frog <3 :) Those things are SO cute! Our guide, Bernal, could not have been better - he pointed out all kinds of interesting sites and provided info all along the drive, and we got to see several different areas of Costa Rica in one trip! He even took us for lunch at a local place, to eat authentic Costa Rican food. All in all, a great time and I highly recommend it.
My wife and I took the Rio Celeste & Sloth Sanctuary tour, led by the very knowledgeable and personable Bernal. He picked us up on time from our hotel and drove us to the Bijagua area, a breezy and cool mountain village by Tenorio Volcano National Park. What a delight, especially coming from the heat of the Guanacaste beaches. We met a local guide for a short hike to the brilliant blue lagoon of Rio Celeste and marveled at the intense coloration. Bernal took us to a river swimming area nearby thereafter, and made sure to stop or private van whenever he saw wildlife by the side of the road so we could catch a glimpse and some photos. The highlight, though, was the Bijagua Ranas frog and sloth sanctuary, where we were led by a fabulous local guide who pointed out tree frogs, poison arrow frogs, snakes, Capuchin monkeys, and flowers whose nectar is a natural insect repellent. Best of all was an incredibly fortunate encounter with a three-toed sloth crawling on the ground right in front of us, something I’ll remember for the rest of my life. We had a delicious lunch afterwards at a local restaurant in Bijagua before the ride home. We can’t recommend this tour enough- Pura Vida!
My mom, older sister and I did this tour. It was great. Our driver was Cristian. He told us a lot of great cultural facts on the way to and from. The waterfall was so beautiful and peaceful. Our tour guide through the rainforest was Kathia. She was so sweet and made sure we got to see all of the cool animals in the rainforest with great views. Lunch was great. I would definitely recommend this tour!
Excellent service, excellent tour. The highlight of the tour is rainforest and sloth. We really enjoy even thought it was a long drive from our hotel, recommend private tour since you have more flexibility and freedom.
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