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Departs: San Jose, San Jose
Overview
What's Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Round trip transportation from San Jose
Tour Guide
Tour operate with a minimum of 4 people.
What's Not Included
Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Traveler Information
- CHILD: Age: 8 - 11
- ADULT: Age: 12 - 99
Additional Info
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Gear/equipment sanitised between use
- Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
- WHAT TO BRING: Rain coat or sweater, Comfortable Shoes, Camera.
- Covid-19 risk assessment of the activity completed (routes, visit of sights, possible crowds, number of people in the group, reduced services).
- Face masks required for travellers in public areas
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
What To Expect
Rainforest Adventures
6 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Reviews
On arrival we saw a coati, two types of toucans and a sloth.
With the help of our guide we saw a manakin, two types of trogons, wood creepers, tanagers, hummingbirds, eyelash pit vipers and a myriad of plants, spiders, insects and flowers. You would not likely see the quetzal here as they are usually resident at much higher elevations in the cloud forests.
Our guide Marvin was extremely knowledgeable about all of the flora and fauna of the reserve, he "talks" to the birds in more ways than one.
He was professional, courteous and was a pleasure to talk to, ask for Marvin.
We went off the beaten path to look for some of these creatures (the high point for me).
The aerial tram took us through the treetops and into the valleys, a perspective you would not normally get otherwise.
There is a restaurant where were had a lovely breakfast and lunch, there are also bathrooms, and a gift shop.
Walk with insect repellent, long pants and good sturdy walking or hiking shoes that can get dirty especially if you're going off path into the bush.
If you stay on the paved path you can get by in shorts, but still wear shoes.
The pathways are easy enough for children and older people, however if you go onto the unpaved paths these two groups may find it challenging as the path can get a bit steep and slippery sometimes.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable outdoor experience!
We booked this tour because of its title, Birding Tour and because Braulio Carrillo National Park got very good reviews in our Costa Rica travel book. However, that day all the birds had gone somewhere else as had all of the animals except bullet ants. We saw very few birds flying at a great distance from one of the viewing platforms and a couple of toucans at the very tops of trees, so high that you only saw them if they flew. On a more positive note, our guide, Jorge, was knowledgeable about plants and the rain forest generally and very friendly and helpful. The aerial gondola ride was very nice, and the butterfly garden, snake and frog exhibits were interesting. I was really hoping to see a quetzal and an umbrellabird, listed as very prominent in the park in my Open Roads Guide Book. But Jorge was very discouraging about that and rightly so. Our driver from San Jose was on time and also gave us some information during the ride to the park, which took far longer than expected, given the 12 miles stated in the same book. Overall this excursion was a letdown, since we saw no animals or birds, somewhat counterbalanced by our guide and the views from the gondola and the platforms.
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