Top Activities on the Ground in La Fortuna

Combine three adventurous activities in a single tour: a hike to Arental Volcano, visit to the Hanging Bridges, and exploration of La Fortuna Waterfall. This full-day tour from La Fortuna, perfect for nature lovers, includes hiking and swimming amidst Costa Rica's beautiful natural scenery. Hotel pickup and drop-off included.

As one of Costa Rica's biggest exports, coffee plays a big role in Costa Rica's economy—and its culture, too. Learn about artisanal Costa Rican coffee from bean to cup complete with harvesting, roasting, and grinding on this tour of a family-owned coffee farm near Arenal Volcano. As a bonus, try other favorite Costa Rican crops such as chocolate and sugar cane.

Spring Paradise Bijagua is a private property with access for this tour limited to a certain number of people per day so as not to affect the natural habitat of the animals.  The tour is done in a personalized way to each group depending on the time you have. Each guide on this tour is trained to offer you the most truthful information about the biodiversity of Spring Paradise Bijagua. You decide what time to leave: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:30 md or 2:00 pm  

Get a close look at Costa Rica’s coffee- and chocolate-making traditions at a family farm near La Fortuna. See a cacao and sugar cane plantation, and learn how cacao is made into chocolate. You’ll get to sample fresh coffee and chocolate from the farm with a small-group tour limited to eight people.

Discover the sounds and sights of the rainforest after dark with a 4-hour night hike and dinner tour from La Fortuna, and visit a  frog sanctuary in the Costa Rican countryside. Follow your guide along an easy trail, and watch for the bats, nocturnal birds and mammals that rustle through the treetops and on the forest floor. Search for red-eyed tree frogs and glass frogs in their natural habitats, then enjoy a traditional dinner prepared on a wood burning stove before returning to your hotel in La Fortuna.

Explore a protected tropical rain forest on a half-day hanging bridges tour from La Fortuna, and hike a circuit that crosses a series of 15 bridges with extraordinary views of the jungle canopy. Watch for brilliant birds, monkeys, boars, and jewel-toned frogs as you follow your guide through the forest, and listen to the sounds of tropical birdsongs and trilling insects. Experience Costa Rica’s rich diversity and lush habitat in terrain that abuts the Arenal volcano, and discover a remarkable world hidden in thick rain forest canopy.

Go high above the tropical Costa Rican landscape on the Sky Trek zip lines during this guided tour. Reach the top of the Arenal reserve in the Sky Tram. Then, travel through the jungle on the Sky Trek, a system of zip lines that provides a panoramic view of the Arenal volcano and lake. Together the cables total 1.7 miles (about 2.7 kilometers) in length and reach a maximum height of 660 feet (201 meters).

Enjoy a thrilling close encounter with Costa Rica’s wildlife on this 4-hour tour to the Mistico Hanging Bridges Park from La Fortuna, in the shadows of the Arenal Volcano. Journey to the heart of the rainforest on a 2-mile (3.2km) circuit of 15 hanging bridges and have chance to spot up to 350 species of bird, including hummingbirds, bell birds, toucans and the majestic Tucancito Esmeralda.

Two popular Costa Rica adventures come together into one adventure-packed day with this white-water rafting and canyoning tour from La Fortuna. During the canyoning portion, rock climb, rappel down a waterfall, and zipline—all under the watchful eye of your guide. Then, head down to the Balsa River for a 2-hour white-water rafting tour with class II to III rapids. When to action ends, wind down with a typical Costa Rican lunch.

For the ultimate Arenal adventure, this tour combines the weightless speed of ziplining with a canyoning challenge among tropical waterfalls. After flying through the rain forest canopy on extra-long cables, recharge with an organic Costa Rican lunch. In the afternoon, ride a 4x4 up mountain roads to a natural playground where you’ll rappel down waterfalls and scramble up steep canyon walls.

Explore the rain forest of Arenal at three different speeds with a combo tour that has something for everyone. Get a good view of exotic birds and waterfalls on the Sky Walk suspended bridges, and glide up a mountain reserve on the Sky Tram gondola. There, the real fun begins as you fly back down on a thrilling Sky Trek zipline course. In between bursts of adrenaline, enjoy fantastic views over the treetops of Arenal Volcano and Lake.

Hike through Tenorio Volcano National Park's remarkable landscape and see the otherworldly blue of the Rio Celeste waterfall on a full-day trip from La Fortuna. Follow your guide on a 4.3-mile (7-km) trail into the forest, watch for the monkeys and birds as you stroll past a serene lagoon, and take in views of the imposing Tenorio Volcano. Visit the park’s boiling mud pits and brightly colored jungle waterways, then enjoy a full lunch in the park before returning to your hotel.  

Discover Arenal Volcano National Park on a full-day hiking and hot springs tour from La Fortuna, and explore the remarkable landscape of an active volcanic range. Follow your guide along a 2-mile (3.2-km) trail that passes through primary and secondary forest, and cross the jagged rocks of a dry lava field. Spot the distinctive plants and formations that climb the sides of Costa Rica’s most iconic volcano, then finish your day with a gourmet dinner and a relaxing soak in a mineral-rich, steaming thermal pool.

More than just a rain forest canopy tour, this Arenal adventure includes challenging canopy activities that inspire teamwork. Cooperate with your group to complete 12 activities that test your mental agility and physical skills, all while enjoying the beauty of the Arenal area rain forest.

Hike along the rim of a volcanic lagoon in a tropical rain forest on this full-day excursion from La Fortuna. Finish your approximately 4-mile (6.5 km) hike with a homemade meal and a trip to a nearby waterfall.

Allow us to offer you during your stay near the Tenorio Volcano (Rio Celeste), a unique experience for Nature lovers visiting and showing the best landscapes of the place, while knowing their flora and fauna ecosystems.

Take a walk on Costa Rica's wild side with this guided nature trek at the Ecocentro Danaus, a sustainable ecotourism park. Learn about local wildlife and conservation efforts on a guided loop through the rain forest and wetlands, where you can see hundreds of species of tropical plants, plus butterflies, frogs, birds, monkeys, and other jungle-dwelling critters. Round-trip transport from La Fortuna and a fresh fruit snack make this a sweet and easy day trip during a visit to Arenal.

Run through the rain forest or take it slow on a private hanging bridges tour in La Fortuna. Explore the rain forest at your own speed; your guide stays by your side and points out wildlife like sloths, monkeys, and tropical birds along the way. Plus, because hanging bridges are mostly flat, this tour is perfect for exploring the wild without overexerting yourself.

Spring Paradise Bijagua is a private property with access for this tour limited to a certain number of people per day so as not to affect the natural habitat of the animals. The tour is personalized for each group depending on the time available. It is one of the most beautiful tours since in the morning there are more variety of birds around. Each guide on this tour is trained to offer you the greatest amount of truthful information about the biodiversity of Spring Paradise Bijagua. This tour starts at: 7:30 am

In the middle of the rainforest right here in Sarapiqui, strategic point for observation of flora and fauna, we can enter the world of natural history.

Hike though the tropical rain forest of Tenorio Volcano National Park to witness the enchanting blue waters of Rio Celeste on this full-day tour from La Fortuna. Trek with a guide along forested trails dotted with waterfalls and rich with native wildlife to reach the convergence of two mineral-rich rivers that together produce the mysterious aqua tint of the Rio Celeste. After the hike, reward your efforts and recharge with a traditional Costa Rican lunch.

If you are a bird fan, you are in the right place to take a tour, in Costa Rica we have a wide diversity of birds with an approximate of 924 birds in the national territory and in Sarapiqui only in this place we have the opportunity to tell with an approximate of 530 birds. Due to the different micro habitats and diversity in flora, it favors us to have the opportunity to see different species

Lace up your hiking boots and venture to the Pozo Verde Lagoon, located inside the crater of a dormant volcano just 1.5 hours from La Fortuna. This day trip includes round-trip transportation from La Fortuna, a guided hike up a volcano, and lunch at the end of the day.

To know more about wildlife, night walks are a very good option, different animals prefer to do activity at night and it is usually easier to locate them at night