Palo Verde Wildlife Tour from Tamarindo
Description
For those that want to see wildlife in Guanacaste, the Palo Verde National Park boat tour is one of the best. The best way to experience the national park is by taking a guided boat tour down the river to go wildlife watching. The boat tour is about 1.5 hours long, going down the Tempisque River in a 20-25 seat motor boat. It’s also a great tour for families and senior citizens who may have trouble walking long distances but want to see wildlife and nature as there is no strenuous activity involved. The most common animals you will see on the Palo Verde National Park boat tour are iguanas, crocodiles, white face monkeys, howler monkeys, herons and more The wildlife watching boat tours down the Tempisque River in Palo Verde National Park. This includes roundtrip transportation, a bilingual guide, national park fee, breakfast and water.
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Itinerary
Driving more or less 1 hr and 35 minutes from Tamarindo or flamingo area through the Country Site , you will arrive to enjoy a two-hour cruise along the river that has the nearest access to Palo Verde National Park. This river is one of most important of Costa Rica, because years ago, Tempisque River was used as a line of Transportation for people and goods like cattle and sugar cane. In addition, the river is considered one of the largest bird Sanctuaries in Central America. Tempisque River Possess large amount of birdlife, including aquatic birds such as herons, egrets, ibis, storks, roseate spoonbill and many other species. Other than birds, monkeys enjoy to climb and eat leaves and fruits from the trees along the river. The respected crocodiles and huge iguanas sit on rocks to warm up their bodies under the sun. The tour ends with a delicious typical Costa Rican meal.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Departure Point: Pickup from the following hotels or meeting points: Westin Conchal Hotel JW Marrott Guanacaste Tamarindo Beach Flamingo Beach Potrero Beach Playa Grande Beach Brasilito Beach
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Vegetarian option is available; please advise at time of booking if required
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
Reviews(10)
Everything went smoothly with an attentive guide and a memorable experience on the river. Huge crocodiles galore, monkeys, and colorful birds. A memorable half-day outing
An exciting morning! We had an amazing guide (Rainer) who was nice and knowledgeable! A great boat ride on the river seeing crocodiles, monkeys, iguanas and scarlet macaws! The late breakfast was delicious too!
Loved seeing all the monkeys in the wild. The crocodiles were out as well. So glad we got to see so much. The brunch afterwards was amazing. Our guide Rainer was so knowledgeable and friendly. Definitely recommend!
The reviews stand for themselves, and our experience was no different from these other 5 star reviews. , Rainier and Manuel was our captain- if you have kids, you might want to ask for this amazing duo. Genuinely, hands down one of the best boat tours I've been on. What separates Palo Verde Boat Tours and makes me write this is the food. Oh my- the food was incredible. The homemade tortillas and organic traditional Costa Rican fare was delicious. I really don't have enough superlatives for this tour- check it out and go during low tide!
don't even know where to begin...our time with Rainier was the absolute highlight of our trip, and the thing I would recommend above anything else to those visiting Costa Rica. We were scheduled to take a park tour with Rainer our third day in Guanacaste area and were surprised to learn that we would be getting a private tour . The tour blew our expectations away -- we saw absolutely incredible amounts of wildlife, Rainer took National Geographic-quality pictures for us, and had answers to our questions, and great stories along the way
Saw capuchins, a crocodile, howler monkeys....but a very quick trip —-15 minutes—because the boat captain got a call from the guy at the river that others wanted to go on the tour. The same guy upped the charge from $20 to $25 when we checked in. All in all this was our most missable Costa Rican adventures...such an amazing country! recommend Rincón or avenal instead!!
First I want to mention that this comment was made to Palo Verde National Park and not for our company. We have contacted the client by sending a message if they had any proof or document that reflected that they did the tour with us and this was their response: Guest reponse: We just had dinner with friends who live in San Jose. Alberto told us we did the wrong tour —- we didn’t know about the birding tours and went all the way to the Palo verde national park. We couldn’t make reservations —- it was VERY primitive. Is this you? Pininos adventures response: Not, you did a tour with someone else and not with us, a lot of companies they do this trip and they call it in different names, so when some one like to book this trip we required in advance the payment, we always pick up people at hotel and we always send a tour guide with the customer. we do appreciate if you delete this review please and if you need any help to dont hesitate in contact me for further question Guest Response: Oh, I'm sorry ... I thought I was reviewing the park, not a specific trip. The park boat trip is awful !! Due to this response, another message was sent indicating that please delete this comment from our profile but the client did not answer us again. WE HAVE REPORTED THIS CASE TO TRIP ADVISOR AND GUESS WHAT THEIR ANSWER? We are very sorry to hear about the situation you have had with this guest. However, we are not in a position to make judgments about the character or intentions of the collaborators. Travelers' opinions are individual, highly subjective opinions that are not endorsed or verified by TripAdvisor. While we have determined that the opinion you just reported complies with our guidelines, we strongly recommend that you respond to the opinion using our Management Response tool. WE WANT TO INDICATE THAT AT ANY TIME THIS CUSTOMER DO NOT MADE THE TOUR WITH US IT IS SHAMEFUL, THAT IN TRIP ADVISOR IT IS NOT HELPFUL, IF WE COULD CHOOSE ANOTHER SITE OF BETTER ATTENTION, I WOULD NOT CHOOSE MORE TRIP ADVISOR, WE SENT THEM CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE CLIENT AND US, EVEN SO TRIP ADVISOR COULD NOT DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT. please do not fool yourself with this comment, check the positive comments of this tour and you will see that it is excellent
This is a great way to see the wildlife (birds, croc's iguana's, lizards, monkeys, bats) and learn a lot about the area, the fauna, the history (natural, social and political), from very excellent and informed guides! The river tour is about two hours, then a wonderful lunch of typical foods at a local farm. I was initially concerned about the hour plus ride from where we were staying, but that was a wonderful way to learn much about the Costa Rican history, family life social structure, fauna, and even some politics. Highly recommended tour - don't miss the opportunity to take any one of Pinino's Adventures packages. Great people. Thank you Carlos for helping us get it booked and Eduardo for a great tour!
Thank you so much for reviewing our services and choosing pininos adventures as your tour operator! Thank you so much for your kind words, We are thrilled to hear that you had such a wonderful time traveling with us. Costa Rica is indeed a fantastic birding destination and it sounds like you had some great experiences with Rainer as your tour guide . We hope you will visit us again and we can introduce you to some other natural wonders this country is known for! #creatingmemories #resetyourlife #pininosadventures
from the palo verde reserve we waded on the river and saw many birds , crocodiles and especially enjoyed the little monkeys that the mistletoe called us and fed bananas; surprising and funny, it was an exotic and joyful outing.
<p>Our guide Rainer was fantastic, when i come back in costa rica and take a tour i will ask for him. For the boat tour, we saw crocodile and parrots, it was not a good day we did not saw white face monkey, but oh well its nature you cant tell them to be there at 10. Realy a good tour.</p> <p>thanks</p>
<p>Enjoyed this tour a lot. We got to see a large crocodile swimming right next to the boat, and a lot of birds, iguanas and howler monkeys. The guides were very nice and very well informed.</p>
