ATV Tamarindo à Puerto Viejo

We arrived at the venue and the establishment looked ok. We were well received by the manager. The problem started when we started interacting with the instructor. When performing the driving test with each of us, he was impatient, rough and threatening, telling me that I would hit the quad-cycle driving that way. That was just the beginning. Arriving at the destination, a beautiful beach, did not tell us the name of the beach, saying only that we would have 20’ there. When we left, he complained because we didn't eat anything at the local bar. On the return, one of us failed to pass the march on his quadricycle and again he reacted impatiently. When we arrived, he didn't say goodbye, he walked away without saying anything.

We rent 3 atvs and the experience was horrible from the beggining to the end. First of all the atvs were all dirty and the sit of one was hot and the guide complained about it when we asked to change . The guides name was Brian Daniel and he had no pacience to teach us how to drive and his was all the time in a hurry mood (safety zero). When we arrived in the beach, he nor even told us the name of the beach (we had to ask the local guys) , the only thing he said was ‘there is the beach and here the restaurant’. We stayed a little bit in the beach and Sooner in a very stupid mode he asked us to leave because the time was ending . when he saw we wouldn’t drink in the local restaurant he complained with the restaurant guy looking at us When we left, my daughter took some minutes to turn on the atv when we left the beach and we were behind, he returned and complained about it ) When we arrived the office it was already closed, he left us there and when I went inside to ask for my credit card cancellation , he nor even looked at me. There was a lady very polite that mentioned us that the credit cancellation will happen until tomorrow and the owner that supported me when we arrived was very polite too . Resume: due the speed and all Mentioned above it was a very nervous and tense experience

Our tour guide, John, was PHENOMENAL. He was engaging, professional, friendly, and exceeded our expectations. We would definitely book again!

I've been on at least 8 different ATV tours around the world including one other in Costa Rica, this was by far the worst one I've been on. Ronny was an absolutely miserable guide - rude, condescending, and not informative at all and the owners of this company should take SERIOUS note of this. I cant speak on the other guides but he is actually terrible. He made several off handed comments during the tour and just seemed miserable and impatient the whole time. We had to give him a lecture on coordinating instructions with a large group including some beginners after he got angry with part of our group not heeding his hand gestures because they couldnt see how many fingers he was holding up from 200m away. Honestly ridiculous. The front brake was completely disabled which made stopping on a whim very dangerous as we had to rely wholly on the rear break. On several cases with the momentum of two riders on a single ATV going downhill with some speed required some experienced swerving and maneuvering to avoid crashing into riders ahead of us who got stuck on the difficult terrain because the brakes were simply inadequate. Before the tour, some riders in our group asked how to use the reverse function and Ronny insisted that we would not need it and refused to show us. Early on in the tour we had difficult terrain and a sharp turn that nearly sent two ATVs off of a cliff. The riders were stuck with their front wheels partly off the edge of the road without the knowledge of how to reverse. Ronny and the group continued down the hill and it took him a long time before he realized he lost some riders and had to go back and pull their vehicles back into safety simply because they didnt know how to shift into reverse. Ronny expressed no concern, only frustration at the drivers inexperience and had no reservations in voicing his displeasure. The mood was killed for the rest of the tour right from the start. About half of the tour was incredibly dusty enough to reduce visibility from the ATVs ahead of us. We had no expectation of this or opportunity to do anything to protect us from inhaling mouthfuls of dirt. We also crossed paths with two other ATV tour where everyone had bandanas or masks and we can only presume that they were given the bandanas or at least informed and had the opportunity to prepare in advance to deal with the insane amount of dust. At the beach stop my wife asked me to help her take off her helmet, I reached up to help her and Ronny nudged my hand away stating "she has to learn on her own" and continued to show her how to take it off herself, it was strangely aggressive and risked a confrontation with me in the process. By the end of the stop we gave him some gentle remarks that the group was not at all pleased with him and his tone had changed and he assured us the second half was a more gentle ride but it was far too late, no one was having a good time with him. There were a number of other small incidents and off handed comments throughout the trip that I wont speak to but it left a bad taste in the group. At the end of the tour he explicitly asked us for a tip... lol. ATV were a 5/10. They worked okay but the disabling of front brakes weren't a good idea especially on an intermediate terrain. Tour guide was a 2/10. Anything worse would have led to a full out confrontation but he really towed the line. Trail 6/10. Besides the dust it was an OK trail, not very scenic and partly challenging, some of it was on main streets and it made some beginners feel unsafe but as an intermediate rider it was fun for me and there were good opportunities to drive faster than what some might expect around ~50kmph.

This was really fun! Our guide did a great job making sure we knew how to ride our ATVs. We drove down some gravel paths and some dirt paths and saw a really beautiful beach.

We had a fantastic ride with our tour guide, Gabriel! Easy to follow your, ATVs were user friendly, and good scenery. We highly recommend!

My tour guide was Yader and he made the experience so fun. It was so laid back and he was able to point out some monkeys! Super fun would do again.

Ronnie our guide was great! He was so patient. He went slow because I was nervous . Made me feel at ease! He also found monkeys for us since my friend was dying to see them. Great experience!

This was a nice ATV ride thru back roads and to the beach . We own Atvs at home so we are used to riding . Our guide Jarod or Jader ? Was very nice and stopped to show us Monkeys and told us all about them . The drinks at the beach ( not free ) are wonderful and fresh and hit the spot ! The beach view is beautiful , and the ride thru the backroads and neighborhoods gives you a perspective of how some live . I would do this tour again when in Tamarindo !

Gréât fun, good guide, good equipment 3 hours off road riding through bush, on to beaches and back through farmlands ending with great sunset view

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