Hoogtepunten van Jungle Krokodil en Carara Nationaal Park-Punta Arenas
Beschrijving
Jungle Krokodillen Safari op de Tarcoles rivier Cruise langs de Tarcoles River, een van de beste plekken in Costa Rica om massale Amerikaanse krokodillen veilig te observeren in hun natuurlijke habitat. ✔ Zie krokodillen, leguanen en exotische vogels zoals scharlaken ara's en reigers ✔ Veilige, comfortabele overdekte boot met tweetalige natuurgids ✔ Perfect voor wildlife fotografie en vogels kijken Natuurwandeling in Carara Nationaal Park Verken de overgangszone tussen droog en vochtig tropisch bos — een hotspot voor biodiversiteit. ✔ Gemakkelijke begeleide wandeling door de bospaden ✔ Mogelijkheden om apen, toekans, coatis, vlinders en meer te spotten ✔ Leer over de unieke flora en fauna van deze ecologische brug Puntarenas kusthoogtepunten Geniet van een ontspannen schilderachtige rit door Puntarenas stad, inclusief: ✔ Vuurtoren & Paseo de los Turistas ✔ Lokale fruitkraampjes of souvenirwinkels ✔ Foto stopt bij panoramische uitzichtpunten
Rondreisopties
Reisroute
Dichtbij de haven van Caldera, is er een plek met witte gezicht apen, ze zijn in het wild een van de meest speciale ervaring in Costa Rica
In de buurt van Tarcoles River gaan we naar een fruitkraam daar kun je onze tropische vruchten proeven, en als je een smoothie wilt
Het hoogtepunt van de dag, een boottocht op de rivier de Tarcoles, deze boottocht duurt een uur, een geweldige plek voor de natuur! Je hebt kansen om krokodillen, vogels en meer te zien! We komen heel dichtbij zodat je Amerikaanse krokodillen van alle soorten en maten kunt waarderen. De rivier is een paradijs voor het observeren van prachtige en exotische vogels! Geniet van spectaculaire junglelandschappen en navigeer door de dichte kanalen van het mangrovemoeras Guacalillo. Zie wilde dieren in een comfortabele en veilige omgeving die geschikt is voor alle leden van het gezin!
Souvenirstop, de naam van deze souvenir is "El Jardin" Een geweldig souvenir met veel dingen en ook hier kun je een van de beste koffiesoorten in Costa Rica proeven, en gratis WiFi.
Carara National Park ligt in de kantons Turrubares en Garabito, in de provincies San José en Puntarenas, tussen de coördinaten 9º51' en 9º44' noorderbreedte, 84º36' en 84º29' oosterlengte. Met andere woorden, het ligt op 90 kilometer van San José aan de snelweg Costanera Sur (zuidelijke kust). De hoofdingang bevindt zich 2 kilometer ten zuiden van de Río Grande de Tárcoles-brug. Carara National Park, wat rivier van hagedissen betekent in de inheemse taal van Huetar, heeft het enige overgangsbos in de centrale Stille Oceaan, wat resulteert in een diversiteit aan flora en fauna waar inheemse soorten van zowel droge bossen als regenwouden samenkomen. Dit nationale park is een wereldberoemde ornithologische bestemming en heeft een extreem divers vogelleven, met name de scharlaken ara (Ara macao), een bedreigde diersoort die de op één na grootste Psittacidae-soort in Costa Rica is.
Het laatste deel van de tour, het is een stadstour, ziet u de vismarkt, de oudste kerk van de stad en de veerboot van Puntarenas.
Hoogtepunten
Wat is inbegrepen
Ophaallocaties en -tijden
Uw tour begint bij de hoofdingang van de pier, waar onze gidsen op u wachten met een bord met uw naam. Kijk voor onze rode shirts voor gemakkelijke identificatie. Timing: Tours worden gepland 30 minuten nadat uw schip is aangemeerd. De vroegste tour begint om 8:00 uur. Als de beste lokale touroperator garanderen wij uw terugkeer naar het cruiseschip.
Beoordelingen van reizigers
Belangrijke informatie
- Hulpdieren toegestaan
- Baby's en kleine kinderen kunnen in een wandel- of kinderwagen mee
- Geschikt voor alle condities
- Kinderen moeten worden begeleid door een volwassene
- Op het moment van boeking moeten passagiers van het cruiseschip op het moment van boeking de volgende informatie verstrekken: naam van het schip, tijd van aanleggen, uitstaptijd en tijd om aan boord te gaan
- Comfortabele kleding wordt aanbevolen
- Minimaal 2 passagiers zijn van toepassing. Er is een mogelijkheid tot annulering na bevestiging als er niet genoeg passagiers zijn om aan de vereisten te voldoen. Als dit gebeurt, krijgt u een alternatief of volledige restitutie aangeboden
- Tours vanuit San José omvatten geen stops bij het Monkey House of een stadstour in Puntarenas
Beoordelingen(12)
Awesome trip. Saw crocodiles up close as well as poison dart tree frogs, mantis, and lots of birds. Anna was very knowledgeable and friendly.
Thank you for sharing your experience! We’re delighted to hear that you had such an awesome trip and got to see incredible wildlife up close—from crocodiles to poison dart frogs, mantis, and a great variety of birds. Costa Rica truly offers amazing biodiversity! It’s wonderful to know that Anna made your tour even more enjoyable with her knowledge and friendly approach. We’ll be sure to pass along your kind words to her. We appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you back for another unforgettable adventure!
This tour was a perfect combination for a taste of the Puntarenas area, and our guide Ronald greatly exceeded my expectations. Ronald met our small group right at the end of the pier. He made sure we were comfortable in the airconditioned van (a must for this Alaskan) and off we went on our adventure. He was chatty and informative about the flora and fauna of the areas we were traveling through. Our first stop was to see the Capuchin Monkeys, and this was the highlight of my mom’s entire trip. We were able to witness and interact with a family group of Capuchins. Our next stop was Carara National Park, and this is where Ronalds's skills as a certifies guide really shone through. He was amazing at spotting elusive species (most of which we would never have spotted on our own). Then, he would set up his spotting scope for us to clearly view and capture beautiful photos. I was most impressed seeing the Agouti, Toucans, Macaws, and learning about the poison dart frogs we encountered. Enroute to our next stop, Ronald spotted some Howler Monkeys and pulled over for us to observe them. Then he dropped us off for our River Boat Tour on the Tarcoles River “River of Crocodiles” where we were entertained by our fun-loving boat guide and we saw multiple amazingly huge crocodiles up close and personal and all types of birds. After the river cruise we were so lucky to be joined by Joanna, another certified wildlife guide and Ronald’s wife, for the remainder of our day. After another unscheduled stop to observe a pair of nesting Macaws we headed to a local lunch spot where Joanna assisted in helping us order some local foods. She then accompanied us into a Butterfly Garden and explained the life cycle of butterflies and how best to photograph them. Ronald and Joanna were so personable and receptive, that when my mom mentioned she would really like some fresh coconut meat to eat, Ronald pulled into a store and purchase a fresh coconut and even cracked it open so my mom could enjoy it. Now that is better than icing on a cake!!
Thank you so much for sharing such a detailed and heartfelt review. We are absolutely delighted to hear that this tour was the perfect combination for experiencing the best of the Puntarenas area. Ronald truly takes pride in delivering a high-level guiding experience, and your recognition of his wildlife-spotting skills at Carara National Park means a great deal. As a certified guide, his ability to locate elusive species and provide scope views for photography is something he continuously works to perfect. We’re especially happy that the Capuchin monkey encounter became the highlight of your mom’s entire trip — those moments are exactly what we hope to create. Sightings of agoutis, toucans, macaws, poison dart frogs, and even the spontaneous stop for howler monkeys truly showcase how dynamic the region is. It sounds like your river experience on the Tárcoles River (“River of Crocodiles”) was equally memorable. Seeing those massive crocodiles up close is always an unforgettable part of the day. We also love that Joanna was able to join and enhance the experience further — from assisting with local cuisine to explaining the butterfly life cycle and helping with photography tips. And of course, Ronald making that special coconut stop is such a perfect example of how much he genuinely cares about our guests’ experience. Your kind words about their professionalism and warmth truly mean the world to us. It was an honor to be part of your journey, and we hope to welcome you and your mom back to Costa Rica in the future.
We had an incredible experience with our guide Chris and driver Gori! They were both fantastic, very professional, friendly, and made sure we were comfortable throughout the entire trip. Chris went above and beyond to share insights about local culture and life in Costa Rica, which made the journey so much more meaningful. The Crocodile Safari itself was absolutely the highlight of our trip, hands down the best tour we’ve done in Costa Rica! It was full of fascinating information, and we had amazing encounters with multiple crocodiles, including two huge ones. The guides were funny, charismatic, and clearly passionate about what they do. You can tell they really care about the animals and the experience of every visitor. The only downsides were unrelated to the tour: the traffic in Costa Rica can be quite bad, so even though the distance from San José isn’t far, it took us about 1.5 hours to get there and 2 hours to return, which was tiring. Also, we found Carara National Park a bit underwhelming compared to the hype, but since it’s only about 10 minutes from the safari, it was still worth visiting. Overall, we highly recommend this tour and especially Chris and Gori , they made the whole day unforgettable! 🌴🐊👏
Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful review! 🌿 We’re thrilled to hear that you had an unforgettable experience with Chris and Gori — they are indeed outstanding members of our team and will be so happy to know their efforts made your day special. It’s great that you enjoyed the Crocodile Safari and appreciated the guides’ passion and knowledge of Costa Rica’s wildlife and culture. We understand that traffic can sometimes be a challenge, and we truly appreciate your patience and understanding. Your feedback about Carara National Park is also very helpful, as it allows future travelers to set their expectations accordingly. We’re grateful for your recommendation and hope to welcome you back for another adventure in Costa Rica soon! 🇨🇷✨ Warm regards, The SYL Travel Team
We have limited mobility and the guide Katherine made sure we were able to see wonderful things. We enjoyed Katherine and our driver Gi Gi. Lots of fun and great sightings of birds and animals.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We're thrilled to hear that Katherine and Gi Gi made your tour enjoyable and accessible despite the mobility challenges. Our team is dedicated to creating memorable experiences for all of our guests, and it’s wonderful to know you had fun and saw so much wildlife. We look forward to welcoming you back for another adventure soon!
Wonderful tour, friendly tour guide operator Evelyn & driver Mario. Visited the city, went for a crocodile boat tour that was awesome, saw the Macaw bird, many beautiful flowers. Had a great day.
We are glad that you liked the tour, we hope to see you soon, greetings
Luis and Marvin were an excellent tour guide and driver. Marvin enjoyed the monkeys and parrots as much as we did that day. It was beautiful to see the scarlet macaws flying as pairs through the sky and they are very noisy. As for the crocodiles we saw, wow, you just don’t realize how big they are until you get up close. The guide on the tour boat was very well informed about the birds and plants growing in this area. We both felt safe at each site visited. Luis shared some local culture with us and talked about the annual fruit festival. Overall a great adventure.
We saw more crocodiles than I expected...one even made a full circle near the boat for us! I would have appreciated it if our guide (Luis) had warned me that the monkeys at the Monkey House would be jumping onto me before he led me into their area. Luckily, I like monkeys but this would have been a terrifying experience had I been afraid of them. I felt badly that our driver had to drive some distance to reach us when there were only two of us on the tour. Both he (Willy) and Luis were very good about helping my husband get in and out of the van.
We took the private tour through the national park today and enjoyed it very much. Guide Tony was very informative over both animals and plants, had a nice humor and succeeded in spotting almost all the species we wanted to see!
Monkeys, crocodiles, macaws, birds, phenomenal food and excellent guides made this tour memorable and and extreme value for the money. Marco, Christian and Yiyi were so much fun, full of great information and made our private tour experience feel one of a kind. They were truly wonderful and we will be recommending them to anyone visiting Costa Rica in Puntarenas and Limon.
Helardo is a very knowledgeable guide, and passionately shares his love of his homeland. With a private tour for 2, he picked up quickly on our interests and went above and beyond.
