Tour De Um Dia Ao Corcovado De Manuel Antonio

Our guide was a really wonderful. Her enthusiasm was infectious and her connection to nature, her heritage and natural remedies was moving.

Wild and lovely tour despite the rain ( rainy season trip)- I think would be much nice ( but busier) on the dry season. David was excellent guide and very knowledgeable about rapids, tropical forest, mangroves and Corcovado park generally. We saw roots allowing communication between tallest trees , a tapir feeding on wild plums, monkeys, turkeys, tiger herons, tiger crabs, other birds and interesting plants. No pumas, good reason to return ! David was very sensitive to my request to not wet my shoes ( hard as heavy rain ) as I left Costa Rica next day- and helped me when I slipped on a rock and fell back. The entire crew was lovely and caring and drove the boat slower to avoid bumping my back too much. Very good lunch I definitely want to come back and trek more on Corcovado, such big park can easily spend 4-5 days and still have things to see . Would recommend David and this company who arranged comfortable / timely transfer from Manuel Antonio. Gracias

It was an all day trip and I seen everything I see right at the house we are renting. Everything and everyone was very prompt and nice , but for me wasn’t worth the time and money.Spent to much time looking a bugs and stuff.

Very expensive tour not organized correctly.We picked up a guide on the road and actually the guide was not with us during the day and went to another trip.We join another guide on the boat in Sierpe with 10 other people.We didn't see any animals in our group and all the others groups on the boat saw plenty animals like pumas so our guide was not good.Then when we came back we had to wait for the other guide that we picked up on the road the morning to come back from his tour....we said to the guide our day was bad and we didn't see anything and the guide was just showing us how amazing was his trip seeing tapirs etc...which was a bit inappropriate as we didn't see anything on our tour and we made us even more sad and frustrated.

A real adventure. Water taxi was ‘a bit choppy’ but calmer on return. Very organised with driver arriving promptly. All the staff really helpful and professional and our guide Eduardo was very knowledgable and helpful. Be prepared for a soaking if there is a thunderstorm but you dry quickly. We saw loads of monkeys and just missed a puma. Lunch was delicious. A long day but a great trip

Corcovado is one of the most remote and biodiverse national parks on the planet. It’s a haven for animals of Central America. We chose to return here after fifteen years to see and photograph the animals. It was two hours by car and two hours by open boat to get there, not totally unpleasant. Along the Sierpe river we hurtled along past mangroves and fields until we reached the open sea. It was a bit bumpier but in good weather, quite comfortable. We spent a total of four hours in the park with guides, one per seven passengers. They were excellent at finding wildlife to see and before long we were looking at a pair of red macaus. We had an amazing coati experience with a whole troup, snuffling around us. We had three different species of monkey above us. Not to mention other birds. The only complaint was that they didn’t warn us about the sandflies. During our lunch by the beach we were eaten by the locals and returned covered in flat red spots which next dat swelled and were really itchy. If you do this tour go entirely covered. Bug spray probably won’t do anything. It’s really worth the effort, before expanding human interference affects the wildlife.

Overall this was our worst tour experience, and we took lots of tours during our 2 week trip to Costa Rica. The Viator website said pickup from our hotel would be at 6 AM. However, when we contacted the tour operator through Viator to confirm the day before the tour, they told us the pick up is at 5:30 AM. We were there and ready at 5:25 AM, and we waited for over an hour with no information and no contact from the tour company. I tried messaging them and calling multiple times - that went straight to voicemail. Finally at around 6:40 AM, the hotel concierge informed us that someone had called HER (instead of us, for some reason) to tell her that there was an issue with the car and so they had to send another driver. By the time the new driver came, it was 7 AM. We were driven to the tour destination by a driver who was nice, but I felt slightly unsafe as he didn’t wear his seatbelt (we were in a sedan, not a bus) and kept going around 60 KMPH over the speed limit (whether it was 40, 60, or 80). I imagine he was trying his best to minimize our lateness. When we got to the place where the boats depart from, it turned out that it wasn’t even clear we could go on with the tour, since our group’s boat left way earlier. So we waited around another hour while the tour operators figured out if we could join the boat of a private tour group - more wasted time. They did give us coffee on the house, though. Finally, we joined the private tour’s boat and were on our way. The ride was pretty nice, until upon entering the open ocean we were stopped by the coast guard, who wanted the registration papers for the boat. The driver of the boat did not have these papers - he kept saying to the coast guard that everything is in order, but the owner of the boat has the papers, and he’s just the driver. The coast guard and the driver were at an impasse for a few minutes - I was sure that they were either waiting for a bribe or were going to force us to go back. Eventually they did allow our boat to continue. From this point on, we were passed between different groups/guides. We did get to go on a lovely hike - Corcovado is beautiful and way less touristy than some other parks we had visited. After this, we were given lunch (rice, boiled eggs, make your own sandwich, dessert bars, juices), which was decent - better than what I’ve had on some other tours. Then, we had to go back as the time allotted for our tour was over. We were driven back to our hotel by the same driver. So, all in all, Corcovado itself was wonderful and the lunch was good, but 3 stars off for making us wait over 2 hours and missing a large chunk of the tour (there was supposed to be another hike in the morning), and making us feel unsafe with the boat registration issue.

Anteater up in a tree feasting on termites ….. had no idea they were such great climbers. The croc on the beach was a bit unnerving but those adorable leaf cutting ants made a lasting impression.

We had a wonderful time in Corcovado park !Our tour guide Michael was amazing!He explained us many things about the eco system,how plants and trees work in the nature,and of course,wildlife , what a great lesson!I learned a lot !

What a fantastic day and definitely worth the 4.00am wakeup! Fantastic, brilliant guide, Bernie, 2 young northern european couples a young canadian couple and I( a 62 year old english transplant) enjoyed breakfast together and boarded the boat with a lovely young group from Barcelona. Our super friendly tour guide Mike, and an excellent crew boarded a 6k hp boat and headed for Corcorval. It’s a long way but it has to be done! After an easy wet landing, (I recommend water shoes) we immediately met my new favourite animal, Coati, in profusion. Like pointy nosed miniature bears, they grubbed around close to our feet, with their stripy tails sticking straight up, beyond adorable! Bernie is university educated with an infectious passion for his country, a bird specialist with immense knowledge of the symbiotic nature of the plants and animals of Costa Rica and a strong desire to share this knowledge with those lucky enough to draw him as their guide. Our group was fortunate to have both Mike and Bernie to guide us which meant we had access to two scopes that allowed us to view and photograph the creatures in close-up as well as to learn about them. We saw and experienced so so much including Howler monkeys, the incredibly agile spider monkeys, with no thumbs but an extraordinarily versatile prehensile tail. And then….just as i was starting to get tired from the 3 hour hike, i was entirely reenergized by the discovery of a pair of tapirs…with their baby! So exciting!! We finished the tour walking along a deserted beach where we met two kinds of herons, two kinds of hawk and a beautiful blue iguana. Back to the boat for lunch and the unfortunate fact that low tide had caused it to be stuck on the clay shoal. But, no matter, after an extraordinary display of teamwork, passengers and crew freed the vessel and we were on our way back at high speed! We hit a dramatic squall close to home and everyone laughed and squealed with exuberance as we were drenched. I do hope others are as lucky as i was, with this amazing tour and with the guidance of Bernie and Mike. My tour was booked through Manuel’s tours who also arranged my tour with my husband Manuel Antonio National Park a day earlier. Each was superb and i highly recommend both