Monkey Sanctuary Tour: Meet Capuchins and Crocodiles

Explore capuchin monkeys, crocodiles, and sloths in their natural habitats. Enjoy a boat tour, bird watching, and a hidden beach experience with snacks and drinks.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tarcoles Bridge - Visitors have the option to observe the crocodiles from the bridge or opt for a boat tour at an additional cost of $43. The boat tour lasts about 1 hour and 40 minutes and features bird watching along with a naturalist guide.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
Additional Information

Visitors will explore the sanctuary of the white-faced capuchin monkeys, recognized as the most intelligent monkey species in the New World. The visit promises to be safe and educational for all ages, from children to adults. Participants will learn about the monkeys’ family structure, including alphas and betas, and how to determine their age.
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Location
KFC
Pastor Diaz ave, in front of KFC restaurant
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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David_s
Feb 27, 2026
Wildlife tour - Feb 2026 - We ended up going south from Jaco rather than north towards Tarcoles ( to avoid the traffic from the bridge construction). It didn't matter, we had an amazing time with our knowledgeable guide Geirold. We saw lots of monkeys, a sloth and a lot of other wildlife followed by a nice lunch in Paritas. We really enjoyed our excursion.
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Jetflygirl
Feb 23, 2026
Once in a lifetime experience! - This is unique and we had a wonderful educated guide. We went to someone’s private backyard with access to rainforest that had a lot of monkeys. The monkeys were playful and entertaining. We then saw sloths on the beach in their habitat. Our guide Gerold was knowledgeable about animals and Costa Rica life.
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Luis_r
Feb 20, 2026
A great experience is... - A great experience I recommend to everyone is something unique I very fun. The guides are very attentive.
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Lyne_c
Feb 17, 2026
Great excursion - We all absolutely enjoyed this excursion. If all we would’ve done and seen on this tour was the white face monkey we would’ve all been content with that however, we got to also see a couple crocodiles and a couple sloth laying in the tree. The monkey interaction was a 10 on 10. The food was great. Our guide was absolutely wonderful very knowledgable and polite. We all definitely recommend. Guest from Canada 🇨🇦
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184jamirg
Feb 15, 2026
Awesome Experience hands down!! - The tour guide was very Informative in depth of information on Monkey, Crocs & Sloths with also knowledge of other animals as well & went above and beyond to make the experience happen. It was absolutely perfection I'll cherish these memories forever. It was the best experience that I had in Costa Rica!
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Nathaliego2091rj
Feb 13, 2026
Perfect. - Gerald was great! We had a lot of fun with the Capuchins and saw a couple of parrots. After the sloths we even saw a green serpent-liana. Thanks to Gerald and the rest of the team. We'll keep precious memories of this tour.
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76lawrencek
Feb 12, 2026
great intimate monkey encounter! - What a pleasure to hang out with Geirold this morning, he is a lovely person and a terrific guide for my wife and three teenagers and mother-in-law, who is in her '80s. Those capuchin monkeys were a trip—about a dozen emerged from the jungle and climbed all over us, eating from our hands, we couldn't stop laughing. Lunch was totally delicious and the sloths were fun to search for up in the trees, Geirold located about five of them. A perfect half-day outing for our multi-generational family.
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Lauren_s
Feb 8, 2026
Great time and great guide - We got picked up. Transportation had AC. We were grouped with one other person. Our guide was great. He told us all about Costa Rica. He explained and showed us things as we drove past and also answered all our curious questions. He also taught us a lot about the animals, birds, beaches, etc. Overall it was a great experience and a lot of fun. The monkeys were the best part for me and the beach. The included lunch was yummy too. We got snacks as well. The sloths were hard to spot, but our guide was really good at finding them and helping us see them.
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Karen_m
Feb 5, 2026
Great tour - What a great tour and well worth the cost. Our tour guide, Stanley was very friendly and informative. He really helped to make the day successful. We saw a lot of capuchin monkeys close up, crocodiles and a sloth. Lunch was local cuisine and excellent.
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Alexandra_k
Feb 5, 2026
Very nice experience.... - Very nice experience. You got incredibly close and it was very good handling of the animals and the guide was careful to respect their natural behaviors. The guide was very good and explained how the group of monkeys was structured and how the culture of Costa Rica is
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From $88
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).