Arenal Highlights: Experience Hanging Bridges, Arenal Volcano, and Fortuna's Waterfall in One Day
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Experience the best of Arenal in one day! Explore Mistico Hanging Bridges, La Fortuna Waterfall, and Arenal Volcano. Includes transportation, guide, lunch, and more.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Puentes Colgantes del Arenal - Rainforest Naturalist Hike in the park to enjoy and see the flora and fauna of the area
  • La Fortuna Waterfall - We hike to the base to swim on our natural pristine pool
  • Mirador El Silencio - When hiking Arenal Volcano, you have a lot of different trail options. All go around the base of the impressive volcano, giving you different vantage points. In our opinion, one of the best views of Arenal Volcano is from Mirador El Silencio. This series of easy-to-moderate trails leads to a very high lookout. Here, you feel as though you are standing eye to eye with Arenal’s cone-shaped peak
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Cold bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Three adventures in a single day. A walk on the Mistico Hanging Bridges from 8am until 11am. Experience the La Fortuna Waterfall from 11am until 1:30pm. Enjoy your lunch for an hour. Hike around Arenal Volcano from 2:30pm to 5:30pm.

Set off: 7:30am

Return back: 5:30pm

Package includes: Round-trip transportation, all entry charges, bilingual naturalist tour guide, refreshments (water and cookies), and a meal.

What to Pack: Camera, binoculars, comfortable attire, waterproof outerwear, appropriate footwear, insect deterrent.

  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jennifer_t
Jun 15, 2024
Fun filled day with lots of steps - Had a great day and great weather. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable as well. We also had a great local lunch. Would highly recommend. Make sure to bring a towel and water shoes for the waterfall and good shoes with good trekking bottoms for the other two excursions.
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Marrissa_k
May 19, 2024
A must in La Fortuna - I would definitely recommend this excursion if you go to La Fortuna! Pick up and drop off went very smoothly. Our AirBNB was not listed in the provided box but I messaged the company our location and they knew where we were and provided a time for pickup. They arrived promptly at that time! Mario did an amazing job on this tour! He was able to point out a lot of local flora and animals throughout the several parts of this trip. He had a great sense of humor and made the trip fun even when it was wet hot and then rainy later. The lunch provided was a Costan Rica classic dish and was very good. There were waters supplied but no snack so if you want snack I would recommend packing them. Overall, my husband and I had a great time and would highly recommend.
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H4s79cvdpv
Apr 30, 2024
It was so great! I will always remember this tour! - All the experience was amazing! Kenya thank you so much for all the moments you create for us! For be patient, put so much commitment and passion on this tour, we have so much fun! Get so much knowledge, and so great moments! Recommended!
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Meghan_c
Apr 11, 2024
Awesome Excursion! - This excursion was so much fun! Kenya was our guide and she was amazing - so knowledgeable, friendly, and kind. She also double checked to make sure we had everything we need for the day before we left. Definitely wear good hiking shoes and bring a poncho. We got to see awesome wildlife thanks to Kenya’s keen eye. The lunch was good - a large plate of casado. I got the fish option (tilapia) which was great. Would absolutely recommend!
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Jasmin_l
Mar 11, 2024
Perfect way to see most of La Fortuna in one tour - Awesome, comprehensive tour with guide Kenia! Our tour experience did start a bit rocky because they let us know less than 24 hours in advance that they could not pick us up at the hotel (although its in the tour description / they could have reached out earlier). We were able to get picked up for a $30 extra charge, but on a positive note the ride arrangement was very seamless. We first went to Mistico hanging bridges where Kenia spotted cool wildlife like anteaters and birds for us. She was very knowledgeable and lovely and we highly recommend her. Then, we went to eat casado (actually our favorite casado experience in CR). After, we went to the Arenal waterfall where Kenia watched our stuff and we were able to take a dip. Finally, we hiked the Lava Trails which was the perfect magical end to the tour (actually the true end was the delicious pineapples we got to munch on). Super professional and well coordinated tour, everything went very smoothly
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Kathleenco5716zp
Feb 18, 2024
Great Tour of Arenal! - Had an absolutely amazing day on this tour! Mario was a fantastic tour guide who was very friendly and provided great information at each stop! The tour moved at a good pace and you get to spend a lot of time at each spot!
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Joey_mess92
Feb 18, 2024
Amazing Arenal Adventure - Mario was an excellent guide- knowledgeable, personable, passionate, and full of positive energy. The trip allowed us to see many sites in a single day, but never felt too rushed. Highly recommend!
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Excursion52053457220
Feb 10, 2024
Hanging Bridges, La Fortuna waterfall, Arenal Volcano hike - Mario was an excellent guide & I enjoed this trip! It was at the top of my ability but made it & so glad I booked it. Go ahead and add the thermal springs to complete your day & reward tourself!
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Ken_f
Apr 3, 2024
Mixed bag - An interesting mix of 5 and 1 stars. The great, all 5 stars: Mario our guide was outstanding. Mauricio our driver was great. The hanging bridges of Mistico were our favorite in CR. The waterfall was a blast, but I highly recommend you stretch first. Our calves were sore for days! The volcano hike had great views. The whole thing was family friendly. The not so great: Pickup was a few minutes late, then we had to wait on the side of the road for a taxi bringing a woman they forgot to pickup earlier. The excursion says it has cold bottled water and snacks were included, so we didn't bring. The tour operator forgot to put the water on the bus so we had to buy our own. They looked at us like we were crazy when we asked about the snacks. None. Most of the tours seemed to cap at 10 people. We assumed that would be the case here as well since the listing described transport by air-conditioned minivan. Transport was by bus and there were 20 of us. The numbers were annoying at Mistico, but not such a big deal for the waterfall or volcano. We thought the numbers were shrinking since some folks only purchased the early part of the tour, but they picked more people up along the way. Conclusion? Definitely do the activities (though maybe over 2 days, not 1). If you can find a way to get Mario as your guide, do it. This tour operator? Maybe not perfect.
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Brian_y
Feb 20, 2024
Check weather 1st - Constant rain and poor visibility of volcano. Tour probably good on better weather day. Tour guide Mario was great and did the best he could with the bad weather
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