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View of a river zipline on a Costa Rica adventure tour

Best Things to Do in Costa Rica Adventure Tours

Iconic Attractions & Hidden Gem Travel Experiences

Costa Rica Adventure

From volcanoes to rainforest zip-lining, Costa Rica offers plenty of exciting opportunities for a wide variety of adventure enthusiasts. Other popular adventure activities in the country include hiking among magnificent views, some of the world's best whitewater rafting, thrilling scuba diving, and world-class surfing.

Top Costa Rica Adventure Experiences

Zipping through the treetops of a rainforest on a zipline tour.

Experiencing some of the best whitewater rafting in the world on the La Fortuna rapids.

Galloping through the sand during a sunset horseback riding excursion.

Reeling in a fighting marlin on a deep sea fishing trip.

Cooling down after a long jungle hike by rappelling down a waterfall.


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Joan from NYC
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2023-02-07
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Costa Rica Natural Paradise by Caravan Tours
It was wonderful!
I can’t even describe how wonderful our trip is, since we are still here in Costa Rica. Never again will you have the opportunity to learn so much history by their incredible guides, all historians. I learned so much. I read some of the complaints. I can’t believe them. Insulted because they were offended by eating the same foods of the typical Tico family? Insulted by stopping at tourists spots of desperately poor people and making a donation by buying their handmade stuff? Costa Rica does not have an army. All their resources are spent on education for their population and health care for all. The communities in the rural areas don’t have access to a lot of jobs, so they make their living by selling their wares. $20 feeds a family of four for a week. Buying a memory from them is so disagreeable to you? Yes, they bend over backwards for their senior travelers. We are two of them. So my suggestion to you people who are so discourteous to such a beautiful people is to just pay a lot more and go in luxury. For the rest of you, it was a memory of a lifetime for me and I am grateful to have witnessed monkeys in the wild, incredible birds and a people satisfied with their lives. Will give you the names of our guide and if I were you, I would see if he were available for your tour. Oh, if you suffer from small winding roads, the bus is extremely comfortable but the roads are narrow. So the bus travels slowly. Which is why it takes so much time to go from destination to destination.

Loved this experience and the 8 days was perfect for us.
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Joan Starr
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2023-02-05
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Costa Rica Natural Paradise by Caravan Tours
I have travelled all over and this tour will stay with me forever. Our historian, Giovanny, is the best of the best and the Jose, our driver was able to drive the narrow roads effortlesslyl
THis is without a doubt, one of my nicest tours. We were fortunate and the valcano was active! We also saw so many wild animals. Remember this is not a zoo. Some I read that some people didn’t see the animals but our whole group saw so many by the hot springs. It was such a special treat. It is an area that is a natural area and the tour tries to locate the sloths and other animals before we come and follow them to ensure we see them too. We saw a sloth carrying a new born baby plus several other sloths and tropical animals. wish I put them here for you to see. Tomorrow we are going on another walk over hanging bridges. I was surprised that some people did not like the food. The trip was publicized as traveling into the Central Valley and other areas where we will be meeting the wonderful people of Costa Rica. This trip was half the price of any other trip, the people disappointment might want to travel in a less leisure fashion. Please don’t let this trip fall by the wayside! Our whole bus is having the best time
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James
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2020-03-12
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Colorful Costa Rica by SmarTours
The Ecotour of Costa Rica was very good
The Ecotour of Costa Rica was very good. There was hiking, jungle river rides, village visits, and learned a lot about tropical agribusiness. Our tour guide, Viktur L. (SwissTour), is a naturalist so he was wonderful at identifying all the strange flowers, trees, animals, birds, butterflies--and an easy-going guy able to handle any crisis or change. We absolutely loved all the fresh ripe fruit available at every meal. Most of the buffet stops were very similar menus with rice, beans, cooked veggies and fruit. We had enough on-your-own meals to balance out the buffets but those buffets were all exactly alike. Overall, the tour was a nice balance of activities. However, it was awkward and disorganized to not have the tour guide, Viktur L. (from Swiss Tour) allowed at the beginning & ending dinners. He was wonderful and it was sad he wasn't at the farewell meal at the Radisson Europa.
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Anonymous
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2020-03-12
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Colorful Costa Rica by SmarTours
Trip Was Wonderful
Our trip to Costa Rica was wonderful. Our tour guide Victor was amazing and Our bus driver was very competent. The places we stayed were great and the food was delicious. Thank you!
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Lara
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2019-05-24
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Costa Rica Natural Paradise by Caravan Tours
Costa Rica with Caravan tour.
In 8 days we covered around 900 mi through various parts of the country and learned about its life, traditions and culture, about their special relation with and respect for the Mother Nature. It was a very enriching experience for us!
Please watch my videos about this trip here:
Part 1 is here: https://youtu.be/ZuGi8AsRxIU
Part 2 is here: https://youtu.be/c-Gh44tAxgI
Part 3 is here: https://youtu.be/h72t27i-eC8

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Stefanie
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2018-12-05
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Costa Rica Adrenaline by Under30Experiences
The trip was nothing short of amazing!
I recently completed my first trip with Under30 in Costa Rica. The trip was nothing short of amazing! Lauren and Cristian were fantastic and did everything in their power to accommodate us. I'm extremely grateful for the experience and glad I booked two more trips for next year!
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