L= Lunch

D = Diner

E = Entrance fees

 

 

 

Further information and bookings: Phone /Fax:(506) 256-6429 / 24 hrs. Phone: (506) 826-2562  E-mail: tiquiciatravel@racsa.co.cr

 

 

Caño Negro Wildlife

 

The Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge and the Rio Frío are biological humid areas considered to be one of the richest in biological diversity in Costa Rica. Here you can find a great variety of resident and migratory birds plus three different species of monkeys, also iguanas, sloths, turtles and caymans.

The tour starts at 7: 30 a.m. when we pick up all “Nature Lovers” from the hotel in a very comfortable bus for the 1-½ hour Transfer to Los Chiles, a culturally mixed village only 4-km from the Nicaraguan border. Here your boat waits for your river adventure, at that time we begin our 4-hour floating safari through Tropical Rain Forest and pastures until we arrive at the marsh.

Some birds are residents in the area and it is possible to see hundreds of them especially during the dry season. Some of them are Anhinga or Snake - bird, Roseate Spoonbill, it is possible to see little groups of this bird eating in the surroundings of the river. Wood Storks, the Jabiru, the largest bird in Central America and very endangered. Also the Olivaceous Cormorant, that makes its nest in the area, it is also the most popular bird in the refuge. Caño Negro has the largest colony of cormorants in Costa Rica.

Along the river we can see howler monkeys, spider monkeys, white-faced monkeys, also the three-toed sloth and some reptiles like caimans.

This trip includes a typical Costa Rican lunch, regional fruits, canned drinks, natural juices, bottled water and cookies. Don’t forget to bring light clothing, camera, binoculars, sun cream and insect repellent.

Arenal Volcano &  Tabacón Resort

 

 

The Arenal Volcano is active since 1968, it constantly ejects gases, water, fumaroles and explosions with pyroclastic material emissions, and sometimes the eruptions are accompanied with powerful thunders.
The ash is carried by the wind over long distances especially to the northwest area of the volcano. The biggest and heaviest material falls close to the crater.
The lava flows come out of the crater with a temperature of about 1 000 Centigrade. As the lava flows down it slowly cools off.

At the hot springs our customers can enjoy a healthy and relaxing soak, it is also possible to see the Arenal Volcano erupting from a comfortable spa.

Arenal Volcano Hiking

 

 

Before the active period of 1968, a lavish canopy of vegetation covered the Arenal Volcano.

Enjoy the most extraordinary view of the Arenal Volcano on a gentle Hike along the base of this marvelous “Mountain of Fire”.

The Hike begins on the active side of the volcano, that takes you through the forest over recent lava flows and to the destroyed area now in the process of regeneration.

We offer a Hike of 2½ hours long the trail gets as close as five hundred meters from the lava flows, all this in the National park of Arenal Volcano.

 

Horsback Riding to La Fortuna Waterfalls

 

 

 

 

The length of the tour is approximately four hours; from La Fortuna we have to go 5 ½ kilometers to the southeast. We spend 1 ½ hours to get to the rest site of the horses.

After that you have to walk five hundred meters into the forest to get to the waterfall, which is 70 meters high.

At the base of the waterfall there is a “natural pool” where we can swim for about one hour.

This tour can leave at any time before two in the afternoon. We recommend to take: insect repellent, rain coat , binoculars, camera, swim suits, towel.