3 tours · National parks
Wildlife & National Park Tours in Costa Rica
Manuel Antonio and Carara National Parks by day, the jungle after dark. Certified naturalist guides on every trail.
Manuel Antonio National Park is Costa Rica's most visited park and the reason many guests choose the Central Pacific in the first place. A certified naturalist guide walks the trails with a spotting scope, pointing out sloths, capuchin and squirrel monkeys, and the park's famous white-sand beaches. Carara National Park sits in the transition zone between wet and dry forest near Jacó and is one of the most reliable places in the country to see wild scarlet macaws.
The jungle comes alive differently after dark. A guided night walk uses headlamps and a guide's trained eye to find frogs, insects, snakes and nocturnal mammals that stay hidden during the day, a different side of the same rainforest. All three tours run with small groups and a guide who does the spotting, so guests without a lot of wildlife-tracking experience still see plenty.
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Frequently asked questions
Sloths, white-faced capuchin monkeys, squirrel monkeys, iguanas, and a wide range of birds are commonly seen on the park trails, along with the park's beaches.
Carara is a transition-zone forest, drier and less crowded than Manuel Antonio, and known specifically for reliable scarlet macaw sightings.
Yes, the pace is slow and the trails are easy, but children should be comfortable walking in the dark with a headlamp for a couple of hours.
Manuel Antonio and Carara involve a few hours of walking on established trails at an easy pace. The night walk covers similar ground but more slowly, since the group stops often to look at wildlife.
