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Lake Arenal Scenic Boat Trip and Peninsula Trail Hike: Accessible Activity for All Ages
4.9
15 Ratings
La Fortuna
A picturesque boat journey followed by a leisurely walk on a user-friendly path. Suitable for individuals across all age groups and fitness ranges.
A picturesque boat journey followed by a leisurely walk on a user-friendly path. Suitable for individuals across all age groups and fitness ranges.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Lake Arenal - This boat trip will take you to the bays and peninsulas of Lake Arenal. You will enjoy the coasts surrounded by lush vegetation and fauna and the surround landscapes of blue mountains, volcanoes, and islands. Along the way, your guide will share interesting information about the history of the lake, the volcano, and the surrounding…
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Lake Arenal - This boat trip will take you to the bays and peninsulas of Lake Arenal. You will enjoy the coasts surrounded by lush vegetation and fauna and the surround landscapes of blue mountains, volcanoes, and islands. Along the way, your guide will share interesting information about the history of the lake, the volcano, and the surrounding tourist development.
Lake Arenal is a lake which is situated in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is currently the largest lake in Costa Rica at 85-square-kilometre. Its depth varies between 30 and 60 meters seasonally. The town of Arenal was relocated to higher ground when the lake was expanded in 1979. - Arenal Volcano - It is a walk through easily accessible trails. There are sighting towers that will allow for beautiful 360 \(\degree\) photographs of the lake and the volcano. The site is excellent for bird watching, where you can view toucans, motmots, trogons, and oropendolas. You can also hear or maybe even see howler monkeys, spider monkeys, or capuchin monkeys, as well as many other species. It is a roughly 2-mile trail with no steps and little incline, completely apt for wheelchairs and those with physical limitations. At the end of the walk our transportation will be waiting to return to your hotel.

What's Included
- Snacks provided for your enjoyment
- Enjoy a comfortable ride with in-vehicle air conditioning
- Snacks provided for your enjoyment
- Enjoy a comfortable ride with in-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Dinner
- Dinner
Location
Jacamar Naturalist Tours
Main Office is located upstairs of Lava Rocks Restaurant, beside La Fortuna Church.
La Fortuna, San Carlos, Alajuela.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(15 Ratings)
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912carrieb
Jun 21, 2025
Worth your time and money! - Our guide was very knowledge and all of the nature around us and he was very educated about the volcano and it's history..
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Mitchell_d
Mar 5, 2025
Great day! - Starting and ending points are not the same, however, they do offer an option to pick you up and drop you off at your hotel for a few extra dollars and well worth it.
Our tour guide was Jośe and was beyond excellent!
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Dianne_d
Feb 15, 2025
Lake Arenal - Cindy did an awesome job pointing out birds and animals and looked up the ones she wasn’t sure of. She walked at a nice pace and the boat ride was great fun
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Leslie_a
Dec 30, 2024
Simply Exhilarating - We loved every second of this tour. Our tour guide, Melanie, was absolutely wonderful. Her knowledge andnhernpersonality made this experience so incredible. We saw every animal you can possibly imagine on the nature tour portion of the tour. It was so exciting! We got very lucky on the boat tour as well. The clouds lifted just as the Volcano started to come into few and the sky cleared to a beautiful blue. It was exhilarating to see the Volcano so closely. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone coming to LA Fortuna.
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Robe824
Feb 13, 2024
Excellent sunset boat tour of Lake Arenal - We did a private sunset boat tour of Lake Arenal, and it could not have been better.
Our guide was Carlos, and our boat Captain was Carly, and both were wonderful. Carlos was extremely knowledgable, passionate, and proud of his country and heritage. We learned a lot in a couple hours with him. Carly kept putting us in the best positions to get the best sunset and Arenal volcano views.
They served us a delicious charcuterie board and some fresh pineapple, plus some wine and other drinks. We got lucky with excellent weather, and Carlos is also an excellent photographer.
Cannot more highly recommend the Lake Arenal Sunset Boat Tour from Jacamar Naturalist Tours. It was the highlight of our entire trip!
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Q3722lqsharons
Feb 6, 2024
If in La Fortuna, you absolutely should go! - This is a wonderful tour with two unique experiences. You first walk through the rainforest with a very knowledgeable guide who was able to spot may things for us and use his scope to take many wonderful videos and photos on our camera through his scope. You are then picked up at the end of trail by a pontoon boat which takes you around Lake Arenal with fantastic views of the volcano and continued great spotting by the guide. We also really enjoyed learning from our guide Jaira (not sure I'm spelling this correctly) about many aspects of Costa Rica, including its history and transition to being totally protective of its wonderful environment. At the end, he showed us a wonderful chocolate shop (had coffee and pastry there today) as well as 2 restaurants he highly recommended. We ate at one tonight and it was fantastic. Thank you Jairo!
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Marie_m
Jan 24, 2024
Driver, tour guide, and... - Driver, tour guide, and boat captain were great - knowledgeable and friendly! It was evident they enjoyed their job.
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Aprilc391
Oct 18, 2023
Great view of the lake - Lovely and short walk through the forest. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the area and plant life. We were lucky enough to see a Dutchman's Pipe!! The guide was so excited because he had never seen one before. Boat was a great way to see the Lake.
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Beatrizj783
Oct 5, 2023
Arenal lake boat tour - The sunset tour was very good, the views of the volcano are beautiful and the cheese and wine was delicious! The guide was very friendly. Joss Jakhemet's recommendation was great
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Jeannine_b
Mar 6, 2024
Good and relaxing - Good trail for all levels, relaxing boat ride. Guide only talked during the hike or near the volcano, missed a lot of drive time to tell more about Costa Rica
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