Aug 16, 2025
Mangrove Boat Tour - Booked tour through our hotel concierge recommendation and it did not disappoint. Timely shuttle pick-up/return, very organisized, and safe. Tour included a short walk through the garden area and farms prior to the boat tour, and from the moment you enter the grounds are beautiful. Memo was an excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable, friendly, patient with our group, and more importantly passionate about his work! Clean bathrooms on site and breakfast/lunch provided was quite good! While we didn't see as much wildlife as we thought we would, wouldn't hesitate to recommend or take this tour again!
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Jun 13, 2025
Mangrove boat tour - This was a great experience. Memo our guide was great. We saw all of the animals advertised, and more. To top it off we finished with fresh coconuts!
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May 13, 2025
Wonderful mangrove tour. - Great tour, very informative and lots of monkeys. Was on a nice boat . The guide was great and boat driver found many animals for us to see. Highly recommend.
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May 8, 2025
Excellent - It was excellent. Memo was a great guide as well as Alan as the boat captain. He was very knowledgeable & jovial. We learned about lizards, bats, iguanas, snakes, birds, water buffalo and monkeys. We also saw all of those species. Highlight was the teenage gang (14) of monkeys that showed their antics and even came on our boat and tried to steal my hat.
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Mar 27, 2025
Amazing experience and guide! - We just had an absolutely phenomenal mangrove tour with Johnny as our amazing guide. He was excited to answer all questions, had a ton of knowledge about the local ecosystem and animals. We saw monkeys, sloths, crocodile, lizards, and a boa constrictor. When I mentioned that my 9yo son really wanted to see a mangrove crab, he prioritized it, and we saw one within minutes. One important thing to know is that other boats run this tour, but they don’t do it ethically. For example, they hand feed monkeys so that tourists can get a picture, but that can make monkeys very sick. This company is very ethical - you will get a very up close view of the animals with amazing pictures, safely for you and the animals.
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Mar 7, 2025
Excellent way to spend a morning - The tour is an easy two hour float over on the grounds of a working oil palm farm. The stars of this show are basilisk lizards and curious capuchin monkeys who will frequently climb onto the boats, but of course we saw a lot of other creatures, from water sliders to many birds and even a sleeping anteater. In general the nature guides in Costa Rica are excellent, and our guide Memo was exceptional. On thé practical side: only a few mosquitoes; the boat ( and your shoes) will be dry; take the first tour in am when the animals are more active; I would recommend this flat-bottom boat over he similar kayak tour since IMHO you will see more, hear more, scare away fewer residents and sweat less.
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Mar 3, 2025
Amazing Experience!!!! - I had the most amazing time on this tour! Our guides name was Jhonny and he was incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about the ecosystem and wildlife in the area. We tasted and smelled different species of plants in the garden area and interacted with water buffalos and monkeys. We also saw sloths, iguanas and turtles. Finished off with a great lunch meal! It was very warm, about 85 with a UV index of 10. I suggest you bring plenty of sunscreen and a hat!
Thanks to the staff and jhonny! PURA VIDA!!
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Feb 27, 2025
Amazing Tour with Jhonny - We did the mangrove boat tour, and it was a great way to spend several hours. Jhonny was our tour guide, and he did a fantastic job explaining the local palm plantation, water buffalo, and wildlife along the river. It was an easy going boat ride where we had ample opportunity to learn about the local landscape and ask questions. The Costa Rican lunch afterwards was delicious as well. I would definitely recommend this experience!
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Feb 15, 2025
Book with this company! - What a wonderful eco-tour this was! We looked at several companies offering Mangrove tours nearby and Nacarcosta Wildlife Adventure was the most impressive choice — they did not fail to exceed our expectations! The grounds were very well kept and it housed many unique plants, flowers, and herbs. They also have an eco-farm on the grounds where a very affectionate donkey stole my heart. The outbuildings were in very good condition and the staff were AMAZING! Johnny, our tour guide, was incredibly knowledgeable of the breadth of plants and animals and spoke very good English; he was open to questions and conversation, and really made the tour very enjoyable. He is also very passionate about the importance of the Mangroves on the local ecosystem and it came through in his duties as our guide. We saw various birds, monkeys, lizards (incl. Caymans, Basilisks, Iguanas, and “Jesus Christ Lizards!”), Costa Rican raccoons, Farmer Ants doing their thing, and more! When we returned, we had a delicious lunch. Having seen other boat tour companies pass by on the river, and not very happy faces on the boat occupants, I’m very happy we chose Nacarcosta Wildlife Adventure and I cannot recommend them enough. Pura Vida!
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Feb 9, 2025
Wonderful - It was amazing! Before the fishing I got to ride the buffalo and do a walk around the garden. The people were very friendly! I caught 4 fish and also saw a lot of animals like raccoons, lizards, birds, monkeys,… definetly recommended!
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