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Rio Celeste Tour: Waterfall, Sloths, and Coffee Experience
5.0
93 Ratings
Tamarindo
Embark on a private day trip from Guanacaste to explore the stunning Rio Celeste Waterfall and the Sloth Sanctuary. Experience the natural wonders of Costa Rica, enjoy a delicious lunch, and immerse yourself in the beauty of the rainforest.
Embark on a private day trip from Guanacaste to explore the stunning Rio Celeste Waterfall and the Sloth Sanctuary. Experience the natural wonders of Costa Rica, enjoy a delicious lunch, and immerse yourself in the beauty of the rainforest.
Duration:
11 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Rio Celeste - View of Celeste river, Waterfall and Hiking in Tenorio Volcano National Park
- Bijagua de Upala - Lunch time!
- Spring Paradise Bijagua Tours - Time to see sloths!
- Bijagua de Upala - Chocolate & Coffee Tour
- Rio Celeste - View of Celeste river, Waterfall and Hiking in Tenorio Volcano National Park
- Bijagua de Upala - Lunch time!
- Spring Paradise Bijagua Tours - Time to see sloths!
- Bijagua de Upala - Chocolate & Coffee Tour
What's Included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Transportation by comfortable, air-conditioned minivan or SUV
- Bilingual driver/guide
- All activities
- Lunch
- Water, Beer & Powerades
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Transportation by comfortable, air-conditioned minivan or SUV
- Bilingual driver/guide
- All activities
- Lunch
- Water, Beer & Powerades
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Opt for a personalized experience of Rio Celeste on a private excursion from Guanacaste. After a convenient hotel pickup, enjoy a guided visit to the Tenorio Volcano National Park on a rainforest trek to the Rio Celeste Waterfall. After this beautiful site your tour will continue to a rustic Costa Rican restaurant where you will have lunch and then it’s…
Opt for a personalized experience of Rio Celeste on a private excursion from Guanacaste. After a convenient hotel pickup, enjoy a guided visit to the Tenorio Volcano National Park on a rainforest trek to the Rio Celeste Waterfall. After this beautiful site your tour will continue to a rustic Costa Rican restaurant where you will have lunch and then it’s Sloths time! you will hike through a private property where sloths are practically impossible to miss in their natural environment and also Get a close look at Costa Rica’s coffee- and chocolate-making traditions at a family farm.
• Experience the seventh natural wonder of Costa Rica in an all-day adventure
• Enjoy the best-selling 506 Transfers & Tours excursion
• Lunch and round-trip transport in our Minivans are included
- Please advise at time of booking if you have any dietary or allergy restrictions
- Please bring: comfortable walking shoes, comfortable clothes, change of clothes, bathing suit, towel, bug repellent, sunscreen, and change of clothes
Location
Tamarindo
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
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Rosie_r
Mar 21, 2025
Great tour! - Jose was an amazing guide on this private tour, which he customized to where/when we wanted to do things! He had a lot of pride sharing details about his beautiful country. SUV felt luxurious, plenty of water and beer if you wanted. Would highly recommend!
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472mawulib
Mar 20, 2025
Family Day Out - The tour guide and the driver were wonderful, knowledgeable, patient, kind, and respectful. The tours including the blue waterfall, sloth, coffee, and cocoa were very educational for us, especially our elementary kiddos. We enjoy our time with this team.
Would high recommend them.
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783tricial
Mar 12, 2025
Incredible Adventure!!, - This was an adventure of a lifetime! Our tour guide Jose M. Was incredibly knowledgeable about the plants, animals, geography, and history of Costa Rica. We saw rare birds, a red-eyed tree frog, poison dart frog, an eyelash viper, many sloths and howler monkeys. A highlight was a young three toed sloth that was at eye level. We could have picked it up! The lunch was delicious and Jose’s expertise really added to the experience, Highly recommend!,
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William_h
Feb 22, 2025
Coffee, chocolate, and animals oh my - Amazing experience. Alex was a great guide. The waterfall was beautiful but a very long trek. The coffee and chocolate experience was great. The food was fantastic and we seen a sloth, viper, tucan, red eyed tree frog and a dart frog. Highly recommend
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Mercuryf2025
Feb 15, 2025
Incredible experience! - This was a truly amazing experience. First of all, HUGE thank you to Alex. Such an amazing tour guide and just a wealth of knowledge. We feel very lucky to get to know him. The waterfall hike is pretty easy with a couple of hills. The stairs to go down to the waterfall are steep and long. But, there is a landing about half way down with a great view of the waterfall. Alex found a pit viper to show us right now to the trail. And he also explained how different plants were used in traditional medicine. Then, on to the sloth sanctuary where we were greeted by monkeys and a beautiful toucan. We also saw four sloths high in the trees, some beautiful flowers, incredible frogs, and another type of pit viper. From there we had lunch which was incredible. After lunch it was on to the coffee plantation where we had an amazing tour and explanation of how coffee, cocoa, and sugarcane is grown, harvested, and processed. They also showed us the traditional Costa Rican way of preparing coffee as well as chocolate milk with raw (roasted) cocoa.
Note this is a private tour! We didn’t realize that. But it was just me, my wife, and Alex. Truly a trip we will remember for the rest of our lives.
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Rachel
Feb 14, 2025
Wonderful tour! Great for moderate hikers out there! - Wonderful tour! Make sure you read the details because it says what it means! The hike is a moderate hike to see the waterfalls. If you struggle with hills and stairs this may not be your tour. We have seen people with hiking sticks. If you struggle with balance, it may be a good idea to bring hiking sticks especially when it rains and the rocks can get slippery. Our tour guide Daniel was wonderful and very knowledgeable about the history, nature, plants and animals. The second hike through the nature sanctuary for the sloths is an easy hike. So many wonderful animals to see. The coffee and chocolate experience was educational and delicious. Bring a change of clothes, a raincoat and bug spray. If you forget- no worries, they have places that sell ponchos and such. You will get rained on since it is the rainforest- even though we are in dry season.
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Gilliganm2022
Jan 12, 2025
Great day trip, 100% worth it - I went on the waterfall hike, sloth sanctuary, and coffee and chocolate tour with my mom and friend and had a wonderful day! Esteban was our guide and he was so kind, delightful, and knowledgeable about the area. He was early for the pick up and even allowed us to stop on the way back to get a few things from the store. It was really interesting to hear about (and see!) all the different creatures of the rainforest. The lunch was FANTASTIC (chicken is the one pictured). Definitely one of the best meals on our trip. You will not regret booking this experience. I definitely recommend bringing a rain jacket if you have one (obviously as you will be hiking in the rain forest) but if you do not, they do sell plastic ponchos in the parking lot for about $2 each.
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433anneliesed
Jan 5, 2025
Excellent well rounded day trip to the rain forests of Costa Rica - This was a fantastic day trip from Tamarindo. We didn’t have a car, but they picked us up even though we weren’t staying on the main strip. This covered all the things we hoped to see in the rain forest. The guides were excellent at helping us spot animals on each of the tours. They weren’t too strenuous of hikes, and we went to the national park first to miss the crowds. Esteban was excellent. He helped us with all our questions and knew great recommendations for the area. He was so friendly and helped us place our coffee orders in the areas where others didn’t speak as much English. He even waited for us to hit the grocery store after our bathroom break on the way home so we could pick up dinner for the evening. Fantastic guide and fantastic day. Can’t recommend enough. Bring a rain coat! There were ponchos for sale at the national park, but they don’t call it the rain forest for nothing.
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Jamil_b
Jan 4, 2025
Must do - Fantastic experience for all ages. We saw Sloths up close along with snakes, frogs and birds. The waterfall was amazing and the Costa Rican lunch was very good. Jose is an expert in the flora and fauna of Costa Rica and was a terrific tour guide.
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Apfulk
Dec 31, 2024
Book this tour! - Estoban is the best!
The line down to the waterfall viewing platform was bananas, but Estoban was an expert at navigating the gaggle of people. Be warned, the hike into Rio Celesete is intense. You will feel this hike for days after - it's not for beginners or anyone with mobility issues. Also, go as early in the day as possible- our tickets were for 11am and we thought the park was crowded. However, when we left around 12:30, the entrance was a madhouse, people lined up for quite a ways for the afternoon timeslots. Despite the crowds, Estoban served as our photographer and we got some amazing pictures.
The visit as Paradise Springs was my favorite part of this activity. We saw sloths, frogs and eyelash vipers. The local guide and Estoban were experts at taking pictures with our iphones and we scored some amazing sights. The coffee and chocolate demonstration were informative and a good way to end the activity. I learned a lot about coffee and cacao!
There are some many good things I could say about this activity and would highly reccomend to anyone looking for some exploring when they are visiting Costa Rica.
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