Rio Celeste Tour: Waterfall, Sloths, and Coffee Experience

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Tamarindo

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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

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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

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

What's Not Included

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…

Location

Tamarindo

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Kevin

Apr 13, 2025

A great way to experience Costa Rica! - This tour was great! Our guide, Jose, was really good— full of facts and helped us spot a lot of animals. We saw all kinds of birds, including several toucans. We also saw three separate vipers, several frogs, butterflies, and some beautiful flowers. We saw several sloths, including a juvenile that was almost within arm’s reach! Lunch was great and the coffee/chocolate tour was very interesting. Jose even stopped to let us buy souvenirs on the way back. I’d definitely take another tour with these guys!

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Ngawor

Apr 11, 2025

Daniel was great! We... - Daniel was great! We really enjoyed our tour and lunch was delicious. Everything was on time and efficient.

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Shannonrenee

Apr 9, 2025

An Amazing Experience with the Best Guide! - A highlight of our trip! I traveled alone with my kids and was a bit nervous to book this, but Jose was an *amazing* guide. He made us all feel comfortable, ensuring that we had what we needed, that we were okay the whole time, and was constantly looking after us. He was an absolute pleasure to talk to all day, educating us on Costa Rica history and culture, and while we hiked he was able to point out so many different animals and take such great photos for us! Lunch was delicious—my very picky daughter still talks about how great the chicken was. We saw baby sloths up close, monkeys, vipers, frogs, a coral snake, so many birds, etc. Such a great experience—do not hesitate to book!

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Margi_b

Mar 30, 2025

Great tour! - Jose was an amazing guide! We had such a great day with him and learned so much about Costa Rica and the wildlife.

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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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From $150

up to 15 guests

2 - Adult