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Arenal Volcano Experience Full-Day Tour from San Jose

By Go Tours Costa Rica
9.2 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $228 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 14h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

See more of the Arenal Volcano region with the convenience of a full-day tour from San Jose. Take a scenic route to Arenal with views of farms, rain forests, and small towns. Stop at a coffee plantation and sample coffee, as well as traditional snacks. Stop at a waterfall, look for wildlife, and learn about the Costa Rican Native Culture, then have the afternoon to soak in hot springs set in a lush garden near the Arenal Volcano. Lunch, dinner and coffee tasting are included on this trip.

Activity location

  • La Casa del Café Doka
    • Alajuela, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • San José
    • San José, San José Province, Costa Rica

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Arenal Volcano Experience Full-Day tour from San Jose
  • Activity duration is 14 hours14h14h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 6:30am
Price details
CA $228.23 x 2 AdultsCA $456.46
Total
Price is CA $456.46
Until Fri, 27 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedCoffee or Tea with local snacks
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance Fees
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedDinner
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional bilingual guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off (most San Jose area hotels)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedServices not specified

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • This tour includes man-made hot springs pools, filled with natural thermal water
  • Hotel pickups commence approximately 30 - 60 minutes prior to this time, exact pickup time will be advised on reconfirmation
  • Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions
  • Drop off in the Arenal-La Fortuna centrally located hotels is available. Please note that if you choose this option, dinner will not be included in your tour because it’s done in a restaurant on the way back to San Jose. Also, there is an extra charge for drop offs with luggage, but in the case of this tour it doesn’t apply because the cost of the dinner will cover for the drop off charge. If you wish to take this option, you must let us know at the time of booking.
  • This tour has being designed for those people who wish to do a lot of sightseeing in the morning without much effort, have lunch, and then relax in the hot springs for most of the afternoon
  • This tour does not include ziplining/rappelling activities (The stop at Go Adventure Park is for the Indigenous presentation only)

Activity itinerary

La Casa del Café Doka
  • 20m
Travel to the Arenal Volcano area, the most popular touristic region of Costa Rica, and enjoy many of the beauties of the country on this full-day trip. Your tour starts in the morning when you are picked up from your hotel in the San Jose area in an air-conditioned vehicle and you will then travel to Arenal on an alternative route that is more scenic than the regular highway to this popular destination. On the way to Arenal, you will stop in a plantation where you will learn about coffee of Costa Rica, here you will be able to observe the coffee plants and see the workers picking the ripe cherries during the harvest season. Your guide will share information on this important product to the local economy and other important facts (coffee degustation will be provided later in a rustic coffee shop).
La Paz Waterfall
  • 15m
Continue your tour with a visit to the famous La Paz Waterfall, where you will stop on the side of the road for a few minutes to take pictures of this popular attraction surrounded by lush tropical rainforest.
Cinchona
  • 30m
Later on, you will stop at the San Fernando Waterfall look-out point, where you will also have the chance to take pictures of this beautiful attraction and observe many exotic birds of Costa Rica at the birds’ gallery; it is very common to see toucans, hummingbirds and many other colourful tropical species. Taste a freshly brewed cup of some of the best coffee in the world while admiring the beautiful waterfall, definitely a great place to drink your coffee! This degustation will be accompanied by traditional snacks that local Costa Ricans normally eat with their coffee.
Centro Turístico Las Iguanas
  • 15m
Following you will stop at the iguana’s centre, a place where you will see lots of iguanas at eye level, resting on the top of numerous trees. As part of this stop, you will also go to a place nearby where sloths are normally observed in their natural habitat.
Go Adventure Arenal Park
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Continue on to the Town of La Fortuna, where you will savour a delicious Costa Rican lunch in a restaurant located near the famous Arenal Volcano. After lunch, participate in an indigenous presentation performed by native people from the local “Maleku Tribe”, where you will learn about the traditions and culture of this ethnic group.
Paradise Hot Springs
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Afterwards, you will visit various points around the volcano to take pictures of this amazing mountain on clear days, and you will then travel to the beautiful Paradise Hot Springs Resort, a place where you will be able to relax for a few hours in the multiple hot springs pools surrounded by lush tropical gardens. This hot springs facility is one of the best in the Arenal area and provides the perfect environment to relax in thermal mineral water pools, jacuzzis, and cascading waterfalls. After enjoying the relaxing hot springs you will go to a local typical restaurant to have a delicious Costa Rican dinner and then will be taken back to your hotel in the San Jose area.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLa Casa del Café Doka
    • Alajuela, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLESan José
    • San José, San José Province, Costa Rica

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