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Canoa Aventura

La Fortuna de San Carlos, Arenal Volcano National Park 4417, Costa Rica
+506 2479-8200
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Owner description: Our specialty is combining paddling with an immersion into the natural Costa Rican environment. For more than 20 years, we have been guiding... more » Owner description: Our specialty is combining paddling with an immersion into the natural Costa Rican environment. For more than 20 years, we have been guiding birdwatching trips throughout northern Costa Rica. And, for the past 14 years, we've also been guiding canoe trips in Costa Rica, Vermont USA, Canada, and Nicaragua. Enjoy nature while observing wildlife on the river banks of Costa Rica with our safari tours in your choice of canoe, raft or kayak in Penas Blancas River. Or you may prefer to enjoy a panoramic view of the majestic Arenal Volcano by joining our Lake Arenal by canoe tour. If you would you like explore the nature of Costa Rica by foot, we offer walks to very recognized natural destination tours like Rio Celeste Hike, Cerro Chato Hike, and the majestic Arenal Volcano. « less
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Worcester, Massachusetts
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

We took the river tour of the Rio Frio in the Cano Negro Wildlife Preserve. We saw various fauna and flora, including caimans; howler, spider, and capuchin monkeys; bats; many birds; and lizards. Our guide was friendly and knowledgable. We also got to stop to see iguanas and saw a sloth on the way to Rio Frio. The provided meal... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

We booked on ly this Cano Negro tour with Canoa Aventura. They were on time getting us from the hotel, they stopped on the way at the " iguana bridge" so we got lots of pics there and they encourage u to go into the restaurant/gift shop and buy things. If you want coffee or a drink just go across... More

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Herndon, Virginia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

Thoroughly impressed with the professionalism and knowledge of our tour guide from Canoa Aventura. We had a combo tour that included the hanging bridges, La Fortuna Waterfall, and an Arenal Volcano hike. We had a great tour of the hanging bridges, surrounding rainforest, and resident wildlife. We saw sloths, owls, lizards, bees, beetles, spiders, snakes, etc. Our guide even knew... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW

I booked the safari float tour the day before. Jorge I (driver) and Jorge II (guide - they really had the same names and preferred the I and II suffixes) from Canoa Aventura picked me up from the hotel on time. Even though I was the only one signed up for the tour (a couple that were are arriving in... More

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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

During our visit to Arenal to see the volcano, we went on the Safari Float by Kayak with our guide Rudy. We saw howler monkeys, crocodiles, Jesus Christ lizards, snakes, sloths and much more! It was an amazing adventure floating and paddling down the river through jungle. We would definitely recommend Canoa Aventura to our friends and family while hoping... More

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2013

On our recent trip to Costa Rica, we used Canoa Aventure for several tours and they were all AMAZING. (I guess part of that was luck that the wildlife was out and about but whatever hah) Our 1st tour was a combo tour starting with the hanging bridges, then the rio celeste waterfall, lunch, and the arenal national park tour.... More

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Washington DC, District of Columbia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 May 2013

We wanted to go on a Arenal Volcano hike, so our hotel (Arenal Manoa, which is awesome!) booked us on a trip with Canoa Aventura. Our guide was Rudy and we loved him! He was super knowledgeable and we loved his style. He relayed all the information in more of a story form and tied it all together along the... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2013 via mobile

We went with Canoa for a hike at Rio Celeste. It was a challenging hike for our family, especially our 8 year old. Our guide, Alfred did a great job of making sure that everyone wasting well and enjoying the hike. The ride to Rio Celeste from our resort in La Fortuna took about an hour, Alfred made the trip... More

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Pittsford, Vermont
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 April 2013 via mobile

Wonderful tour by Edson! He was very knowledgeable and kind. Exciting forest views of 3 kinds of monkeys!...highlight of our tour of Costa Rica! Christa and Aric Farrar

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 April 2013

Took a trip with Canoa Aventura from La Fortuna to Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge (close to refuge, but still on Rio Frio). Guide (Andres) was very knowledgeable, kind, interesting, and energetic. Very patient with questions. English was excellent. Took time to find the birds and animals and taught us about them as we saw them. Saw three kinds of monkeys,... More

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