Your tour includes interactive live exhibits of snakes, frogs, and butterflies in an unparalleled set up, walking trails, an open air gondola ride through the rainforest canopy, a spectacular waterfall, and a real science station where you can see researchers discovering new species.

With world class facilities, astonishing natural beauty, and a commitment to conservation and scientific research, Veragua Rainforest is the place to visit if you want to get the most
complete, exciting, and educational Costa Rican rainforest experience.

Tour includes:

• Reptile Vivarium
• Butterfly Exhibit
• Butterfly Garden
• Day Frog Exhibit
• Night Frog Exhibit
• Insect Hall
• Hummingbird Garden
• Biological Research Station
• Aerial Tram Ride
• Trail of the Giants
• Puma Waterfall
• Endless mountain views

Notes:

- Optional Lunch $10
- Duration: 3 hours
- Prices per person

Our fee for the tour: $70 per person

Veragua park fee: $55 adults / $50 childs (needs to be paid at veragua entrance)

If you wish all the above plus the Veragua Canopy Tour add another $40 per person (needs to be paid at veragua)

Come to Almonds & Corals and feel your adrenaline rising up in your body, come and get on “The Crazy Monkey Zip Line “. Experience watching the jungle from the top of the trees in our canopy cable system of the platforms and ride amongst the forest till you get your feet on the golden sand beach!! Here is where the jungle meets the ocean.

Our guides will take care of you and they will keep you safe at all the time. This is a great place for magnificent views from the tree tops while you are on the platforms and also walking in our bridges in some of the tracks.This is an opportunity to see the jungle from another perspective and surely you will have the chance to watch some wildlife from above and your guide can tell you about the different species that might appear, but even more amazing it will be to see the Natura Park with a Bri-Bri Indian Village from above where an aborigine family lives in a very traditional way with the typical thatch buildings.

A snack at Almonds and Corals Lodge is included. Enjoy the surroundings of Almonds and Corals Lodge, its forests, its fauna, its beach.

Includes: Round Trip Transportation from port, The Crazy Monkey Zip Line (13 cables), Fruit Buffet with Coffee Tea and Juice, stop for shopping at Puerto Viejo Caribbean Village.

Our fee for the tour: $60 per person (minimum 2 persons)

Canopy entrance fee: $40 per person

What to bring: Sun Glasses, Mosquito Repellent, Binoculars, Camera and Sun Block, Comfortable Shoes (no sandals).

Common sightings here are monkeys, crocodiles, iguanas and sloths. The canals are also considered a bird watcher’s paradise, so keep your eyes open!

The canals of Tortuguero are without a doubt one of the main attractions in Costa Rica, and this is a unique opportunity to experience this natural wonder. You will pass through some of the country’s most fertile areas and learn about Costa Rica’s main agricultural products. Along the way, you will see cocoa plantations and ornamental flowers.

The boat ride will take about 1.5 hours, after this we will be taking you for a city tour that will show you our entire Caribbean coast, from the Chiquita Banana plantation to a stop in our central market to buy some of the best coffee in the world.

After all this adventure El Faro Restaurant is the perfect place to enjoy the magnificent food and view (lunch not included). A calypso band playing live will cheer us up.

Our fee for the tour: $40 per person (minimum 2 persons)

Boat fee: $25 per person, must paid before boarding the boat cash.

Includes: Includes Transportation, Canal Tour and City Tour. Lunch not included.

What to bring: Sun Glasses, Mosquito Repellent, Binoculars, Camera and Sun Block.

This center is located in a beautiful rain forest with more than 200 acres of land, where you will enjoy beside the sloth’s, monkeys, iguanas and 255 species of colourful birds.

During a nature walk into the rain forest, learn about medicinal plants. Imagine discovering new fragrances, new flavours and the origins of some that you have already experienced, but have not known much about -and doing this in the middle of the exuberant rainforest, surrounded by an intense array of wild leaves and flowers. Imagine learning about an almost unbelievable diversity of plants, and tasting exotic fruits that you didn’t even know existed. The birds benefit from all this diversity that supports a proliferation of wild birds in the area, including the gorges Toucans and dozens of tanagers

Walking through the rain forest without a naturalist guide would be overwhelming, so you will be accompanied by a one of our guides, who will make the forest come alive for you. A visit to a banana plantation and its packing house is also included on this amazing adventure. This reserve is located close to Estero Negro, where you will experience an amazing canoe trip with our guide, getting close to a variety of wildlife. One of our best recommendations for nature lovers.

Our fee for the tour: $50 per person (minimum 2 persons)

Fee at the sloth sanctuary: $25 per person

Includes: Round trip transportation from the pier, Visit to the Indigenous Village, tour guide, trail explanation and medicinal plant garden. Snack served at Almonds & Corals’ dining room

What to bring: Sun Glasses, Mosquito Repellent, Binoculars, Camera and Sun Block, Comfortable Shoes

The largest town in the South of Limon is Cahuita. A four mile natural trail leads from Cahuita to Puerto Vargas, beyond Cahuita Point.

The walk takes about two hours, but hikers will definitely want to stop frequently for a picnic, for a swim in warm Caribbean waters, to gape at the Howler Monkeys in the tree top high overhead or to focus their binoculars on a Green Ibis of Green and Rufous kingfisher.

The National Park was formed to protect one of the last living reefs in Costa Rica. Unfortunately, sedimentation from expanding banana plantations and deforestation in the Talamanca Mountains and the last earthquake have killed much of the reef close to the shore. Snorkelers can try their luck near Cahuita Point or Puerto Vargas. In these waters scientists have counted 35 species of coral, including elk horn, brain coral and Venus sea fan, and 123 species of tropical fish. Snorkeling equipment is available. Box lunch is included.

Our fee for the tour: $75 per person

Cauhita National park entrance fee: $10 must be paid at the entrance.

Includes: Round Trip Transportation to the pier and a Bilingual tour guide.

What to bring: Sun Glasses, Mosquito Repellent, Binoculars, Camera and Sun Block, Comfortable Shoes.
Cahuita National Park

Cahuita National Park: Despite having miles and miles of tropical coastline, Costa Rica has very little coral reef development. Cahuita National Park was created in 1970 to protect one of the few such areas in the country, and thus became Costa Rica’s first marine national park (about 600 of the 1,067 hectares protected by the park are under water).

Unfortunately, there is not much live coral left at Cahuita, although an interesting assortment of marine life can be seen if the water conditions offer much visibility. While admiring the colorful fish and curious coral formations, be careful not to bump into any of the black spiny sea urchins, they’re very painful, and very abundant in these waters.

The relatively small area of “dry” land contained in the park is quite swampy and has no trails going through it other than the trail along the beach from the village of Cahuita to the ranger station area at Puerto Vargas on the opposite side of Cahuita Point (about 7 km.). Sloths, monkeys, lizards, crabs, and many kinds of birds can be seen on the walk.

Getting there: Cahuita is located 42 km. south of Puerto Limón. From the south end of the village of Cahuita, access to the park is by foot trail. To drive into the park, go past the turn offs for the village and continue south until the sign for Puerto Vargas. Buses to and from Limón run several times a day.

Climate: Like the rest of the Caribbean lowlands, Cahuita is very warm and humid, with a chance of rain any day of the year.

History: Most of the original residents of the village of Cahuita were black people who had come to Costa Rica via Jamaica in the latter part of the 1800′s to build the railroad or work the banana plantations. This cultural influence is still very much present in this and the other small coastal towns to the south (Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo).

Thanks to the conservation efforts of the Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge youcan find a great variety of wildlife along the road, such as birds, toucans, sloths, monkeysand coatis, as there are 380 different speciesof birds onlyat this Refuge. Half way ontheroad the group will stop at a local bar to sample a refreshing cold costarican beer or soda.

We will keep on pedaling and we’ll go through this authentic Caribbean Village. Once we arrive to Manzanillo, we will walk on the beach and will get into the blue waters of the Caribbean sea.

The way back to Almonds and Corals is similar as described before. Once we are back, there will be a delicious tropical fruit platter to quench the thirst while chatting about this marvelous journey.

Our fee for the tour: $75 per person (minimum 2 person)

The water shed of Banano River is very important for our province, because with the water shed of Bananito river supply drinking water to the port of Limon and some communities of the district of Matama. The port of Limon is the most important port city of Costa Rica and to maintain its development, the protection of its water sources is fundamental. Together Banano and Bananito rivers supply water for more than 70000 persons.

The high parts of these water sheds have forests under governmental protection which are: protected zone of Banano river, the water recharge zone of Bananito river and private reserves such as Cedar Valley Ranch. All of these have a big diversity of plants and animals among them these are some species in danger of of extinction, as well as endemic species which means that are autochthonic from the area and unique in the world.

Besides their function as water reservoirs for the province of Limon and their well known recognized ecological value, the forests of these watersheds help mitigate waterfloods in the low lands and have a big touristic potential for its natural beauty.

History:

We are a family that had the chance to purchase a piece of land of 150 hectares and the Banana river banks, the enchantment that caused the natural beauty of the river gave us the idea of transforming the property in a natural refugee for the conservation of two very particular species of frogs that live in the area and that give benefits to all the natural environment that is located there.

The two frog species are: the red frog Dendrovatos pumilios and the green frog Dendrovatos Auratus wich are both unique in the world, endemic from the area.

In our shelter it is possible to appreciate a big amount of birds like: Montezuma oropendula, blue -hooded parrot, Bobo Chizo , Colibri Pechiazu l, Tragon , Green king fisher, Curre negro , Mosquetero Coludo , Sargentos, Toucans and pavas. Monkeys like the mantled howler monkey and the white troated capuchin; insects like the ants (cutter leave ants), bullet ants enfilas spider and dragonfly . With luck the turist will be able to see animals like: armadillo, spotted cavy, raccoon, guatusa, squirrell, three and two toed sloth, zorro de balsa and white tail deer.

The tourist will also be able to get to know a variety of trees among the most common species are : Cedro macho, Gavilan , Ceiba, Javillo, Pilon and Indio Desnudo and some plant like: orquids, bromelias and other types of epifit plants.

Due to the beauty of this place, the Pinto family that came here 30 years ago, wish that many people can see the place and enjoy the unforgettable experience of entering and having a close encounter with the beauty of the rainforest, you will feel an incredible energy that when you enter in it and see with your own eyes the diversity of flora and fauna from the place.

That is where Cedar Valley Ranch was born as a place where all tourist that arrives or comes through the city of Port Limon should be able to transport himself to an unforgettable experience.

In the Cedar Valley Ranch we have created three ways of living the experience to see the natural shelter :

1. Horseback ridding tour.
2. Jitney Tour or Wagon Experience
3. Hiking tour through the forest.

Horseback Ridding Tour

It’s a very nice adventure where you can admire the natural scenary that surrounds the tour path. You will be able to ride your horse along a small river and river bank, rainforest trails going up the mountains and enjoy the scenary that our view point offers. Also you will be able to meet the hundreds of frogs that live in our shelter, that distinguishes for its numerous population that it has. Entering the forest riding a horse is an adventure you will never forget.

Recommendations : long pants, close shoes, rain jacket in case of rain.

Our fee for the tour: $45 per person

Cedar valley fee: $40 must be paid at the entrance cash.