
Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica is known worldwide for its natural beauty and biological diversity. A great variety of AdventureTours and Family Activities are offered in the area, giving interesting options to everyone. Below, there is a brief explanation and tour details for the most popular adventure activities in the area. For more information or questions about Family activities and adventure tours around our hotel in Manuel Antonio, send an email to: info@lamariposa.com
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- CANOPY TOUR - with Canopy Safari |
DEPARTURE: |
7 AM or 10 AM |
LENGHT: |
5 hours |
REQUIREMENTS: |
Moderate physical condition |
INCLUDES: |
- Roundtrip transportation
- ACCT Trained/Bilingual Guides
- All equipment
- 7 AM tour includes breakfast
- 10 AM tour includes lunch
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WHAT TO BRING : |
- Hiking boots or tennis shoes
- camera
- bathing suit and towel
- Either shorts or long pants can be worn.
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PRICE: |
$65 per person |

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Experience Costa Rica's most popular adventure sport; the canopy zip line. Sail high above the rainforest canopy in this thrilling adventure. A spectacular river with dramatic waterfalls is the backdrop for these 21 platforms carefully built in the rainforest canopy. Traverse from tree to tree and platform to platform using pulleys on horizontal traverse cables.
On the morning tour, you will enjoy a delicious full typical Costa Rican breakfast before your safety lessons which will acquaint you with all the equipment you will use. You will be provided a safety harness and all instructions needed to make this adventure a safe one. The tour operator has been thoroughly inspected and approved for safety, construction, and training by ACCT, the International Association of Challenge Course Technologies.
After you are properly outfitted, you will begin your journey. Glide from platform to platform on the zip lines that provide spectacular views of the different layers of the virgin rainforest. At 40 km per hour, you will experience the same view as the many birds that fly through the rainforest daily. Expert guides assist you in this exciting journey and keep you updated on what’s going on around you, from the time you leave the ground, until you rappel back down to the forest floor on 3 separate rappel lines. Soar over the rainforest canopy in this high energy adventure!
After this exciting flight through the trees, you will hike a nature trail through the lush rainforest, culminating in a crystal clear pool where you can take a refreshing swim or just relax in this tranquil setting. To complete your afternoon tour, you will be treated to a delicious Tico-style lunch.
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- WHITEWATER RAFTING - with Amigos del Rio |
DEPARTURE: |
7:30 AM |
LENGHT: |
Half day & Full day |
REQUIREMENTS: |
- Good physical condition
- Whitewater experience for the Naranjo tour
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INCLUDES: |
- Roundtrip transportation
- Bilingual guide
- All high-quality equipment
- Full day includes breakfast & picnic lunch
- Half day includes breakfast and snacks
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WHAT TO BRING : |
- Bathing suit &sunscreen
- tennis shoes or sandals with straps (no flip flops)
- neckstrap to secure glasses
- sun visor or hat
- dry clothing, towel & plastic bag for wet clothes
- disposable waterproof camera
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PRICE: |
Full Day: $95 per person
Half Day: $70 per person |

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Whitewater rafting is the ultimate combination of beauty and thrills for nature lovers and adventurers.
Savegre River Rafting Class III – IV Full day
Experience the unsurpassed beauty, luxurious vegetation and exploding white water on this full day tour for the adventuresome beginner and experienced rafter. You will be astounded by the awesome canyon and rainforest. River otters can often be spotted along the way. You will stop at a grand waterfall and enjoy a delicious lunch prepared along the riverbank by your guides. Enjoy with us our wild and untamed rivers, plunging through spectacularly beautiful, largely unexplored tropical wilderness.
Naranjo White Water Rafting Class III - IV Half day
For the advanced rafter, this exciting and refreshing ride through the Naranjo Canyon, a jewel of Costa Rica, will provide the beauty and thrills you expect in whitewater rafting. Beginning in the coastal mountain range near Quepos, the Naranjo River has cut a canyon blessed with natural beauty and Class III - IV rapids and is an ideal place for white water rafting. Riverbanks overgrown in the jungle, water clear as crystal and canyon walls that meet the water in 90° angles. You have to see it to believe it. The forest, water, canyon and sky make for an unforgettable day.
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- HORSEBACK RIDING TOURS- with Finca Valmy |
DEPARTURE: |
8:30 AM and 1:30 PM |
LENGHT: |
4 hours |
REQUIREMENTS: |
- No horseback riding experience is necessary
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INCLUDES: |
- Bilingual Guide
- Round trip transportation
- Lunch
- Snacks and refreshments
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WHAT TO BRING : |
- Long pants
- tennis shoes or hiking shoes
- camera
- sunscreen
- hat
- bathing suit and towel
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PRICE: |
$65 per person |

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Experience the true Costa Rican lifestyle in this unique horseback ride through luxuriant rainforest and rivers, ending in an unforgettable swim under spectacular waterfalls. This beautiful half-day tour of horseback riding in Manuel Antonio features magnificent ocean vistas, an abundance of colorful birds and other wildlife, and an incredible double waterfall that invites you in for a jungle swim.
After picking you up at your hotel, your bilingual guide will take you to the Finca Valmy Ranch in the mountains north of Manuel Antonio where your horses will be waiting for you.Your guide will help you discover the richness of the land and wildlife as you ride through primary and secondary rainforest, home of toucans, parrots, beautiful butterflies and animals of many species. You will enjoy one of the most beautiful landscapes...
Whether you're an experienced or novice rider, enjoying the peace and beauty of Costa Rica on horseback will be a truly memorable experience. Afterwards you will enjoy a home cooked lunch in the typical Costa Rican style served at the Finca Valmy Ranch where you can stay awhile and relax in their beautiful swimming pool.
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FISHING SEASONS : |
- Marlin has its top month in October, but it's also good in September and November; occasional blues and rare blacks are likely to be found any time of the year.
- Sailfish are best from the middle of December to the end of April when they begin moving north, but the big schools move in October. A few sails always show from June through September.
- Tuna are easily found throughout the year along the Pacific coast, but are more abundant from June to September. Most are 8 to 12 pounders but you can make catches in the 100 to 200 pound range as well.
- Dorado begins with the winter rains late in May that wash debris from the river mouths creating the inshore trash lines that dolphins favor.
- Roosterfish are better in the mouths of the Parrita and Palo Seco, the mouth outside Damas, around Dominical and Drake's Bay. Best fishing is from June through early September.
- Snook are found in many river mouths along the coast, like the Naranjo and Savegre river. Best months are from July through November during the rainy season. Ask our in-house fishing expert about fishing in Quepos / Manuel Antonio
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Quepos is among the world's top destinations for sport fishing. If you believe the surrounding beauty of the Manuel Antonio National Park and the offshore islands are overwhelming, just imagine how you will feel catching a giant blue marlin! Quepos sport fishing prices are quite reasonable, and depend on how many people are in your group, where you go, the quality and size of the sport fishing boat, the equipment, the expertise of the crew, and the season.
Quepos fishing captains usually consider a half-day of fishing to be about 4 hours on the water, and a full-day of fishing is about 8 hours on the water. On the morning of a typical trip, the captain will send a driver to Hotel La Mariposa to pick you up and take you to the Quepos pier. All of the captains in the Quepos fleet provide food and beverages onboard, so you only need a few personal items like sunglasses, sunscreen, camera and your lucky fishing hat.
After being whisked to your boat aboard a dinghy, your captain will take you offshore for marlin and sailfish, or inshore for roosterfish, dorado and snook. Whichever trip you choose La Mariposa works with the highest quality operators in the Quepos and Manuel Antonio area to ensure a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the best possible value.
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