Great experience at 12 thousand feet! - We took the half day tour and it was perfect for us. It was an very early start by our standards (630 AM) but it was worth it, and we were back on our own by noon. Great. Daniel and David were our guide and driver, and they were great. Daniel spoke English very well, was very knowledgeable, kept us engaged and was a very nice guy. David drove the bus steady and safe up the winding roads to Irazu. They even took us off the beaten path to show us another crater that wasn't even listed in the description. Great photos! Irazu' was stunning and worth the trek up there (which also had stunning views and we were lucky we had such perfect weather and could see everything. Spent an hour up there walking around taking it all in. Then we went to Cartago to see the Basilica of Los Angeles church and that was really great as well. 5 stars for these guys!

Celebrating my niece becoming a nurse - The views were breathtaking we stopped at a little shop before heading to the volcano Climbing the steep hills through the mountains were an amazing sight to see.I enjoyed every minute just being up above the clouds seeing the villages and live stock.there's also a gift shop near the volcano stop, you'll need a light jacket.we also got off the bus to visit mercado market

Beautiful experience - Host and driver were skilled! Host was knowledgeable and fun! Beautiful views through and through! :)

Absolutely wonderful! - Fantastic experience! Christopher was a great driver. Daniel was an enthusiastic and knowledgeable tour guide. They provided a welcoming & thorough experience filled with history of San José & the volcanoes themselves. They even took photos! And the experience of walking around near a volcano can’t be beat!

Review - Unfortunately it was a cloudy day. So we couldn’t see much. But no one can’t do anything about that! The tourguide did a good job and already in the car to the vulcano he told a lot about the surroundings and later also at the vulcano and at the Cartago Church. But I do think that the tour is a bit expence. Because i was picked up at 7:30 and back at the hostel at 13:00.

The trip itself was nice... - The trip itself was nice and our guide was great but the price for such a trip was really overrated and I wouldnt go for that for such a lot of money next time. Also the volcan was without water as it was not raining before which of course nobody can influence. Just that it was not as on the picture attached to the trip offer.

Great experience - Irazu volcano is definitely worth visiting - the view on the way high up is unmatchable and it's quite an experience being at the peak above the clouds. Martin was a great tour guide, very friendly and knowledgeable, and arrived on time. As other reviews mentioned, it felt like the commute takes a major part of this tour.

Lunar landscape, not Disney - It IS a long drive to get to the top of an 11,000 ft volcano. Fact. This is not Disney. But an interested traveller gets to see stunning landscapes and learns about the farming communities and their crops en route. The changing cloud formations going up the slope vs the return trip were vey noticeable. Our guide was very well informed and chatted the entire time. Kudos to him. Our bus was air conditioned with good visibility out the windows. The highlight was going off track to the Park entrance at very top of the volcano crater, climbing up to the lookout tower and enjoying an other-worldly experience. We could see the clouds advancing on the crater, which by afternoon would envelop the peak. This is a visit for mornings before the clouds descend. Next we went to the lower level where we had ample time to walk across the crater and explore the surface first hand. Like a lunar landscape. It's a long drive but for curious minds, well worth it.

Ok… - -Nice view over the Clouds -sadly Not enough time to walk around at the craters -Guide told some informations in the bus but only basics - of you have a rental car, Go by yourself

Okay views are what makes it - Honestly this tour was really nice in the beginning I have to say that you know going up the volcano and the small hike was actually nice. I guess my only issue that I had was that I felt like our guide was trying to put us in places where he was making a commission out of us so that in itself is what kind of bothered me a bit but I guess it's part of what some tour guides do but otherwise you know what I would recommend this trip just you know be aware that you're going to probably be stopped at some places to go buy things and told hey buy this buy that it's nothing you don't mind the suggestion it just felt like it was kind of forced sometimes and even some of the prices of where we went were ridiculously high. For example we went to a restaurant to get some coffee and some hot chocolate two hot chocolates and a piece of cornmeal with some cheese on it and it'll cost me over $22 which I thought was a lot considering at the hot chocolate wasn't something that was gourmet you could you can tell that it was like either powdered or something but anyway otherwise the view are makes it the only thing that makes it worth it I would improve on this part you know not just taking your people to places where they can spend money and trying to talk them into buying stuff that and honestly was like price maybe four times the price where it shouldn't be just saying.