River Cruise and Rain Forest Tour - This is an amazing experience. Although it is not billed as a private tour everything about is first class. We were picked up on time by the friendliest and most knowledgeable tour guide Marlene (Marlin as she told us how to pronounce it). The first segment was a very safe and informative rubber boat ride down a very easy flowing river. The tour guide, Ryan, kept pointing out monkeys, iguanas, herons, egrets, cormorants that we would never see on our own. He also positioned the boat so that we could get great photos to show everyone back home. The highlight was a huge crocodile sitting on top of a rock, We got close enough for more great pictures. This was followed by an excellent authentic Costa Rican lunch . We then were driven by Marlene to a tropical rain forest for our tour with Allan. This tour was very detailed and organized as the guide prepared earlier in the day to locate the positions of the animals that we would want to see. Again without a tour guide you would never be able to spot the animals. We saw a red eye frog, a blue jean frog, a yellow viper snake, a very poisonous red frog, leaf cutter ants, multiple sloths and several birds. Allan took my cell phone and took great pictures that would have been impossible for me to take. He was very well informed and answered all of my many questions. We then proceeded to drive back to the pick up point with Marlene and she was a very gracious hostess. We feel like we made a lifelong friend as she was very engaging and passionate about her culture. I can not recommend this tour highly enough and can only recommend that you bring bug repellant and sun screen and an open mind to a great experience.

Incredible Wildlife & Rafting Adventure - One of our favorite days of the trip! Marlene was an excellent guide who picked us up and offered a lot of knowledge about the local wildlife on our ride out to Tenorio River. The rafting was incredible as we saw so much wildlife — howler monkeys, baby & adult crocs, bats, iguanas, egrets, and more. After rafting, we stopped for a quick lunch which was good and traditional Costa Rican food. We then headed out to the rain forest to a wildlife sanctuary to see frogs, snakes, and sloths. We even saw a sloth come down and came within inches of it!! We couldn’t recommend this tour enough!

Monkeys, crocodiles, sloths, and frogs - One of the best tours ever. Highly recommend. Pick up/return to hotel. Excellent guides. Peaceful cruise down the river. Delicious lunch. Quiet walk through the rain forest. Saw so much wildlife with the help of our guides.

I love sloths!!! - We had the best day! Excellent, excellent tour! If you get the chance to do this, I highly recommend!

Amazing Photo Ops of Costa Rican Wildlife in Natural Surroundings - This tour was a highlight of our 12 day trip to Costa Rica. If you want to see animals in their natural environment, then this tour is a must. We relaxed while David, our rafting guide, steered us toward magnificent photo ops of lizards, crocodiles, bats, egrets, herons and made sure we saw the Jesus Christ lizard (basilisk lizard) walk on water! After lunch at a local Costa Rican restaurant, our driver, Marlene, drove us 30 minutes to the rain forest. After a short downpour--it is the rainforest after all, Maria lead us through nature trails pointing out various birds, frogs, a yellow pit viper!, as well as numerous plants and animals. The absolute highlight was seeing a sloth in a tree at eye level. You can't help but fall in love with these creatures when they look you right in the eye with a goofy grin. Totally worth the price of admission! Finally, Marlene gets special recognition for being one of the best drivers on our entire trip. She made us feel safe, welcome and treated us like we were part of her family. All of our guides were friendly and enthusiastic but Marlene had a special "something" that made you understand that Costa Rica is a unique place that needs to be preserved. She loves what she does and her enthusiasm is contagious. We ended our visit on this highlight but will definitely be returning in the future and will make sure to include a tour with Marlene on subsequent trips!

A great adventure in Guanacaste - Rafting down the Rio Tenario and seeing wildlife everywhere. After lunch ended the day in the rainforest and bonded with a 3 toed sloth! Saw snakes, colorful frogs and toucans. Felipe. Marlene and Walter were AMAZING!

Highly recommend!! - Marlene, Marcos, and Walter were so amazing!! From the minute Marlene picked us up, her happy energy was contagious creating such a fun atmosphere. She was very educational along the drive and would even make stops along the way to pick up roadside snacks! It was amazing how many animals Marcos and Walter were able to spot out that we would have typically never noticed. The entire crew was just so amazing and I highly recommend!!! Marlene was even sweet enough to surprise me with a birthday cake and gift :)

Spectacular! - This was an excellent day trip - between rafting on two Costa Rican rivers, seeing abundant wildlife to a trip up to a sanctuary in the rainforest where we saw plenty of sloths, snakes and other localized creatures. Marlene, our guide, was excellent, knowledgeable and super fun. We’d recommend this trip and any trip with Marlene.

River cruise and up close interaction with a young sloth! - Marlene was a fabulous guide! Her knowledge of not only the wildlife but general culture was amazing. Her positive and good nature attitude made the total day a great trip. We saw everything we were hoping for and more….an up close interaction with a young sloth was the highlight.

Sloths, frogs and snakes! Great rainforest tour! - My family thoroughly enjoyed the sloth and rainforest tour. Our guide, Walter, was amazing at finding the animals and even took some pictures for us to be sure they were fantastic. We were so blessed to get face to face with a sloth on a very long tree branch in the forest. Walter had an excellent eye and found multiple vipers and tree frogs too. The river tour portion was a bit hot and we didn’t see too many animals, but the guide said the water was a bit high an murky from a bunch of rain they had the days previous to our tour. The lunch was also delicious. Our driver, Marlene, was also kind and wonderful! Be sure to check where your hotel is though, we were far out and it added 3 hours to our tour.