Sarapiquí River Rafting: Wildlife and Rapids Adventure

Experience the exhilaration of white water rafting on the Sarapiqui River, with class IV rapids and vibrant wildlife. Discover the natural beauty of Costa Rica’s Natural Monument and the renowned La Selva Biological Station.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La Virgen - The Sarapiqui rapids are the best option for adventure junkies who want to enjoy some challenging rapids with diversity of obstáculos and big splashing waves. Our professional guides, will guide you safely on a raft for 6 people over more than 30 rapids by 2 hours of emotions and adrenaline. Guides will ask you to paddle hard and do a…
What's Included
  • Fresh Fruits
  • Bottled water
  • Professional guide
  • Transportation from hotels located less than 6 km away from our main office
  • Lunch
  • Towels
What's Not Included
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase) we will show you the pictures at the end of the tour.
  • Pick up service to hotels over 6 km away from main office
Additional Information

The Sarapiquí River is renowned as one of the region’s most vibrant rivers, boasting continuous class 4 and 3 rapids for beyond two hours, and a rich array of wildlife such as sloths, monkeys, and toucans that can be observed during the descent.
Regarded as a Natural Monument of Costa Rica, this river embodies the country’s nature and cultural legacy….

Location
Arenal Rafting
If you do not need to pick up, you can get to our office at 8:15am. Please send us an e-mail. We are located 100 meters north from the police station avenue 333 street 460, you can find us on Waze or Google maps as ARENAL RAFTING COMPANY.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sam_o
Dec 26, 2024
Best day ever!!! - Our best experience in Costa Rica. A+ guide and operation. Super safe but great adrenaline and adventure. Guides were fantastic. Safe and fun and food was great as well.
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Global23349022630
Dec 23, 2024
Had a awesome time. - We had an amazing time with Eric and Pablo Chuelo. They were superb at explaining what we needed to do to be safe while making sure we had a fun and exhilarating time. This was one of the highlights of our trip.
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Choppy77
Dec 23, 2024
Great family fun - but pretty hardcore. - The river was high. But the guides have an enormous amount of experience. we were 12 so had two Hanzel with 24 years of experience and Pablo (CHOLE), had 33 years experience. And it was very much appreciated as we had a younger nervous member in our boat at least until it became the trip of a lifetime. An exhilarating adventure. Where safety is taken seriously, with a super clear briefing by Eric not only what you need to do, but why you need to do it and at no time were we worried. They know the river. The total time depends on the flow, reckon 2 hours. There is amazing nature (toucan, iguana, heron, Comoran...). We had a stop of point for a fruit (which was appreciated), as there is a bit of paddling involved. Couldn't have been happier with our choice, it's not cheap, but lunch is included when you arrive, with towel and water. Plus the drive (1 hour each way).
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V9650udkatharinab
Dec 18, 2024
Great experience, super fun, totally worth it! - - Huge company, but very professional and really good organized. The whole process was flawless, from booking, to the rafting session itself. - all the instructors were so great! They were super fun and entertaining, but on the other hand also very responsible and experienced. It was all very safe, although we did the most difficult tour (class IV on Sarapiqui River). They did a very good job guiding us through the rapids with clear instructions. - regarding how what was included, the whole experience was quite cheap: we paid 85 USD for transportation there and back, 2 hours of rafting, fruits, water, toilets and a big lunch cooked by locals.
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376lauriek
Dec 17, 2024
Great adventure, lots of fun. - Great time, I felt safe. The guides were wonderful and bi-lingual. We loved the entire experience. The lunch they served was delicious as well.
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Alexpz9418uk
Dec 3, 2024
Fun and Amazing Experience - The tour guides were amazing and made us feel safe and secure. Had an amazing time and would recommend completely! Hopefully can come back :)
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Nsbflatraveler
Nov 26, 2024
Great adventure! - Great adventure!! Lots of rapids and fun but always felt safe with excellent guides! Yummy local lunch after trip! I highly recommend!
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Willow_h
Nov 18, 2024
Exhilarating Experience! - Our guides were phenomenal, and it was a wild ride! I was looking for a challenging and exciting white water rafting experience and this river, in this season, delivered what I was looking for 100%
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Jessica_s
Nov 17, 2024
Exhilarating!! - This was the most incredible adventure! The tour guide, Eric, was so nice and fun to be with. If you’re in the having a good time then you should definitely do this excursion😊
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V4396wslaurenh
Dec 13, 2024
Fun times, but very easy - Overall it was fun. But I would say that they say it’s a level 5. It’s definetly not, it’s a level 3 at most so that was a bit disappointing but the guides were fun and we still had a fun time it just wasn’t that hard and they tell you when you get in the car it’s actually a level 3- with maybe 4 at a push. I would say they should update the details rather than letting people believe they booked a 5
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