Jan 20, 2025
Lovely and challenging hike:) - Loved our hike to the waterfall.
It was during rainy period- so much mud. Definitely challenging, but Esteban was patient and our group was physically fit and small so we moved well together.
He paid attention to all the animals and plants and shared with us!
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Jan 19, 2025
10/10 recommend - Beautiful area with a great guide. The trail was pretty muddy the day we went bit it was totally worth it. Leaned a lot and saw a bunch of different things in the jungle.
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Jan 15, 2025
Great experience - Rob was a great guide. He was super knowledgeable and very interesting to talk to. Even though it poured on us, he helped make it an amazing experience. We had a great time!
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Jan 12, 2025
Excellent - Amazing experience, the first guide with all the knowledge of the area and the hike, super recommended! I'll do it again!
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Jan 5, 2025
Plunge into the jungle! - We are an adventurous couple, who loves to experience many different elements of the places we travel to. This hike allowed us to experience the incredible depth and diversity of the jungle and its inhabitants. Our guide Esteban has an incredible depth of knowledgeable and at the same time is relaxed, easygoing, and enjoyable to hike with. He was able to answer every little random question we both had about plants, animals, and history along our hike as well as inform, teach, and entertain us. This Journey will require you to hike through the jungle, if it has been raining, this will mean a lot of mud. Prepare for that, especially your footwear, and it’s worth every step. The jungle foliage, frogs, birds, insects, monkeys, and sense of adventure is life giving. The waterfall is epic and muy bonito. We swam in the incredible warm deep waters at its base and soaked up the vibrant energy of the falling waters. Esteban was very respectful in giving us privacy as we shared this experience as a couple. If we lived in Costa Rica I could see Esteban being a great hiking and adventure buddy. You cannot hike in this part of the jungle without the permission of the indigenous people who live there. This right of passage was earned by Esteban, he shares it with you. I can see with his depth of knowledge and respectful and calm nature why he was able to earn this right. I was also pleasantly surprised it was just us and Esteban, as he limits the tour to small intimate groups. Prepare with good footwear for hiking, mud, and some water. Bring lots of drinking water and snacks. A swim suit for jumping in at the falls. Clear the day for the hike. Enjoy this incredible adventure, memory, and Costa Rican experience.
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Dec 3, 2024
Fantastic Hike and Swim! - Rob was a fantastic guide! Easy to understand and super knowledgeable and the indigenous guide was wonderful as well. The hike was beautiful and strenuous… but worth the swim in the waterfall!! Amazing!!!! 🤩 we saw a sloth, toucans and so many wonderful frogs. The trees are amazing! The jungle is magical. Very private and hard to believe they take people back there! Awesome 😎 experience.
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Nov 17, 2024
Kekoldi Waterfall - Esteban was a great guide. I loved the hike through the dense jungle and the spectacular waterfall was the perfect reward for a good workout.
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Nov 5, 2024
Hike in the secret jungle - Lynch was a great host. Very knowledgeable on the history of the area & the jungle. Highly recommend going. Gear up for the tough but rewarding hike.
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Oct 5, 2024
Hike to the waterfall - The hike to the waterfall was a great experience. Our guide Esteban was able to show and explain a lot to us. I would love to come back:)
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Jan 18, 2025
Hidden waterfall remains hidden - The trail was very slippery. We expected that. We are in better than average shape and I felt like if I stopped to take a picture I had to run to keep the guide in view. We learned next to nothing about the people or plants of this unique land. It was like a very rushed slosh through a spectacular rainforest backtracking several times and bushwhacking around a bull with sharp horns. Did he want to maul us? Who knows but the guide thought so. (That part was actually exciting ) I would have loved to see the waterfall! Perhaps there’s another way in? The guide said the marked trail was ‘unmarked’ by the people of whose land this is because they are in dispute……. The guide was personable and tried his best to find the falls, leaving us several times to scout ahead. ( which was good, we could catch our breath)
My recommendation is: don’t go if you are expecting what the tour company is offering but definitely go if you want a good scramble through mucky trails in a peaceful place.
We were at nearly 10k of going down several wrong trails before turning around without finding the falls. Total trip nearly 14k.
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