Guided Tour in Manuel Antonio National Park

Discover Costa Rica’s wildlife with a passionate local guide in Manuel Antonio National Park. See smiling sloths and learn natural history firsthand.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio - This tour consists of a walk with a professional licensed guide with optical equipment (telescope and binoculars), with which you will find the most camouflaged species in their natural habitat, such as sloths, monkeys, snakes, lizards, frogs, among others! We will take nice photos of the animals we find, these…
What's Included
  • Free HD photos of animals as souvenirs
  • Use of optical equipment for animal sighting
  • Certified bilingual guide for natural history explanations
What's Not Included
  • Entrance ticket to the national park 20 USD (From the SINAC website)
  • Food and/or drinks
Additional Information

I am a local guide who loves my job and I am more passionate about what I do every day! If you want to learn about the natural history of the animals of Costa Rica and see the three-clawed sloths smile at you and move with great patience, I am the right person to show you our natural beauties! It will be a pleasure for me to be your guide in my office, the Manuel Antonio National Park!

Location
Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio
The meeting point is the Joseth Super Market, this is 50 meters from the main entrance of the Manuel Antonio National Park and there you will find some tables (seating area) where you can wait for me! Next to this supermarket is the closest parking lot to the national park “
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Martino
Jan 15, 2025
StraRecommended for Manuel Antonio Park - The best guide we had on our trip of 16 to Costa Rica! We were a group of 16 guys, we visited several national parks always accompanied by a guide and Alonso turned out to be the most prepared, empathetic, professional, helpful. I absolutely recommend it for visiting the Manuel Antonio Park! If I had the chance I would have preferred to extend the visit beyond the 2 hours provided both for his teachings and for his sightings of numerous animals (mammals, insects, birds, reptiles)!
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G2234tcannab
Jan 11, 2025
Amazing experience - Had a great time! Really recommend Alonso as a guide, he was great at spotting the animals and also had some really interesting facts about flora and fauna
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Margheritale84
Jan 9, 2025
Passionate - Alonso, our park guide, made the visit an immersive experience, passing on his passion and a lot of natural history news made us know so many things about the animals and plants of the park and Costa Rica. I thank him for making us part of this immense heritage.
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Doraexplorauk
Jan 8, 2025
Excellent tour to see wildlife - Brandon was an excellent tour guide. We spotted so many animals in the wild that we wouldn’t have seen by ourselves. He had an incredible eye for spotting creatures and helped us take excellent photos through the magnifying lense. He was extremely knowledgeable about nature and explained a lot about the different species that we saw. He made it a fun and interesting tour. The beach at the end was a lovely way to end with a dip in the sea. Highly recommended, thank you Brandon From Sally & Ben
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Emily
Jan 6, 2025
Alonso was knowledgeable, quick to respond and offered us a great tour of the NP - Alonso was amazing and supplied us with all the information we needed from first moment of contact. He answered promptly anytime we had a question. The tour was great and we so so much we wouldn’t have seen without him. He is very friendly and we never felt rushed in the park. Highly recommend using Alonso for his knowledge and eye to spot the wildlife in the NP.
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Carissa
Jan 5, 2025
Best tour - Diego was the best tour guide! We saw a lot of wildlife and got some history also! He gave us all the pictures at the end! We recommend this tour!
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Road11985415067
Jan 4, 2025
Manuel Antonio tour - Professional enjoyable emotional tour. Alonso Is a really nice person, Is able to provider detailed information on all the aspects
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Excursion648090
Jan 3, 2025
The best guide to the Park - Alonso was an excellent guide, showed us many animals with great availability, answering all our questions competently. His passion can be seen in how he tells the habits of the animals and the curiosities of the inhabitants of the park, also showing photos and videos made by him on other occasions. The only question he couldn't answer was how much protein a grasshopper has!
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328giovannac
Jan 3, 2025
A guide that transmits passion - Alonso is a highly trained guide who is able to pass on his passion for the flora and fauna of Costa Rica to those who have the privilege of entering Manuel Antonio Park with him. We really spotted many animals, about which Alonso told us all the curiosities: mono cara blanca, mono congo, sloths, frogs, crabs... Call him!
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Sarahyh7177hb
Dec 28, 2024
100% recommend the Manuel Antonio National Park guided tour with Alonso - Alonso was enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and experienced. He came on-time to the meeting spot, and the tour was not rushed, i.e. we could stop for bathroom breaks. He used his magnifying scope to show us many creatures - black-helmeted lizard, glass frog, bats, stick bird, howler monkeys, sloths, hummingbird in it's nest, and neotropical Land crabs. His iPhone could be mounted on the scope so we could see high-definition, magnified views of the creatures and used to take photos and videos, which were sent to us at the end of the tour. The nature Park tour guides were friendly with each other and shared info about creatures they spotted. The walk was at a leisurely pace and we stopped to look at and discuss about animals and plants. These creatures are small, high up on trees, and camouflaged, so the guides are essential! Our group had 8 people, which was a good size. We had a break where we were served fresh fruit juice and mixed fruit. We had 30 minutes at the beach, and he watched over our belongings. He made the discussions interesting and was funny. I highly recommend the Manuel Antonio National Park guided tour with Alonso as the guide!
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