Rainforest Night Tour: Nocturnal Wildlife in La Fortuna

Experience the best nocturnal excursion in La Fortuna Arenal’s rainforest. Our tour commences at 5:30pm, offering a unique sight of nighttime fauna like frogs, sloths and bats, as you traverse our Reserve filled with many incredible creatures.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ecocentro Danaus - The night tour at Ecocentro Danaus offers a unique experience to explore the vibrant nocturnal ecosystem. Led by expert guides, visitors can observe a variety of nocturnal wildlife, including frogs, insects, and mammals, in their natural habitat. The tour provides an educational insight into the behaviors and interactions of…
What's Included
  • Flashlights
  • Bottled water
  • Bilingual tour guide
What's Not Included
  • closed shoes
Location
Ecocentro Danaus
once in the location walk to the reception by following the signs.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jaiden_k
Aug 11, 2024
Can’t be beat - Paz was an amazing guide who helped us see so many unique creatures. Some things we saw include a bunch of frogs, a baby caiman, many green basilisks (Jesus Christ lizards), and even a big fer-de-lance who was eating a meal. Could not recommend this tour enough as we never would’ve seen half of what we saw in the day time!
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Sara_c
Aug 4, 2024
Wonderful up-close encounters with night’s vibrant critters - The communication from the company ahead of time was terrific. The tour was exciting and we saw lots of wonderful night critters. Amazing frogs, snakes, insects, a crocodile, and more. They gave my daughter a little souvenir bag, which was a lovely touch. They seemed caring, responsible, communicative, very knowledgeable and ran an awesome tour!
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Megan_k
Aug 4, 2024
Amazing experience! - This was the best experience of my trip. No one else booked this time slot so it was a private tour. Melvin was experienced, knowledgeable, and pointed out creatures I would have completely missed. I saw toads, frogs, snakes, spiders, a Cayman, and the butterflies in the small enclosure. I even saw an armadillo!
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Anne_p
Jul 19, 2024
Finding creatures in the dark - We saw so many different and tiny frogs! The guide pointed out many different frogs, a snake, turtle, and insects. He even helped take photos for us when we couldn't get close enough. We were even able to see a sloth climbing a tree. The guide was very knowledgeable and engaging.
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Xloganl13x
Jul 12, 2024
So awesome! - Such a cool place. Our guide was able to spot wildlife in a fraction of a second. He also took time to make sure I got a good photo and helped with lighting if needed. We saw so many different species and all up very close. Our guide was also very knowledgeable and friendly. Spoke great English too! We loved it and would definitely do it again!
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Alexwq6744ts
Jun 30, 2024
So many frogs! - My wife and I did a night tour here (6:30-8:30pm) and saw plenty of critters! Our guide led us through 1-2km of trails in the relatively small private wildlife reserve. We saw abundant frogs of different varieties, caimans, insects, lizards, raccoons, and night herons. Many of these critters seem comfortable enough to get quite close to them, allowing for some very good picture opportunities. Each time we ran across something knew, our guide would educate the group on what we were seeing. Ultimately we came for the small critters of the night, and we saw many. Very satisfied. Our one small complaint would be that between the halfway point and the end, the batteries in the provided flashlights seemed to be dying, reducing the light from them and making it harder to search around on your own.
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Illini_girl01
Jun 11, 2024
Awesome wildlife tour! - Melvin was an amazing guide! We saw so many frogs, lizards, a snake, butterflies, caimans, herons, etc. My boys 8 and 9 really, really loved this, but the whole family enjoyed it! Melvin also helped take some amazing pictures with my phone.
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Camper56576698817
Mar 27, 2024
Wonderful - Great walk, guide helped us with photos etc. great experience. Would definitely take again. Saw cayman, frogs, lizards some rodent too.
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Julie_g
Mar 25, 2024
Fun Tour! - Our guide Paz (Pas?) was excellent. We went on a nearly full moon night, and he warned us that the brightness might make the animals less willing to come out and play, but we still saw tons - a variety of frogs + plenty of multi-legged creepy crawlies plus some larger critters like armadillo (!!), local rodents, cayman, birds both huge and tiny, and a very sleepy mama sloth with her babe. It definitely was not nonstop animals, but it was like the most fun game of Where’s Waldo that you’ll ever play. Paz was so knowledgeable about all the animals and where they might be hiding and the history of the forest that is only 30 years old was really interesting. Evening was hot and sticky, but teens and adults alike really enjoyed it.
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Canuckcrazy
Mar 13, 2024
Enjoy the Night Creatures - This was our first tour on arrival to la Fortuna. I loved following our very knowledgeable guide, searching with flashlights for wildlife. We saw many tiny frogs, spiders, bats, caymans and a two-toed sloth with her three month old baby! We passed through the butterfly enclosure but all the occupants were sleeping since this was a nite tour. We saw a small white headed snake and several large millipedes. Enjoyed this tour very much!
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