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Arenal Volcano Full-Day Tour: Coffee Tasting, Nature Exploration, and Hot Springs
4.9
820 Ratings
San José
Experience the best of the Arenal Volcano region on a full-day tour from San Jose. Explore nature, taste delicious coffee, and relax in hot springs near the volcano.
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- La Casa del Café - Travel to the Arenal Volcano area, the most popular touristic region of Costa Rica, and enjoy many of the beauties of the country on this full-day trip. Your tour starts in the morning when you are picked up from your hotel in the San Jose area in an air-conditioned vehicle and you will then travel to Arenal on an alternative route that is more scenic than the regular highway to this popular destination. On the way to Arenal, you will stop in a plantation where you will learn about coffee of Costa Rica, here you will be able to observe the coffee plants and see the workers picking the ripe cherries during the harvest season. Your guide will share information on this important product to the local economy and other important facts (coffee degustation will be provided later in a rustic coffee shop).
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What's Included
- Coffee or Tea with local snacks
- Entrance Fees
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Professional bilingual guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (most San Jose area hotels)
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Services not specified
Additional Information
See more of the Arenal Volcano region with the convenience of a full-day tour from San Jose. Take a scenic route to Arenal with views of farms, rain forests, and small towns. Stop at a coffee plantation and sample coffee, as well as traditional snacks. Stop at a waterfall, look for wildlife, and learn about the Costa Rican Native Culture, then have the afternoon to soak in hot springs set in a lush garden near the Arenal Volcano. Lunch, dinner and coffee tasting are included on this trip.
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- This tour includes man-made hot springs pools, filled with natural thermal water
- Hotel pickups commence approximately 30 - 60 minutes prior to this time, exact pickup time will be advised on reconfirmation
- Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions
- Drop off in the Arenal-La Fortuna centrally located hotels is available. Please note that if you choose this option, dinner will not be included in your tour because it’s done in a restaurant on the way back to San Jose. Also, there is an extra charge for drop offs with luggage, but in the case of this tour it doesn’t apply because the cost of the dinner will cover for the drop off charge. If you wish to take this option, you must let us know at the time of booking.
- This tour has being designed for those people who wish to do a lot of sightseeing in the morning without much effort, have lunch, and then relax in the hot springs for most of the afternoon
- This tour does not include ziplining/rappelling activities (The stop at Go Adventure Park is for the Indigenous presentation only)
Location
San José
Centrally located San Jose hotels.
Hotel pickups commence at 7:00 a.m.approximately; the exact pickup time for your tour will be advised on a reconfirmation message.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(820 Ratings)
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Grigori_t
Jul 10, 2024
It was a long tour during... - It was a long tour during that we viewed a lot of things. Guides tried to do their best. Unfortunately Arenal was hidden by the clouds.
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Riddhishab
Jul 5, 2024
Fantastic Costa Rica - Food and guide, Fernando both were amazing. Guide explained a lot about Costa Ricas culture and geography. Highly recommend this trip.
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Rubenc489
Jul 5, 2024
Nice adventure to spend with the family - No physical condition required. Very good explanation, the tour becomes short and enjoyable (despite the considerable distance). You don't visit the Volcano, it's just appreciation from afar.
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317denisser
Jul 5, 2024
Very interesting tour - Fernando our guide was very attentive.. the tour is very complete. It is tired, but many very interesting places are known.
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Anabella_w
Jul 1, 2024
Beauty of Costa Rica - This tour was amazing i had a good time, and is worth it, and all that is included. Agustin the tour guy was amazing 5 star. If you want to see the beauty of Costa Rica do this tour when stop at different places, food was amazing, one of the restaurants we stopped has a amazing view of the waterfall also beautiful different species of birds. I was amazed.
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Barnm2023
Jun 26, 2024
Best last-minute decision ever made! - Both, Angie (guide) and Randall (driver) were knowledgeable, professional and fun to be with. We covered a lot. Snack stop with humming birds, waterfall, iguanas … all amazing. Spotted a sloth up a tree with a young one on the ground in the bushes. Saw a group of Coatis too. Lunch was delicious. I chose not to do the hot springs as I had planned on ending my tour in Fortuna. Thank you Angie/Randall for an awesome tour!!
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569ximenap
Jun 23, 2024
Amazing experience in fortune - It was an excellent experience, it was very worth it, the attention and kindness of Mr Fernando were very good. The landscapes were wonderful and the atmosphere is very friendly.
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Voyage35723854844
Jun 18, 2024
Volcano tour - Harlem and Carlos were great! This trip was very informational. Even though it was raining, we still got to see Arenal volcano and relax at the hot springs. I loved the coffee tour and bits of history lessons we learned along the way. It was long but worth it.
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Margaret_g
Jun 27, 2024
Good day trip but don’t expect closeup of the volcano! - I was disappointed because you only view the volcano from the town not closeup. My grandson loved the hot springs resort with the swim up bar and viewing platform to see the volcano in the distance. Lunch was good.
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Robert_f
Jun 22, 2024
Too long for too little - We were picked up at our hotel at 6:30 AM and got back at 9 PM. Way too long a trip in a very uncomfortable van. Only about 4 hours seeing things. The rest spent being tossed around on mountain road switch backs. Saw nothing worth the time and money invested. I really didn't need to visit a hot spring when it was 90+ degrees and humid though we did manage to find a small cool pool. Not recommended.
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