Explore Costa Rica!
There is so much to see and do in Costa Rica. To get you started,
we've listed a few of our favorite Costa Rican day tours. The Palacio
Tropical Staff will be happy to help arrange these exciting day
trips for you and your party, or provide you with directions and
a picnic lunch if you choose to blaze a trail of your own!
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Arenal Volcano & Tabacen Hot Springs
Spend a day exploring at Tabacén hot spring, relax with the tender touch of sultry, steaming hot spring waters, born deep within the rumbling giant, and surrounded by the Tropical Rain Forest . Admire the massive volcano spitting ash and lava, while enjoying a delicious dinner.
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Poas Volcano National Park
The Poas Volcano’s active crater is one of the largest in the world, and features smoking flimaroles and roiling, green sulfurous lake. The surrounding Poas Volcano National Park offers a spectacular cloud forest with long and winding hiking trails filled with breathtaking tropical flowers. Don't forget your camera.
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Manuel Antonio National Park
Featuring miles and miles of sandy white beaches, Manuel Antonio is one of Costa Rica's most popular national parks. Manuel Antonio is one of the few remaining habitats of the mono titi two-toed sloths.
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Carara Biological Reserve
Take a walk on the wild side! Carara Biological Reserve is a transition zone between the dry forest of the North Pacific and the lush Southern rain forest. Massive trees, dazzling butterflies, rare monkeys, iguanas, and a wide variety of exotic bird species vie for your attention. On your way home from an amazing morning hike, take time out for a relaxing lunch and some window shopping in nearby Jaco Beach.
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Tortuga Island
Tortuga Island is the gem of the Pacific. Named and famed for its giant sea turtles, Tortuga Island features flawless white beaches, sparkling turquoise waters, lush green mountains, and tropical forests. Go snorkeling, swim, join a game of beach volleyball ... or just sit back and enjoy a sweet, cool tropical drink by the sea.
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Punt Coral Island
Located at the entrance to Negritos Island National Park, this privately owned point of tropical dry forest features a deep valley filled with flowering plants on one side, and interesting rock formations on the other.
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UnderWorld 3D Divemaster
Discover Costa Rica 's amazing underwater world. During this guided tank dive you will see a splendid variety of large, colorful fish and coral formations. The water temperature averages a warm 89° year round, and the dive master operators have a full line of diving equipment at your disposal.
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Jungle River Cruise
Cruise down the Tarcoles River, which runs alongside of the Carara Biological Reserve, while your local guide points out the beauty and splendor of Costa Rica’s tropical canopy. Have your camera focused and ready to take pictures of crocodiles, iguanas, pelicans, and scarlet macaws.
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Canopy Tour
Get ready for the ride of your life. Slip into a harness and helmet and slide your way through the Costa Rica canopy on steel cables connected to eleven different platforms. Each of the eleven canopy platforms features a new elevation, and a new breathtaking view of Costa Rica .
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Monte Verde Sky Walk & Butterfly Garden
The Monte Verde Sky Walk bridges offer you an amazing view of the Costa Rican cloud forest. Suspended from giant trees, these bridges give you a “bird's eye view” of the lush green canopy. After you have “walked on air,” take a leisurely stroll through the Butterfly Garden , a true paradise.
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Corobici River Float Trip
The scenery and wildlife along the Corobici are legendary. As you leisurely raft along this tranquil river, keep your eye and your camera out for ospreys, kingfishers, crested caracas , cormoants, silver-throated and boat-billed herons, butterflies, otters, white-faced monkeys, raccoons, anteaters, and iguanas.

