Santa Juana Lodge

Activities and Excursions

National Park Tour Zipline Coffee Tour Birding Tour

Manuel Antonio National Park Tour

It will be just like experiencing Costa Rica for the first time and therefore absolutely unforgettable. Take a leisure stroll or an intense hike (it’s your choice, since it’s your tour) with a highly trained, well-educated Greentique Certified Guide through our exotic, bio-diverse tropical rain forest, which has been preserved for over 40 years. The pace of this adventure is determined by your abilities and interests, and the amount of wildlife you want to stop for and observe (or learn about) – all in their natural and breathtaking habitat. Watch sloths and numerous species of monkeys travel through the tree canopy, hunt for nocturnal silky anteaters and several types of non-poisonous snakes resting in the tropical rain forest, and listen to the songs of the various birds as they glide above you.
Details Tour

Includes: Transportation, park entrance fee, bilingual guide and Snacks.

Pickup Time: Approximately 5 hours / 6:00 a.m.

Minimun 2 adults are required to confirm the tour.

    Price:

  • 2 adults $140 p/person plus 13% taxes
  • Children under 12 $62 each plus 13% taxes

Santa Juana Rural Mountain Adventure Tour

There is no experience quite like the combination of the magic of nature and Costa Rica’s authentic rural heritage on this, our highest-rated tour. Certified Guides take you on an amazing tour of nature, conservation, and rural culture. You’ll hike along lush jungle-shrouded slopes where two rivers are born, then swim in one of the region’s most pristine natural pools beneath a mesmerizing waterfall and spot fascinating wildlife. Then return to the lodge for a traditional Campesino-style lunch while enjoying the panoramic vista of Manuel Antonio National Park and the Pacific Ocean that fills the horizon. You’ll also become a vital participant in the Carbon Offset/Native Tree Adoption Reforestation Program, adopting your own tree as you help conserve this priceless watershed within the Cloudmaker Nature Reserve.The pace of this adventure is determined by your abilities and interests, and the amount of wildlife you want to stop for and observe (or learn about) – all in their natural and breathtaking habitat. Watch animals resting in the tropical rain forest, and listen to the songs of the various birds as they glide above you.
Details Tour

Includes: Greentique Certified Guide; ground transportation from Manuel Antonio/Quepos, snacks and lunch

Departure Time/Place: 6:50 a.m.

Duration: Half Day

Activity level: Easy to Moderate

Recommend: T-shirt (2), shorts, bathing suit, hat, sunglasses, closed toe trail shoes, sandals with straps or water shoes, camera, binoculars

  • Price: 2 or 3 persons $141.25 p/p tax included (min. 2 adults) Children under 12 are $89.27 each tax included.

Cocoa, Coffee & Spices Tour

Finca Agrícola El Rocío is a family project born from the illusion of sharing with visitors the experience that surrounds the rural life in our beautiful country. They have a wide variety of crops such as spices such as Cocoa, Coffee, Pepper, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Ginger, Jamaica, Clove and many more spices. Same that will be available for purchase. The visitors will be able to be in contact with nature and acquire knowledge about the processes that are carried out, for the most part in an artisanal way until each food is consumed, such as planting, maintenance and harvesting of the products, nutritional data of these species can also enjoy tastings during the course of the tour.
Details Tour

Includes: Guide | Water | Fruits | Tastings.

Departure Time/Place: 8:00 a.m. | 1:00 p. from Santa Juana Lodge

Minimum: 2 people.

Duration: 3 hrs

Ages: All ages

Activity level: Easy

Recommend: Walking shoes/sneakers, short or lightweight long pants, extra shirt, waterproof jacket during green season, camera

  • $79.10 USD per person (taxes included) $96.05 USD per person (taxes included) w/ transportation
  • $48.02 USD per child under 6 years old (taxes included)

Cloudmaker/Santa Juana Birding Tour

Led by a Greentique Certified Guide Birding Specialist, you will see why Cloudmaker is a must do Costa Rica birding destination for birders from around the world. Cloudmaker and the surrounding Santa Juana Pueblo area offer a rich blend of species endemic to the Central and Southern Pacific regions of Costa Rica and species native to the foothills of the Talamanca Mountain Range. Among its 150-bird species is the Red-capped Manakin, known locally as the Michael Jackson Bird for its amazing moonwalking mating dance. There are also white hawks, crested and yellow-headed caracara, gray-necked wood rails, southern lapwings, purple gallinules, black mandible toucans, fiery-billed aracaris, pale-billed woodpeckers, royal flycatchers, swallow-tailed kites, wood storks, king vultures, and crested guans. During peak migration, the reserve’s count increases by about 25% to 250+ species, as does the auditory resonance of their voices. More than 80% of the birds can be found year-round and as many reproduce twice a year, where it’s possible to hear a variety of melodic mating bird songs. At the end of the trail, slip into the cool waters a pristine natural swimming pool, fed by a spectacular waterfall before heading back up to the lodge for a Campesino lunch.
Details Tour

Departure Time/Place: By reservation, 6:30 a.m., from Santa Juana Lodge

Duration: Half Day

Ages: 6+

Activity level: Moderate

Recommend: Walking shoes/sneakers/trail shoes, shorts or lightweight long pants, extra shirt, bathing suit, lightweight waterproof jacket, camera with long lens, binoculars

  • Price: $125 p/p plus 13% taxes

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