Animal Sightseeing Boat Tour in Palo Verde National Park

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
6 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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English, Spanish
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Explore stunning wildlife by boat in Palo Verde National Park. Spot diverse birds like macaws and herons, navigate marshes and rivers, and experience unique ecosystems. Ideal for nature lovers.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Palo Verde National Park in Costa Rica, part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area, spans 45,492 acres in Guanacaste Province, safeguarding the Tempisque River valley.


It's vital for preserving floodplains, marshes, and limestone ridges from encroaching civilization, protecting diverse ecology like evergreen forests and mangrove swamps.


The park hosts a ranger station, offering amenities and access to the Palo Verde Biological Station.


Renowned for bird diversity, it shelters species like scarlet macaws, white ibis, and wood storks.


During the dry season, it becomes a haven for birds due to water scarcity elsewhere, notably Parajos Island, a prime nesting site for black-crowned night-herons, contributing to the park's preservation of one of Central America's last tropical dry rainforests.


Established as a wildlife refuge in the 1970s, it later gained national park status and international recognition for its ecological importance.

What You Get

Private transportation
Purified water provided at operators facility at no cost.
In-vehicle air conditioning
Air-conditioned vehicle
Alcoholic beverages
Age restriction by law is 18yo. It is legal for passengers to consume alcohol.
Gratuities

Good To Know

  • Pickups - All locations: Transfer time to activity location is up to 2 hours one way. The evening prior you’ll get the drivers name and the unit plate number. The driver will send you a message on WhatsApp when at the pickup location and share his location with you again. The van will have a sign with the company name on it. The driver will scan your reservation from your electronic device and confirm pickup.
  • What to Bring: Sunscreen, Comfortable clothes, Mosquito repellent, Raincoat or Umbrella (rainy season)
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Travel time is already included in the total duration
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

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Palo Verde Boat Tours

Palo Verde Boat Tour and Restaurant with Typical Lunch cooked on wood fired stove by the owners family. Enjoy the typical flavor of a local home cooked meal. The traditional Costa Rican recipes will almost always feature rice, black beans, salad, fried plantains and a meat like chicken, beef, pork or fish. Often they also include patacones, a vegetable hash called picadillo and other sides.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included
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Palo Verde National Park

Boat Mooring, start and end of boat tour. The most common animals you will see on the Palo Verde National Park boat tour are iguanas, crocodiles, white face monkey, howler monkey, herons and birds. Incredible resources Over 750 species of plants have been identified, including the palo verde, pochote, Spanish cedar and the Guanacaste tree. In addition, 5 of the 6 species of mangrove present in the country can be found in the park.
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

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Pickups - All locations: Transfer time to activity location is up to 2 hours one way. The evening prior you’ll get the drivers name and the unit plate number. The driver will send you a message on WhatsApp when at the pickup location and share his location with you again. The van will have a sign with the company name on it. The driver will scan your reservation from your electronic device and confirm pickup. Exception: Pickup Liberia transfer time 1 hour.
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Palo Verde Boat Tours, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica, CR, 50302

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Palo Verde Boat Tours and Restaurant is the Meeting Point to start the tour. Our guide will be ready for you at the reception inside.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $128.59 
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Central Standard Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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Earliest available date: May 17, 2025
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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