ATV Tour from Guanacaste
Playa Hermosa
Ride your own ATV or share an ATV with a friend and ride together through the dry forest canopy. Guides will fit you with helmets, give safe...
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Guanacaste Conservation Area
Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Papagayo Peninsula
Last updated: 06 November, 2022
Costa Rica is justifiably famous for its rain and cloud forests. Less well-known are the country’s tropical dry forests.
This 147,000-hectare UNESCO World Heritage-listed biome preserves the largest stretch in Central America, through a series of public and private protected areas.
The landscapes – from volcanoes to empty beaches and mangrove swamps – are breathtaking and the area is home to spectacular rare animals including the endangered Central American tapir, jaguar and ocelot. Critically endangered leatherback turtles nest on the beaches.
Light adventure includes hiking, canyoning and zip lines.
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Minimum age: Any
Age suitable: 13+
When: All year around
Getting there & doing it
The Conservation Area is composed of a mosaic of National Parks and reserves. These include Santa Rosa, Guanacaste and Rincon de la Vieja, Horizontes Experimental Forest and the Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Access roads into many of these areas require a four-wheel drive and many of the roads are difficult to navigate even with GPS. The best way to visit any of these areas is on an organised tour with a wildlife guide.
Rincon de la Vieja National Park – which spreads over and around an active volcano – is the easiest of the areas to visit on a range of light adventure tours which usually take in hot springs, waterfall swims and zip lines.
When to do it
Late November through to mid-April is the dry season. Come at the beginning of the season for greener foliage; in March and April the forest is very dry and yellow.
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