Arenal Volcano Tours
LEAVES AND LIZARDS TOURS - Page Three
CLOUD FOREST
The Juan Castro Blanco Cloud Forest National Park offers our guests the opportunity to experience the flora and fauna of the cloud forest, including rare Quetzals and Three Wattled Bell Birds.
This is a great alternative to Monteverde for BIRDERS. This park has yet to be heavily tread upon by the boots of tourism. Our guide will also accompany you to Albergue Monterreal which was built with vision and passion by a local family. In the afternoon enjoy more birding or choose to trek up to the Pozo Verde (green lake)
in the crater of an ancient volcanic crater.
Operator: Leaves and Lizards, part of the Rural Tourism Project
Time: Full day TRANSPORTATION NOT INCLUDED
Cost: $60.00 per person, $50.00 child, includes bi-lingual naturalist guide, breakfast, lunch and park entrance fee
Degree of difficulty: Mild to moderately strenuous.
RIO ARENAL HORSEBACK RIDE
Ride down to the Rio Arenal enjoying the view of Arenal and surrounding mountains as you travel on a gravel road for about 2 miles.
Spot birds, sloths and deer and you meander past pature land dotted with springs and forest. Enjoy a refreshing dip in the river then head back to Leaves and Lizards.
Operator: Leaves and Lizards, part of the Rural Tourism Project
Time: 2-3 hours
Cost: $50.00 per person
Degree of difficulty: Easy, suitable for beginner riders.!
RIO ARENAL FISHING
Choose to take the short trip from Leaves and Lizards to the Rio Arenal by horse or a classic 4X4 Toyota Land Cruiser, wild Kingdom style! Fishing gear and guide provided. After fishing, enjoy a swim in the refreshing river along the jungle covered river bank.
Operator: Leaves and Lizards, part of the Rural Tourism Project
Time: Full or half-day
Cost: $50.00 per person, $130.00 family
Degree of difficulty: Easy and fun for all ages.
WATERFALL 4X4 OR HORSEBACK RIDE
Ride our horses from Leaves and Lizards to our nearby waterfall. Your private guides will point out the flora and fauna along the way. You may encounter poisen dart frogs, toucans, monkeys and sloths while riding though pasture and rain forest. Then hike for 20 minutes through pristine primary rain forest to our private jewel hidden in this jungle canyon. Enjoy a refreshing swim below the falls, relax for a while and listen to the jungle. Non-horseback riders travel by car for 35 minutes to the trail head and hike 20 minutes to the falls.
Operator: Leaves and Lizards, part of the Rural Tourism Project
Cost: $75.00 p/p on horseback, $40.00 p/p by car with own transportation; includes naturalist and local guide
Time: 4-8 hours
Degree of difficulty: moderately strenuous.
ECO TERMALES HOT SPRINGS
Eco Termales Hot Springs is a sanctuaRy. This secluded property has been the life work of the Hidalgo family. The smallest of the Arenal area hot springs, Eco Termales is geared toward privacy and relaxation and does not accept more than 100 visitors at a time. Reservations are required. The 5 pools vary in temperature, the coolest one is 91F degrees and the hottest one is 105 F degrees and there is a cold pool as well. You can also reserve a delicious tipical Costa Rican lunch or dinner prepared by Doņa Mireya, using a traditional rustic kitchen. The restaurant is now is 18 years old and used to be a house for the Hidalgo family. Today the restaurant still maintains its colonial architecture and the family prepares meals on the first floor and sleeps on the second floor.
Operator: Leaves and Lizards
Cost: $26.00 p/p, $43.00 w/lunch or dinner, $18.00/$32.00 child; pay at the springs.
Time: Advance reservations required 10 AM - 1 PM, 1 PM - 5 PM, 5 PM -9 PM TRANSPORTATION NOT INCLUDED
Degree of difficulty: Enchanting and relaxing for everyone!
SPRINGS RESORT SPA
The Springs Resort and Spa is another option for people looking for hot springs. Enjoy incredible views of Arenal during your massage or any other of the many spa services offered at this newly opened resort, just 15 minutes from Leaves and Lizards.
Operator: Springs Resort and Spa
Time: Half or full-day TRANSPORTATION NOT INCLUDED
Cost: $Depends on services
Degree of difficulty: Very relaxing!
