City: Costa Rica
Top Things to do in Costa Rica
Top Hotels in Costa Rica
- 1. Shana By The Beach Manuel Antonio
- 2. Tulemar Resort
- 3. Nayara Gardens
- 4. Arenal Manoa Resort Hotel & Hot Springs
- 5. The Westin Reserva Conchal, an All-Inclusive Golf Resort & Spa
- 6. Jardin del Eden Boutique Hotel
- 7. The Royal Corin Thermal Water Spa & Resort
- 8. The Springs Resort and Spa
- 9. Tabacon Thermal Resort & Spa
- 10. Hotel Lomas del Volcan
Things to do in Costa Rica, Costa Rica: The Best Visitor Centers
Coordinates: 10°N 84°W / 10°N 84°W / 10; -84
Restaurants in Costa Rica
1. Samara-Carrillo Info Center
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 896 reviews
We are a free information center for residents and tourists of Samara & Carrillo and the surrounding area. We offer FREE booking service for accommodations, tours, and transportation. Please feel free to contact us. Thank you, Brenda Be Happy, Have Fun!
Reviewed By Getaway616732
Brenda was a pleasure to work with! She was very patient with all of my thoughts and ideas, and used all of my feedback to put together a fantastic private sunset catamaran tour for my husband and I to celebrate our anniversary. Brenda also provided lots of great information for the Samara area, and even after our tour was over she continued to be very helpful and even passed along photos from the captain of the boat of our wonderful experience. If you are visiting the Samara area, I highly recommend reaching out to Brenda if you need help or have any questions at all! Her services are free, and she will go above and beyond to ensure you have a wonderful trip.
2. Insider Costa Rica Information Center
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 14 reviews
Our Information Center helps the visitor to get to know the area the best way possible, providing useful information on the area: activities to do, restaurants, hotels, shops, etc. We count with Free GuideMaps of the area to help our visitors enjoy the surroundings as "insiders".
3. Tourist Information Flamingo
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 30 reviews
4. Natural Center Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 78 reviews
Come to meet us in Samara, one of the most beautiful beach in Costa Rica ! We will give you informations about the best activities and the best transport services in the area to have a lot of fun and help you to plan your trip with serenity.
Reviewed By angelafederspiel - Frankfurt, Germany
We want to give a positive feedback to our tour to the Chira insula Golf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, which Pierre Lidec organized for us last month. The whole trip was fantastic: waiting for the tide to come in the tiny harbor San Pablo, a wonderful boat passage through the mangrove area to the island, our walk there. Most impressive was meeting Dora at the Posada la Amistad on the island, talking to her and listening to her explanations of the women’s project “Las damas de Chira”. We have appreciated this personal insight in the important reforestation with mangroves, the social and economic problems on the island Chira, the chorotega culture and living conditions on the Island very much. We thank Natural Center Tours in Samara you very much for the perfect management of the tour.
5. Manuel Antonio Info Center
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
Manuel Antonio Info Center We are the best and safest information center in town, you can find all kind of activities with low rates, like ATV, Zip Lines, Catamaran, snorkeling, diving, hikes, night tours, mangrove, ocean kayak, white water rafting, dolphins and whales watching, parasailing, rappelling, surf lessons, horseback riding, waterfall visit, Manuel Antonio National Park guides etc.
6. Blue Zone Costa Rica
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
We want to show you the Nicoya Peninsula from a Costa Rican’s perspective. Yes, we are a 100% Ticos. By booking through our page, you are not only organizing your vacations in a simple way, you are supporting community growth, the founders, a student, a mother, you are supporting a dream; You are leaving part of your heart in our country. We can book any activity and transportation for you.
7. Book with Maria
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 122 reviews
We are an info center, 100 % local. We provide you with amazing tours and shuttle services by local families, Costa Rican entrepreneurs, and more. We will book anything that you need from tours, shuttles, hotels, restaurants and more. Let us take care of every detail of your dream vacation while you are having fun! Get to know Costa Rica from a local perspective with quality local services.
Reviewed By singin_wulf
we booked a transfer from the SJO Airport to Samara. It was very comfortable with a mindful driver. It was a nice trip for our childs, my wife and me.
8. Corcovado Info Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 285 reviews
Corcovado Info Center is a tour operator located in Drake Bay, owned by Kenneth Mora Mendoza, tour guide with over ten years of extensive experience and knowledge of the Corcovado National Park, Cano Island and the Osa Peninsula. We are specialists in overnight trips to the Corcovado National Park where you can see amazing wildlife, forest and beautiful nature. Also we do many other tours in the area, such as whale and dolphin watching, snorkeling at Cano Island, Terraba-Sierpe Mangrove Forest excursions and more. Contact us if you would like to have a great experience in the National Park.
Reviewed By Laurakene - Berlin, Germany
IF you choose Drake Bay - choose Corcovado info center It is really hard to put in words all positive emotions which I received during the time I used services which Corcovado Info Center and it's team provided. I had a overnight tour in Corcovado National Park with excellent quide Jairo. We saw a lot of different animals and the guide was very knowledged and attentive. I also took a Mangrove tour on Sierpe River which was guided by Kenneth. Excellent experience. Kenneth always asked what I expect, what I want to see and how do I feel myself. He was super caring, always present and goal-oriented. But the best experiences were ofcourse snorgeling and fishing which I had at least 3 different times. All of them were in different places and with different targets. Our Dream-team made everything to catch different type and sizes of Fish. The team really cared to give the best experience. I spend in Drake Bay all together 14 nights and best time of it was the time spent with Corcovado Info Center and its team.
9. Uvita Information Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 125 reviews
Tours, Lodging,information, Shuttle, Rent a Car & Adventure in Uvita Area, Mail Service available
Reviewed By lisabWashington_DC
My 2 sisters and I booked the Sierpe Mangrove Boat Tour through the Uvita Information Center - the tour operator is La Perla del Sur. This is the 3rd year in a row we've taken this approximately 3-hour tour and we've loved it each time. It's a different experience each time and a great opportunity to see lots of wildlife up close (birds, bats, monkeys, turtles, crocodiles, snakes, etc.). Our guides were knowledgeable and the boat was comfortable - it was just us (not a group tour). Uvita Information Center makes booking online easy.
10. Sirena Ranger Station
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 216 reviews
Reviewed By JeffL3465 - Minnesota, United States
My wife, 12-year-old daughter, 10-year-old son, and I stayed at Sirena for two nights in June 2019. It was an amazing experience! One of the best places to see wildlife on the planet! But you need to be willing to rough it a little and get a little hot and wet. Your guide will make all of the difference. We were lucky enough to have Nito, one of the owners of Surcos Tours, as our guide. He explained all about the birds, ants, and other wildlife that we saw. And he was very good with our kids. We slept in a bunk room on bunk beds with other guests staying at Sirena. The food was good. Most of our time was spent hiking the trails. We were up and out on the trails at 5:00 a.m. each morning (the earliest they allow you to start hiking). My wife and kids spent an afternoon just sitting on the station porch watching birds (and kicking a soccer ball) while I was on the trails with Nito. The variety of birds we saw was amazing. We saw all four kinds of monkeys (spider, howler, squirrel, and white-face capuchin), four tapirs, a tamandua, a tayra, coatis, peccaries, bats, caimans, lizards, snakes, and a lot of different kinds of insects and ants. You'll be disappointed if you expect the wildlife to appear on your schedule, but if you spend the time on the trails and enjoy what presents itself (almost always a wealth of birds), eventually you'll come across most of the animals you were hoping to see. The only thing on our wish list we didn't see was a sloth, which other guests did see, so that was the one animal we got unlucky on. Earlier on our trip we had hiked to San Pedrillo ranger station from where we were staying (Campanario Biological Station), and while the scenery and wildlife there was also good, it doesn't compare to Sirena station. The density of birds and other animals at Sirena is on another level, and must be one of the best places on the planet to see wildlife. Also note that the hiking is easier because Sirena is more level and less hilly than San Pedrillo (and Campanario). I do recommend staying at least 1 night, and 2 nights if possible The longer you stay, the more likely you'll see the animals you were hoping to see. If you just go for a day, you could get lucky, or you could get unlucky. You can either take a very long hike to Sirena or travel to Sirena by boat. Since we were traveling as a family, we took the boat that comes from Drake. We actually stayed at Campanario Biological Station (which is hiking distance from San Pedrillo Ranger station), so our guide Nito arranged to have the boat pick us up at Campanario to take us to Sirena. After our two nights at Sirena, the boat that was taking everyone else back to Drake dropped us back at Campanario.
