Top Things to do in Province of Guanacaste
What to do and see in Province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica: The Best Things to do Good for Big Groups
Discover the best top things to do in Province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica including Black Stallion Eco Park & Estates, Hacienda El Viejo Wetlands, Puerto Carrillo, Natural Center Tours, Sensoria Land of Senses, Tio Leo Coffee Tour, Numu Brewing Company, Parque Nacional Rincon de la Vieja, Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, Palo Verde National Park.
Restaurants in Province of Guanacaste
1. Black Stallion Eco Park & Estates
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 406 reviews
Best Horse Tours, Zipline & BBQ Feast - Our Eco Adventure Trail Rides offer 1,500 acres of private ranch in Guanacaste. 100 % Cowboy Country. Explore pastures,mountains & creeks. Climb hilltops & enjoy breathtaking 360 degree ocean & valley views. Experience monkeys, iguanas, birds in flight; nature & wildlife up-close. Our horses are well groomed, well trained & friendly. Perfect for day & night adventurers, couples & families with children of all ages. Also our famous private Bbq Fiesta. Enjoy a sunset dinner with BBQ Master Chef grilling up a feast of farm raised chicken, local meats, fish & fresh garden veggies. It's a very unique exclusive evening. Also,we have a new 10 platform canopy zip line which is amazing. We now are offering full combo packages eg : Ride,Zip & BBQ - An all afternoon activity & great value. If u want an adventure, we have it. Also,ask us about our amazing night time ride & zip activities. See u soon in da jungle. :-) Pura Vida.
Reviewed By Sunshine256singer - Springfield, United States
We were really searching for a nice horseback ride in the hills of Costa Rica; something that would explore the terrain, and end with a view. Black Stallion Hills was the perfect answer to our search, and came complete with wonderful, user friendly horses, a pleasant, friendly guide, and knowledgeable host Alex. Couldn't recommend it more highly.
2. Hacienda El Viejo Wetlands
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 281 reviews
Reviewed By SandeeGeislinger - Calgary, Canada
We had a great experience on our last day in Costa Rica at Hacienda el Viejo. Our nature guide Richard, Rum experience host Roberto and Cultural experience hosts, Tono and Victoria were attentive, knowledgeable, passionate and friendly. We booked our tour with them day prior and drove ourselves there from Playa Ocotal, about an hours drive. The road is a pretty typical Costa Rica road and actually in a pretty good shape in comparison to many others we’ve been on in the country. They are called a “Costa Rican” massage for a reason!! We saw so many birds, crocs, bats, birds, capuchins and howlers, and even an anteater and white tailed deer and thoroughly enjoyed tasting and infusing rums, forming, baking and eating tortillas, cheese, coffee and molasses sweets, not to mention learning about the hacienda and a bit of the history and importance of the location, the trees on the property and the road passing by. Oh and the lunch?? Delicious!! All in all a great day and we would recommend it!!
3. Puerto Carrillo
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 72 reviews
Reviewed By ccone413 - San Francisco, United States
My boyfriend and I were staying in nearby Punta Islita, but found the beach there to be very volcanic and rugged with silt-filled water. We took about a 30 minute drive north (due to bad roads, not the distance) and found Puerto Carillo! The beach is beautiful! Long crescent beach - easy to walk the whole thing. Lighter sand (but still hot!), and clearer water. There are some good waves here if you like to boogie board. It wasn't too hard to get in past the break, but you need to be careful or you could get pummeled. I'd classify the water as warm. Due to the lack of amenities, it was not overly crowded. Personally, I find that to be a good thing. No bathrooms. No restaurants. No shower/rinse facilities. There are a couple of vendors set up along the street selling coconut water, shaved ice, and a guy renting beach chairs/umbrellas. We paid $10 for two beach loungers and an umbrella and it was (necessary) heaven. There are some palms along the road that you can escape to if you don't feel like springing for man-made shade. Just be sure to bring everything else you need for a day at the beach along with you (towels, books, sunscreen, food, water, etc.) because you won't find it there!
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. Sensoria Land of Senses
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 306 reviews
Sensoria is one of the best gateaway to a Rainforest in Rincon de la Vieja in Guanacaste. Sensoria is located, as the last farm that neighbors Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. The tour last from 3.5 to 4 hours, walking thru a prestine rainforest, and you can swimming in blue waterfalls and in three thermal pools. You can climb to our Observatory Tree Platform, where, if you conditions allow see the Volcano, the majestic rainforest and lake of Nicaragua. Your senses would be integrated to most beautiful places of Costa Rica's nature. Sensoria is sorounded by Rincon de la Vieja National Park, which was declare World Heritage. because has 3.9% of the wild life of the planet. In Sensoria we would show you with our Ipads, what animals croos Sensoria and the National park, we have eight trap cameras inside the forest. Sensoria has an investigation program with the help o the National Universiy of Costa Rica with its Program "Jaguar". In sensoria yous senses would enjoy the beauty of our jungles. We would provide you: welcome drink, a brief introduction to Costa Ricas's rainforest, walking sticks, water (bring bottle), fruits on the blue waterfalls, peronal guide, that would take care of you and your family, acces to the observatory platform and lunch. Only few groups are allowed per day. Only with prior reservation is admited. Call our reservation phone of ask your concierge to take you to ths fantastic place. Sensoria 'Land of Senses".
Reviewed By idgara56 - Port Dover, Canada
Booked at our resort through Jacamar tours. Pick up at resort early morning for an interesting drive to the attraction (what they call the Costa Rican massage on some bumpy roads for about half the trip). Our Jacamar driver Daniel and Sensoria guide John were both very informative and knowledgeable about the local flora and fauna and were very good at spotting wildlife that we would have missed. Blue waterfalls, wet pools and a thermal pool flowing down from Rincon de la Vieja so bring a swim suit. Would suggest being in reasonable shape for the 3 hour hike and a very good bug spray. Nice lunch at the end of the hike.
6. Tio Leo Coffee Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 165 reviews
A Cultural tour which explains the crops and folklore of Guanacaste. Tio Leo himself will show you the techniques that were used to harvest the coffee. In addition to that explanations on sugar cane and chocolate will be provided as part of the tour.
Reviewed By gregpoe
A wonderful tour. Very interesting. Guide gave a great history of coffee and the roasting process. We truly enjoyed walking through the coffee plants, cocoa plants, and other vegetation. Had our bags of coffee signed by the roaster. Highly recommended.
7. Numu Brewing Company
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 63 reviews
We offer full flavored premium beers in cans and on draft in Guanacaste and San Jose. Uniting Cultures through Great Beers!
Reviewed By BryceJ10
A perfect stop after a day of sightseeing and sun, the IPA is on point! More on tap all the time, a great porter too
8. Parque Nacional Rincon de la Vieja
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 838 reviews
This 35,000-acre national park centers around a volcano that last erupted in 1995.
Reviewed By Moseywood - Center Valley, United States
Loved Jeody, our guide thru Gabriel’s Tours. He took our family of 6 on a great nature hike, swam in a 55 degree waterfall pool, saw fumeroles and mud pots, howler monkeys, aqua colored butterflies and iguanas. Beautiful park. Picked us up at Dreams Las Mareas resort which is close to Nicaragua and the drive was 1 1/2 hrs. Jeody made the day even better! Fun, very bright and knowledgeable. I would ask for him to be your guide. You will be delighted you did. Tell him Mo and Dave rec. him!
9. Ostional National Wildlife Refuge
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 90 reviews
This refuge protects the nesting grounds of the Pacific Olive Ridley sea turtle.
Reviewed By PDS_Tucson - Tucson, United States
This mass landing, or arribada, of olive ridley turtles reportedly began on Nov 20. We visited at daybreak after the third night and saw about 200-300 turtles laying eggs and/or returning to sea. Simultaneously we also saw about 5 hatchlings making their way into the surf. It was fantastic! We stayed at nearby Luna Azul Hotel and were perfectly advised by Rolf, the owner, who has lived in Ostional for 16 years. He lined us up with a superb guide, Yamilett, as is required by the federal government. We had also stopped by the beach in the mid-afternoon where we were greeted by two federal environmental rangers equipped with flak jackets and an assault weapon. Although their appearance looked somewhat ominous, they couldn't have been more polite, informative and kind. They explained that no one can visit the beach without an authorized guide at any time, day or night, during the arribada. We then returned again on the fourth night after the arribada began and witnessed a much higher number of turtles. The total numbers diminish after the peak initial night when there could be well over 100,000 turtles! Nevertheless, it was clear there must have been thousands still arriving on the fourth night. Stunning!!! Both the daybreak and night time tours are worthwhile. At a cost of $10US per person, the tours are very afforfable when paying the local guide and no one else. But to do this, it's easiest to stay overnight in Ostional or someplace else nearby like Playa San Juanillo. The morning tour started at 5am and our night tour started at 9pm. The quality of the guides, and the amount of time they dedicate, can differ significantly. Yamilett was absolutely superb. Her english is quite good, she explained things with the skill of a teacher, and she was so passionate about turtle protection in her home town that she spent extra time with our group of 8 tourists. Find Yami and you will be assured a great experience. Ours lasted for 90 minutes although a different nighttime guide took us out for only one hour. This is a magical spectacle of nature. If possible, see it at least once during your lifetime.
10. Palo Verde National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 433 reviews
The water system in this park sustains the largest population of waterfowl and wading birds in Central America.
Reviewed By davethedrill - Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
A superb private cruise on the river The wildlife on view was amazing Our special interest is birding and our guide and pilot Andreas made this a trip to treasure Thank you too to Roger our driver and second guide You really must visit Palo Verde
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