Nayara Springs Resort & Spa Honeymoon Experiences
Mystic Hanging Bridges
As you make your way from ground level up through the jungle canopy traversing a series of trails and exciting suspension bridges. The Mystic Hanging Bridges tour takes you on a 3.2-mile hike that includes 10 regular bridges and 6 hanging suspension bridges. Your naturalist guide will point out the different species of plants and animals unique to each habitat and elevation. Keep your eyes sharp, looking for lizards and small mammals (coatis, agoutis, peccaries) on the ground, and once you get to the treetops, try and spy colorful toucans and parrots.
Bird Watching Around the Volcano
This unique location provides Bird Watchers with the opportunity to see the highest number of species of anywhere in the entire country. Due to the fact that many species migrate up and down the mountains, throughout the year, the area is teeming with an enormous array of birds. Arenal is particularly rich in tanagers and hummingbirds but get your binoculars ready because you have the chance to view toucans, parrots, Montezuma Oropendolas, flycatchers, raptors, woodpeckers, trogons, and much more.
Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge
You’ll travel for about 90 minutes to the Los Chiles dock and the Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge. This incredibly remote, wild area encompasses over 10,000 hectares of jungle, rivers, canals, and pristine rainforest. You’ll board your small covered boat with your naturalist guide and begin this peaceful nature journey through the Rio Frio (Cold River). This area is incredibly rich with wild life. Watch the shores of the river for green iguanas, crocodiles and caimans
Rio Celeste Primary Forest Hike
Tenorio National Park and Rio Celeste. You’ll drive with your naturalist guide about 2 hours from your hotel to the ranger station at Tenorio N.P. There you’ll enter the dense, pristine rainforest of Tenorio. The forest is abundant with wildlife including monkeys, sloths, and tropical birds. Keep your eyes to the trees and try to spot the elusive Umbrella Bird, a very rare and interesting inhabitant of Tenorio. You’ll make your way along the natural trails, meandering from deep forest and then to the river’s edge.
Wildlife Rescue Center
Unfortunately, sometimes, for reasons both natural and man-made, members of the wild life population become injured or sick and need a helping hand. The Proyecto Asis Wildlife Rescue Center is an organization dedicated to the conservation of the environment and the protection and care of wildlife. The center opens up to visitors and the local community.
La Fortuna Waterfall, Hanging Bridges & Lunch
As you make your way from ground level up through the jungle canopy traversing a series of trails and exciting suspension bridges. Your tour begins with the Mystic Hanging Bridges tour which takes you on a 3.2-mile hike that includes 10 regular bridges and 6 hanging suspension bridges. Your naturalist guide will point out the different species of plants and animals unique to each habitat and elevation. Keep your eyes sharp, looking for lizards and small mammals (coatis, agoutis, peccaries) on the ground, and once you get to the treetops, try and spy colorful toucans and parrots.
Lava Fields Walk & Ecotermales Hot Springs
This perfect cone-shaped volcano stands majestically overlooking the town of La Fortuna. On July 29, 1968 at 7:30 a.m. a huge eruption caught the sleepy town of La Fortuna by surprise. For several days, the volcano spewed tons of rocks and lava over 15 square kilometers of land. Our Lava Field Walk tour gives our guests the opportunity to trek over the dried lava fields. It’s a chance to not only experience this amazing natural phenomenon but also learn more about the history of La Fortuna and the devastation from the 1968 eruption.
Sky Tram & Trek Tour
Your tour begins today with a pick up at your hotel and a 20-minute drive to the Sky Tram/Trek Visitor Center. Your guide will escort you inside the observation deck for AWE-INSPIRING VIEWS OF THE ARENAL VOLCANO AND LAKE ARENAL. The surrounding treetops are home to a huge array of tropical birds, sloths, butterflies, and reptiles. See how many different species you can spot!! Next, you’ll all board the Sky Tram Gondolas for a smooth slow ascent through the rain forest canopy.
Pure Trek Canyoning Tour
Welcome to the adrenaline rush that is Pure Trek Canyoning. You’ll be picked up by your guides in a 4X4 vehicle and driven about 30 minutes to the entrance of the rainforest. There you’ll be outfitted with your harness, gloves, and helmets and participate in an important safety talk. Your expert guides will teach you the proper techniques for rappelling and down climbing. Next is into the jungle, where the fun really begins. You’ll participate in a total of 5 rappels to the bottom of an amazing 350-foot deep canyon.
Frog Watching Night Tour
This is Arenal’s only wild frog night tour. You’ll leave your hotel with your naturalist guide and travel just 20 minutes to the private reserve of the Rojas Bonilla Family. This is a beautiful property that provides the perfect habitat for 28 varieties of frog species. The Rojas Bonilla family carefully planted native plants and trees to ensure that their gardens would provide the perfect home for all the different frog species in the area.
White Water Rafting – Sarapiqui River
The San Miguel section of the Rio Sarapiqui is one of the best options for anyone looking for gorgeous scenery and an adrenaline-packed adventure. You’ll travel about 2 hours from your hotel to the “put in” at the Sarapiqui River. You’ll spend the next two hours navigating 12 kilometers of clear mountain water with over 40 different rapids including the famous “Dos Locos” and “The Terminator”.
