At The Tranquilo Lodge, we carefully organize our tours to make sure you will get the best out of your visit.
We have the most licensed and insured boat captains in Bahía Drake and we only hire certified-bilingual guides who are passionate about their work AND who are native Costar Rican.
Our shared tours are small groups mostly made of our hotel guests. Our private tours are very flexible.
Bahía Drake is very small, and Corcovado National Park, for example, only accepts 100 visitors per day.
We strongly recommend for you to book your tour with us as early as possible.
Tours may be cancelled at the very last minute for weather conditions as we first want the safety of our clients.
Tours cancelled by clients less than 5 days prior are non refundable.
Exceptions are made with Corcovado and Cano Island for which there will not be any refund after reservations.
If you book you tours by yourselves here are your risks: Uninsured company, unlicensed pilot, under the influence pilot and guide, pay a high taxi fee to reach the departure point, have a lunch cooked with unsanitizze water..and the list goes on and on....Choose us !
MORNING BIRD WATCH
Wake up with the sun, get a breakfast on your patio or balcony or later at the restaurant.
Meet your guide at the bottom of the hotel at 5.30 am. Take a car to go to Los Planes where you will then be walking on a farm for 3 hours and discovers the best birds our village has to offer. Over 900 birds share our beautiful country.
$59 per guest (min. 2 guests)
FARMS AND PLANT TOUR
Start your tour with a short drive to the farm in Los Planes.
You will learn everything about local people, the way they leave, how to make sugar cane, what the locals use to cure with plants and visit the farm
COST: $79 per guest (min. 2 guests)
Morning tour from 7 to 1 pm about
Afternoon tour from 2 to 6 pm about
Traditional snack included
TUBING AND WATERFALL SWIMMING
If you are looking for adventure and at same time having a little adventure, this a activity that you can do. It can be done in family also since it is not so difficult.
It consists in walking thru the forest of Agujitas Eco Farm until the waterfall and then let yourself float down the river for 25 minutes.
During the activity it is possible a see primary forest which a forest that has never been cut since it was formed.
3 hours tours
COST:$85 per guest
HORSEBACK RIDING
Enjoy 3 to 4 hours ride through the mountain jungle with an local expert. Stop and swim in waterfall, meet wildlife, learn about native plants
COST: $89 per guest
Pick up by horses and the guide at the hotel
FISHING
Half Day or Full Day
In Shore or Off Shore
Starting Price
$575 per boat
VIOLIN ISLAND
KAYAK/MANGROVE/
FISHING TOUR
You will start your day fishing on an intimate boat. We will arrive at the Violin Island where you will embark small canoes to discover the silence and amazing life of the largest Central America mangrove. Then a lunch with our tico family living on the Island, then tour of the compound, then nap on a gorgeous desert beach, then Macaw's nesting Island then back. ALL DAY
COST: 2 people $699 per tour - 6 hours
4 people $175 per guest
(Water,Snack and lunch Included)
NIGHT TOUR
Explore the fascinating nocturnal world of the rain forest. You and our knowledgeable guide, will look for any and all creatures that come out at night. This is an exciting tour to experience all of nature.
(snakes, frogs and more)
COST: $65 per guest
THE TAPIR TRAIL
Hike a pristine coastal rain forest trail. Discover different landscape and pass through primary and old growth forest. You can swim in refreshing rivers during your hike. Encounter birds, monkeys, tapirs and much more. This hike is a great alternative to the Corcovado park. It is group of 12 peple or less
Morning tour
Depart at 6.00 am
COST: $98 per guest
Lunch included.
Afternoon tour
Depart at 2.00 pm
COST : $98 per guest
Night tour and dinner included.
CORCOVADO TOUR
SIRENA OR SAN PEDRILLO
Corcovado National Park is a National Park on the Osa Peninsula in Osa Canton.
COST: $ 129 per guest
(Water and Snack Included)
Sirena is secondary jungle and has more animals to be seen.
San Pedrillo is primary jungle, with waterfalls
SAN PEDRILLO AND SIRENA
LONG DAY TRAIL
The adventure begins at 6:00 am. With a wet boarding and a boat ride to Sirena, your trip will go along the lush Pacific coast for about 1 hr. With some luck, it will be possible to spot marine life, such as turtles, dolphins, or whales and marine birds. The arrival time is estimated to be at 7.30 am reaching the Sirena's black sand beach, once there your guide will take you deep in the woods to look for animals. During the next 3.5 hrs, you and the group will explore the amazing jungles of Corcovado. At 11:30 am you will take the boat and head towards San Pedrillo, this station has an old forest 4000 years old, waterfalls, virgin beaches and incredible trails. We will stop at the waterfall for a refreshing break, and lunch, with unbelievable landscaping. Later we will continue for 3.5 hrs exploring more virgin beaches and forest, until the departure from different beach at 4:00 pm The estimated arrival time in Drake Bay is: 04:30 pm.
COST $195 per guests
Lunch included
LUMINESCENT
Paddleboard or boat.
Embark on a quick journey to discover the luminescent plankton while snorkeling in the dark.
Only available with low moon or no moon
Start at $115 per guest if 2 guest, $85 if 4 guests
CANO ISLAND SNORKELING
This is hands down one of the most beautiful ways to experience Costa Rica. Because of the island's corals and diversity of marine life, Caño is considered one of the best dive areas in all of Costa Rica.
COST: $129 per guest
(Water and Snack Included)
SCUBA DIVING
Cano island is known as the best place to scuba dive in Costa Rica
2 tanks
COST: $189 per guest
(Water and Snack Included)
DISCOVERY PACKAGE
Dive on day one with a private teacher NO PADI needed
COST: $225 per guest
(Water and Snack Included)
DOLPHINS AND WHALE WATCHING
Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula, is one of the finest places in Costa Rica for whale watching and dolphin spotting. During August and September, humpback whales come to these warm, calm waters to give birth and nurse their young calves.
Tours leaves at 8 am and returns around 1.30 pm
COST: $165 per guest
(Lunch, Water and Snack Included)
WATERFALL AND HIKE
Come and visit a local paradise in a protected, primary rainforest next to Corcovado National Park.
This farm is also a birders sanctuary.
Roundtrip with Taxi
COST: $85 per guest
2 people minimum
ATV
Go explore jungle paths, pristine beaches, and secret part of Bahia Drake. Away from the tourists, a guide will be with you at all time to show you around, to make you discover wonderful natural waterfalls. You will swim in crystal clear water, maybe find some shrimps, get some fresh fruits or coco cut to order by your guide
Duration
Hotel to Hotel 3.5 Hours
COST: $155 per ATV
(1 or 2 people per ATV)
