Tours and Excursions from Conchal Hotel in Guanacaste
Conchal Hotel knowledgable staff are pleased to help you to get the most from your stay in the Guanacaste area, and all over Costa Rica. We are happy to recommend and book all your tours and excursions, air and ground transportation, hotels and other lodgings.
Guanacaste Local attractions and excursions include:
Horse-riding
Surfing
Snorkeling and scuba-diving
Canopy tours and zip-lining
Turtle-nesting
Mangrove and estuary tours
Fishing charters
White-water rafting
Sailing
Sunset cruises.
Some of our other most popular excursions from Conchal Hotel include:
Rincon de la Vieja National Park Guanacaste
The largest volcano in the country's northwest, comprises a remote volcanic complex in the Guanacaste Range. At least nine eruptive vents are located within a 15-kilometer-wide cauldron.
The twin cone of 1,916 meter Santa Maria volcano, the highest peak of the Rincon complex, features an inactive crater 500 meters across. Natural hot springs, virgin forests, jungle waterfalls and volcanic mud pots are just some of the many attractions tourists can enjoy during a visit to this place.
The attractions are protected in the 14,083- hectare Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park, which extends from 650 to 1,965 meters in elevation on both the Caribbean and Pacific flanks of the cordillera.
The two sides differ markedly in rainfall and vegetation.The Pacific side has a distinct dry season. The Caribbean side is lush and wet year-round, with as much as 500 cm of rainfall falling annually on higher slopes.
The park is known for its profusion of orchid species. The diverse conditions foster a panoply of wildlife species. More than 300 species of birds include quetzals, toucan, the elegant trogon, eagles, three-wattled bellbirds, and the curassow.
Mammals include cougars, howler, spider, and white-faced monkeys, sloths, tapirs, tayras, and even jaguars.
Palo Verde National Park
This vast park protects the lower Tempisque River Basin, where a series of seasonal marshes provide ideal conditions for an array of waterfowl. A 2-hour boat ride on the Tempisque, Costa Rica’s largest river, is a most rewarding experience for anyone interested in nature. The park's main lagoon attracts the largest concentrations of waterfowl and wadding birds in all of Central America, making it a bird watcher’s heaven. The surrounding tropical dry forest is home to everything from monkeys to scarlet macaws.
Monteverde Cloud Forest
Located high in the Tilarán Mountain Range at an altitude of about 4300 feet above sea level, Monteverde is one of the Costa Rica's most scenic spots. Founded by Quakers who emigrated from the United States and started the country's most successful cheese factory. It is a paradise for researchers and nature lovers alike. That misty, magical cloud forest will be visited from a totally different perspective.
Suspended Bridges
The tour is a complex series of suspended bridges, platforms and paths, built within a private cloud forest preserve just north of Monteverde. The bridges allow visitors to observe at eye level animals that spend most of their lives in the tops of trees.
This system offers the best opportunity to get to know the complexity and beauty of the cloud forest canopy safely and comfortably. The Cloud Forest protects a treasure trove of rare flora and fauna, including the three-wattle bellbird and the legendary resplendent quetzal - one of the most beautiful birds in the world.
This is the perfect place for the family to experience, or for anyone who wants close contact with nature.
Arenal Volcano
Departing in the morning from the beaches of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast, we head first through the dry landscape of Guanacaste province and continue to the country's northern inland plains.
The area is dominated by the impressive cone of Arenal Volcano, famous for its incredible eruptions, lava streams and incandescent rock explosions, resembling natural firework displays.
We will visit lush tropical gardens and natural hot springs –the ideal setting for lunch and observation of the volcano.
Snorkelling and scuba diving-the nearby Catalina Islands provide some of the best diving on the north Pacific coast.
The incredibly rich waters can provide sightings of white-tip and nurse sharks, hump-back whales, whale-sharks, pacific mantas, cow nosed ray, devil ray, eagle ray, electric ray, many species of morays, nudibranchs, frog fish, as well as countless other varieties of fish-life.