No matter what you’re into: food, wine, history, art, music or anything else,
we give you the freedom to personalize your vacation with optional excursions that speak to your interests.
When you book your excursions with us, you can be assured that every optional excursion that we offer coordinates with the free time that you'll have in your destination,
so you'll never have conflicts between included and optional activities.
Our team of travel experts carefully selects each optional excursion that we offer to ensure that you receive the highest quality at a great value.
Our tried-and-true partners have a finger on the pulse of the city in which they operate so they deliver the very best experiences.
We offer experiences you cannot create on your own and because you’re booking with us, we coordinate all your transportation and timing needs.
The following optional excursions are examples only for this vacation. These may or may not be offered, and availability is subject to days of operation and seasonality. Please select a departure date to view optional excursions and pricing for a specific date (due to currency fluctuation, pricing shown is subject to change until purchased). Optional excursions are available for purchase on our MyGlobus site 90 days prior to the tour start date.
Price Ranges
$ ($50 CAD and under)
$$ ($51 - $100 CAD)
$$$ ($101 - $150 CAD)
$$$$ (Over $150)
Arenal
Peñas Blancas Safari Paddle Trip
Enjoy the sights and the sounds of the rainforest and experience its peacefulness as you quietly paddle the Peñas Blancas river. Monkeys, sloths, iguanas, crocodiles and numerous tropical birds await you! Your professional bilingual guide will share with you educational and interesting explanations of the plants and animals you will encounter on the float. You will truly appreciate the wonders of Peñas Blancas river and the surrounding rainforest as you travel down the river without a motor, this way you will enjoy the journey quietly rowing and taking photos.
Price Range: $$$
Ecoglide Arenal Park
The canopy Ecoglide Arenal Park is located in La Fortuna de San Carlos. The canopy tour not only offers you a great zipline adventure but also an opportunity to observe the animal life in its natural habitat. Fly like a bird through the treetops from a circuit of 13 cables and 15 platforms, divided into 3 sections, stationed in the primary forest. Each platform has been designed so that you can observe the forest from different angles allowing you to photograph the impressive scenery. Discover what adrenaline really means to nature lovers.
Price Range: $$$
Horseback Ride to La Fortuna Waterfall
The La Fortuna waterfall tour starts traveling horseback for 5.5 kilometers until you arrive to the horses rest site. Once here you will receive a quick introduction before setting off on your exciting horseback ride. Through this tour you will be able to see firsthand Costa Rica's rural way of life. You will ride past cattle farms and agriculture sites. As you get to the entrance of La Fortuna Waterfall, the horses will be left in a resting place to start the hike of 530 stairs through the forest in a deep canyon that will lead you into an impressive 230-foot-high waterfall. This natural wonder emerges from an emerald-colored jungle cliff into a natural pool where you can swim in the cold mountain waters for about one hour (weather permitting). However if you do not want to swim enjoy at the riverside of the scenic beauty of the natural surroundings and take some unforgettable pictures while hearing the sounds of nature.
Price Range: $$$$
Arenal Hanging Bridges
Located only 10 minutes away from town, these Hanging Bridges are located in a 618 acre reserve of primary forest, and are the perfect example of what is ecotourism. It has a 3 km trail through the rainforest that allows you to take in nature¿s beauty at its most pristine state. With 14 bridges from 5 to 100 meters long, one of them located at a height of 45 meters, you will get a 360° view of the tropical rainforest, and if the weather is on your side, you will see the most amazing views of Arenal volcano.
Price Range: $$$
Adventure at Sky Tram & Sky Trek
You will be able to fly among the trees inside a comfortable and spacious gondola while you watch local wildlife nearly at your fingertips. As you move among the forest, you will see how it starts changing due to the height. Here you will enjoy the fantastic views of Arenal volcano and its highly known lake, as well as great views of the Tilarán mountain range. When you get to the end of the Sky Tram you will be faced with a choice: you can either go back down in the same way or you can enjoy the ultimate adrenaline rush: the Sky Trek. As you fly across the forest, you will be exploring the trees¿ canopies, which are filled with a wide variety of animals and vegetation. Your nerve and sense of adventure will be put to the test when you cross any of the ten zip lines with heights ranging from 30 to 200 meters and with length of over 200 meters. All of these zip lines were built to give you a 360° perspective of the rainforest.
Price Range: $$$$
Monteverde
Sky Walk Tour
The Sky Walk is the perfect walk through the forest¿s sky, being able to truly see this region¿s abundant flora and fauna. The Sky Walk is made of a trail of 2.5 km, which includes 6 hanging bridges of different lengths and heights, giving you a 360° view of the cloud forest all around you. Visitors of all ages, even people with disabilities, will be able to marvel with the hidden treasures of the Monteverde cloud forest. Besides the great variety of plants and trees, if you are lucky and weather is on your side, you might be able to see animals like the tapir, the ocelot, jaguars, and even the magnificent quetzal.
Price Range: $$$
Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve Hike
Take a naturalist-guided tour of The Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve, home to howler and white-faced monkeys, the three-wattled bellbird, keel-billed toucan, bare-necked umbrella bird, the gorgeous quetzal, and much more!
Price Range: $$$$
Cultural Farm Tour
This tour will give you the opportunity to visit a Costa Rican family-run business. The main portion of the tour is a walk through a farm that will offer you beautiful views of sugar cane, coffee, banana plantations, among others. You will also have a chance to see the entire coffee process, from drying through roasting, passing by the grinding and peeling of the beans, you will learn important information about how high-quality coffees are produced. You will see how the sugar cane is grinded and how, at the end of the process, brown sugar is obtained. You will be able to sample products that you witnessed produced directly from the farm.
Price Range: $$
Sky Tram & Sky Trek
You will be able to fly among the trees inside a comfortable and spacious gondola while you watch local wildlife nearly at your fingertips. As you move among the forest, you will see how it starts changing due to the height. Here you will enjoy the fantastic views of Arenal volcano and its highly known lake, as well as great views of the Tilarán mountain range. When you get to the end of the Sky Tram you will be faced with a choice: you can either go back down in the same way or you can enjoy the ultimate adrenaline rush: the Sky Trek. As you fly across the forest, you will be exploring the tree's canopies, which studies have shown are filled with a wide variety of animals and vegetation. Your nerve and sense of adventure will be put to the test when you cross any of the ten zip lines with heights ranging from 30 to 200 meters and with length of over 200 meters. All of these zip lines were built to give you a 360° perspective of the rainforest.
Price Range: $$$$
Sloth Sanctuary Tour
The Sloth Sanctuary Tour was born through cooperation with Caribbean Sloth Sanctuary, a foundation that has worked on the rescue, conservation, reintroduction (if it may be an option), and monitoring of sloths in their natural habitat for over 20 years. In this tour, you¿ll visit the sanctuary, which simulates a natural environment, where sloths can move freely along specially created paths through the foliage of the exhibit. You will learn about the fascinating history and behavior of sloths while searching for some of the 20 individuals that inhabit the sanctuary, a group which include both of the two species of sloth found in our country.
Price Range: $$$$