Manuel Antonio National Park Guided Tour
Overview
Available languages
2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
This a lifetime experience, due that Manuel Antonio National Park features very stunning biodiversity, some of the best beaches, hiking trails, and family vacation opportunities in the country.
Its high biodiversity remains hiding using camouflage, it means that animals are there but not easy to find them with out the expert eye of certified, reliable and regulated guide. So, our guides will find them for you, then use a spotting scope to provide closed up views and take photos through the lens of the scope using your smartphones, while sharing updated information, facts and stories of each spotted species.
If your next adventure includes Manuel Antonio, our passion is to make it a lifetime experience for you.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Warn any medical/physical condition
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Manuel Antonio National Park
Our activity consist on an easy, slow, nice 2,2 kilometers walk on a gravel trail and sandy trail near the beach, spotting as much wildlife as possible. We focus and wildlife spotting, nature photography, share nature updated information and some stories accumulated in the field. Nearly 2 hours after we started the walk we arrive to a coffee shop, here we can make a short break, so, you can buy something to eat or to drink. Just 100 meters ahead Manuel Antonio National Park safest and mean swimming beach invites you to swim, this a white and fine sandy beautiful beach. Just another 100 meters ahead a second nice swimming beach, here we usually finish our activity, so you can stay in the park, but if planning to leave the park we make 25 minutes brake for you to take some pics or quickly jump in the water. Walking back to the park entrance is faster due that, by this time it's already hot and most animals already had their breakfast, but landscape is still wonderful.
What‘s Included
Local guide
Digiscoping
Spotting scope
entrance fee per person not included, must buy it online in advance.
Parking lot fee if driving, no included. Suggested one $10
Options
Private tour
Park entrance fee not included: Pay online at the official website or do a paypal payment of $20 per ticket to [email protected] and send us passport pic
Meeting at the park entrance: For this tour option you must meet your guide at the park entrance 10 minutes before tour startime
Tropical fruit snack
Group tour
Entrance fee not included: Pay online at the officia
For this tour option you must meet your guide at the park entrance 10 minutes before tour startime
Meeting at the park entrance: For this tour option you must meet your guide at the park entrance 10 minutes before tour startime
Group tour: small group of up to 10 people per guide
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
No food or single use plastic: Not allowed to bring in the park any kind of food, neither single use plastic. Drinks allowed only in reusable bottle
Park entrance is also the exit: Park entrance is also the exit, you might choose to stay in the park on your own after the tour, then come out on your own
Public transportation : Public transportation available every 30 minutes to arrive or departure
Reviews
579 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great time with Kevin in Manuel Antonio
tomasbP1443GE,,Feb 23, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Kevin made the time of our group on the park so much fun. We spotted sloths, snakes, lizards, birds, bat, frog... He was also very helpful with photos and videos through his scope and gave us information about the wildlife we saw. Highly recommend him!
Excellent company and travel resource!
katecS2539EQ,,Feb 20, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing company, like a personal conceirge. Came recommended to me by our guide in La Fortuna. If for any reason they cannot accommodate you, they will call around and hustle for you to make it happen with their network. I cannot recommend enough!
We missed our paid-for...
Sandra C,,Feb 19, 2026
- Review from Viator
1.00We missed our paid-for tours (2) completely because Viator made it very difficult to buy park tickets. We could not successfully navigate your sign-up site to get park tickets separately. We booked two tours and missed them both, losing a lot of money !!! because of this. Park officials told us we needed M.A. Park tickets to take the tour, but would not sell any tickets to us because "it can only be done online." I told them we bought 2 tours (4 tickets)(catamaran snorkeling).They said we would need to buy one more to get the park tickets !! Also the park was "full" that day and the next day because of this screw-up. Give us a Refund PLEASE !
Bruce excellent guide
prisig2026,,Feb 16, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was a new experience for us, with a bit of trepidation, but Bruce helped us to love the beautiful nightlife of the animals, we could see tent-building bats, sleepy snakes, bocaracá (in two colors) and the most feared velvet. Many frogs, a sloth asleep at the top of the tree, butterflies, crocodiles, alligators, turtles, spiders, lizards, and many more insects, all animals doing their night routine, we returned with a lot of new knowledge that Bruce kindly shared with us, plus he made us some photos and videos that he shared and are our great memory. It was an amazing experience!
Our guide, Brandon, was...
Charles S,,Feb 9, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide, Brandon, was very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful in showing us the wildlife. Highly recommend him and the tour. Go early before the heat of the day.
Fantastic tour
Kristen L,,Feb 9, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00My husband and I have been visiting Costa Rica for three weeks now and have taken a number of nature walks and visited a number of the national parks. While all of the information about the number of people that visit Manuel Antonio in all other posts is true, it is still a wonderful park to visit and really does not seem too overcrowded where you will not experience the wildlife and nature. And this tour group and guide was excellent. Very good communication beforehand, our guide met us promptly and on time. And our walk with Albin was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about showing us this place and it was a great experience..it was a small group tour that was still a good size. I would absolutely recommend and take again even.
A good day
Calvin R,,Feb 7, 2026
- Review from Viator
4.00We would not have seen much without a guide. It was worth the money. I would do it again but try the morning tour next time
Our guide was Albin....
Ariel C,,Feb 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide was Albin. Excellent in knowledge of animals, friendly and always willing to answer all our queries. It even helped us take many amazing photos that would have been impossible with our phones. The park is beautiful and full of animals.
Unforgettable wildlife with a very friendly guide
Mylene T,,Jan 27, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a wonderful day tour of Manuel Antonio and couldn’t have asked for a better guide. Albin was extremely kind, knowledgeable, and had an amazing eye for spotting wildlife we never would have noticed on our own. During the tour we saw sloths, monkeys, snakes, rodents, crabs, and a great variety of birds. We didn’t spot toucans in the park, but funnily enough we saw a couple up close at our hotel later that day. So in the end, it really felt like the perfect day for seeing all the animals we were hoping for. Being among the first visitors in the park at 7am was ideal: it was much quieter and left us plenty of time to relax on the beach once the tour finished. Overall we couldn’t have asked for a better experience in Manuel Antonio.
Great experience and would recommend this to everyone
trevisa2026,,Jan 23, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Bruce was very knowledgeable and polite. He was great with the kids and made sure they seen everything. He went at our pace and never rushed us.
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