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Horseback Adventure: La Fortuna's Natural Beauty
4.8
19 Ratings
La Fortuna
This excursion fuses equestrian endeavors with exquisite natural splendor. Explore two of the top attractions of La Fortuna in a singular thrilling pursuit!
This excursion fuses equestrian endeavors with exquisite natural splendor. Explore two of the top attractions of La Fortuna in a singular thrilling pursuit!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Arenal Volcano Riding Tour - The adventure starts at our stables and continues through “El Silencio Reserve,” a serene area with trails that gently ascend through cattle grazing fields to forest patches. Enjoy the large shade trees and diverse flora and fauna. The tour includes visits to the lagoon crater and the Arenal Volcano viewpoint, two of…
- Arenal Volcano Riding Tour - The adventure starts at our stables and continues through “El Silencio Reserve,” a serene area with trails that gently ascend through cattle grazing fields to forest patches. Enjoy the large shade trees and diverse flora and fauna. The tour includes visits to the lagoon crater and the Arenal Volcano viewpoint, two of the region’s most stunning attractions. From this vantage point, capture breathtaking photos of your horse with the volcano as a backdrop. You’ll also see impressive rock formations, remnants of the volcano’s past eruptions.
If everyone understood the benefits of horseback riding as a leisure activity, there wouldn’t be enough horses to go around. Experience how each gallop boosts self-esteem, self-confidence, and appreciation for living creatures, making you forget about cell phones, except to snap a great photo. Even Sigmund Freud couldn’t match the therapeutic effects of a simple horseback ride!
- La Fortuna Waterfall - After this soothing ride, return to the stable where transportation awaits to take you to the next part of today’s adventure. A 30-minute drive leads to the La Fortuna Waterfall, where a 300-meter (984 ft.) walk down steps with comfortable rest areas brings you to the base of the magnificent waterfall. Your knowledgeable naturalist guide will provide fascinating insights into the geological aspects of the rock formations and the history of the towering basalt columns that formed this waterfall. The trail concludes right in front of the powerful 70-meter (230 ft.) waterfall, an ideal spot for stunning photographs. You can swim in the river at the base, just not too close to the falls. These two activities together create an unforgettable experience.
What's Included
- Bottled water included
- Entrance ticket to the waterfall
- Transportation provided
- Fresh fruit offered
- Bottled water included
- Entrance ticket to the waterfall
- Transportation provided
- Fresh fruit offered
What's Not Included
- Lunch (Available to purchase at the waterfall)
- Lunch (Available to purchase at the waterfall)
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The maximum weight for this tour is 264 pounds (120 kg).
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The maximum weight for this tour is 264 pounds (120 kg).
Location
Jacamar Naturalist Tours
Main Office located up the stairs of Lava Rocks Restaurant, beside La Fortuna Church.
La Fortuna, San Carlos, Alajuela.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(19 Ratings)
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Swebb711
Apr 19, 2026
Highly Recommend! - Total blast! Best horseback riding tour I have ever been on. They let us really ride not just walk single file. Scenery was beautiful and guides were great!
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Alishagk6748ih
Mar 8, 2026
Filled with animals - Excellent horse tour. We had so much fun and really enjoyed the tour guides. They were super knowledgeable and pointed out lots of animals on the way. Highly recommend! Thank you :)
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Carpetgary
Feb 27, 2026
Fantastic tour - This was a great tour with excellent guide. We opted for the river trail Saw a few sloths actually moving Great fun
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Sunnyflcookie
May 27, 2024
2-3 hour am Horseback ride to see Arenal - Best guides. Best quality trail horses and they have over 20 in their stable so you always get a happy rested horse, ready for a great ride. I have enjoyed this tour before and and I will do it again. Entrance into Silencio forest is included.
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Wendymu3539ri
Feb 18, 2024
Great family horseback riding tour - Our family of 4 (kids age 9 and 12) did the horseback riding of El Silencio Preserve. The guides were kind and very good with the horses. Horses all looked healthy and were easy to ride. Along the way, guides pointed out a snake and helped us get photos, and they also arranged us at the highest point in the ride for some family photos. Kids really enjoyed it. Great activity and tour of the preserve!
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Therese
Apr 9, 2023
A wonderful day thanks to Jacamar - Due to weather conditions, our horseback tour (my husband and myself) was reimagined. We were taken on an extensive ride through the ranch property at the foot of the volcano. This was follow by a lovely 5 course luncheon on the grounds of the Jacamar farm as we could not be delivered the usual tour luncheon. What a first seemed like a disappointment became an adventure followed by an unexpected treat. It was a very good day thanks to Jacamar.
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Ivanka
Mar 3, 2023
Horseback Riding & Waterfall Tour - Loved both the horseback riding and waterfall portions of the tour! It was a great way to see the highlights of the area and learn about the history!
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Kayla
Jan 19, 2023
Amazing Trip & Guides! - Our tour guides, Harvey and Nelson, were amazing! They were very knowledgeable about the nature and the sloths, which were our favorite! Nelson was so courteous and even dropped us off and picked us up from lunch, which was not part of our tour. I would highly recommend their tours if visiting Fortuna, Costa Rica!
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Chrisku402vd
Jul 10, 2022
Top notch tours! - Amazing trip! Both of our guides were absolutely wonderful. They ensured that we had a safe and fun time. Would highly recommend a trip to the waterfall as the photo opportunities are out of this world.
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16carenb
Jul 22, 2024
Wish we canceled - This was booked through our nice resort at Nayara tented camp so I assumed it would be an awesome experience. It wasn’t and I wish we had canceled. We were given an option to do a late cancel because of the rain but we decided to go anyway but asked if we could push the time back 20 minutes.
I am not sure if that is what made the entire experience feel rushed. We were the only family going.
We went with our 3 children ages - 16, 14, and 11.
We were given absolutely no instructions on how to control the horse. 2 of the horses didn’t like eachother and were biting and it was scary being a passenger. The horses in general didn’t seem very well trained. My daughter’s horse was very slow and she didn’t have instruction on how to stay with the group so was left way behind. Our guide didn’t tell us much about anything or any of the sights. He only stopped once to speak and only my husband could hear him. Our guide basically didn’t even really guide us. He was just there. It was also much quicker, probably a hour. But honestly we were all ready to be done even though we paid for a longer experience.
Definitely wouldn’t book this experience again. The worst tour we had out of 4.
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