Tortuguero Canal: Explore Costa Rica's Amazon

Embark on a thrilling rainforest cruise along the Tortuguero Canal, spotting exotic wildlife and lush flora. Then, explore Cahuita National Park for a nature walk and beach visit.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cahuita National Park - Situated in the Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area of Costa Rica, Cahuita National Park is a unique blend of terrestrial and marine environments on the southern Caribbean coast in Limón Province, adjacent to the town of Cahuita. This park is distinctive in Costa Rica for its collaborative management approach, involving…
What's Included
  • Air-conditioned transport
  • Guided Tortuguero Canal boat tour
  • Expert Naturalist Tour Guide services
  • Complimentary fresh fruit snack
  • Access to Cahuita National Park
Additional Information

This cruise ship tour starts at the port, where guests board an air-conditioned motor coach for a 20-minute drive along picturesque roads, passing charming villages en route to Moin, the starting point of the Tortuguero Canals. Often referred to as Costa Rica’s Amazon due to its surrounding rainforest, the Tortuguero Canal area is teeming with exotic…

Location
Puerto Limon cruise port
Puerto Limon: Main entrance of the pier (main street). It is about one block from your ship and 5 minutes’ walk. There you will see our staff holding a sign with your name on it. For assistance you can call us at Office: (506)2297-0889 or Whatsapp: +(506) 85302973
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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14ersco
Jan 24, 2026
Great shore excursion from Puerto Limon to Chauita National Park & Tortuguero Canals - We had a great shore excursion with Greenway Nature Tours in Puerto Limon. Of the various trip offerings at this port we chose this tour and company because it visited sites both south and north of the port town, and was highly rated. Also, Greenway Nature Tours offers various tours throughout Costa Rica and we wanted to see how they ran tours for considering using them for a future land tour, and yes we would book a week or two with Greenway Nature Tours to see more of Costa Rica. For our day Greenway ran this trip in the opposite order, so that we avoided ship excursions going to the canals in the morning. On our way south to Chauita National Park we made two stops; one to look at a troop of howler monkeys and a sloth, and the other at market where our driver purchased local bananas for us to taste. At Chauita National Park our Greenway guide led us on a walk for just over an hour on a jungle trail bordering the sea, helping us spot animals and explaining about the plant life and history of this area. On our return trip north we stopped at a demonstration garden of bananas and other tropical fruits, and our Greenway guide led us through to see and taste some of the fruits. He also gave us free time to purchase food and souvenirs. From there we continued north beyond Puerto Limon for our boat tour on the Tortuguero Canals. During our canal cruise the Greenway guide and boat captain would point out the animals and birds (howlers, sloths, and crocodiles) and the boat would be turned so those on each side would have direct access for photo taking. At the end of the boat tour we were given fresh fruit to eat at the dock. We finished the tour with the Greenway guide pointing out some of the important buildings in Puerto Limon.
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Stevev147
Dec 17, 2025
Beautiful Way to visit a Rainforest - What really created the five stars were the individuals that we were fortunate to have as tour guides. Our driver Steven met us promptly as we disembarked and took us up to the Veragua rainforest. Along the way, he pointed out many areas of interest and cultural highlights of Costa Rica. The tour guides at both the rainforest and the Tortuguero canal cruise were outstanding.
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Lbrown63
Dec 16, 2025
What a great trip! - This tour was amazing and exceeded any expectations we had. Estevan was knowledgeable, very nice and went out of his way to explain so much. He made sure we saw the howler monkeys and sloths, and explained everything so well at the nature plant. We stayed busy all day though was not overly taxing on us. We were able to taste some fresh Costa Rica food, chocolate and coffee.
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Sandy
Mar 15, 2025
Great tour, lots of animals and plants to see! - We were able to see so many animals and a variety of plants. It was amazing. Our guide was knowledgeable. It was a nice variety of walking and cruising on the canal. I highly recommend this tour!
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Lovestheocean789
Jan 7, 2025
6 hour bus tour to Cahuita National Forest, banana plantation and Tortuguera canals with Greenway Tours - This tour was organized well. It was easy in the morning to find the guide who was waiting directly outside the port gate. Franz was a good driver and purchased some small bananas for us to sample while en route to first stop. Joseu was a great guide who used his time wisely and made sure that everyone could participate to the best of their ability. He was attentive, personable and enthusiastic about the country and its many positive attributes. He was very knowledgeable about the local wildlife and plants/trees. Between the three stops, we saw a few monkeys, many sloths, lizards, iguana, a local variety of crocodile and many birds. Franz and Joseu also gave us a short driving tour thru Limon and pointed out some local landmarks. All three tour destinations gave us a good overview of the natural highlights of Costa Rica and a little bit about her people, educational system, economy in a relaxed, low stress setting. I would highly recommend this tour, especially if Joseu is the guide!
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Elizabeth
Feb 18, 2023
Great tour! - This was a really nice tour of the local flora and fauna with numerous stops for local wildlife that we passed along the way, that I otherwise would not have seen or noticed. I really enjoyed the national park!
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S5405fvmatthiass
Feb 7, 2023
Recommended excursion. - The guides were well organized. Pick up and execution of the excursion were good. We actually saw some animals both in the canals and in the national park, although there were many tourists on the road at both locations.
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Orlando_p
May 7, 2023
Not impressive - The boat tour is just going up and down the small part of the river trying to see some animals. And the Cahuita tour is a 20 minutes walk on a beach trail. Nothing much to see or enjoy.
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Valeriegk2942cl
Mar 20, 2023
Very Informative Tour - The tranporation was excellent from the cruise port and the tour guide was very informative. It was very crowded in the National Park, however we were able to see sloth, poisonous snakes, large spiders and organic banana plants and paprika plants. The canal ride was less desirable since the ride was very short compared to the rest of the tour. We did see some monkeys and a small caymen. Overall it was ok. We've been to Costa Rica before with Caravan Tours and that experience set the bar for us, so this was a let down. However if you've never been to the country, this tour was ok. The company did try to make everyone happy. They even waited for a couple of people that didn't show up in the begining of the tour for over 30 minutes which in my opinion showed they cared about their customers. (However it cut into our time). Anyway it's a company you can trust.
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Bradley_l
Mar 17, 2023
BAIT AND SWITCH: BEWARE of booking Viator excursions - We booked an excursion as seen above for national park AND boat tour of Tortuguero canal, except we never went on boat tour. Tour guide knew nothing about any boat ride, instead we went to Cahuito( which we loved),, and then were taken to Banana plantation, which no one in our party of 6 had any desire to see.Disappointing was an understatement.At the very least one would think that Viator would inform us of change in plans and, and let us decide if we still wanted to go through with tour, but not a word on change of plan.Classic bait and switch.NEVER BOOK WITH Viator,, others on tour told us Viator does this more often than one would think
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