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Tortuguero Canals: Jungle Wildlife Cruise
4.6
29 Ratings
Limon
Embark on a thrilling Tortuguero Canal Eco Cruise in Puerto Limon. Explore banana and cocoa plantations, spot wildlife, and learn about the Costa Rican economy. Don’t miss out!
Embark on a thrilling Tortuguero Canal Eco Cruise in Puerto Limon. Explore banana and cocoa plantations, spot wildlife, and learn about the Costa Rican economy. Don’t miss out!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Tortuguero Canal - The canals leading to Tortuguero National Park start in the Puerto Moin area, just 5 miles from the center of Limon province. This Moin area features small docks for boats traveling along the Caribbean coast, reaching their final destination at Barra de Colorado. This network of natural and man-made canals is a popular tourist…
- Tortuguero Canal - The canals leading to Tortuguero National Park start in the Puerto Moin area, just 5 miles from the center of Limon province. This Moin area features small docks for boats traveling along the Caribbean coast, reaching their final destination at Barra de Colorado. This network of natural and man-made canals is a popular tourist attraction, as it passes through stunning forest areas and small towns, offering a perfect chance to observe a wide variety of wildlife, including monkeys, sloths, iguanas, alligators, waterfowl, and more.
- Puerto Limon - Limón, often referred to as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city, and the main hub of Limón province, as well as the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It ranks as the seventh largest city in Costa Rica, with a population exceeding 55,000, and is the heart of the Afro-Costa Rican community. The pier is situated right in front of the city, and it is a small town that can be easily explored with a short walk. During the tour, the guide will offer a brief city tour, providing insights into its culture, traditions, and main attractions.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Visit banana and chocolate plantations
- Boat tour along Tortuguero Canals
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Visit local souvenir stores
- Fresh Fruits Snack
- Professional guide
- Visit banana and chocolate plantations
- Boat tour along Tortuguero Canals
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Visit local souvenir stores
- Fresh Fruits Snack
Additional Information
After the pick up from the pier, a short bus drive will take you to Moin warf.
Board your covered boat for a 60 minutes leisurely cruise through the jungle canals. Your guide explains the rain forest eco-system and points out sights of interest. Keep an eye out for wildlife including howler monkeys, many sloths, toucans, aquatic birds, bats and…
After the pick up from the pier, a short bus drive will take you to Moin warf.
Board your covered boat for a 60 minutes leisurely cruise through the jungle canals. Your guide explains the rain forest eco-system and points out sights of interest. Keep an eye out for wildlife including howler monkeys, many sloths, toucans, aquatic birds, bats and crocodiles as well as exotic flora.
After the boat ride, enjoy a snack of fresh tropical fruits before to board your mini bus again for the journey to the next destination. The banana plantations.
Puerto Limon is a large producer of bananas and Costa rica the second exporter in the word. With our professional tour guide, learn many facts about this crop and why is so important for the Costa Rican economy.
Besides bananas, you will visit cocoa plantations and learn about chocolate production.
Finaly a visit to local souvenir stores is included on this tour.
- Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark
- This tour is exclusive for cruise ship passengers. If you are not arriving by cruise ship please do not book this tour
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) 8530 2973
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
4.6
(29 Ratings)
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Laurie_p
Jan 27, 2026
Costa Rica National Park and Banana Plantation was great. The canal ride was short and a disappointment. - Josua was a great guide. He was very knowledgeable. The National Park and Banana plantation were really good. The canal ride not so much.
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Robertd_p
Dec 12, 2025
The complete Limon experience - This tour is a complete experience of Limon. We started the tour with a cruise of the Tortuguero Canal. Our guides got us up close to wildlife which made for fantastic pictures. Then on to a banana and coffee plantation with shopping included where we purchased some coffee to take with us. Our guide, Natalie, was very knowledgeable about the sites we visited. Our driver,
Fernando, was phenomenal as he negotiated the roads. This was a wonderful introduction to Limon which I would highly recommend.
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Lillian_v
Nov 25, 2025
Excellent choice! - It is worth it. Ariel was very knowledgeable and very nice! All the activities mentioned in the details were actually all fulfilled and then some. There were plenty of bathrooms opportunities.
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Jay_v
Feb 20, 2025
My husband and I took... - My husband and I took this trip with Josue, our knowledgeable guide and Jeiner, our eagle-eyed driver. Josue is a biologist turned tour guide who was a font of knowledge about the flora and fauna in the area. Jeiner could spot a sloth in a tree 100 feet from the road. They were both so helpful to me with my limited mobility, there was always a strong arm to help me get in and out of the bus and the boat. We would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking to view wildlife and learn more about the Costs Rican ecosystems.
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286vickic
Jan 3, 2025
Sloths and Howler Monkeys - Our tour guide Pablo did an outstanding job teaching us about the history and animals of Costa Rica. He included humorous stories whenever they fit, and had us all laughing. Our boat tour featured driver Danny, who has the ability to spot a tiny creature from 20 yards away. He landed us right beside a nesting bird, and spotted an iguana about six inches long under a canopy of leaves. The banana plantation tour was terrific, and Pablo knew all the plants and their uses. Best tour we’ve had.
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Patrice
Feb 22, 2024
Amazing tour - This was our third visit to Costa Rica.
Our guide was outstanding. His love of his country and his enthusiasm to share his knowledge made this tour beyond 5 stars.
Best tour of our cruise.
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Jessica_e
Mar 1, 2023
Sloths, Bananas, and Rain Forests… Oh My! - Really enjoyed the tour. Was a great way to experience Limon, Costa Rica in just a few hours. The tour guides were awesome and shared a lot of great facts!
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Thad
Jan 30, 2023
Great tour of the Puerto Limon area while in port - We took this excursion while in Costa Rica and had a great time. Berto was our guide and first took us to the canal where we saw several howler monkeys, sloths, a crocodile. He pointed out a toucan, but it was fairly high in the tree and difficult to see. Following the boat ride, we were served fresh fruit: watermelon, papaya and pineapple. We then headed to a banana "plantation" where we were served organic bananas and had a chance to sample Costa Rican coffee. The banana fields were not very large, but Alberto was able to inform us of the growing and harvesting processes which was very interesting. Our next stop was a rain forest which borders the Caribbean Sea where we saw Capuchin monkeys, raccoons and other wildlife. The tour was great and Berto did a great job. The tour left the port at 8:00 as scheduled (9:00 "ship time") which caused some confusion from some of our fellow travelers, but we returned in plenty of time to shop the craft market before returning to the ship. Also, a couple tours were combined onto one bus due to logistics which bothered some, but we were able to see more than the tour promised. It was a great day in Costa Rica.
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Robertmbb
May 20, 2024
Nice day of country excursions - Our tour included a stop to view a slow-moving sloth on the way to the Tortuguero Canal tour which was filled with bird observations and some monkeys picking bananas. The plantation visit was very informative, however is more just a smapling of a plantation.
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Ksufan88
Mar 30, 2023
Educational and lots of opportunities to spot animals - We were visiting off of a cruise ship and had to walk completely outside the pier area to meet a tour representative who escorted us to our minibus for the day. Our trip leader, Ariel, provided us with lots of information about Costa Rica as we drove down the coast for about 45 minutes to the Cahuita National Park which trail starts at the edge of the local town. There were bathrooms available at the park entrance along with concessions. The trail was a fairly flat and well marked trail. Our guide helped point out wildlife along the way. We were able to spot 3-toed sloths ( very high up the trees), orb spiders who made several large webs along the trail, some monkeys, as well as industrious ants and a resting yellow eyelash viper. Next, we stopped at an organic banana plantation where we were able to sample a few fresh bananas as well as have the coffee, cocoa bean, and banana growth and exports explained to us. Finally, we were driven to the Tortoguero National park where we boarded a boat for a cruise along the canal where we were fortunate enough to see a few caiman, a “Jesus Christ” Basilisk, howler monkeys, and a two-toed sloth.
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