Nature, animals - We loved the tour with Israel! It has been very cool and entertaining you can see the passion for what he does and how he explains it.

Calm and soothing - Many animals observed very closely thanks to the guide: iguana, sloth, different herons, caiman, turtle Quiet rowing tour without noise At the best time from 6 to 9am

Amazing tour with Israel - Israel made the trip like an amazing tour through the park. He spotted many animals almost impossible to catch. He shared his knowledge of the area, the history and the fauna of the river. It has been amazing to go with him

Incredible experience ! - The tour was incredible and our tour guide Israel, was so great at pointing out wildlife and making sure we felt safe around wildlife. This tour guide was certified so no surprises that you may face with other guides in town. Also really nice having no motor which is better environmentally and gets you deeper into the smaller canals!

Peaceful - Very tranquil trip into where the jungle meets the water 😊 we saw plenty of the wildlife. Beware of the sun though.

Lovely experience! - Our guide, Israel, was amazing! He was extremely knowledgeable, very friendly and had an amazing ability to spot animals. They also take good care not to disturb the animals. The views of the national park were just stunning. We’ve done lots of tours in Costa Rica, but this was definitely one of the best ones. Highly recommended!

Excellent canoe tour from company with great customer service - We booked this tour at Aracari Garden Hostel. The whole team could not have been more helpful. They arranged our early morning boat transfer, as we were staying on the other side of the river. Our canoe tour group was only four people and the canoe had proper back rests, much to Mum's relief. They even gave her a cushion to sit on. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and kept us away from the busy areas and bigger motor boats as much as possible. My favourite part was when we canoed into the much smaller canals. We saw birds, cayman, iguanas, lizards, monkeys and a sloth.

Great tour! - Very well organized tour and super easy communication before, away from big groups, personalized experience to look for animals!

Overall good morning of canoeing - We did two tours with this company - the canoe and the turtle tour. However, this review will be solely based on the canoe tour. This is because I did not enjoy the Turtle Tour, but this was at no fault of Tortugero Eco Experiences, but the National Park Authority and their lack of regulations and allowance of so many people at any one time. That is in a separate review of Tortugero National Park. For the canoe tour, we met our guide at 5.45pm. We were given binoculars which was absolutely great, they were good quality and allowed us to see so much more. We paddled over to the entrance of the national park and our guide Israel showed them our tickets. Our tour then began and we saw so much! Very impressed with the amount of wildlife in the reserve. We saw a baby crocodile, howler monkeys, caimans, a variety of birds, green iguanas, anteater, toucan, sloths, herons, spider monkeys, Jesus Christ lizards and river turtles. It was a very productive canoe ride and I’m so pleased we opted for the canoe rather than a powerboat tour as we were able to get right into the ecosystem where a lot of other tour groups weren’t going. It was incredible. Israel was very knowledge of the ecosystem and the animals generally. There were times when he was a bit condescending, but I don’t think he meant to be. The only thing I would say was we got rather close to a Caiman and I didn’t feel comfortable with how invasive we were into the animals personal space. All other species, Isreal was generally quite good at keeping a fair distance, but for the Caiman I did feel like we were encroaching on the animals space too much.

Nice kayaktour! - Watching monkeys in the trees.. very good guide with lot of explanations . Nice to see the kaymen. We missed the motor without noise