Top La Fortuna Dining Experiences

Connect with the waters of Costa Rica by paddling down class II and III white waters of the Balsa River. This half-day, guided, white-water rafting tour includes equipment, instruction, safety briefing and ends with a delicious lunch served in a local restaurant. Feel the thrill and excitement as you glide six miles (10 kilometers) down the river flanked by lush the jungle filled with monkeys, tropical birds, and sloths.

Take advantage of some of northern Costa Rica’s best white-water rafting on this full-day, guided tour with traditional lunch included. Paddle through the rainforest and over the rapids of the Balsa River stopping along to swim and rest in nature. After your adventure is done enjoy a Costa Rican style lunch at a local restaurant.

Get a taste of authentic Costa Rican life and cuisine as you join a local family for a cooking class and home-style meal. Along with a guide, visit the home of your hosts outside of La Fortuna and learn about household customs and cooking techniques. Join in the preparation of a typical meal, and then savor the fruits of your labor alongside new friends.

We have 4 descents, 2 canopy lines, 3 jumps to natural pools, lockers, showers and trails. We maintain the protocols required by the Ministry of Health

Experience the adventurous side of La Fortuna on a tour that includes a waterfall hike or rappel, zipline course, and a return trip by tractor or on horseback. Combining some of La Fortuna’s top activities into one high-energy day means you can explore even more of the rainforest: get wet, soar through the air, learn about indigenous Maleku culture, and watch for wildlife in the lush rainforest canopy.

As one of Costa Rica's biggest exports, coffee plays a big role in Costa Rica's economy—and its culture, too. Learn about artisanal Costa Rican coffee from bean to cup complete with harvesting, roasting, and grinding on this tour of a family-owned coffee farm near Arenal Volcano. As a bonus, try other favorite Costa Rican crops such as chocolate and sugar cane.

Slip beneath the ground on a 4-hour tour through the Venado caves from La Fortuna, and follow underground trails into a series of remarkable grottoes and chambers. Gear up and follow your flashlight along an ancient seabed as you explore the caves with your guide. Get wet and get dirty on your way to fantastic rock formations and bristling stalactites and stalagmites, visit a bat colony that thrives in the cool, dark cave system, then return to the surface to enjoy a snack of tropical fruits.

Get a close look at Costa Rica’s coffee- and chocolate-making traditions at a family farm near La Fortuna. See a cacao and sugar cane plantation, and learn how cacao is made into chocolate. You’ll get to sample fresh coffee and chocolate from the farm with a small-group tour limited to eight people.

Experience Costa Rica’s famous rainforest during the magic hour of twilight on this sunset hanging bridges walk near Arenal Volcano. See the changing colors of the sky wash across the volcanic landscape, and then get a new perspective on the Mystic Reserve while crossing six suspended walkways. A nature guide helps spot wildlife that can be tricky to see on your own, including many species that only emerge at dusk.

The 230-foot (70-meter) high La Fortuna Waterfall, surrounded by verdant wet forest, is one of the region’s most photographed attractions. On this half-day tour, take the scenic route as you float down the river on a raft, then cool off with a swim beneath the falls. Along the way, look out for exotic birds, howler monkeys, and sloths; visit a traditional Costa Rican family home; and tuck into a delicious lunch at a local restaurant.

A combination tour is a great way to experience Costa Rica’s thrills in just one day. On this La Fortuna tour, you zipline, rappel, and hike to the La Fortuna Waterfall—it’s the perfect adventure-filled day in the rain forest. Lunch, entrance fees, and transportation are included, too, so you don’t have any unexpected expenses.

Dinner Menu Beverages 1 natural or carbonated drink. 1 beer. 1 glass of wine. Tickets Cream of the day The creams are made with the best selection of tubers and vegetables of the season. Roasted heart of palm salad A light salad prepared with freshly grilled heart of palm, lettuce, tomato, cabbage and mixed with crispy patacón. Main dishes peasant tenderloin Juicy cut of tenderloin, served with fried yucca, ripe plantain and Creole salad. Chicken in Caribbean sauce Exquisite wood-fired chicken combined with a delicious homemade Caribbean sauce and accompanied with mashed yucca, fried plantain and vegetables. Baked pork rib One of the house specialties, pork ribs baked in a wood oven, fried plantains, salad and ripe plantain. Dessert To choose: House recipe for fruit in syrup with ice cream. Squash or coconut flan.

Show and dinner takes place in the Fortuna center. Do you visit Costa Rica and are you motivated to get to know and enjoy a bit of our culture? Casa Luisa offers a unique show, ranging from folk dances from the country, Costa Rican Latin dances, masquerades, maroons and more. Casa Luisa has the biggest show in the country... 75/85 minutes. Welcome glass of Champagne. Dinner 7:30 p.m. Show 9:00 p.m. End of the show 10:15 p.m. Time for photos with the dancers. We will have a photographer and the photos are courtesy and will be sent to your email.

Get up close and personal with Costa Rica's active Arenal Volcano on this combo hiking and hot springs tour that offers a rejuvenating mix of adventure and relaxation. Trek around the remnants of the peak's famous 1968 eruption, scrambling over hardened lava flows and taking in spectacular views of Arenal Lake and Monteverde's mountains. Then, reward your efforts with a soak in the natural thermal pools at Tabacón Hot Springs, where waterfalls and lush tropical landscaping make your cares seem a world away. Finish the day with a delicious dinner at the resort's restaurant.

This multi-tour adventure will take you to the majestic Pure Trek canyon and Club Rio, an adventure activity center located in a local five-star hotel. You will get to go waterfall rappelling at Pure Trek and choose TWO activities (horseback riding, river tubing, animal sanctuary visit, rock climbing) at Club Rio plus use their hot springs. Between activities you will be provided a delicious, Costa Rican style lunch.

Learn about the wildlife that makes the Arenal area famous on this 6-hour tour from La Fortuna. Hike for 2.5 hours down the Arenal 1968 Trail, learning about local wildlife and the infamous 20th-century eruption as you go, and then relax in natural pools at the Baldi Hot Springs. This tour includes a guide with extensive knowledge about local wildlife and culture, round-trip transportation from your hotel, and a buffet dinner.

Twilight rainforest experience visiting a Costarrican family kitchen, joining a Tortilla or Patacones class, and ending with a frog watching.

We invite you enjoy an unforgettable and authentic Costa Rican home made food cooking experience. You will sabor your delightful own made costa rican lunch or dinner, surrounded by a quiet and lush forest where different wildlife species will share this beautiful corner with us.

KAYAKING  LESSONS  This is one of the most adventures tours you can find in Costa Rica but it requiere EXPERIENCE if not they can not doit because the level is 2-3 and you need EXPERIENCE to do it. Includes:  Transportations. lunch, walk in a organic farm, coffee, dessert and the equipment like kayak, life Jacket.....taxes are included. Departure: everyday at  09:00  Return: 14:00  NO included: gratuities... Driving time: 45 to 1 hour  Duration on the river: 2 hours  Note: to do this adventure you require. So please if you have any doubt you can always call or write us any question you have -  We are here to help you and remember this is going to be the biggest adventure in your vacations. Thank you and Pura Vida,