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Fishing Charters, Snorkeling Tours & Dolphin Watching
From your breezy perch on the bow of the boat, there’s hardly a better way to experience the southern Caribbean than from a boat with a local captain who has decades of experience putting you right where you need to be to cast a line, capture a photo or explore a reef.
Offering exclusive full- and half-day tours, limited to your party and the crew.
Captain Pino was born and raised here, and with over 50 years of fishing these shores, knows all the best places, methods and equipment to lure those fish onto the boat.
On a typical day, you’ll travel to several offshore reefs on your way to the Southern tip of Costa Rica near the Sixaola River. Take a peek at Panama from the sea while viewing several pods of dolphins and the occasional turtle.
This is the best place to find the Tarpon, a feisty, flashy game fish.
Get Hooked!
Fishing Charters
ExclusiveTours
Exclusive Half-Day Tour
$400
+$25 each for the 5th and 6th person
Exclusive Full-Day Tour
$600
+$50 each for the 5th and 6th person
Location – Hot Rocks Bar, downtown Puerto Viejo
Get Wet!
Water Activities…
3-4 Hr. Tour
$400 minimum
+$25 each for the 5th and 6th person
Location – Hot Rocks Bar, downtown Puerto Viejo
Dolphin Watching Tour
Make an offshore run to Punta Mona, a common feeding site for the dolphins. Weather and seas depending, we’ll visit the mouth of the Sixaola River. Being at sea offers a mesmerizing view of shallow coral beds, diverse coastline, dense jungle and steamy mountain range bordering Costa Rica and Panama. The land forms many secluded beaches only accessible by boat or walking trail. Our stretch includes protected areas, including the Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge, where we visit beautiful private inlets perfect for all levels of snorkeling. Free divers will enjoy the off-shore reef formations with depths ranging from 4-60 meters.
Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast is home to three species of dolphins, the bottlenose, the Atlantic spotted dolphin, and the rare Guyana Tucuxi, whose range is confined to this immediate area. The Gandoca Manzanillo Reserve is also an important nesting area for the enormous Leatherback, Hawksbill, and Green turtles, a sharp eye can often spot them offshore as they linger waiting to swim ashore.
3-4 Hr. Tour
$100 each, $300 min.
+$25 each for the 5th and 6th person
Location – Hot Rocks Bar, downtown Puerto Viejo
Snorkeling Tour
A typical tour makes an offshore run to the Gandoca Manzanillo Reserve. Weather and seas depending, we make one or two dive stops then return via a slower near shore run allowing additional stops while guests gain a phenomenal view of the private inlets, the picturesque beaches with dense jungle meeting the sea, and the steamy mountains in the distance. With near-shore snorkeling, we will allow time for a short jungle hike where you’re likely to see howler monkeys, sloths, poison dart frogs and a variety of birds–maybe even the Great Green Macaw which is a fabulous recovery on this coast.
The Southern Caribbean is characterized by the largest reef system in Costa Rica, with deep water less than two miles offshore. Being at sea offers a mesmerizing view of shallow coral beds, dense jungle and diverse coastline; enjoy the wildlife of sea and land from your breezy perch on the bow of the boat! The land forms many secluded beaches only accessible by boat or walking trail. Our stretch includes protected areas, including the Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge, where we will visit beautiful private inlets perfect for all levels of snorkeling. Free divers will enjoy the off-shore reef formations with depths ranging from 4-60 meters. Harves snails, conches, and even the spiny lobster for a delicious dinner fresh from the sea.
Jungle Adventures
Feel like chasing waterfalls? Spend half a day hiking, exploring and swimming in clean fresh water pools in the mountains of BriBri. Just a short 20 minute drive from Playa Chiquita, an easy trek into the forest immerses you deep in the sights, sounds and essence of the jungle. Arrive at a small pool perfect for cooling off, then continue on to a larger waterfall and pool to experience nature’s power and the energy of the rapidly flowing waters.
This area offers great opportunities to see wildlife, find tiny colorful dart frogs, iguanas, butterflies, sloths, monkeys and even fish! If you want to experience Costa Rican fully then a waterfall tour is in order. Contact us today for more information or to reserve your tour.
Get Wild!
Get involved!
Wildlife Rescue & Refuges…
Public Tours: Mon-Sat, 9:30 and 11:30 - $22 donation
Private Tours: By Reservation – $75 donation per person
Location – Playa Cocles
Jaguar Rescue Center
Want to see wild animals up close and support a good cause at the same time? The Jaguar Rescue Center in Puerto Viejo is one of the most visited places on the Caribbean. Tours are open to the public at 9:30am and 11:30 Monday through Saturday, private tours available by reservation. The Jaguar Rescue Center performs an important roll in the community caring for, rehabilitating and re-introducing the wild animals that have come to the center.
Maintaining a healthy balance between human and nature is a delicate dance, and the Jaguar Rescue Center performs this fundamental task with respect to wildlife conservation. Here you can see Margays, Ocelots, Sloths, Monkeys, Parrots, Cocodiles, Ant Eaters, and more… There are strict rules against physical contact or interacting with the animals because the center operates as a sanctuary with every intention to re-release animals whenever possible.
1-2 Hour Tour: By Reservation, 3:00pm Daily - $20 each
Location: Manzanillo
GPS coordinates: 9°62’60.01N, 82°68’47.17W. Small sign on highway at turnoff but only seen when traveling south.
ARA Project
The Manzanillo reintroduction station is located in a primary tropical rainforest at almost 100 m above sea level. Visitors are met by volunteers who orient them to the natural history and program philosophy of the Ara Project. An easy hike to the look-out area at top of a hill for a once in a lifetime experience to view Endangered Great Green Macaws in free flight. At one point there were just two (yes 2!) wild Great Green Macaws in the area, today, it is not too unusual to spot a flock of ten or more flying overhead. This tour is a truly inspiring natural experience and a unique photographic opportunity.
Reservations Required
Location: Cahuita
Turtle Rescue Cahuita
Turtle Rescue Cahuita is a local non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of sea turtles and their natural environment. Despite COVID and the challenges presented by it, the Turtle Rescue Cahuita rescued over 40 nests in 2020 and released over 1,200 hatchlings.
Costa Rica is natural territory for Hawksbill, Leatherback and Green Sea Turtles. If you are looking for a way to have fun, make a positive impact and get immersed in the local community, get involved!. Depending on the season, you can help with night patrols in Playa Grande Cahuita where they rescue new nests, or if you are lucky enough to be here during hatchling season you may be able to attend a baby sea turtle release. They do regular beach cleanups and other community projects year-round, as well.
