lissie Posted May 23, 2022 #1 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Trying to work out whether there is anything to see at this port or whether a tour is worthwhile. Iknow we could go to the beach - but we have other beach stops on this cruise - more interested in wildlife and the jungle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted June 9, 2022 #2 Share Posted June 9, 2022 For wild life and jungle I would recommend a tour. In Puntarenas itself one can walk around to get the local flavour. A nice church, a market, well just local life, no over important sights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted June 30, 2022 #3 Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 5/23/2022 at 7:52 AM, lissie said: Trying to work out whether there is anything to see at this port or whether a tour is worthwhile. Iknow we could go to the beach - but we have other beach stops on this cruise - more interested in wildlife and the jungle. There's really nothing much to do/see in the port itself. Given your interests, definitely take a tour. Look for one that lets you take a boat down the Tarcoles River -- lots of wildlife. And/or a tour that goes into the rainforest. We've been to Puntarenas twice, took tours both times. Really enjoyed our visits. (photos by turtles06) 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted June 30, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Great photos - the boat one is sold out - but several feature a canopy sky walk which sounds good. I've tried to reach out to local tour operators but either got no reply or their prices are higher than the ship-organized tours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted June 30, 2022 #5 Share Posted June 30, 2022 8 hours ago, lissie said: Great photos - the boat one is sold out - but several feature a canopy sky walk which sounds good. I've tried to reach out to local tour operators but either got no reply or their prices are higher than the ship-organized tours Thanks for the kind words about my photos. As for the prices of private shorex -- private shorex are smaller groups, move faster (no waiting for 40 of your closest friends to get back on a bus), see more, and are more fun. A small group of us on our Roll Call had a fantastic day out of Puntarenas pre-pandemic with Gio Tours (that's the day I took the photos above), but I recently tried to contact them and got no reply. (I'm not sure all of these companies survived the pandemic, sadly.) Enjoy whatever you wind up doing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundrock72 Posted June 30, 2022 #6 Share Posted June 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Turtles06 said: Thanks for the kind words about my photos. As for the prices of private shorex -- private shorex are smaller groups, move faster (no waiting for 40 of your closest friends to get back on a bus), see more, and are more fun. A small group of us on our Roll Call had a fantastic day out of Puntarenas pre-pandemic with Gio Tours (that's the day I took the photos above), but I recently tried to contact them and got no reply. (I'm not sure all of these companies survived the pandemic, sadly.) Enjoy whatever you wind up doing! I did a tour in Puntarenas with Your Lucky Tour. it was very good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawnbowler48 Posted August 22, 2022 #7 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Check out Odyssey Tours - 10 in 1 seems to be very popular and will meet your needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted October 10, 2022 #8 Share Posted October 10, 2022 We just (yesterday Oct 9th) did an amazing tour with "Thumbs Up Tours". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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