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[alwalaska]

Our cruise stops at the following ports:

 

• Puerto Vallarta
• Huatalco
• San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
• Puntarenas, Costa Rica
• Fuerte Amador, Panama
• Aruba

 

Does anyone have recommendations on a good location for the following activities?  Even better, do you have a specific tour operator or do it yourself way to accomplish it? 

 

• Horseback riding
• Snorkeling 
• Ziplining with an option for people the other people who don't want to zipline.
• UTV type thing, but something with 1 driver and one passenger or everyone as passengers. 

 

In Costa Rica, I'm hoping to see sloths, but the sanctuaries seem pretty far from the port. We do have a 12 hour day there.

 

Thanks!!!

[Jay_NH]

Hello,

My DW and I did the "Meet the sloths", a Princess excursion. It's a tour of the sloth sanctuary and a canoe ride along a lazy river, I believe in back of the sanctuary.  It was an awesome experience.  On the canoe ride, you'll see sloths and howler monkeys and maybe a small Caimen or two along the way.  We loved it.

Jay

[alwalaska]

27 minutes ago, Jay_NH said:

Hello,

My DW and I did the "Meet the sloths", a Princess excursion. It's a tour of the sloth sanctuary and a canoe ride along a lazy river, I believe in back of the sanctuary.  It was an awesome experience.  On the canoe ride, you'll see sloths and howler monkeys and maybe a small Caimen or two along the way.  We loved it.

Jay

Thanks for the info.  

[MacMadame]

On 5/6/2024 at 7:27 AM, alwalaska said:

In Costa Rica, I'm hoping to see sloths, but the sanctuaries seem pretty far from the port. We do have a 12 hour day there.

This is why we booked the cruise line's tour instead of a private one. There should be plenty of them to choose from including some to a sloth sanctuary.

 

We're doing one that combines two different tours including a sloth sanctuary. Because we're crazy that way. 😄

Edited August 3 by MacMadame

[alwalaska]

32 minutes ago, MacMadame said:

This is why we booked the cruise line's tour instead of a private one. There should be plenty of them to choose from including some to a sloth sanctuary.

 

We're doing one that combines two different tours including a sloth sanctuary. Because we're crazy that way. 😄

Have fun. We did that when we went to Alaska many years ago, but we rarely do ship tours any longer.

 

We're doing a private tour that combines horseback riding and ziplining for 2 people in our group, and horseback riding and a chocolate tour for the other 2—all in one location about an hour from the port, instead of the 2+ hours for sloths. I don't do well on 2-3 hours of drive each way, shoved on big, full buses.

I decided to do Sloths on a cruise that stops in Roatan instead.  I prefer private tours with smaller vehicles and fewer people for less money.