Mr. Luis Roberto was my guide during my visit to Manuel Antonio National Park on January 8, 2023. Luis was remarkable with is expert eyes, he found us a multitude... read more of animals that he knows very well. His explanations in English were very clear he took the trouble to take pictures from is telescope because some animals were too fare to take pictures from my cell phone. He was particularly attentive with the children in the group, he is patient, pleasant, funny, but above all he love his work. He was kind enough to send us photos of is own collection of animals, some of which we didn’t have the chance to see. For all this I thank him and I highly recommend him, you will be sure to have a great day, thanks to him. Pura Vida

  Reserve your tickets at least 24hrs in advance!

Assuming you’ve done that step, you won’t find a better guide than Eduardo and I was eavesdropping enough on the others... read more to feel very confident in that statement.

He found all sorts of animals that we never would have seen on our own and knew an astonishing amount about all of them. Hes truly a master naturalist and I’d happily do more tours with him. We loved his blend of cheer, humor and information plus the assistance for great souvenir photos.

Muchas Gracias pot Todos Eduardo!

  Luis Roberto was very knowledgeable, friendly and patient. We saw bats, sloths, snakes, lizards and monkeys. Great morning!

  This tour was so beautiful and informative. We saw tons of animals I have never got to see before, while learning about the history of the jungle and Costa Rica.... read more Luis Roberto was a great tour guide, and had eyes for all the animals to spot and show you! I would recommend him to anyone.

  Awesome experience - Wonderful experience. Our guide was so knowledgeable and fun. Eduardo was finding souch for us to see and even took the photos for us so we can relive the trip... read more when we get home.

  Luis Roberto is an excellent guide. Explains this well, does not rush you, makes sure you get good pictures of all the animals. He is very friendly and laid back.... read more He knows the park well and tried to maximize the number of things you see. Without him I would not have seen most of the animas.

  Luis was excellent. Spotted everything there was to see and was very informative. Personable and easy to communicate.

  Manuel Antonio National Park is a beautiful wildlife paradise. We took a private tour and our guide was Eduardo. He was very knowledgeable and he found many animals... read more we would have never found without his professional eye! He helped us take beautiful photos and even shared some of his own photos of the park with us at the end of the tour! I definitely recommend anyone who visits this park hire a professional guide, and ask for Eduardo- he was wonderful!

  Luis Roberto did a great job finding the animals. he made the time in the park enjoyable. He has a good telescope. I will be happy to take... read more pictures on your phone and show you up close with the animals look like.

  We saved our tour of the park for our last day in Manuel Antonio. Our guide, Janan, was fantastic. He found so many animals we would never have seen without... read more him and learned a lot of the history of the area at the same time. The highlight our our day was seeing a huge troop of squirrel monkeys up close as the navigated from one side of trail to other over our heads!

  Excellent time, lots of good views of animals, birds, and plants. It was a great introduction to Manuel Antonio. And when we visited again on our own, we were all... read more ready to go. Thanks to Luis! Thanks

  We had a wonderful day at Manuel Antonio National park with our guide Luis Roberto. He walked us through the park showing us many beautiful animals through his telescope. He... read more was very friendly and chill and he spotted hard-to-see animals amazingly well. We all got amazing pictures!

  Our guide was Lewis Roberto and he was great in locating a variety of birds, amphibians, reptiles and explaining about the natural flora and fauna at Manuel Antonio National Park.

  Highly Recommend - Our guide, Jeremiah, was AMAZING! I'm not sure we would have seen anything without him. But we now get to take home some amazing pictures of sloths, monkeys, insects,... read more frogs, birds that were all seen through his binoculars. So cool. Incredibly knowledeable and passionate about the area and the biodiversity/wildlife. And - even willing to help us with our Spanish. Highly recommend and ask for Jeremiah!

  Our guide, Janan, was fantastic. We were a group of 10, ranging from 1.5 - 73 years old. Janan is a historian and biodiversity expert. On top... read more of pointing out so many animals (two and three toed sloths, howler monkeys, white faced monkeys, lizards, snakes, bats, crabs, and more), he answered questions on Costa Rican history and entertained the bigger kids with myths and tales from all around Costa Rica.
Janan managed the pace of our multigenerational group effortlessly.
About the park: the forest and beaches were beautiful and the animals were all around.

  Our guide Luis Alberto was very good at spotting animals and taking cool pics! He was a great guide and we had a good time. Would recommend the tour and... read more Luis!

  Luis was a great guide - we saw 5 sloths inc a baby and quite a few other animals. He helped us take good pics & videos and shared some... read more personal stories which was a nice touch. We also had fruit & a drink at the end. The small tour works for us as it offers hotel pickup but leaves us to stay around the beach after the tour. Recommend it!

  Tour was very good. Guide Luis Roberto was very knowledgeable, helpful & made sure we got the best pictures. Highly recommend this tour and Luis.

  Definitely use a guide to go to the park! It was $51 US per person plus 13% tax but that did include the price of admission. Without a guide and... read more their knowledge and their spotting scope you would really miss out on a lot. Also, they take great pictures with your phone through the scope. Our guide was Luis Roberto and he was exceptional. His English was good and you could tell he really enjoyed his job. Pura Vida!

  Luis Roberto was our guide. We vibed with him immediately. He was very congenial and fun. The tour was a very cool experience swing animals you will probably never see... read more again

  Our guide Luis is amazing! He showed us many animals in their natural habitat with his telescope and helped us take a lot of photos. It was a very nice... read more and enjoyable experience! We definitely recommend him!

  Luis was our guide and he was great told us about himself and showed us lots of cool animals. You could probably find some yourself but the guides and the... read more scopes were very helpful in getting good quality pictures and finding good angles on the animals. It was a pleasure meeting Luis and his mother. Careful of the price though as you can haggle it down.

  Amazing. Alex our tour guide was great...he took the time to explain every detail of the species that we saw. I recomend this tour.

  Alex Porras was so great!! My aunt is in the beginning stages of dementia and we were running an hour behind. Luckily it was just us 2 on the tour.... read more Alex didn't rush us and still did the whole tour. He was so knowledgeable on everything, spoke perfect English. We would not have spotted things that he kept stopping to show us if it weren't for him. Thank you Alex!!!

  I had luis robereto as my guide and he was amazing. The tour was beautifull and informative. Thanks to luis and his amazing knowledg i was able to see my... read more first sloth. Would higly recommend doing this special tour

  We did a private guided tour of the national park with Alex. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable. He was able to find so much wildlife that we would have... read more never seen on our own. We were able to view animals and get photos through the scope. Alex explained a lot about the animals, their behavior, and the plants that we saw throughout the park.

It was raining pretty bad at 8am when we were supposed to start the tour, and our tour guide let us wait until the rain calmed down before entering the park. The rain stopped by the middle of our tour - it was great advice to wait it out!

We had a toddler with us, and Alex was great with him!

  Luis Roberto was our guide, and he found so many animals we would never have seen. He was kind, patient and very knowledgeable. He took photos on our cameras through... read more his 35 zoom lens, which was amazing! Because of him we have fantastic pictures to show our friends back home. We give Luis five stars!

  Alex was an excellent guide: passionate, knowledgeable and enthusiastic with an amazing gift for spotting hidden wildlife treasures! Highly recommended!

  Saw some wildlife that was really wonderful to experience. Our guide took some great pictures/video for us that we wouldn’t be able to capture on our own.

  We had a great tour with Luis Roberto who was an informative and entertaining guide. We saw many animals, including a sloth.