Here is a list of Manuel Antonio hotels and Quepos hotels.
Standard
Didi’s Charming House B&B
Hotel Le Priss
Las Palmas Condos
Nature’s Beachfront
Vela Bar
Moderate
Costa Verde
Hotel Byblos
Hotel Coco Beach
Hotel Espadilla
Hotel Mango Moon
Hotel Verde Mar
La Posada Jungle
Mimo’s Hotel
Villa de la Vista
Villas Mymosa
Villa Prats
Deluxe
Natures Beachfront
Issimo Suites
Villas Mymosa
Nature Adventures offers any type of trip that involves something new and very out of the ordinary. These are trips that the average person is not used to do more on and off the road, 4×4 trip different from the average adventure, in which you are learning new things about the area that you are in. You will have a totally different experience with passionate people who care about saving the animals and the nature, and care about your interest in learning. All trips tend to be eco friendly and very educational without the boring classroom talk.
A very easy walking trip through one of the most beautiful national parks in Costa Rica, it is the best hike to see flora and fauna and pass by one of the most pristine white sand beaches in the country.
What to bring?
Hiking shoes or tevas, sunblock, bathing suit, casual dress. Tours includes transport to and from the national park, drinks and snack on the beach, and entrance fees.
When?
Pick up time from the hotels are at 7.40 a.m. or 12.30 p.m
The park is closed on mondays!
Price: 39$
A great trip for all ages, the boat runs through the spectactular mangrove forest looking for monkeys, snakes and many wetland birds. The guide will dedicate time explaining the mangrove and its importance to our area.
Tour includes transport, 2 hours on boat, snacks and guide.
When: It depends on the tides, contact us for more info.
Price: 50$
34 years old, I have 10 years in the nature business and have guided in many national parks in Costa Rica and in Peru. My main area is now Manuel Antonio.
I love to bird watch and like to talk to people that are birders and nature lovers. I have a guiding license with the i.c.t for the local area and the general country. I have lieca spotting scope and binoculares that you will enjoy to use while you are taking a tour with me.
See you in Costa Rica!
“Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. Their most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammal in the world capable of flight; other mammals, such as flying squirrels and gliding phalangers, can glide for limited distances but are not capable of true sustainable flight. The word Chiroptera can be translated from the Greek words for “hand wing,” as the structure of the open wing is very similar to an outspread human hand, with a membrane (patagium) between the fingers that also stretches between hand and body.”
“Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea, distinct from the true crabs in the infra-order Brachyura. Most hermit crabs salvage empty seashells to shelter and protect their soft abdomens. There are about five hundred known species of hermit crabs in the world; although they are mostly aquatic, there are also some terrestrial species. A number of species, most notably king crabs, have abandoned seashells for a free-living life; these species have forms similar to true crabs and are known as carcinized hermit crabs.”
“The White-headed Capuchin (Cebus capucinus), also known as the White-faced Capuchin or White-throated Capuchin, is a small New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. Native to the forests of South and Central America, White-throated Capuchins are important to rainforest ecology by their role in dispersing seeds and pollen.
Among the best known monkeys, White-headed Capuchins are recognized as the typical companion to the organ grinder and for the role of “Marcel” in the popular television series Friends. They are highly intelligent monkeys and have been trained as assistants for paraplegic persons.”
“Sloths are medium-sized South American mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, part of the order Pilosa. Most scientists call these two families the Folivora suborder, while some call it Phyllophaga. Sloths are herbivores, eating very little other than leaves.
Sloths have made extraordinary adaptations to an arboreal browsing lifestyle. Leaves, their main food source, provide very little energy or nutrition and do not digest easily: sloths have very large, specialized, slow-acting stomachs with multiple compartments in which symbiotic bacteria break down the tough leaves. Sloths may also eat insects and small lizards and carrion. As much as two-thirds of a well-fed sloth’s body-weight consists of the contents of its stomach, and the digestive process can take as long as a month or more to complete. Even so, leaves provide little energy, and sloths deal with this by a range of economy measures: they have very low metabolic rates (less than half of that expected for a creature of their size), and maintain low body temperatures when active (30 to 34 degrees Celsius), and still lower temperatures when resting.”
“Boas are a type of snake that are members of the Boidae family. Boas are basal snakes that are “primitive” in evolutionary terms (i.e. less derived). They are constrictors and give birth to live young. They have anal spurs, a pair of claws on each side of the cloaca which are vestiges of legs. Boas are named after cows (Latin: bos) because of the old myth that boa snakes pursue cows and suckle them until they are drained to death.
Boas have two subfamilies: Boinae or true boas and Erycinae or sand boas. Pythons are sometimes classified as a subfamily of Boidae, but are frequently listed under their own family, Pythonidae.”