From a single tour to a full multi-day plan — with or without transport. One local team in La Fortuna handles it all.From a single half-day tour to a full multi-day itinerary — with or without private transfers. Wildlife, birding, photography, volcano hikes and waterfalls, all coordinated by one trusted local team in La Fortuna.
Whatever the size of your plan, one local team handles it. No bouncing between operators.
Choose what you need — we handle the rest.
Hand-picked from over 5 years guiding visitors around Arenal — these are the tours that consistently top reviews.
Most popular spots in one day: Hanging Bridges + Arenal 1968 + La Fortuna Waterfall
Volcano trail walk with lava fields, forest edges and classic Arenal viewpoints
Self-guided park entrance to the iconic La Fortuna Waterfall — explore at your own pace, swim and take photos.
Guided walk through rainforest trails and hanging bridges with birds, monkeys and volcano views
Classic wildlife walk for sloths, birds, frogs and easy observation
Relaxed river float focused on wildlife observation and photography
Hand-picked experiences loved by travelers visiting Arenal and La Fortuna.
Erin P.
July 2025
Luis was an amazing guide and we had a wonderful day birdwatching in La Fortuna and Arenal. We identified nearly 100 species. We would absolutely recommend Luis and the whole team — knowledgeable and helpful in identifyi…
Birdwatching La Fortuna / Arenal · Guide Luis
Sue B.
November 2025
Our early morning nature tour at the Mistico hanging bridges with Raul was the very best start to our trip we could have hoped for. Raul is a qualified naturalist and made the rainforest come alive with his knowledge of…
Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Raul
Sávio C.
February 2026
I highly recommend hiring Elias Tours. The entire team is spectacular, especially Chino and Roy, who guided us on fantastic tours.
Multi-day Itinerary · Guide Chino & Roy
wei p.
April 2026
I had two private night tours with Jose. He was very professional and helpful. He tried very hard to find me my targeted animals and the perfect photography angles. I learned a lot of information about the creatures here…
Private Night Macro Photography · Guide José
cgrenwick
Leeds, United Kingdom · May 2026
Fantastic experience with Elias nature tours, right from booking the tour and having responsive, helpful communication, to the tour itself. We did the private night tour in La Fortuna, with José as our guide and we saw S…
La Fortuna Night Tour · Guide José
Wei P.
March 2026
I had two private night tours with José — very professional and helpful. He worked hard to find my target animals and perfect photography angles. I learned a lot about the creatures here. I told him I wanted to see more…
Private Night Tours · Guide José
Laura W.
February 2026
This was just the most incredible experience! We all had the most magical time and core memories that will last a lifetime. Our guide Luis was wonderful and so free with knowledge. We saw wonderful birds and agoutis, and…
Wildlife Walk · Guide Luis
Nadine J.
Toronto, Canada · March 2026
We had an incredible experience with Miller at the Mistico Hanging Bridges. He found us so much wildlife we hadn't seen before, and he was really focused on finding us a yellow-throated toucan, which he finally found! I'…
Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Miller
Smoyel
Brooklyn, New York · March 2026
Great Manuel Antonio park tour with Andrew! He is very knowledgeable and patient, and helped us spot so much wildlife we would have walked right past. Highly recommend.
Manuel Antonio · Guide Andrew
cgrenwick
Leeds, United Kingdom · April 2026
Fantastic experience with Elias Nature Tours, right from booking with responsive, helpful communication, to the tour itself. We did the private night tour in La Fortuna with José as our guide — SO many frog species (incl…
La Fortuna Night Tour · Guide José
Nadine J.
Toronto, Canada · March 2026
We had an incredible experience with Miller at the Mistico Hanging Bridges. He found us so much wildlife we hadn't seen before, and was really focused on finding us a yellow-throated toucan — which he finally did! I'd hi…
Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Miller
C. W.
February 2026
Elias arranged two half-days of private birding around La Fortuna, taking into account our goals and some physical limitations. We had a different guide each day, Ignacio and Luis, both terrific — super knowledgeable, en…
Private Birding · Guide Ignacio & Luis
Robert
March 2026
I had an incredible experience on a bird photography tour with Elias at Ecocentro Danaus. We spotted around 40 different bird species, and Elias identified each one effortlessly, sharing details about behavior and habita…
Ecocentro Danaus Bird Photography · Guide Elias
U. V.
November 2025
What a fantastic experience! Today we went on a private birdwatching tour with Elias. His passion for nature, birds and all other living creatures in his homeland of Costa Rica is truly inspiring. We had the opportunity…
Private Birdwatching Tour · Guide Elias
Rupyo
Geneva, Illinois · February 2026
From booking to tour the entire experience was excellent. This was a private photography tour and the guide knew exactly where to find what I wanted to photograph and helped with camera settings and composition for the c…
Photo Tour
Julie Tearle
February 2026
We had such an amazing experience with Elias Nature Tours from beginning to end. Elias took our whole wish list and booked everything: 2 night walks (Ecocentro Danaus and Papa's place), canyoning, white water rafting wit…
Full La Fortuna itinerary · Guide Luis & Gabriel
Eduardo R.
February 2026
A simply stunning experience, better impossible. 100% recommended.
Sávio C.
April 2026
I highly recommend hiring an Elias Tour. The entire Elias team is spectacular, especially Chino and Roy, who guided us on fantastic tours.
· Guide Chino & Roy
Stephanie S.
February 2026
Loved our tour of Mistico Hanging Bridges! Luis was a fantastic guide. We have an almost three year old and Luis was very patient and engaging with him. Very knowledgeable about the birds, animals and Costa Rica as a who…
Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Luis
Jacob Sawyer
November 2025
Elias is the finest that Costa Rica has to offer! We started with a night tour at Danaus and loved it — he is so intelligent about Costa Rica's flora and fauna. We also booked a daytime sloth tour at the Bogarin trail. R…
Night Walk + Sloth Tour Bogarin · Guide Raul
C W.
March 2026
Elias arranged two half-days of private birding around La Fortuna. Outstanding guiding, spotting and scope work. We added many lifers and learned so much about behavior and habitat. Communication and logistics were flawl…
Private Birding
Rebeca T.
April 2026
Elias was wonderful in helping us plan out our trip, excursions, hikes, restaurants, drive times and routes. Our guide Miller at Místico Hanging Bridges was knowledgeable about the local wildlife and gave us a much deepe…
Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Miller
Anal Dave
January 2026
I reached out to Elias 2 weeks ago for a photo tour during my stay at La Fortuna. He set up a birding tour, an amazing night photo tour in La Fortuna and a wildlife photo tour in Manuel Antonio National Park. Guides Gabr…
Photo Tours: Birding + Night + Manuel Antonio · Guide Gabriel, José "Chino" & Andrew
Rik Huijts
February 2026
We have done two tours with Elias. First a birdwatching tour in the morning with Raul — he has been doing this for 25 years and knew everything about the birds, spotting them from so far away. Absolutely amazing. The nig…
Birdwatching + Night Tour · Guide Raul & José
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Erin P.
July 2025
Luis was an amazing guide and we had a wonderful day birdwatching in La Fortuna and Arenal. We identified nearly 100 species. We would absolutely recommend Luis and the whole team — knowledgeable and helpful in identifyi…
Birdwatching La Fortuna / Arenal · Guide Luis
Sue B.
November 2025
Our early morning nature tour at the Mistico hanging bridges with Raul was the very best start to our trip we could have hoped for. Raul is a qualified naturalist and made the rainforest come alive with his knowledge of…
Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Raul
Sávio C.
February 2026
I highly recommend hiring Elias Tours. The entire team is spectacular, especially Chino and Roy, who guided us on fantastic tours.
Multi-day Itinerary · Guide Chino & Roy
wei p.
April 2026
I had two private night tours with Jose. He was very professional and helpful. He tried very hard to find me my targeted animals and the perfect photography angles. I learned a lot of information about the creatures here…
Private Night Macro Photography · Guide José
cgrenwick
Leeds, United Kingdom · May 2026
Fantastic experience with Elias nature tours, right from booking the tour and having responsive, helpful communication, to the tour itself. We did the private night tour in La Fortuna, with José as our guide and we saw S…
La Fortuna Night Tour · Guide José
Wei P.
March 2026
I had two private night tours with José — very professional and helpful. He worked hard to find my target animals and perfect photography angles. I learned a lot about the creatures here. I told him I wanted to see more…
Private Night Tours · Guide José
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