La Fortuna, Costa RicaTours, Transfers &
Custom ItinerariesLocal Team · Arenal Volcano · One Trusted Operator

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

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…more

Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Miller

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

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

Julie Tearle

February 2026

Google

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…more

Full La Fortuna itinerary · Guide Luis & Gabriel

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'…more

Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Miller

U. V.

November 2025

Google

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…more

Private Birdwatching Tour · Guide Elias

Robert

March 2026

TripAdvisor

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…more

Ecocentro Danaus Bird Photography · Guide Elias

A simply stunning experience, better impossible. 100% recommended.

Laura W.

February 2026

TripAdvisor

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…more

Wildlife Walk · Guide Luis

Anal Dave

January 2026

Google

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…more

Photo Tours: Birding + Night + Manuel Antonio · Guide Gabriel, José "Chino" & Andrew

Jacob Sawyer

November 2025

Google

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…more

Night Walk + Sloth Tour Bogarin · Guide Raul

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…more

Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Miller

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…more

La Fortuna Night Tour · Guide José

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…more

Private Birding

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…more

Photo Tour

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…more

Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Luis

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…more

La Fortuna Night Tour · Guide José

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…more

Private Birding · Guide Ignacio & Luis

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…more

Birdwatching La Fortuna / Arenal · Guide Luis

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…more

Private Night Tours · Guide José

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…more

Mistico Hanging Bridges · Guide Raul

Rik Huijts

February 2026

Google

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…more

Birdwatching + Night Tour · Guide Raul & José

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…more

Private Night Macro Photography · Guide José