Hey Kim!

Thanks so much for checking in with us. Yes, we can offer discounts for that rafting tour option! At the moment, it’s the same cost as the rafting tour option to/from La Fortuna; for the current season, the original cost is $99/adult (plus tax) but our discounted rate is $69.30/adult (plus tax). Our website currently only shows the rafting tour option to/from La Fortuna, but if you’re interested in the San Jose option, simply place an order for the discount for the tour to/from La Fortuna and include a note that you’re interested in the San Jose option. When we receive the order, we’ll update the destinations on our end to reflect your preference. Here’s a link to where you can find the rafting tour option to/from La Fortuna in case you decide to order the discount: https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/sarapiqui-river-rafting-tour-adult-la-fortuna-desafio-adventure-company/

Pura vida! 🙂

Hi Cindy!

Thanks so much for your interest in our discounts! Quick question… did you receive the membership registration email? This email is sent out automatically following payment through PayPal but it often ends up in people’s junk mail folders. When you have a second, would you mind checking your email account’s junk mail folder (this would be the email account that you use for PayPal) to see if it’s there? If for some reason the email isn’t in your junk mail folder or you don’t have access to the email account you use for PayPal, simply reply below to let me know and I can register the account for you on our end so you can checkout right away.

Pura vida! 🙂

Hello Lisa!

Thank you again for all of these details. You have a few options…

For one, you can do as you note and raft the Sarapiqui River on your way to La Fortuna, assuming you’ll be taking the route to La Fortuna that passes through the Sarapiqui region. However, the Pacuare River (like the Sarapiqui River) can also be experienced on your way to La Fortuna, so if that river is your preference, you can still raft it. To confirm, the most common route taken between Tortuguero and La Fortuna passes through Siquirres (where the Pacuare River is run) and Sarapiqui (where the Sarapiqui River is run), so you could opt to raft either river.

For the Pacuare River, it is cheaper if you drive yourself. Here’s a link to the discount we offer for the Class III/IV Pacuare River rafting tour self-drive option: https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/pacuare-river-rafting-tour-adult-siquirres-exploradores-outdoors/

For the Sarapiqui River, we currently only have a discount for the tour that includes transportation (you don’t have to use the complimentary transportation if you don’t want to), but that discounted rate is likely lower than what the tour would normally cost if it was available without transportation. Here’s a link to the discount we offer for the Class III/IV Sarapiqui River rafting tour: https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/sarapiqui-river-rafting-tour-adult-la-fortuna-desafio-adventure-company/

For the Mambo Combo, it is not possible to split up this activity. However, it is possible to experience the two tours that it includes (the Lost Canyon Canyoning Tour and the Class II/III Sarapiqui River Rafting Tour) on separate days. The Mambo Combo is the cheaper option because you get a deal by experiencing both activities during the same day, but if it works better for your schedule, you can request one tour for one day and the other tour for the next. Here are links to our discounts for each:

Mambo Combo Tour (Lost Canyon Canyoning Tour and the Class II/III Sarapiqui River Rafting Tour): https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/mambo-combo-tour-canyoning-tour-and-sarapiqui-river-rafting-tour-adult-la-fortuna-desafio-adventure-company/

Lost Canyon Canyoning Tour: https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/lost-canyon-canyoning-tour-adult-la-fortuna-desafio-adventure-company/

Class II/III Sarapiqui River Rafting Tour: https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/sarapiqui-river-rafting-tour-class-2-3-adult-la-fortuna-desafio-adventure-company/

Note: Desafio Adventure Company (the rafting tour operator) is not currently running trips down the Class II/III Balsa River, so all Class II/III rafting trips (including the Mambo Combo Tour) will be run on the Class II/III section of the Sarapiqui River instead.

Regardless of which option you pick (to either go with the Mambo Combo Tour or experience the canyoning and rafting on separate days), it would be best to plan for these activities during your days in La Fortuna. The canyon and river visited during these tours are not on the way to Monteverde, so it would be best not to experience them on the way to that destination.

One last side note… since you mentioned you’ll be leaving Tortuguero on July 27th and that you’ll likely want to experience the rafting tour (and possibly the canyoning tour) shortly after that time, I should mention that the last possible day we’ll be able to offer discounts to you would be this Saturday, July 17th. This is because all discount orders must be placed through our website a minimum of 10 days before any desired tour date in order to be considered for processing. I thought I’d just mention this in case you hadn’t spotted that policy on our website so you don’t miss out on securing the discounts you’d like for your trip! 🙂

Pura vida!

Hi Lisa!

Thanks so much for your responses. 🙂

For the Pacuare River Rafting Tour, you’re asking the right people! Ricky (co-owner of Pura Vida! eh? Inc.) used to be a white-water rafting guide on the Pacuare River for years. Between the two of us, we’ve rafted the river more than a whopping 2,000 times. For more info about the specific rafting tour experience, don’t miss our related blog post: https://costaricatravelblog.com/pacuare-river-rafting-tour/

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to experience the Pacuare River Rafting Tour and make it to Tortuguero on the same day. There is a slight chance you may be able to make that arrangement work, but since it will depend on several factors that are outside of your control, we’d strongly advise not building your trip itinerary around it.

Typically, the rafting portion of the Pacuare River Rafting Tour wraps up between 2pm and 3pm, but an exact time is impossible to plan for. Factors that determine the tour finish time include but are not limited to the river’s water level on the day of the day (which influences how fast/slow the river trip is run), the number of people participating in the tour as well as where they need to be picked up, road traffic, and the weather. I think the earliest we’ve ever had a rafting trip finish was around 1:30pm, but early finishes are uncommon. The tour can also run late.

Since you plan to depart for Tortuguero via the dock in La Pavona, and since this particular dock is an approximate 2-hour drive from the rafting tour endpoint near Siquirres, in order to make it there by 4:00pm you’ll need to make sure you’re able to complete the rafting tour by 2:00pm. Since this is impossible to guarantee, our best recommendation would be to either plan to visit Tortuguero on a different day, or else plan to raft the Pacuare River on a different day.

If (instead of rafting the Pacuare River first) you head straight to Tortuguero, you could spend your two nights there, catch a very early morning boat out, drive to Siquirres (where the rafting tour begins/ends), and raft the Pacuare River that day. Alternatively (if you want to raft the Pacuare River first), you can plan to raft the Pacuare River, spend a night in the Siquirres area (accommodations are limited), then depart early the next morning for the dock in La Pavona.

To be honest, though both of the above-mentioned options are possible, we wouldn’t recommend either one. We don’t recommend travelers drive to La Pavona on their own because the area isn’t particularly safe. Instead, we only recommend that travelers who want to visit Tortuguero either do so as part of a package that includes accommodation and transport, or (if you’d prefer to book your Tortuguero accommodation separately), as part of a transportation-only package that includes combined ground and boat transportation. These packages do provide some logistical issues for people who plan to rent a car, and in these cases, we typically recommend that a traveler either waits to pick up their car until after they’ve explored Tortuguero, or else get rid of their car before they travel to Tortuguero if Tortuguero will be visited at the end of their trip.

If your itinerary is already set and you’d like to proceed with your original plan to arrange your own boat transport to Tortuguero, in this case, this would be the discount for the Pacuare River Rafting Tour that you should use because it’s the discount for the rafting tour option that does not provide transportation (i.e., it assumes you’ll drive yourself to and from the rafting tour start/endpoint near Siquirres): https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/pacuare-river-rafting-tour-adult-siquirres-exploradores-outdoors/

Pura vida! 🙂

Hello Ariana!

Absolutely! You’re welcome to park your car in Desafio Adventure Company’s parking lot while you participate in their Sarapiqui River Rafting Tour.

To confirm, Desafio has a new location. Though they were previously located in downtown La Fortuna (behind the central park and church), they’re now located along Road 702 (just south of downtown La Fortuna), beside the El Salto swimming hole. Google Maps (via this link: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Desafio+Adventure+Company/@10.4582762,-84.6446167,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8fa00c883888097b:0x84ae75eb85034c41!8m2!3d10.4582709!4d-84.642428) is updated and shows their current location.

Pura vida! 🙂

Hey Jory!

Thanks so much for your interest! We currently offer discounts for Costa Rica day tours only so unfortunately we can’t help with a discount for a 2-day (i.e. overnight) rafting trip. 🙁

Pura vida!

Hello Chris!

This quick message is simply to confirm that we successfully received your order request. We sent you an email regarding its processing, but to also confirm here, the date requested is correct (July 13th). 🙂

Pura vida!

Good morning Kathie!

Absolutely! I just authorized the full refund for you through PayPal (you should have received an email from PayPal about that). Thank you so much for considering us and for wanting to use our discount had the travel date allowed for it.

Wishing you safe and enjoyable travels throughout the remainder of your visit.

Pura vida! 🙂