Hello again Kara!

Absolutely! The Pacuare River Rafting Tour provider can provide transportation (either round-trip or a combination of two destinations) between San Jose, Alajuela, La Fortuna, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Cahuita, Limon, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, and Siquirres. Transportation is complimentary provided you stay at a hotel (or hotels) within the tour operator’s normal pick-up/drop-off range, which is typically a town’s downtown center (hotels on the outskirts of towns typically don’t qualify for complimentary transportation).

In La Fortuna, Tabacon qualifies for the tour operator’s complimentary transportation, so a drop-off there is certainly possible. In Alajuela (where the SJO Airport is located), hotels in the city’s downtown core (such as Arenal Backpackers, Alajuela City Hotel & Guesthouse, etc.), the SJO Airport, and hotels across the street from the airport (e.g., the Holiday Inn and the Hampton Inn) qualify for the tour operator’s complimentary transportation, so a pick-up at hotels in these areas is possible. If you happen to choose a hotel outside of these areas (i.e., on the outskirts of downtown Alajuela), the pick-up is still possible but the tour operator will charge extra in this case.

Regarding the minimum age limit for the Pacuare River rafting tour, what’s most important are your daughter’s measurements, specifically her height and weight as these details will determine whether she’ll be able to safely fit one of the lifejackets that the tour operator has. Similar to our answer to your question about the Lost Canyon Canyoning Tour age limit (posted elsewhere in our forum), when the rafting tour is requested, you’ll likely be asked to provide your daughter’s measurements so the tour operator can have this information in advance. Even if you opt to request the tour now (i.e., nearly a year in advance), it would probably be best to wait until closer to your travel dates to provide the tour operator with the exact measurements, though, since they will likely change over the next year (these can be provided at a later date). What will likely happen in this case is that a request for the tour made now will be processed now (so you can obtain the discount) but will technically remain in “standby mode” until next year when the measurements can be confirmed.

Pura vida! 🙂

Hey Chris! 🙂

We like Sky Adventures’s Sky Trek Canopy Tour, mainly because it includes a complimentary aerial tram ride (called the Sky Tram) and uses a handlebar braking system (as opposed to a hand braking system). We also like Ecoglide’s Canopy Tour, but typically only suggest that tour for families with younger children who want a tamer ziplining experience. We have discounts for both tours.

As a side note, the only ziplining tour discount we will be able to provide to your family (given your travel dates) would be the discount for Sky Adventures’s Sky Trek Canopy Tour. Our discount for Ecoglide’s Canopy Tour absolutely requires discount requests to be sent in a minimum of 10 days prior to the tour date, and since you mentioned you’ll be arriving on July 12th for 3 nights, unfortunately, the 12th, 13th, and 14th all fall within the 10-day window of today’s date. Sky Adventures typically processes our requests quickly, so even though we’re within the 10-day window now, if you decide to go with this tour option and submit the order for the discount through our website before the day’s end, we can work to obtain that discount for you for use on either the 12th, 13th, or 14th according to your preference.

For easy reference, here are links to our adult and student discounts for the Arenal Sky Trek Canopy Tour:

Arenal Sky Trek adult discount: https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/sky-trek-canopy-tour-ziplining-adult-la-fortuna-sky-adventures/
Arenal Sky Trek student discount: https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/sky-trek-canopy-tour-ziplining-student-la-fortuna-sky-adventures/

Pura vida! 🙂

Hey Chris!

For tour transportation to/from Tabacon, this hotel does fall within Sky Adventures’s normal pick-up/drop-off zone in La Fortuna. This being said, Sky Adventures is a tour operator that does not automatically include round-trip transportation to/from any hotels with any of their tours, so they will apply a transportation fee on top of the tour rate if you’d like to have them provide a hotel pick-up/drop-off service. (Some tour operators in Costa Rica automatically include round-trip transportation in their rates and others do not; our related blog post https://costaricatravelblog.com/costa-rica-tour-transportation-hotel-pick-ups-drop-offs/ offers more information about this if you’re interested in further reading.) Sky Adventures’s transportation fees vary by hotel, but since Tabacon falls within Sky Adventures’s normal transportation zone, their regular, flat-rate, round-trip transportation cost of $17 per person to/from La Fortuna hotels applies. (You’ll see this fee presented as the optional “Transportation Option” on tour listing pages on our website for Sky Adventures’s tours; when the option is selected, Sky Adventures’s round-trip transportation fee will be added to your order.)

Pura vida! 🙂

Hello Annie!

I apologize for the delay in getting back to you! Desafio Adventure Company (the tour operator) changed the minimum age limit for their Tenorio River Rafting Tour to 13 years, so I wanted to wait to respond until after this change had been confirmed so I could update you on it as well. Desafio responded to us today, so I can now respond to you! 🙂 (Note that Desafio’s website doesn’t yet reflect the change; it still reads as if the minimum age limit for the tour is 8 years.)

To answer your question about the Tenorio River Rafting Tour, the same link would be used for everyone in your family group. There isn’t a child discount for this specific tour because the minimum age prevents children 0-12 years from participating. The tour operator charges older children (age 13-17) as adults, so our adult discount would apply to them as well.

I’m not sure of the ages of the children in your travel group, but if you have children under the age of 13 who aren’t able to experience the rafting tour, your group could experience the Tenorio River Safari Float Tour instead, if that option interests you at all. Like the Tenorio River Rafting Tour, the cost of the Tenorio River Safari Float Tour is slightly more expensive when the tour is taken from La Fortuna to Papagayo, but it is an option if you want to experience a tour in between the two destinations.

Pura vida! 🙂

Hi Niki!

Certainly! The Pacuare River Rafting Tour provider can provide transportation (either round-trip or a combination of two destinations) between San Jose, Alajuela, La Fortuna, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Cahuita, Limon, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, and Siquirres. Transportation is complimentary provided you stay at a hotel (or hotels) within the tour operator’s normal pick-up/drop-off zone, which is typically a town’s downtown center (hotels on the outskirts of towns typically don’t qualify for complimentary transportation). If you choose to stay at hotels (vacation home rentals and Airbnbs don’t count) in downtown Puerto Viejo de Talamanca and downtown San Jose, transportation should be free. If you decide to stay at hotels outside of town centers, you can still experience the rafting tour but the tour operator will likely charge an extra transportation fee to offer a pick-up and drop-off service at the hotels.

Pura vida! 🙂

Hey Christopher!

This quick message is just to let you know that I just responded to your inquiry via email. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you need anything else. 🙂

Pura vida!

Good morning Karen!

Thank you so much for getting back to us! We would love to be able to help, but unfortunately, according to the tour operator’s payment policy, the booking window is already closed. Of course, if there are any other discounts you’d like to secure for future travel dates, don’t hesitate to reach out to us again as we’d love to obtain those for you! 🙂

Pura vida!