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Private Manuel Antonio National Park Tour from San José

A full-day private trip to one of Costa Rica's most beloved national parks, with a naturalist guide and photographer.

Private tour — just your group 10-12 hours Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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Overview

Travel from San José to Manuel Antonio National Park with a private naturalist guide and photographer, including high-quality photos, and free time at Espadilla Beach.

A private full-day tour to Manuel Antonio National Park with a dedicated naturalist guide and professional photographer, who provides high-quality photos of your visit. This national park is one of Costa Rica's most visited, known for its beaches backed directly by rainforest. After exploring the trails there's time to relax at Espadilla Beach before the return drive to San José.

Highlights

  • Manuel Antonio National Park trails Walk the park's rainforest trails with a naturalist guide pointing out real opportunities to see local wildlife.
  • Professional photography A photographer accompanies your group, with high-quality photos included.
  • Espadilla Beach Relax on the beach just outside the park before heading back to San José.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

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Pickup

Private hotel pickup in San José.

1

Manuel Antonio National Park trails

Walk the park's rainforest trails with a naturalist guide pointing out real opportunities to see local wildlife.

2

Professional photography

A photographer accompanies your group, with high-quality photos included.

3

Espadilla Beach

Relax on the beach just outside the park before heading back to San José.

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Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 25 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

It's roughly a 3-hour drive each way, which is why this is a long full-day tour.
Manuel Antonio has real, frequent wildlife sightings, but nothing in nature can be guaranteed — your guide will do their best to spot animals along the trails.
Please confirm current park admission inclusions with your guide at booking, as Manuel Antonio requires a separate entrance ticket.
The park is closed on Tuesdays. It was previously closed on Mondays, but the schedule changed in 2021 — worth knowing if you're planning dates around an older guidebook or website.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

Travel from San José to Manuel Antonio National Park with a private naturalist guide and photographer, including high-quality photos, and free time at Espadilla Beach. A private full-day tour to Manuel Antonio National Park with a dedicated naturalist guide and professional photographer, who provides high-quality photos of your visit. This national park is one of Costa Rica's most visited, known for its beaches backed directly by rainforest. After exploring the trails there's time to relax at Espadilla Beach before the return drive to San José.

Manuel Antonio was established as a national park in 1972 and covers just 16.24 square kilometers of land — the smallest national park in Costa Rica's entire system — yet it's consistently one of the most visited, because almost nowhere else in the country packs pristine beach, coral reef, and both primary and secondary rainforest into such a compact, easily walkable area. That density is exactly what a half-day of trail walking here can cover, something a much larger park simply can't offer in the same timeframe.

Because the park draws such heavy demand on a small footprint, Costa Rica's park service limits daily visitor numbers and closes the park one day each week to let the trails rest — a closure day that shifted from Monday to Tuesday back in 2021, which still catches some visitors off guard if they're going off older information. The exact daily visitor cap has been adjusted more than once in recent years by court order, generally trending toward tighter limits than the park saw a decade ago, part of a broader effort to balance tourism against the ecosystem it depends on.

The payoff for that management is real: Manuel Antonio is one of the only places in Costa Rica where the vulnerable Central American squirrel monkey can reliably be spotted, alongside white-faced capuchins and mantled howler monkeys, all living in a forest that opens directly onto the sand at Espadilla and Manuel Antonio beaches.

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