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Tortuguero National Park Private Day Tour from San José

A private full-day journey to Costa Rica's canal-laced Caribbean rainforest, by land and by boat.

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

Travel to Tortuguero National Park with hotel pickup and board a private, fully-covered boat through the canals, spotting wildlife along the way with your guide.

A private full-day tour to Tortuguero National Park, one of Costa Rica's most beautiful protected areas, reached only by boat or plane. You'll travel comfortably with hotel pickup and board a private, fully-covered boat for your tour through the park's canals, with your guide sharing insight into the ecosystem. This moderate tour also includes a nature walk and a visit to Tortuguero village.

Highlights

  • Canal boat tour Cruise Tortuguero's famous canals in a private, fully-covered boat with your own guide.
  • Nature walk Walk a rainforest trail to spot wildlife and learn about the park's ecosystem.
  • Tortuguero village Visit the small canal-side village that gives the park its name.

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.

P

Pickup

Hotel pickup in San José.

1

Canal boat tour

Cruise Tortuguero's famous canals in a private, fully-covered boat with your own guide.

2

Nature walk

Walk a rainforest trail to spot wildlife and learn about the park's ecosystem.

3

Tortuguero village

Visit the small canal-side village that gives the park its name.

D

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

Tortuguero's canals are home to sloths, toucans, monkeys, and crocodiles, and your guide will point out real opportunities to spot them — sightings can't be guaranteed, as this is wild, free-roaming wildlife.
Yes, Tortuguero is internationally known for its sea turtle nesting beaches; nesting season timing varies by species, so ask your guide what's realistic for your travel dates.
Tortuguero is reached by a mix of driving and boat transport since there's no direct road access, making for a long but rewarding full day.
In a strong season, as many as 50,000 green sea turtle nests have been recorded on Tortuguero's beaches, making it one of the most significant green turtle nesting sites in the Western Hemisphere. This day tour explores the park's canals and rainforest by boat rather than the nesting beaches themselves, which require a separately arranged night visit with a certified local guide during nesting season.
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 to Tortuguero National Park with hotel pickup and board a private, fully-covered boat through the canals, spotting wildlife along the way with your guide. A private full-day tour to Tortuguero National Park, one of Costa Rica's most beautiful protected areas, reached only by boat or plane. You'll travel comfortably with hotel pickup and board a private, fully-covered boat for your tour through the park's canals, with your guide sharing insight into the ecosystem. This moderate tour also includes a nature walk and a visit to Tortuguero village.

Tortuguero takes its name from the Spanish word for turtle, and it's one of the most important nesting sites for the green sea turtle anywhere in the Western Hemisphere — in a strong season, as many as 50,000 green turtle nests have been recorded on its beaches. That population recovery didn't happen on its own: it traces back to protection and research work pioneered in Tortuguero in the late 1950s, decades of conservation effort that's credited with a documented population increase of more than 400% between 1971 and 2003 alone. Green turtles nest here from roughly mid-July through mid-October, while leatherbacks — the largest living sea turtle species — nest earlier, from March through May.

The park itself is reachable only by boat or small plane; there's no road in, which is a large part of why its canal system and surrounding rainforest have stayed so intact. The network of calm, tree-lined waterways is often compared to a miniature version of the Amazon, and it's this canal system — not the nesting beaches themselves, which require a separately arranged, certified night guide during turtle season — that this private day tour explores by boat, alongside a rainforest nature walk and a stop in Tortuguero village.

Along the canals, sightings of sloths, toucans, caimans, and several monkey species are common enough that your guide will actively watch for them, though as with any wild, free-roaming wildlife, nothing can be promised on a given day.

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