Palo Verde National Park Boat Tour starts driving you to the town of Filadelfia where we take the road with direction to the operation center. Our first stop is before this town, as we stop for you to observe the people working with their oxcarts. You will see them removing sand from the bottom of the Tempisque River. 

Palo Verde National Park Boat Tour continues the drive through sugar cane, cantaloupes, watermelon, papaya trees fields. As well along the drive, you will see many rural villages and typical landscapes. Upon your arrival at the operation center, you can enjoy a coffee or natural juice and use bathrooms before heading to the docks.

Once in the Palo Verde National Park, you will find the largest concentration of birds in Central America (during summertime). Here you can see a large number of birds like herons, ibis, egrets, macaws, wood stork, and more. Also, you will see a big number of American crocodiles, green and black iguanas of really big size. You can observe as well white-face and howler monkeys, bats, and others.

Discover the history and importance of the Tempisque River, in the present and colonial times. In those years our ancestors traveled along the river with their products to sell. They also bring the cattle and transported people, the river was the only way to go out to other towns along the river. Or take it to Puntarenas, the biggest port on the pacific coast.

Enjoy all the flora and fauna on the tour by boat into the hydro system of the Palo Verde National Park and the Tempisque River. For the last, you will enjoy a delicious typical lunch made on wood ovens at the operation center. No doubt, this is one of the best river safaris that you can take during your vacations in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.