Best shore excursions in Limon, Costa Rica

[Shannon Farley]

Coming on a cruise to Costa Rica and looking for what shore excursion to choose? I always recommend seeing what Costa Rica is most famous for – rainforest and nature.

 

At your Caribbean port of call in Limon, Costa Rica, one of the best Costa Rica shore excursions to experience the rainforest and its exotic wildlife is Veragua Rainforest Eco-Adventure.

 

On cruise ship stops, you normally only have time for a half-day tour, or maybe a full-day tour. The nice thing about Veragua Rainforest Eco-Adventure is that it is located less than an hour away from the pier at Limon. You have minimal travel time, which means more time in the rainforest.

 

Veragua Rainforest’s 3,212-acre (1,300-hectare) park is set in the tropical rainforest of the Caribbean coastal mountains bordering the renowned La Amistad International Park. This is real rainforest, not contrived. Howler and white-faced monkeys roam the treetops. Hundreds of species of tropical and migratory birds fly through the forest. Brightly colored poison-dart frogs join rare salamanders and other lizards on the forest floor.

 

Veragua Rainforest’s award-winning adventure park design gives you the most complete rainforest experience possible in a day tour in Costa Rica. Important national scientific research goes on here with Veragua’s team of on-site biologists.

 

For your Limon shore excursion at Veragua, you can choose either a half-day tour (pier-to-pier 5½ hours) or full-day tour (pier-to-pier 7½ hours). Both tours include a fascinating aerial tram ride through the rainforest canopy, walking trails along a river under giant trees to a beautiful waterfall, and interesting interactive wildlife exhibits: the largest indoor nocturnal and diurnal frog exhibit in the world, reptile and insect areas, and a huge butterfly garden filled with some of the world’s most colorful butterflies including the famed electric-blue Morpho. Veragua Rainforest is completely accessible for disabled visitors.

 

The full-day tour adds the exciting zip-lines of The Original Canopy Tour®, which has been featured on Discovery Channel, National Geographic and Travel Channel. Lunch is included on the full-day tour. 

 

Article by Shannon Farley