Rainforest Life Tours
Mauricio Rodríguez Vargas
Telefone: 2763-4072
Email: mauricr86@yahoo.es

Hi! My name is Mauricio Rodríguez Vargas. I have been a tour guide here in Tortuguero for 7 years, but my passion is to learn about and enjoy the biodiversity of the tropical forest.

Based out of the village of San Francisco (across the lagoon from Tortuguero) I can offer a uniquely different experience.

I want to offer something different and marvelous in Tortuguero with my canoe tours, walking tours, birding tours, tour to view the butterflies and much more to the tourists who come to my village.  

My family is from Tortuguero and we have a wonderful, large piece of private property in the rain forest across the lagoon from the village. My dream has been to be able to make ecological tours on this land and also to contribute to the National Park. 

On this page I would like to offer tours such as:

Canoe Tours of the Canals of the National Park at only $15, not including the entrance fee to the Park at $10 per person.

Walking Tours of private trails $12 per person

Camping in the Rainforest $25 per person  (includes 1 breakfast, but does not include camping equipment)
This would be done outsider of the National Park in a private property.

Turtle Nesting Tours

We also offer a visit to Tortuguero in one day:
We begin from San José at 6:00 a.m.
Breakfast 7:30 a.m. in Guapiles
Arriving at 11:30 at the river at Pavona we travel by boat along the beautiful rivers and canals for 1 ½ hours until we arrive in Tortuguero
1:00 p.m. we would have a buffet-style lunch
2:00 p.m. we visit the village of Tortuguero
3:00 p.m. We leave for San José
All this for only $120 per person

Overnight Tour Tortuguero
This tour includes:
1st day – transportation to Tortuguero from San José, accompanied by a bilingual guide
Accommodations at a hotel with pool in the rain forest
Lunch, dinner and breakfast buffet-style
Tour of the village for 2 hours
2nd day –
8:00 am tour within the National Park for 2 hours
10:30 am we leave from Tortuguero to return to San José

*This tour is only $350 USD per person! It does not include a ticket to enter the National Park for tours. A National Park ticket costs $10 USD.

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National Park Entrance fee is not included at $10 per person