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Jim C
Oakland, CA
Hilton Papagayo is a great place to relax out in the countryside, but you also have easy access to adventure trips or shopping trips to nearby beach towns. We spent the first day just hanging out at the hotel beach and pools, then the next 3 days we did day trips; a shopping trip to Tamarindo (40 minute van ride through the countyside, and town has a really nice beach, shopping, restaurants), also did a 1/2 day snorkeling boat trip (you catch the boat at the hotel beach), and a full adventure tour that included zipline, white water rafting, horseback riding, lunch, and hot springs. The full day adventure tour was truly awesome! John Soto from Guana Tours arranged all of our day trips, and I was very happy with all the arrangements he made. You can find John on the Hilton Papagayo beach everyday.
SrRita
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
We booked a tour with John Deyvi Soto who we found on the beach. His english is excellent, his knowedge of the area superior and he took us in a mini van with two other couples on a tailor made tour just for us. The prices beat the hotel rates and we had much more one on one attention with out guide.
Highly recommend him - his company is called GuanaTours. I can't speak for any of the other companies, but John was safe, friendly and flexible. My only suggestion would be to not book two tours on consecutive days because you will be too tired (better every other day so you can break in between) and if you decide to go on the river tour - bring bug spray just in case.
My two cents.
lovestotravel5960
Take a tour with John Soto of GuanaTrans (you'll find him on the beach at the resort). He & his wife took just the two of us to the Blue River Resort to zipline, tour the property (it's a paradise), lunch and the mud bath/hot springs. He his very nice and very knowledgable about the plants, animals, and Costa Rica in general.
