Description – The Manuel Antonio National Park is one of Costa Rica’s most famous National Parks and is a must for any visitor to Costa Rica. The Park used to be inaccessible by car however you can now drive right up to the entrance. The National Park is open everyday from 8am-4pm except on Mondays when the park is closed. The National Park is full of trails to hike around that lead to secluded beaches and vantage points with spectacular views.

Rates £40-60 per per person

Rating -Light Hiking, Wildlife

Location – Manuel Antonio

Keywords – Wildlife, Hiking, National Park

The National Park tour is usually am AM or PM tour with a guide who will take you around the National Park and show you the wildlife that is within it. If you think you can do this yourself, think again. It is very hard indeed to see the wildlife and the Park guides know the daily movements of the monkeys, sloth’s, snakes, birds, etc so that they may show them to you.

The National Park at Manuel Antonio is one of the main attractions boasting 627 hectares of dense biodiverse tropical rainforest. Within this rainforest lies some of the exotic wildlife that Costa Rica and Manuel Antonio are famous for: 109 species of mammals and 184 of birds. The most popular animals are the sloth’s, spider monkeys and the rare and adorable squirrel monkeys.

It is said that the best beaches in Costa Rica lie within the National Park and from the pictures you can see why. Tropical rainforest hitting white sanded beaches, as close as you will ever get to paradise.