Make the most of your day at Puerto Limon with this jam-packed shore excursion that gives you a memorable taste of Costa Rica's Caribbean highlights. Spot wildlife on a rain forest trek, visit a working banana plantation, and cruise down the biodiverse Tortuguero Canal. You’ll also take a scenic drive along the coast, explore the region’s diverse culture on a Limon city tour, and hunt for souvenirs at local shops.

Combo shore excursion from the port of Limon
Experience six different activities in a single day
Explore the Costa Rican rain forest on a guided trek and a cruise down the Tortuguero Canal
Visit a working banana plantation
Take in beautiful vistas on a coastal drive
Discover the city of Limon on a sightseeing tour
Pick up unique souvenirs at local shops
Port pickup and drop-off included

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Professional Naturalist Tour Guide
Entrance Fee to Cahuita Park
Boat tour in Tortuguero Canal
Visit a Banana Plantation
Visit the local souvenir stores
Sightseeing Tour around Puerto Limon city and Coast
Fresh Tropical fruits snack

Lunch

Meeting And Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Puerto Limon cruise port
XXRF+4X7, Limón Province, Limon, Costa Rica
Puerto Limon: Main entrance of the pier (main street). It is about one block from your ship and 5 minutes’ walk. There you will see our staff holding a sign with your name on it. For assistance you can call us at Office: (506)2297-0889 or Whatsapp: +(506) 85302973

Pickup point

Puerto Limon cruise port
XXRF+4X7, Limón Province, Limon, Costa Rica

Start time

08:00 am

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

This tour is exclusive for cruise ship passengers. If you are not arriving by cruise ship please do not book this tour. Tour operate only when we have cruise ships in port. Pick up is at the main gate entrance of the pier. It is a very short walking distance from the cruise ship. Once at the entrance of the pier, you will see a Greenway Tours Guide holding a sign with your name. SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT PICKUP TIME All our pickup times are set to 8:00 AM by default. HOWEVER: If your ship arrives after 8:00 AM, the Pickup will be 9:00 AM or 30 minutes after ship arrival. You can book your tour and we will adjust the time accordingly with your ship arrival. If you ship is late, our staff will wait for you till the ship dock and allow you disembark. We operate all our tours accordingly with the ship´s arrival.

What To Expect

Meet your driver and guide when your ship docks at Limon’s port in the morning, and embark on a combo adventure that introduces you to the region’s natural and cultural highlights. With an energy distinct from the rest of the country, Limon province boasts a rich cultural heritage with Afro-Caribbean, Bribri, Cabécar, Asian, Italian, and Central American roots.

City Tour

Take in scenes of Limon’s urban bustle on a short sightseeing tour.

Rain Forest Trek

Step inside the lush world of the Costa Rican rain forest on an easy 0.6-mile (1-km) trail through a secondary forest criss-crossed by creek beds. Keep an eye out for native wildlife including three-toed sloths, butterflies, toucans, hummingbirds, and colorful amphibians like the red dart frog.

Banana Plantation

The banana industry plays an important role in the Costa Rican economy, as the tiny country is the world’s second-largest banana producer, with 80% of plantations located in the Limon province. Visit a working banana plantation and packing house to learn how the fruit is cultivated, harvested, and shipped all around the globe.

Tortuguero Canal Cruise

Enjoy the tranquility of the rainforest on a cruise down this biodiverse waterway in a covered riverboat. Learn about the surrounding ecosystem as a guide point out interesting plant species and helps you look for wildlife like howler monkeys, bats, and crocodiles lounging on the riverbanks.

Shopping

Browse local goods and pick up unique mementos to take home at some of Limon’s lively souvenir shops.

Coastal Drive

Soak up the beautiful scenery of the Caribbean coastline on the drive between the different activities.

Cahuita National Park

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tortuguero Canal

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Puerto Limon

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide

Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Most travellers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

Traveller Photos

Traveller Tips

It would be nice to have much more time at each location but the cruise ships just dont stay there long enough.

Reviews

4.0

60 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travellers.

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Acessoble screw up

ohmbjr, Mar 2023

I booked this wheelchair accessible tour but I was unable to climb the bus stairs. Ariel from Greenway tours was sk very helpful and was able to get me a cab to take me to one of the parks where I hired my own tour guide. It honestly would have been bettter and less expensive for me to just hire a taxi myself at the port.

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Thank you for your review. Unfortunately all our tours are listed as not wheelchair accessible due the difficult access to Cahuita Park and enter the boat tour at Tortuguero Canal. Even you book it, we were able to accomodate you and you visited the places listed in the program

Limon Tour

Louis_B, Jan 2023

Banana plantation very interesting. Nat’l park OK , wish we could have walked the beach. City your was non existent! Place stopped to eat was marginal. No drinking water.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Thank you for your review

Phenomenal full day private tour with my wife and her best girlfriend.

Arnold_W, Jan 2023

Great fun day with exceptional knowledgeable guide Carlos and driver Gato.. Don’t miss this great tour.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Thank you.

Visiting the island of...

Melvin_B, Dec 2022

Visiting the island of the indigenous community which was very interesting. All the animals we got to see. Really enjoyed this tour. Our tour guide was very interesting.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Hi. Thank you for your positive review. We appreciate your time in posting it.

6 in 1 Puerto Limon with Alberto

Susan_N, Dec 2022

Alberto made the 6 in 1 Puerto Limon excursion fantastic and very memorable. Very personable and he went out of his way to make the excursion the best possible.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Thank you very much for your positive review about our guide and tour. we really appreciate it.

Great overview of the City

James M, Jan 2020

This was a very broad overview of Costa Rica it was just enough to give you an appreciation fir the diversity of this lovely country. It would be nice to have much more time at each location but the cruise ships just dont stay there long enough. Gueewe we need to go back on our own just to visit longer.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Hello WE are so happy to read that you enjoy the tour with us. Hope to serve you again in the near future

Very Nice Tour

Regina_C, Jan 2020

We enjoyed our tour and had a wonderful guide. Would recommend. Saw alot of the sites of Costa Rica. Nice clean bus and people there are wonderful.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Hello Thank you very much for your positive review about our services, we really appreciate it.

What tour ?

Road559030, Dec 2019

Tour was scheduled for 9 a.m. We showed up at 8:45 and were told they had already left. One of the port staff called the tour company, who said they had emailed us to inform us of the change in pick up time. NEWS FLASH for the tour company - MANY people are on VACATION when they are on a cruise and want to disconnect from email for a while. The had my cell phone number - ever hear of TEXTING? We did get a full refund, but our aggravation index was off the charts. Good part was that we hooked up with a local tour guide, who took on a private tour with the same itinerary, and had a wonderful time. I wonder if the tour company will pay for the internet access fee on board next time we sail.

Response from Host, Dec 2019

Hello Thank you very much for your negative review about our tour and services. When you book a tour thought platforms, as VIATOR, you must to know how it works and pay attention to your confirmations, charges, communication with tour operator and other details. You can´t ignore all this aspects that are listed in the terms and conditions listed when you make a purchase of a product or tour as in this case. We are very sorry you didn´t read the message we sent to you the same day of your booking. October 01, 2019 in this case. So, we sent you the pick up time and meeting instructions 45 days before your tour. Even your voucher stated 9:00 AM as pick up time, we advise you that due operational reasons the pick up time will be 8:00 AM. I can understand that MANY people are on VACATION and what to disconnect as you said. But AS I SAID, we send you the correct information just few minutes after you book the tour. WHY you didn´t check your ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM?. All these systems send you alarms or alerts when you get a message and you can easily communicate with the local tour operator. Here is the message we sent and no, we will not pay your Internet bill next time you sail. It is just pay a little bit more attention to your reservations next time Hello Rick Thank you for booking your shore excursion in Costa Rica with TRIPADVISOR EXPERIENCES. Greenway Nature Tours is the local tour operator and we will serve you during this day. The pickup time for this tour will be 8:00 AM local port time. In case a ship delay in disembarkation process our staff will wait for you. Meeting instructions: Puerto Limon: Main entrance of the pier (main street). It is a short distance from your ship. There you will see our staff holding a sign with your name on it. For assistance you can call us at Office: (506)2297-0889 or Whatsapp: +(506) 8496-0041 Mario Leon Oct 2, 2019, 09:25 AM

Not 6 in 1 at all! Very Unorganized and misleading!

Kathryn_K, Mar 2019

We barely made it to the tour because although we were told “PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THE PIERS ENTRANCE” we finally found the tour group OUTSIDE THE PIER ENTRANCE on the STREET!! It was raining off and on, we wish we had been told to BRING RAING GEAR including proper footwear! The rainforest was wet although the guide told us it was the dry season. Ok we get that but we didn’t get to do much in the rain, saw barely anything in the rainforest which was more like a long walk on a beach trail, didn’t go on a banana plant tour, stopped at a place for a quick bite of local fare. After dropping off 80% of the group back at the port, foir of us went on to the boat tour. This was interesting and we did see a few sloths, plus other local animals and birds (the two tour guides didn’t seem all that interested until we pointed some out) we then got back on the tour bus and ended up back at the cruise port. By that time it wasn’t raining and we never got our walking tour of the city. We feel this tour was not worth the money we paid. The tour guide did a good job of trying to make this tour work but it was soured by most of the group who spent all the time they were there complaining that they weren’t on their PRIVATE TOUR and were split up from the rest of their group. It wasn’t very enjoyable for the rest of us at all!! This tour seemed very unorganized and was not worth the money we paid for what was advertised.

This tour was a prime choice for us...

Joseph L, Mar 2018

This tour was a prime choice for us. Everything is good and goes as planned with exception of the banana plantation, There were no facility nor process plant visit.

Response from Host, May 2020

Hello We really appreciate your positive review about our services and tour. We hope to serve you again in the near future. Regards

Our tour guide Reynaldo is very...

Annie C, Mar 2018

Our tour guide Reynaldo is very friendly and professional. See more stuffs compared to the regular cruise shore excursions. Pickup and drop-off at the port pier, very convenient!

Response from Host, May 2020

Hello We really appreciate your positive review about our services and tour. We hope to serve you again in the near future. Regards

An excellent tour that really gave...

LLOYD D, Mar 2018

An excellent tour that really gave you a feel for the eastern part of Costa Rica. Our guide spoke excellent english and was very informative of all facets of the economy and of life in this country. We did get rained out in the rain forest portion ------ but no fault of the tour. It is hard to see wildlife with many people around I heard this from other tours also ----- but in the Tortuguero Canal our guides and boat driver had sharp eyes and pointed out sloths, lizards and a spider monkey while many other tour boats drove on past us. The banana plantation experience was highly informative. We had lunch at a nice restaurant. I'm not a shopping fan so I will leave out that small portion. Would recommend this to anyone

Response from Host, May 2020

Hello We really appreciate your positive review about our services and tour. We hope to serve you again in the near future. Regards

This tour was a prime choice for us...

Nadene H, Feb 2018

This tour was a prime choice for us. We visited a banana plantation, walked through a rain forest that was surprisingly next to the beach, and took a boat ride to see wildlife. We saw multiple monkeys, 2 and 3 toe sloths, birds, and a young crocodile. The tour guide was very knowledgeable, shred life in Costa Rica and was very friendly. Wear good shoes for hiking and a camera is essential. You will enjoy this tour.

Response from Host, May 2020

Hello We really appreciate your positive review about our services and tour. We hope to serve you again in the near future. Regards

So called rain forest trek was only...

Carol_L, Feb 2018

So called rain forest trek was only a short walk along the coast with trees. There wasn't much to see. We saw a few monkeys and couple butterflies. Our bus stopped at the side of the road of a banana plantation. Our tour guide spent about 10 minutes to explain how usually a banana plantation cares and packs bananas. We didn't even have a chance to get out of the car to see or visit a banana plantation. Cruising down the canal was fun but again there was not much to see. They did give each one of us a box of fresh cut fruits which were delicious.

Alberto and his driver met us...

Marlene W, Dec 2017

Alberto and his driver met us promptly went we got off the boat. There were only four of us on this tour which made for a very intimate experience. During our all day tour we saw tons of birds on the river as well as sloths and howler monkeys. The rainforest is located in a national park adjacent to the coast. A wide and easy pathway with our viewing pleasure of howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, raccoons!, lizards, leaf cutter ants, sloths and a small yellow viper snake-yikes. Amazing how our guide could spot with his laser a critter that would have escaped our eyes. Had lunch including rice and beans at a local establishment. Last stop was for souvenirs' where our driver locked the keys in the mini bus with the engine running. Thank goodness at a site that had a tool box as wrenches were required to unbolt the door so we could get back in! We laughed as this twenty minute delay made for a few laughs and coining our trip the 7 and 1 combo tour! Highly recommend this trip with plenty of time of sightsee and return in plenty of time to our ship.

A very knowledgable tour guide who...

Valerie_S, Mar 2017

A very knowledgable tour guide who did a great job of guiding and informing us . Seeing the native animals and reptiles on the canal was amazing. Walking through the rainforest was an experience we all enjoyed. A tour I would highly recommend.

The tour was very enjoyable, and the...

patricia a, Dec 2016

The tour was very enjoyable, and the tour guides were very knowledgeable and friendly. My only disappointment was, we did not visit a banana plantation and factory to see the process as promised in the tour itinerary.

The tour guides were knowledgeable...

Susan_O, Dec 2016

The tour guides were knowledgeable and friendly. The highlight to me was walking through the rainforest. So many plants and animals were spotted and explained by our guide which made the walk more enjoyable. The banana plantation was a disappointment, as due to chemical sprays we were not allowed to go into the plantation. It was more of a drive by. This should have been explained prior to our booking. Our tour guide had many props to help explain the fauna and flora while we were in the mini bus. His wife had made them and they were helpful. Fresh fruit was offered 2 times during the tour, a nice treat to enjoy.

Excellent tour! Our guide had...

dan_f, Dec 2016

Excellent tour! Our guide had very good knowledge of the flora and fauna and gave a very in-depth tour. He was extremely well prepared with examples of they plants we would see. He even brought along a sample of cocoa that we could taste in the raw. Our driver had eagle eyes and spotted many animals including sloths and monkeys.

traffic was horrible! for a ninty...

Edward_Z, Dec 2016

traffic was horrible! for a ninty minute tour, it took 2 hours, and the opportunity to get off the bus was difficult at best.