Itinerary-Rio Celeste Tour-Heliconias Hanging Bridges

  We booked a snorkelling/sunset boat tour with Yeudy and had an amazing time. He was our guide for the excursion and was super knowledgeable about the surrounding area and… read more wildlife. He met us directly on the beach outside the dreams resort and we went out on a boat with a local fisherman and his son. We visited several different local islands and went snorkelling in a local bay. Visibility was pretty good and we were able to see lots of different fish and sting rays. Yeudy and his crew were very attentive and made sure that we were comfortable and had what we needed. Yeudy even lent us wet suits which made the snorkelling experience much more enjoyable. I would absolutely recommend booking a tour/excursion with Yeudy!

  We did 2 days of excursions with Yeudy during our stay at Dreams Las Mareas and both were fantastic. Great service, knowledgeable guides, excellent drivers (these are private tours). They… read more brought water and snacks (including some local biscuits and empanadas with Yeudy on day 2) which really was a nice touch.

The first tour we did was a combination of the waterfall and sloth tour and we had Oscar as our guide that day. He was very knowledgeable about nature and animals and gave us great information as we drove to the attractions. We saw sloths, posion dart frogs and many birds on the sloth tour (where there was a local guide to walk us through the park and help us take pictures). We were originally supposed to do the hanging bridges as well, but the kids were tired, so Oscar suggested we do a tour of Liberia and took us to a local ice cream shop before the drive home.

Based on the first great day, we booked the river cruise where we had Yeudy himself as our guide. Once again, the local knowledge was amazing and we learned a ton about Costa Rica during the drive. The river tour was great and we saw tons of animals, including 11 crocodiles. We also saw:

Howler monkeys
Black iguana
Green iguana
Basilisk (Jesus Christ lizard)
Barn owl
Little blue heron
Great blue heron
Green heron
Tiger heron
Kingfisher
Osprey (one with fish in talons)
Long nose bats
Green parrots
Scarlet macaw
Soldier birds
and various other birds.

After the tour we had a local lunch at the boat tour facility, which was probably the best food we had on the entire trip (and the food at Dreams is actually very good).

All in all, we would highly recommend doing tours with Yeudy when you are at Dreams or anywhere else near La Cruz.