4-day Tortuguero + Pacuare Overnight

Rafting trip was Great; Tortuguero trip was terrible

I would recommend Exploradores for their rafting trip but NOT the Tortuguero trip. Rafting was well organized, safe and fun. Food (breakfast and lunch) provided by Exploradores was excellent. However, the 2-day Tortuguero part of the four day trip was 100% outsourced and not a good experience. We were handed off from one outsourced tour company to another with no explanation or understanding of what was going on. The hotel Exploradores booked in Tortuguero was changed the night before and was absolutely terrible. No hot water, tons of ants, stained sheets, inedible food (tasted moldy), and a key to the front gate that didn’t work. Picture of dead plant is from Hotel Liah’s in Tortuego (booked by Exploradores) and perfectly represents our depressingly bad experience there.

Highly Recommended!

This company are amazingly well organised. They picked us up exactly on schedule, took us to headquarters for breakfast and had everyone organised into buses for their ongoing destinations in no time at all. The rafting was great fun, and the river lodge is amazing. A great place to sit and enjoy all the bird life. Our river guides were very experienced and we also had a kayak along for added safety, which was reassuring. The boat trip in Tortuguero was a highlight, we saw a lot of wildlife.