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Tucanes Tours

Quepos, Central Pacific · $$

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Full-service tour operator headquartered on Route 34 across from Hospital Max Teran Valls in Quepos, booking ocean kayaking and snorkeling, horseback, canopy, whitewater rafting, and catamaran tours under one roof. The snorkeling and kayak tour visits volcanic rock formations and pre-Columbian turtle traps reached by sea kayak from the Manuel Antonio coast. In whale season (July 15 to October 15) the company runs day trips south to Marino Ballena National Park for humpback watching with ICT-licensed naturalist guides.

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Two guests tandem sea kayaking along the Manuel Antonio coastline A mantled howler monkey resting on a branch in Manuel Antonio National Park A Tucanes Tours guide leading guests on a horseback ride through the forest A guest opening a fresh cacao pod on a chocolate tour A rafting group paddling through whitewater on the Savegre river

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