VERAGUA RAINFOREST & AERIAL TRAM
Excursion details
Discover the Veragua Rainforest in an excursion lasting approximately five and a half hours, which includes gliding above the jungle on an aerial tram and walking to a waterfall.
It’s an approximately one-hour journey from the port at Limón to Veragua, a nature reserve that offers a mix of wildlife education and conservation experiences for visitors. Once you’ve reached the park you’ll have about 15 minutes for an introduction at the Welcome Center. Then there’s around 75 minutes to get better acquainted with the inhabitants of the reptile and frog exhibits, which range in size from large bullfrogs to amphibians as small as your fingernail. The Butterfly Garden is another highlight, where the blue morpho is the star of the show.
Following this, you’ll take to the air in the park’s sky gondola – an aerial tram ride. You’ll walk to the top station then glide down through a canopy of trees in an experience that lasts around 15 minutes.
After disembarking at the lower station, it’s time to explore the rainforest on a nature walk. There are a couple of alternatives here: take the hiking route to see the 20-metre-high Puma Waterfall or – for wheelchair users and those who prefer walking on a flat surface – follow the Trail of the Giants, which takes its name from the huge trees you pass on this raised wooden walkway.
Whichever route you choose, you’ll have around 30 minutes to explore before returning to the lower gondola station for your journey back up through the trees to the top station, which takes about 15 minutes.
There’s then time for an approximately 20-minute visit to the reserve’s research station, before making your way to the venue’s cafe to spend around 45 minutes enjoying a light lunch (included in the excursion cost) and souvenir shopping.
Finally, there’s a brief journey back to the Welcome Center, before boarding the bus for your approximately hour-long return journey to the port.
Important Information: The tour order may vary depending on the arrival time and the number of guests at the Venue. Guests with any type of food intolerance are required to communicate it to the Shore Excursions Office at least two days before the call.
Guests are recommended to wear comfortable closed walking shoes, light clothing, high-factor sunscreen and a hat/sun visor as well as to bring a camera and rainwear. The tour is considered to be unsuitable for pregnant women. Some portions of the roads encountered on the tour may be bumpy and unpaved. Reaching the Puma Waterfall involves using a total of 350 steps (both ways) and walking on an uneven dirt track.
This portion of the tour is optional and might be unsuitable for guests with mobility problems. An alternative river path is available that does not require the use of steps. The Veragua Rainforest Eco-Adventure is suitable for guests using a walker, manual wheelchair or a collapsible lightweight electric scooter (100 lbs/45 kg or less).
Guests using such mobility aids must be capable of navigating a few steps to get on and off the coach. Wheelchairs or electric scooters will be stowed in the coach’s luggage compartments and retrieved at the park for guests to use
