Mistico Hanging Bridges Private Guided Tour
This is a private tour of Mistico Hanging Bridges with only your family/group.
Hanging bridges are a unique way to experience the rainforest canopy. The bridges at Mistico Hanging Bridges near La Fortuna/Arenal are some of the best in Costa Rica.
This guided tour will take you on a 2 mile (3.2 km) concrete path with 16 hanging bridges. It’s fairly easy, more of a walk than a hike, but is a nice trek through the jungle. The bridges are very safe/sturdy and not very shaky.
Along the way, a knowledgeable naturalist guide will point out birds and animals that you might not spot on your own. Animals that may be seen include coatis (racoon-like animals), howler monkeys, white faced capuchin monkeys, peccaries (wild-boar-type animals), lots of birds, snakes, and armadillos.
The guides we use for this tour are from a small, local company in La Fortuna. We have done many tours with them ourselves and their guides are excellent and very knowledgeable.
Cost of Private Tour: $99 per person adults; $49 per person children ages 4-11. Rates plus 13% tax. Free for children under 4.
Offered: 8:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.
Duration: 3.5 hours (approximate)
Includes: Private round-trip transportation from your hotel or vacation rental, private bilingual naturalist guide, water, and entrance fee.
Minimum Age: None. If you have a baby, strollers are available to rent at Mistico. The trail is stroller-friendly.
To learn more, read our post, Mistico Hanging Bridges: A Treetop Rainforest Experience.
Laura Donaldson (Verified Customer) –
We are disappointed with this trip. It cost us a lot of money and all we saw where 2 tarantulas in their holes and a motmot. The guide did share information about some plant species, but it was not worth the $1000 CAD we paid for this tour. The guide that was ahead of us seemed to point out more than ours.
Jenn and Matt (store manager) –
Hi Laura, We’re very sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the experience and didn’t see much wildlife that day.
Just to give some background, we have been using this tour company for about 10 years and have sent hundreds of clients to them. We have also done many of their tours personally. Their guides are usually very good and we consistently receive positive feedback about their knowledge and expertise.
We always strive to have our customers have the best experience possible so we followed up with the tour company to see what happened. They shared your customer survey that they asked you to fill out after the tour and you gave them an overall 4 star review. All the questions received a 5 star rating (for quality of guide and the tour itself) except for one question (tour attraction) received a 4 star.
It’s a shame that the wildlife remained elusive for you that day. Hope you were able to get some good sightings on other activities during your trip.