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San José: Private Poás Volcano & La Paz Waterfall Experience

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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is P 13,147 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Fully private tour — just you, no strangers, no shared buses.
  • Early access to Poás Volcano and one of the world's largest craters.
  • Feel the mist and tranquility at La Paz Waterfall.
  • Stop at Katy's — fresh strawberries picked daily from a local farm.
  • A local guide who knows these roads, stories, and hidden gems.

Activity location

    • San Jose
    • San Jose, San José, Costa Rica

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • San Jose
    • San Jose, San José, Costa Rica

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San José: Private Poás Volcano & La Paz Waterfall Experience

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English
Starting time: 5:30
Price details
P 13,146.79 x 1 AdultP 13,146.79
Total
Price is P 13,146.79
Until Sun, May 17

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off within the Gran Área Metropolitana (GAM)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private guided tour of Poás Volcano and La Paz Waterfall
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fees to Poás Volcano National Park
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Parking fees at both sites
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fresh strawberries with sweetened condensed milk at Katy's family fruit stand
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Seasonal tropical fruits at the local stop
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transportation in a modern electric vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Explore at your own pace with your guide's full attention
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Meals, except the included strawberries and local fruits
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal expenses or souvenirs

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Drones
  • Not suitable for: Babies under 1 year, People over 95 years

What you can expect

Most people visit Poás Volcano and La Paz Waterfall on a bus with 40 strangers. This isn't that.
Your day starts with an early morning pickup from your hotel anywhere in the Gran Área Metropolitana (GAM) in a modern electric vehicle — just you, no schedules to chase and no strangers to wait for.

Poás Volcano National Park
Your first stop is one of Costa Rica's most iconic volcanoes and home to one of the largest active craters in the world. Early access means fewer crowds, better light, and photos worth keeping. The volcano sits at 2,708 meters (8,885 feet) above sea level — bring a layer, it's cold up there and the crater occasionally disappears behind a curtain of fog. When that happens, you're not missing anything. You're standing inside a cloud on top of a volcano. That's pretty special too.

Katy's Fruit Stop
Halfway through the day, you'll stop at a small family-owned market that most tourists never find. Katy runs it with quiet pride, and every morning her father drives down from his nearby strawberry farm with the freshest batch of the day — picked for her, not for a supermarket shelf. You'll have fresh strawberries with sweetened condensed milk, tropical fruits in season, and a genuine moment of stillness in the middle of an extraordinary day. This is Costa Rica the way locals experience it.

La Paz Waterfall
Your final destination is a waterfall tucked deep inside lush rainforest — accessible, beautiful, and the kind of place that makes you forget you had a schedule. Listen to the water, breathe in the jungle air, and take all the time you need. No one is waiting and no driver is honking. Just you, the waterfall, and the forest.

One guide. One booking. One day done right.
Your guide knows these roads, these places, and these stories because he's from here. The whole day moves at your pace — stop longer where you want, ask every question you have, and leave when you're ready. This tour runs once per day, for 2 to 4 people, and it's designed to feel less like a tour and more like a day out with someone who genuinely loves where they live.

Location

Activity location

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    • San Jose
    • San Jose, San José, Costa Rica

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • San Jose
    • San Jose, San José, Costa Rica