Shuttle Transportation Arenal La Fortuna to Manuel Antonio Quepos

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From Arenal La Fortuna to Manuel Antonio & Quepos we are able to offer you two types of services: Collective Shuttle and Private Shuttle, please review the following information:

Collective Shuttles:
Departing: 8:30am / Arriving: 01:00pm ($45 per person)
Departing: 12:30pm / Arriving: 05:00pm ($65 per person)
Departing: 2:30am / Arriving: 07:00pm ($45 per person)

Departure is from the main hotels in the area. (This is a door to door service)

Private VIP Service:
This is a private service with your own driver and own vehicle door to door service. At the time of your election the driver would be go directly to your hotel to pick you up, from there you would be assisted.
The total rate for this service is $300 (per way, from 1 to 4 guests and $25 the extra guest after 4)
Includes: Your own private driver, own private minibus or large SUV
Departure time is selected by the client.

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WELCOME TO MANUEL ANTONIO!

One of the most visited tourist destinations of all Costa Rica National Park and Reserve System.

The Manuel Antonio National Park is a small biological peninsula found within an area devoted to different productive activities, such as agriculture, cattle and high tourism development. It is one of the country’s most scenic and beautiful national parks. The mean annual temperature is 27°C, with a minimum temperature of 20°C.

Our park habitat consist of primary and secondary forest, the most characteristic species of flora in the primary forest are guácimo colorado (luehea seemannii), pilón (hieromyna alchomeoides), cedro maría (calophyllum longifolium), guapinol blanco (hymeneae courbaril), surá (terminalia oblonga), guapinol negro or stinkingtoe (cynometra hemitomophyla), lechoso (cow tree/brosimum utile), cenízaro (pithecelobium saman)and ceiba (silk cotton tree).

Of its most important fauna we find the raccoon, coatamundi, agouti, two-toed sloth, the white-faced and squirrel monkey.

You can also enjoy the beauty of beaches like Espadilla Sur, Puerto Escondido and Manuel Antonio.

Manuel Antonio offer the uniquely breathtaking fusion of scenic mountain beauty and an active lifestyle. From championship surf tournaments, hiking, rafting/kayaking, canopying, bird watching or sport fishing, Quepos and Manuel Antonio offers something for everyone.

MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK!

With the establishment of ManuelAntonio National Park in 1972, the people of Costa Rica decided to preserve, for future generations, one of the most beautiful and bio-diverse areas in the world. Although it is the country's smallest national park, the stunning beauty and diversity of wildlife in its 683 hectares is unequaled.

Manuel Antonio contains a charming combination of rain forest, beaches and coral reefs. This beaches are the most beautiful in the country, lined with lush forest, and the snorkeling is excellent too. The forest is home for sloths, iguanas, the rare and adorable squirrel monkeys and millions of colorful little crabs. And the trail that winds around Punta Catedral affords some spectacular views. The park is easy to reach, south of the town of Quepos, and is near a good selection of hotels and restaurants.

Visiting the park, one is treated to an abundant diversity of wildlife. Cathedral Point, with its forest topped cliffs was once an island, but is now connected to the coast by a thin strip of island. This land bridge now forms the spine separating the parks two most popular beaches, Playa Espadilla Sur and Playa Manuel Antonio.
The southern facing beach, Playa Manuel Antonio, is a picturesque half mile long, white sand crescent bisecting deep green foliage to one side and a private, secluded cove to the other.

Standing with your feet dug into the sand and watching the wave crash against the rocks on either side of the lagoon, it is easy to believe that you are a thousand miles from anywhere.

MANUEL ANTONIO TOUR ACTIVITIES

Adventure Sportfishing, scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, sea kayaking, river rafting, mountain biking, horseback riding to pristine waterfalls, relaxing on white-sand beaches...

If that's not enough to keep you a busy in the Quepos and Manuel Antonio area, then how about hiking through the jungle, bird watching, photographing monkeys, sloths and other wildlife, swimming and exploring mangrove forests and rocky islands?

Boredom is simply not a word in the Quepos dictionary. The question here may not be what to do, but what to leave out. After all, there's only 24 hours in a day...

Not to be missed is Manuel Antonio National Park, arguably the country's most beautiful and popular protected coastal area. The national park contains pristine white-sand beaches, hidden coves ideal for snorkeling, trails through tropical forest filled with wildlife and the landmark Punta Catedral, towering high above the deep blue Pacific Ocean.

Featured Adventure Tours:

MANUEL ANTONIO RESTAURANTS REVIEW
ON THE TOWN & BEACH
By Meredith & Carlos

Bambu Jam

One of the best restaurants in Manuel Antonio. Right on the way to the national park, Bambu Jam has a wonderful selection of meat and fish dishes. In your next visit don't forget to try the Mahi Mahi Blackened with Mango Chutney, Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine Sauce or the Surf and Turf in Seafood Sauce and the wonderful selection of drinks to taste like Mai Tai, Long Island Iced Tea and Bambu Jam. This restaurant is open from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Credit cards are allowed. Enjoy the live music on Tuesday and Friday nights until 1 or 2 a.m.

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Bogart's

Bogart's is a stylish bar, lounge & restaurant located in the heart of downtown Quepos, it is the perfect place for a person, a couple, group or a family to enjoy fine international food and wines, great cocktails with music and friendly service in a comfortable & contemporary setting. We offer a unique Lebanese menu that includes a mezze of 6 different dishes, main course and dessert, imported black angus USDA choice meat, our thin crust pizzas, and for beverages, the famous Bogart's mimosa, frozen drinks & martinis. Bogart's is open monday thru saturday from 11 am until 2 am, kitchen open till midnight.

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Barba Roja

If seafood is your favorite fare, check out Barba Roja. The restaurant is open seven days a week and has a huge selection of dishes such as Shrimp Burriots, Blackened Tuna with Soy Sauce or Sea bass marinated in garlic butter & herbs. Located right across from Hotel Divisamar has an amazing view of the Ocean Pacific and the rain forest. Bring your friends to one of the hottest places and drink the Coconut Margaritas, the Fruity Pirate and Blackbetty Daiquiri. Enjoy the happy hours with half price from 4:30-6:30, Visa and Mastercard credit cards are welcome.

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Cafe Milagro

This eclectic downtown Cafe Milagro cafeteria offers gourmet coffee, desserts and breads in a small setting. Taste the flavors of the Banana Bread, Lemon Pound Cake or Oatmeal Cookies every day. Drink our special Café Latte, Colombian Coffee or traditional Cappuccino in two locations: downtown Quepos and in Manuel Antonio across from La Mariposa entrance.

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Claro Que Si

Once you're seated at your table and the food arrives, you realize that your dinner was in local waters while you were still at the hotel or vacation rental house. This isn't your Grandpa's fish and chips hut; Claro Que Si serves only the finest seafood in Manuel Antonio. The chef has dishes such as Seafood Cocktail, Mariscada in tomato sauce (with fresh shrimp, clams, fish, crab, etc), Extravaganza with shrimp, lobster and much more seafood delicious. Later, finish the good time with a great Cappuccino, espresso or Latte drinks. Open from 3pm until 11 pm. All credit cards are allowed.

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Dos Locos

Dress casually for an informal evening of ethnic food from Mexico after a day walking along the beach. Try the Nachos (with guacamole, salsa, pollo, carne & natilla), the Burritos with chicken & meat or the typical tico dish "casado" and taste the original café frío, the margaritas o our exquisite piña colada at this centric place. Enjoy the live music Wednesday from 7 to 10 pm or the Saturdays since 12:30 until 3:30 evening. Dos Locos restaurant is located downtown Quepos and the hours are from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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El Avión

Whether you come to see this authentic plane brought from Nicaraguan Army and converted in a Bar for the pleasure of restaurant guests or enjoy the food and the perfect ocean view of the Pacific Coast with your family. El Avión have a sensational menu each night, you're going to be served with the Chef Salad with Chicken & Vegetables, the French Onion Soup and the Nachos Chicken & Vegetables. Drinks like Piña Colada, Batidos and Liquor with Lime or Strawberry. El Avión have happy hours every day from 5 pm. until 7 pm. with a special of two for one!

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Gran Escape

Located downtown Quepos, Gran Escape is the best food you'll ever eat at Costa Rica. Enjoy great music as well as dinner Wednesday through Monday. You can taste the Fresh fish catch of the day (Tuna, Grouper, Mahi Mahi, Snapper), Seafood Paella and Tacos (with chicken, fish & beef). Stay for drinks such as Cocal (coco rum, pineapple, cranberry juice), Caña Braba or Margaritas. Come and enjoy the food for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner from 8 am. to 10:30 pm. All credit cards are welcome.

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La Hacienda

La Hacienda is a great International Restaurant on the way to the beach and park. This is a place to sit and drink a wine, the house specialty coffee or a rona colada. Guest are invited to enjoy dishes such as Mahi Mahi Tropical, Pork Medallions (with Pork, wine & cranberry) or Curry coconut chicken rice. La Hacienda is open all days from 11 am until 10 pm. All credit cards are accepted.

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Marlintinis

Marlintini's is a premiere restaurant here in beautiful Manuel Antonio. The menu created by renowned chef Arthur Lambert will tantalize your taste buds. Marlintini's restaurant features the freshest in Seafood Offerings prepared in so many ways with tropical fruit salsas butter compounds that take the best of ingredients to enhance your taste buds. The Restaurant offer the most impressive selection of meats in the area, try the boursin stuffed Filet Mignon.

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Mira Olas

This attractive dining establishment inside Hotel Best Western Kamuk has serving up delectable vegetarian cuisine at delicious prices. Offering new-age cuisine with a touch of tradition, the friendly folks at Mira Olas include menu items like Ensalada Palmito, Ensalada Mixta, Cesar with pollo and Sopa Vegetariana. Wash the experience down with a Fruit Punch, Pineapple Juice or a Watermelon Batido. All credit cards welcome, this establishment is open from 6 am to 10 pm.

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Mono Azul

It may not be upscale dining, but Mono Azul definitely fits the bill for varied tropical sense with seafood like Mar y Tierra, Arroz de la Casa and Pescado Francés. The favorite drinks are Blue Monkey Blast, Monkey business and Monkey on the beach. Hours are: 6 am. - 10 pm.

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Plinio

If you're looking to impress a date, take her/him to dinner at Plinio, featuring live music and an extensive menu straight from Asian cuisine. Prepared using authentic Asian ingredients you will enjoy the best Bocas Asiaticas, trucha ahumada and sopa de mariscos y pollo. Thirsty Guests will have many drinking options such as Mojito, Caiparina or Piña Colada. The restaurant opens at 7 am. close at 10 am and reopen at 5 pm and close at 10 pm. Don't forget visit Plinio during the month of December for Dinner Specials.

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Sunset Bar & Grill

A casual place to enjoy the International cuisine, Sunset Bar & Grill's menu includes Calamari in Garlic Sauce, Shrimp in Paprika, Garlic, & Lemon Sauce and the Grilled Trout with fresh vegetables. Celebrated for its atmosphere, Latin music and special events, Sunset Bar also shakes things up with tasty specialty drinks such as Napa Valley Merlot, Piña Colada and ample variety of Chilean wines. Open daily from 11 am to 10 pm., the Bar is a sight to be seen and an evening to be enjoyed.

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Juan Toucan's Bar

This place is awesome. They have live rock and roll, cold beer, and the best tropical drinks all made with real fruit. The owners are an American couple that fit right in to the local culture. This place is usually rocking till early morning on weekends.

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Manuel Antonio Restaurant Quepos Bars
Telephone Listings

Total Listing: 24 restaurants.

Restaurant Bamboo Jam - Phone number: 2777.3369
Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Restaurant Bogart's - Phone number: 2777.0007
Lebanese Menu, Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Restaurant Gran Escape - Phone number: 2777.0395
Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Restaurant Banco Bar - Phone number: 2777.0478
Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Take out, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Restaurant Barba Roja - Phone number: 2777.0331
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Take out, Bar.

Cafe Milagro Manuel Antonio - Phone number: 2777.0794
Breakfast, Lunch, Take out.

Cafe Milagro Quepos - Phone number: 2777.1707
Breakfast, Lunch, Take out.

Dos Locos Restaurant - Phone number: 2777.1526
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Take out, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Kamuk Coffee Shop - Phone number: 2777.0811
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Take out, Delivery, Bar.

Karolas Restaurant - Phone number: 2777.1557
Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Bar.

Marlintinis Restaurant - Phone number: 2777.7474
Dinner, Bocas, Fresh Seafood, USDA Steaks, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Mira Olas Restaurant - Phone number: 2777.0811
Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Take out, Delivery, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Mono Azul Restaurant - Phone number: 2777.1954
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Take out, Delivery.

Plinio Restaurant - Phone number: 2777.0055
Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Sunspot Bar & Grill - Phone number: 2777.0442
Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Vela Bar Restaurant - Phone number: 2777.0413
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Vegetarian Menu, Take out, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Restaurant El Avión - Phone number: 2777.0413
Dinner, Bocas, Take out, Bar, Live Entertainment.

Rest. Claro Que Si Seafood - Phone number: 2777.0777

Restaurant El Almendro - Phone number: 2777.0491

Restaurant La Hacienda - Phone number: 2777.3473
Dinner, Bocas, Take out, Bar, Live Entertainment. This restaurant has Mahi Mahi, Grilled Beef Tenderloin, Coconut Curry, Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Honey Garlic & Ginger Glazed Jumbo Shrimp Brochettes, Hacienda Hamburger & Seafood Tagliatelli.

Restaurant Mar y Sombra - Phone number: 2777.0510

Restaurant Marlin - Phone number: 2777.1134

Restaurant Monchados - Phone number: 8308.7878
Happy hour everyday, mexican, caribbean and seafood.

Rest. Bruno Sunset Grill - Phone number: 2777.0231

Restaurant Mar y Luna - Phone number: 2777.5107
Lunch, Dinner, Bocas, Bar, Live Entertainment. Starters range from sashimi to seafood soup, and the most popular entrées are grilled fish with peppers and onions, shrimp scampi, lobster, and a mariscada.

Manuel Antonio National Park

(682.7 h. of land 55.000 h. of sea)

This park is just south of Quepos on the Pacific Coast, 132 km from San José. Perhaps It is so popular because of its expensive white sand beaches backed by an evergreen forest that grows right up to the high tide line. The principal habitants are primary forest, secondary forest, mangrove swamps, lagoons and beach vegetation. There is quite a varied fauna with 109 species of mammals and 184 of birds. The park includes 12 little isles just off the coast; these are a number of dolphins and, at times, migrating whales can be observed. More...

Quest for Quepos

Manuel Antonio's Hidden History

Ponce de León, the Spanish explorer, whose futile search for the Fountain of Youth became his signature expedition, is rarely recognized for one of his greatest discoveries - Quepos and Manuel Antonio - which he put on the charts in 1519.
So abundant are the riches of Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast, that he might have found his fabled fountain had he gone ashore and explored the region's.

Quepos & Manuel Antonio
Adventure Manuel Antonio

ATV Tours Rentals, four wheel drive tours

Come and experience the most unforgettable adventure tour this area has to offer. Your bilingual guide will lead you through rustic unpaved roads, giant African Palm Plantations, cattle farms, and tropical towns such as Naranjito and Villa Nueva. You will enjoy riding up and down winding mountain roads while surrounded by the diverse tropical vegetation of the rainforest. Finally you will arrive at a beautiful waterfall where you can swi in the refreshing and crystalline natural water.

Tour Includes:

One MealTransportationEquipment

Bilingual Guide

What to Bring:

Tennis shoes

Bathing suit

Camera

On a coastal rainforest bluff nestled between Manuel Antonio National Park and incredible Pacific Ocean vistas that will take your breath away, Costa Verde is a vacation adventure and hotel experience unlike any you have imagined...

Just 3 miles from Quepos (6 miles from the Quepos Airport) and 2 hours by car from San Jose’s International Airport, Costa Verde is a perfect destination for either a short stay or for those seeking a comfortable base camp for adventure travel, ecotourism, sport fishing, surfing or the peace and tranquility of Manuel Antonio’s legendary white sand beaches and National Park.

Just three hundred yards from the beach, and about 500 ft in elevation overlooking world famous Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Verde features 3 cliffside pools with sundecks and spacious rooms, studios and bungalows, all offering balconies with a bird's-eye view of the Park's majestic coastline or rainforest canopy vistas dotted with toucans, sloths, coatis and monkeys.

Manuel Antonio

Province: North Puntarenas

Manuel Antonio is one of the most exclusive areas in Costa Rica, however budget hotels can be found. It started out as a tiny village that had a beautiful National Park, Manuel Antonio National Park, next to it. As the park started to become more known more hotels started springing up. Because of Manuel Antonio’s size, or lack of size, hotels started building on the road to Manuel Antonio and many started taking advantage of the magnificent panoramic views. Soon very exclusive hotels arrived, thus bringing us to present day Manuel Antonio, however budget hotels can be found but most are found down near the beach. More expensive hotels have loftier, breezy perches and most offer off season rates. Many hilltop hotels may have steep steps; inquire. It can be a tough, hot walk back up the hill from the beach if you don’t want to wait for the bus, however this does run every half hour.

The National Park is small only 682 hectares however it epitomizes everything tourists flock to Costa Rica to see: stunning beaches, a magnificent setting with islands offshore, lush rainforest laced with a network of easy to walk trails, and wildlife galore. There is good chance that you will see monkeys (howler, white faced, and possibly squirrel monkeys), sloths, and coatimundis. Scarlet macaws do frequent the area however you may need a bit of luck to see them.

Despite Manuel Antonio’s size, it is one of the country’s most popular parks, with as many as 150,000 visitors annually in recent years. A few years ago the deluge of visitors threatened to spoil the very things they had come to see. Park Director Jose Antonio Salazar believes the park can withstand no more than 300 visitors a day. In 1994, the Park Service began limiting the numbers of visitors to 600 per day (800 on Saturday and Sunday), and the park is now closed on Monday. If you wish to do your bit to help preserve Manuel Antonio, consider visiting in the “green” or wet season. Litter and pollution are additional problems, pack out what you pack in.

Nonetheless, the park is too small to sustain a healthy and viable population of certain animals. If the monkeys do not have access to areas outside the park, the population will decline because they cannot breed. Corridors that allow the animals’ access to areas outside the park have been taken up by hotels, so that the park has, in recent years, become an island. As a result, the squirrel monkey (mono titi) population is declining. Fortunately, in 2000, a decree was issued to triple the park’s size to just under 1800 hectares, almost tripling the size of the park.

Manuel Antonio National Park

Manuel Antonio National Park, lying on the pacific coast 7 kilometers south of the town of Quepos between Damas and Matapalos, was created in 1972 at a time when the area was poised for massive tourism development, founded primarily by foreign interests. The land constituting the park had, by then, gone through several different foreign owners. Today, the park protects a beautiful remnant piece of the tropical forest that once covered a wide variety of marine life.

With one of the most stunning, picture-postcard backdrops in the country, this is one of the lushest places in Costa Rica, with spectacular white-grey sand beaches fringed by thickly forested green hills. There is a huge variety of things to do- walking the Park's easy trails, whitewater rafting, ocean cruising, horseback riding, fishing, sea kayaking, to name but a few.

Manuel Antonio is one of Costa Rica's best known and most often visited park, despite the fact that it's also the smallest. The park is an island of verdant wildness in a rapidly developing area with a relatively intact wet tropical forest and abundant wildlife.

This park has a remarkably long list of species inhabiting it: brown pelicans, brown boobies, tyrant hawk-eagles, gray-headed chachalacas, solater's ant bird, coatimundis, two and three toed sloths, toed anteaters, ocelots amongst others.

Welcome to Manuel Antonio
Between the Rainforest and the Beach

Within a relatively small corner of Costa Rica, tourists can find the excitement and adventure of a vacation in the tropical forest, surrounded by one of the country?s most beautiful natural environments, without sacrificing life?s modern conveniences. There?s a magic to Manuel Antonio that is hard to explain. One thing, however, is absolutely certain: once you?ve been here you?ll want to come back again.

Manuel Antonio, with its 1700 acres of land mass and 135,906 acres of marine reserve, is the smallest of the 20 national parks Costa Rica has put aside for total protection. Even so, it is the country?s second most visited conservation area, after the Poas Volcano.

Last year alone, 143,520 tourists visited the park. Conservation officials have fixed the park?s carrying capacity at 600 people per day from Tuesdays to Fridays, and 800 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. On Mondays the park is closed to the public. ?If there are already 600 visitors at 10 a.m., we close it right then?, said Javier Herrera, in charge of environmental education at the park, which is usually open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Located 100 miles south of San Jos?n the Pacific Coast (a pleasant three-hour drive, or a short 20 minutes by plane), Manuel Antonio, which was declared a national park in 1972, is the natural habitat of species such as the endangered squirrel monkey (endemic to the area), white faced capuchin monkey, raccoons, three and two-toed sloths, white-nosed coaties, brown pelicans, black-collared hawks and green kingfishers. They share the space with primary and secondary forests, bursting with cedars, bully trees, locust ?sur?, black locusts and silk cotton trees. A mangrove swamp covers about 44.5 acres, adding to the biodiversity of the region. Three different species: red mangrove, buttonwood mangrove and white mangrove - around.

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