TOP RATED COSTA RICA EXPERIENCE ON TRIPADVISOR

  This was our second tour of the week with Costa Rica Unique (CRU) tours. Geordi, our guide, and Ernesto, our driver, were fabulous. Let me tell you why.... read more First, Geordi was friendly, easy in manner, and informative about all things "tico": the geography, the culture, the history, the challenges facing CR today; we asked it and he answered us. We shared information about our families and the wonderful challenge before him in pulling off his daughter's quinceñera. In addition, his English was accomplished enough to reach into the areas of humor and exaggeration, things non-native English speakers often struggle with. At one point, Geordi tried teaching me a few Spanish tongue-twisters, which my limited Spanish succeeded in murdering. (Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo...and I forget how it ended.) He floated easily between members of our tour and "shepherded" his flock (the tour members) realistically and efficiently. After a day with us, his upbeat (but not hyper) posture seemed to rub off on us and we felt that we'd like him to lead all our tours (the guides on all three of our CRU tours made us feel the same way). We even got to see four sloths quite near us near Christian's farm! Ernesto was a safe and accomplished driver. I never once felt uneasy about the traffic situation. But he did so much more than driving. At each stop possible, he parked the bus and accompanied us on our tour, shouldering the role of photographer for those of us...well...all of us who wanted more than the limited visual scope obtained through selfies. He also shielded us from many of the loiterers who will gladly take your picture with your camera...for a fee, of course. Finally, I cannot end this review without sharing with you an "over the top" gesture offered by José, the CRU supervisor. At the beginning of our tour, we stopped in Liberia to get COVID-19 tests before traveling back to the states. Wouldn't you know it, our credit card picked this day to balk. Were we in a pickle since our flight out of CR was in two days and we didn't have plans to return to Liberia again. When we approached Geordi about our predicament, he immediately called José at the main office in Playas del Coco. With my limited Spanish and Geordi's intonation on the phone with José, I knew in a moment that there was nothing to worry about. José advanced the fee to the clinic and we met him the next morning before our final tour to square up with him. We moved from a posture of fretfulness and worry to one of relief, gratitude and light-heartedness in enjoying the rest of our day. We will not hesitate to contact Costa Rica Unique Tours on our next visit to Playas del Coco. …

  Fantastic day trip--sight seeing on the way to the Arenal with delicious breakfast on the way. Saw the wind farm (amazing), had a great hike led by Harold. ... read more Then a great time on the zip line followed by typical Costa Rican meal. Harold and Andreas...More

  It was very informative and the tour guide was very knowledgeable there was lots to see that i had never seen before the meal was excellent the tour at the... read more coffee plant was very good it was an excellent tour thanks to the bus driver...More

  We contacted Frank by email then realised he was on the beach beside the hotel (Riu Guanacaste) anyway! Amazing service from start to finish. Frank is great, very informative about... read more all the trips including changing bits adding bits as preferred etc. Our guide was Harold...More

  We enjoyed the excursions. They were fun and the food was great. The tour guides were very nice and cool. I would book though them again

  Great experience. Norman was very informative and we saw Iguanas, Howler monkeys, many crocs. Thanks again for the wonderful trip