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  Harold and Cidar were absolutely amazing! Our daughter broke her foot and was in a wheelchair for our excursions! They were amazing and went above and beyond for us! Including... read more stopping at local souvenir shops, lugging her wheelchair through the rainforest, the creamery and more!...More

  Marvin is amazing and caring!! He took the time to make sure we had a unique experience throughout Miravalles!! Zero complaints!!!! Pura Vida!

  We were recommended to Herson through a friend as they used him for their trip. I contacted Herson once we got to Costa Rica, I told him what we wanted... read more to do and he made all of the arrangements and picked us up. The experience...More

  We just returned from Costa Rica and had a great time. We used this tour company (Frank the Tank tours) and it was AWESOME! Norman was our excursion... read more guide and he was GREAT! Definitely use this company for any and all of your excursions!! He speaks great English and made our 9 hour day perfect! 5 stars to both him and the company

  I have always previously booked our trips and excursions with our travel operator, so I was a bit apprehensive about taking the plunge and going straight to a local operator.... read more I shouldn’t have been. Frank was amazing. He wanted to know what we wanted to do as a family and was honest about travel times and what would work best for our family with a 7 seven year old and a 10 year old. He advised us not to book two similar trips (which he didn’t have to do as it would have been beneficial for him for us to do so) and he was excellent at keeping in contact and his replies were prompt and informative. We booked four excursions: 1. Sunset cruise. We were met on the beach by Frank and he talked to us about Costa Rica while we waited for our boat. The trip was brilliant. We were kept well with plenty of drinks and the snacks were excellent. We snorkelled and saw wild dolphins. The one thing I would say was that some of the music choices weren’t necessarily appropriate with young children in board! I don’t think they noticed though! 2. Magic of the Rainforest. We swam in a beautiful waterfall and trekked through the rainforest and had a wonderful time on quite a few hanging bridges! Our guide Harold was extremely knowledgeable and excellent with the children. My husband was super excited to... I have always previously booked our trips and excursions with our travel operator, so I was a bit apprehensive about taking the plunge and going straight to a local operator. I shouldn’t have been.
Frank was amazing. He wanted to know what we wanted to do as a family and was honest about travel times and what would work best for our family with a 7 seven year old and a 10 year old. He advised us not to book two similar trips (which he didn’t have to do as it would have been beneficial for him for us to do so) and he was excellent at keeping in contact and his replies were prompt and informative.
We booked four excursions:
1. Sunset cruise. We were met on the beach by Frank and he talked to us about Costa Rica while we waited for our boat. The trip was brilliant. We were kept well with plenty of drinks and the snacks were excellent. We snorkelled and saw wild dolphins. The one thing I would say was that some of the music choices weren’t necessarily appropriate with young children in board! I don’t think they noticed though!
2. Magic of the Rainforest. We swam in a beautiful waterfall and trekked through the rainforest and had a wonderful time on quite a few hanging bridges! Our guide Harold was extremely knowledgeable and excellent with the children. My husband was super excited to see leaf cutter ants in action (this made his holiday!) We had a wonderful lunch where we also got to experience a butterfly sanctuary and then headed to a reserve where we saw many sloths (much to the delight of my sloth-crazy 7 year old). There was a lot of walking and it was tiring but my children didn’t once complain which goes to show how good Harold was at keeping them engaged!
3. Mirrevalles volcano and zip lining. This was my favourite trip. Our guide was Wilbert, who was excellent and extremely knowledgeable. Again we started with a swim in a waterfall and then went to zip line through the rainforest. There was a long and STEEP walk up to the first line, but my goodness was it worth it! 6 zip lines through the forest, finishing with a 300 metre line back to the lodge. The views were stunning and the guys at the zip lining place were amazing with the children. We were with another family with two young children and they all had an amazing time! There was also a bonus sloth in the tree at the lodge, so that was exciting! We then went for lunch (again excellent) and then a horse riding trek. This was fantastic and the children had an amazing time. Then it was off to the volcano crater. This is a live crater where you can see the boiling water coming out from the ground. We sat in a natural sauna before. Covering ourselves in mud, letting it dry off, showering and then taking a dip in three different temperature hot springs. My skin felt amazing!! Then it was back to the hotel. What a day!!
4. River safari. We went to a national park for this. Again, Wilbert was our guide and he was great again! We stopped off to see monkeys on the way and then did our boat ride on the river where we saw many crocodiles, and lots of other wildlife. I made friends with a gigantic grasshopper! Lunch was excellent again and then we had a demonstration of pottery from a local family which was very interesting.

On all of our excursions, we were met promptly and made to feel welcome and included throughout each day. There were several ways to pay (we did it via PayPal) and Frank was extremely helpful and prompt in all of his replies.
We genuinely feel like we had a far better service through Frank than we have ever had when booking our excursions through our travel company and will not hesitate to use him again when we return to Costa Rica.
We would like to thank Frank and the guides (Harold and Wilbert) for making our first visit to Costa Rica an unforgettable one. More

  Highly recommend. Have used this company for many adventures and they do not disappoint. Knowledgeable tour guides and unforgettable experiences. Something for everyone.