SHORE EXCURSIONS
The best days ashore.
The 7 most popular limon tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.
Tortuguero Canal wildlife by boat, banana processing demos, fresh fruit tastings, and a scenic break at Playa Bonita from Limón.
Most Popular“Great tour! We enjoyed it all - canal tour, organic fruit farm, national park. Rosa had an eagle eye spotting all the nature.”
Caribbean Highlights from Limon: Tortuguero Canals boat safari, Playa Bonita swim, Limon port culture, plus banana and farm stops for $79.
“Pablo, our tour guide, was very nice and knowledgeable…however he should not have allowed a very small minority of people dictate whether we saw certain things that we expected on this excursion…namely the beach and fruit stand. The worst thing was the air conditioning on the bus, which was almost non-existent. We have done many…”
A fast 6-in-1 Puerto Limón shore excursion with Cahuita nature, a working banana farm, and a Tortuguero Canal boat ride, plus city sights.
“Our tour guide Reynaldo is very friendly and professional. See more stuffs compared to the regular cruise shore excursions. Pickup and drop-off at the port pier, very convenient!”
Air-conditioned drive to Veragua Rainforest, then a covered boat through the Tortuguero Canals, plus short Limon town stops in a small group.
“So glad we went with this tour and not the one offered by the cruise ship! 4 of is in a minivan, first ones there and in the rainforest, personal guide there. Only 4 of us on the canal boat with the best guide zipping around while others chugged along. We saw so much more…”
Puerto Limón shore excursion to Cahuita National Park and Tortuguero canals, with sloth-spotting chances plus guided wildlife and boats.
“We had a great day. Alberto was wonderful. It was such an enjoyable tour. We saw lots of wildlife including slothes, monkeys, iguanas, boa constrictor and much more. Our driver was very helpful and a good driver. It was great having an air conditioned bus. We also stopped for lunch and got a taste of…”
Zipline over the rainforest and cruise the Tortuguero Canal from Limón in one cruise-friendly day, with wildlife spotting and port transfers.
“A brilliant excursion combining the thrill of a great zip lining set up through the rain forest and a magical trip on the boat seeing wildlife up close and personal and being given great information from our guide. Cannot thank our guide Ariel and driver Hector who went above and beyond to ensure we had…”
Veragua rainforest tram and guided walks plus a Tortuguero canal boat ride from Limón—great wildlife time with some bumpy-road reality.
“The views were beautiful and I enjoyed the short hike and tram ride but the guide was difficult to understand. She also didn’t pay attention to the customers. Some had difficulty with steps and she should have told them to sit at a certain spot to wait for the rest of the group. Our boat…”
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