Discover Local Adventures
Surf Lessons
Time: 90 minutes / Subject to tide
Includes: Surfboard/equipment, instructor, towel, shower, access to Beach Club
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Sunscreen, swimsuit
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, sharpen your skills with private, semi-private, or group surf lessons. Surf lessons are 90-minute long and led by ISA-certified surf coaches who are trained to work with both beginners and experienced surfers.
Access to Beach Club is included with surf lessons and include transportation to and from, use of locker, bathroom and freshwater showers.
Beach Horseback Riding
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 2 hours / Best time 8:00am & 4:00pm
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Personal bag, tennis shoes, hat, sunscreen, camera, bug repellent, long pants
Enjoy the amazing Nosara beaches like Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada with a local tour guide that spends his life around horses. This is a once in a lifetime experience getting to explore the beauty of the Nosara community. It’s a must do for couples and single travelers!
Beach Horseback Riding
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 2 hours / Best time 8:00am & 4:00pm
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Personal bag, tennis shoes, hat, sunscreen, camera, bug repellent, long pants
Enjoy the amazing Nosara beaches like Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada with a local tour guide that spends his life around horses. This is a once in a lifetime experience getting to explore the beauty of the Nosara community. It’s a must do for couples and single travelers!
Scuba Diving (PADI certified guests only)
*PADI diver card or number required. Discovery Dive option is available for non-certified divers*
Time: 5 hours
Includes: Guide, two tanks, snacks, fruit & water.
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Swimsuit, sunscreen
This diving center is located in Garza Beach, 30 minutes south from Nosara. Enjoy the marine life under the waves with professional and certified diving guides, new and regularly maintained equipment, and a 32’ specially designed for diving boat. You will enjoy the Pacific Coast, with maximum depths of 25m, and perfect spots to admire colorful sea life in the warm waters of Costa Rica. Certification courses and Discovery Dive (certification not required) are also available, please ask our concierge for more information.
Ostional Turtle Nestling Tour
Type: Peaceful Tour
Time: 3 hours / Subject to nesting season
Includes: Transportation, local guide & entrance fee to Ostional Wildlife Refuge
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Tennis shoes, camera, bug repellent, long pants
The world’s most famous nesting beach for the Olive Ridley Turtle, a unique and rarely- seen biological wonder. Hundreds and sometimes thousands of sea turtles come to one specific stretch of beach to lay their eggs in the black, volcanic sand of Ostional. Turtles nest year-round, but peak time is during rainy season from August through December. ‘The Arribada’, or nesting period, occurs once or sometimes even twice a month and the number of nesting females range from hundreds to thousands. The turtles generally ride in on high tide at night, but during an Arribada they arrive soon after sunset and continue until 6 the next morning.
Ostional Turtle Nestling Tour
Type: Peaceful Tour
Time: 3 hours / Subject to nesting season
Includes: Transportation, local guide & entrance fee to Ostional Wildlife Refuge
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Tennis shoes, camera, bug repellent, long pants
The world’s most famous nesting beach for the Olive Ridley Turtle, a unique and rarely- seen biological wonder. Hundreds and sometimes thousands of sea turtles come to one specific stretch of beach to lay their eggs in the black, volcanic sand of Ostional. Turtles nest year-round, but peak time is during rainy season from August through December. ‘The Arribada’, or nesting period, occurs once or sometimes even twice a month and the number of nesting females range from hundreds to thousands. The turtles generally ride in on high tide at night, but during an Arribada they arrive soon after sunset and continue until 6 the next morning.
Sport Fishing
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 3 hours / According to tide
Includes: Transportation, local guide, water & fruit
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Extra shirt, sunscreen, swimsuit
Paddle around Garza’s northern headland to the fabled Isla Rosada, visit the tucked away “Coco” beach, explore the outer reefs of south Guiones or cruise the Garza Bay. Depending on local conditions your ocean paddling experience will be crafted to your groups’ skill level. Explore the offshore reefs and vibrant marine life as you learn to stand-up paddle the open ocean, spot sea turtles peacefully swimming and enjoy the company of your local guide.
Ecological Restoration with Costa Verdes
Time: To be arranged with biologist
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Hat, bug repellent, water bottle, sunscreen
Leave your mark on Nosara by reducing your carbon footprint. Founded in 2009, Costa Verdes is an organization that restores coastal forest by reintroducing native plant and tree species in Guiones and other coastal locations in Costa Rica. To help restore our coast, you can plant and adopt a native tree, at the same time you will learn about planting techniques, dry tropical forest, native species and more.
Ecological Restoration with Costa Verdes
Time: To be arranged with biologist
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Hat, bug repellent, water bottle, sunscreen
Leave your mark on Nosara by reducing your carbon footprint. Founded in 2009, Costa Verdes is an organization that restores coastal forest by reintroducing native plant and tree species in Guiones and other coastal locations in Costa Rica. To help restore our coast, you can plant and adopt a native tree, at the same time you will learn about planting techniques, dry tropical forest, native species and more.
Boca Nosara Wildlife & Birding Kayak Tour
Type: Peaceful tour
Time: 3 hours / According to tide
Includes: Transportation, guide, coconut water & fruit
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Hat, sunscreen, bug spray, swimsuit
Rio Nosara and Rio Montaña are the largest rivers in Nosara, and there is a tremendous amount of natural beauty where they meet. For nature lovers and those who like to kayak, this is quite simply the best tour in Nosara. Explore the wildlife alongside a birding expert and lead guide. Kayak among great blue herons, anhingas, roseate spoonbills, and maybe even a few reptiles. Weave through mangrove tunnels as wide as your boat, while enjoying the exquisite sounds of the jungle.
Zipline Tour
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 4 hours / Tour available at 7:30am or 1:00pm
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Shorts, tennis shoes, sunscreen, bug spray, fanny pack or similar bag
This zip line tour is one of the longest and highest lines in the world! Soar across the treetops in this thrilling, exhilarating and safe adventure. Get to know your local English and Spanish speaking guides and spot wild animals in their natural habitat. Enjoy 13 ziplines between 300m and 800m long, for a total length of 11km. It’s an experience you can’t miss!
Zipline Tour
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 4 hours / Tour available at 7:30am or 1:00pm
Recommended Attire/Equipment: Shorts, tennis shoes, sunscreen, bug spray, fanny pack or similar bag
This zip line tour is one of the longest and highest lines in the world! Soar across the treetops in this thrilling, exhilarating and safe adventure. Get to know your local English and Spanish speaking guides and spot wild animals in their natural habitat. Enjoy 13 ziplines between 300m and 800m long, for a total length of 11km. It’s an experience you can’t miss!
Mala Noche Waterfall & Wildlife Adventure
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 3.5 hours / Available only during
Green Season (June – November)
Includes: Transportation, refreshments, fruit & guide
Early Morning Birding & Wildlife Hike
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 3 hours / Best around 7:00am
Includes: Includes transportation, refreshments,
fruit & local guide.
Early Morning Birding & Wildlife Hike
Type: Moderate tour
Time: 3 hours / Best around 7:00am
Includes: Includes transportation, refreshments,
fruit & local guide.
Nosara Mountain Bike Tours
Type: Rough tour
Time: 1.5 – 2 hours
Includes: Specialty bike, helmet, gloves, hydration, guide & first aid assistance, professional guide & mountain bike instructions
Recommended Attire/Equipment: professional attire
Nosara Tennis Center
Time: To be arranged with concierge.
Nosara Tennis Center
Time: To be arranged with concierge.