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Quepos Cruise Port

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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Quepos, the bucket-list move is Manuel Antonio National Park: Private Guided Wildlife Safari. Manuel Antonio National Park runs it. Below: 4 bucket-list things to do on a Quepos port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Manuel Antonio National Park: Private Guided Wildlife Safari
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Manuel Antonio National Park: Private Guided Wildlife Safari

Step inside one of the world's most biodiverse national parks with a dedicated naturalist guide. Spot sloths, scarlet macaws, white-faced capuchins, and poison-dart frogs at an unhurried, luxurious pace — then cool off on a postcard-perfect beach inside the park.

Book it Deluxe Private Manuel Antonio Park Tour $95 per person
Run by Manuel Antonio National Park · 4.50 from 25,000 reviews
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Nauyaca Waterfalls: Private Horseback Ride Through the Rainforest
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Nauyaca Waterfalls: Private Horseback Ride Through the Rainforest

Ride on horseback through lush coastal rainforest to the awe-inspiring twin-tiered Nauyaca Waterfalls — a 45-metre cascade plunging into a crystalline natural pool. This is the definitive bucket-list adventure in the Quepos region.

Book it Manuel Antonio ATV Off Road Rainforest & Waterfalls Tour $124 per person
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Pacific Sailfish & Marlin Sport Fishing: Private Charter at Quepos Marina
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Pacific Sailfish & Marlin Sport Fishing: Private Charter at Quepos Marina

Quepos is one of the world's top three sport-fishing destinations, famed for its extraordinary sailfish concentrations. A private offshore charter puts you in the fighting chair for the Pacific's most spectacular billfish — release-only, sustainable, unforgettable.

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Rainmaker Conservation Park: Private Hanging Bridge & Waterfall Trek
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Rainmaker Conservation Park: Private Hanging Bridge & Waterfall Trek

Soar above the jungle canopy on a network of suspension bridges inside a 1,500-acre private conservation reserve, then descend into a secret gorge to swim in pristine waterfall pools. Rainmaker offers something Manuel Antonio cannot — true seclusion and elevation.

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Savegre River Whitewater Rafting: Class III–IV Private Expedition
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Savegre River Whitewater Rafting: Class III–IV Private Expedition

The Savegre River is arguably Costa Rica's most beautiful — pristine, jungle-lined, and uncrowded — offering exhilarating Class III–IV rapids framed by waterfalls and primary rainforest. This is rafting at its most photogenic and pure.

Book it Whitewater Rafting Savegre River Class II & III + Waterfall Break $97 per person
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Sunset Catamaran Sail & Snorkel: Private Charter Along the Manuel Antonio Coast
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Sunset Catamaran Sail & Snorkel: Private Charter Along the Manuel Antonio Coast

Glide along one of the Pacific's most dramatic coastlines aboard a private catamaran — snorkelling coral gardens teeming with tropical fish, spotting dolphins and possibly humpback whales, and raising a glass as the sun melts into the Pacific horizon.

Book it All Inclusive Catamaran Eco Adventure from Manuel Antonio $86 per person
Run by Brisa Elegante, Day cruises aboard wooden Sailing Ship in Quepos & Manuel Antonio · 4.90 from 421 reviews
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You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to — each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.

Cruises that call at Quepos

Windstar · Wind Star 7 nights · Dec 5, 2026 · from Colon, Panama from $3,485 pp See the whole trip → Windstar · Wind Star 7 nights · Dec 12, 2026 · from Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica from $3,520 pp See the whole trip → Windstar · Star Legend 16 nights · Dec 12, 2026 · from Port of Oranjestad, Aruba, Caribbean from $5,628 pp See the whole trip → Windstar · Wind Star 7 nights · Dec 19, 2026 · from Colon, Panama from $3,765 pp See the whole trip → Windstar · Star Legend 8 nights · Dec 20, 2026 · from Balboa, Panama from $2,942 pp See the whole trip → Windstar · Wind Star 7 nights · Dec 26, 2026 · from Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica from $4,710 pp See the whole trip →
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Or come by land

Quepos Beyond the Park: Jungle, Coast & the Real Costa Rica 39 mi from Quepos · fly SJO Rainforest Meets Pacific Coast See the whole plan → Granada Unpeeled: Moorish Palaces, Flamenco, and Sierra Snow 124 mi from Quepos · fly LIR Historic Andalusia Deep Dive See the whole plan →

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