Shuttle Transfer Lake crossing from Monteverde To Arenal

Es war eine unglaubliche tolle Erfahrung. Wir wurden mit einem geräumigen bus abgeholt. Dieser Bus hatte außerdem sehr bequeme Sitze. Das Fahrer war sehr sympathisch und wir haben ihm blind vertraut. Das beste allerdings war die Bootsfahrt. Wir hatten ein Boot komplett für uns alleine und der Fahrer hat mitten auf dem See angehalten und Bilder von uns gemacht mit dem Vulkan im Hintergrund. Am anderen Ende angekommen hat man unser Gepäck zu einem gelben typisch amerikanischen bus getragen. Den bus hatten wir wieder komplett für uns alleine. Naja Fazit: Es war das beste Shuttel das ich bis her hatte. Das „Personal“ war unfassbar nett und aufmerksam. Ich weiß nicht ob es normal ist, dass man alles für sich alleine hat. Aber auch wenn nicht, kann ich es nur weiterempfehlen. Super happy :)

A local tour operator in La Fortuna advised me to use RIDECR for our transport from La Fortuna to Monteverde. Picked up on time from our accommodation in a large comfortable yellow school bus and luggage safely stowed in the back. After picking up other passengers around La Fortuna (we were the 1st pick up of the day) we were safely driven to meet our boat at lake Arenal. Bus driver and boat captain carried all of the luggage onto the spacious boat and stowed the luggage safely at the front under cover. Pleasant 50min trip across the lake with a chance to admire the scenery and spot wildlife on the bank. When we arrived at the far side we were met by two minibuses. The drivers asked us to remain seated whilst they unloaded our luggage and then called out our names corresponding to the minibus we needed to join. They also asked us to identify our luggage so it could be stowed at the back of the bus/under the bus in the right order for the drop offs in Monteverde. Drive to Monteverde took around 1h30mins with a stop after about 45mins to allow everyone to use the bathrooms (there are no toilets on the boat so by the time the bus stops you will have been travelling close to 3hrs). Yes the drive is slow and bumpy but that's the nature of the unmade roads and our driver drove carefully and sensibly given the road conditions. Once in Monteverde it took 30mins or so to drive around and drop off passengers at all the different hotels/hostels/lodges - if like us you were one of the last off the bus you do get a great orientation of Monteverde/Santa Elena as you drive around. Again when we arrived at our hotel the driver unloaded our bags for us. I booked the trip online (72hrs in advance) via the RIDECR website and did need to chase up the booking as it remained "awaiting confirmation" for 24hrs. Followed the prompts to speak to an English speaking customer service agent, who apologised that there had been some problems with bookings and they were being fixed as I spoke. Within 10mins of my call my booking was confirmed online - remember to check the itinerary status online because this also includes your pick up time as I didn't get sent an email confirming the details. On the day the trip appeared very well organised and all of the RIDECR staff I interacted with were very professional and a credit to the company.

An Amazing trip! Thanks to José Olivero Viaje magnífico, muchas gracias a José Olivero por llevarnos!