Explore Two Amazing Active Volcanoes With a Local

It was the most exciting tour we had in Costa Rica. Adrian was very knowledgeable and was an excellent guide. Really recommend this tour if you want a deep dive experience and not the hop off for 10min and a picture and hop on again. We had a lot of fun, and would definitely book a tour with Adrian again.

This tour made my trip to Costa Rica!! I went to San Jose for work, and had only one day for tourism, and this was the perfect way of spending this single day off. Alexander, our guide, was great. He knows so much about Cartago, the volcanos, and Costa Rica, and you can tell how much he cares about the place and for the travelers too. I really liked the order that we did things (Cartago, Turrialba, Irazu), I thought it was good to do Turrialba first when we have the energy to do the hike up the volcano. This tour was one of the few that I saw that take you to Turrialba. The altitude on the hike can be a little rough but we all did it with a smile on our faces!! Alexander also knows the best spots for photos, and he became our photographer haha we were a group of four people traveling by ourselves, which was really nice because we ended up talking a lot to each other. I also really liked that it was a small group! Being picked up and dropped off at the AirBnb I was staying was definitely a plus. I've always been fascinated by volcanoes, and this was absolutely the best way of fulfilling my dream of seeing not just one but two volcanoes! I highly recommend this tour! Thank you Alexander & crew :)

This was my favorite tour in Costa Rica!  It was a privilege to explore two very different volcanoes. Our guide, Alexander, was engaging, helpful, and informative.   He helped us create and capture the most unforgettable moments from our trip. Follow the tour guide's advice and wear layers!  These guys know what they are doing and are ready to show you what they love most about their country! The changing mountain weather at multiple elevations had us soggy, foggy, sunburnt, frozen and windburnt by the end of the day. But what a day! After pickup, we finally got an explanation on why there were so many people walking and riding in one direction outside of our downtown hotel that morning!  Apparently, our tour was scheduled at the same time as a major annual pilgrimage from the city center to the Basilica in Cartago.  Since millions of people come to San Jose for this pronation, we were not going to intrude to visit the Basilica.   Instead, Alexander wound us around the crowds to show us to a colonial church operating since the 1500's in Cartago.  Next, we wound up the mountain roads into the dense cloud layer.   The roads were carved out of dense dripping jungle and rich terraced farmland.  We hiked to the base across private farmland exploring the results of old landslides, trees burned by gas clouds, and runoff rich with mineral oxidation. The hike was moderately difficult‐ I wimped out only a few hundred feet from the highest point, but my husband and son didn't have a problem.  I got to wander around taking stunning pics in a level tree debris field and watched the guys climb the last rise. I was watching the dense clouds cover the peaks of Irazu on the opposite horizon while getting clear shots at Turrialba's peak. However, when we made it back through jungle fog and over to Irazu, we were lucky to have (a freezing cold) wind pushing the clouds through the craters fast enough for perfect views.  The landscapes of the two areas were wildly different.  Here, we walked through fields of old ash sands ringed by two newer craters.  We drove up to the high point overlook for an even better sense of scale.  One side of the peak was nothing but the tops of clouds, and the other side was clear enough to see all the way to the Sarchi lake/ hydroelectric project. Frozen and elated, we made our way to great food and coffee to talk about everything we had seen. We had a blast!