Arenal Oasis Frog Watching Night Tour

This night walk offers visitors the opportunity see many different nocturnal species that inhabit the small refuge of the Arenal Oasis. The bi-lingual local guide will explain the history of the Arenal Oasis conservation effort as well as the impact it has had on attracting more wildlife to the refuge.

The night walk begins just before dark, the most common species types includes insects, reptiles, amphibians, nocturnal mammals, fungi and more. One of the main features of the Oasis Night walk is the "Cantarrana" or "frog song" where you learn about the amphibian history and some of the most popular nocturnal species such as the glass frog, the red eye tree frog, bull frog and the facemask fringe among others.

What to Bring:

Hiking shoes, long pants, mosquito repellent (some people do not find this necessary), light rain jacket, camera.

What's Included:

Transportation from Arenal area hotels, naturalist guide, flashlight.

Transportation

Many of our tours and activities offer transportation pick up & drop off options from several locations and destinations. Options vary by tour, see “More Time and Rates” for full details.

What to Bring:

Hiking shoes, long pants, mosquito repellent (some people do not find this necessary), light rain jacket, camera.

What's Included:

Transportation from Arenal area hotels, naturalist guide, flashlight.

Transportation

Many of our tours and activities offer transportation pick up & drop off options from several locations and destinations. Options vary by tour, see “More Time and Rates” for full details.

Verified Feedback

It was so convenient having the night tour right on the grounds of where we were staying. Our guide was extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable. He helped us take photos of the frogs we found. The photos are absolutely stunning!

- MIA F, DEC 2017

Tour was excellent, we got to see so many types of frogs and other insects and reptiles. Totally worth it.

- SHANNON P, SEP 2017

The tour guide was amazing - he was humorous and knowledgeable.

- MICHAEL W, NOV 2016

We saw lots of cool things on this night walk and were happy that we did it.

- MARCIE L, JAN 2016

This tour was absolutely outstanding!!! Both the place and the guides. A definite trip highlight.

- TERESA V, APR 2015

Jason was the best!! We saw snakes, frogs mating and so many wonderful things. My 3 year old daughter was delighted.

- NAYEEM S, FEB 2015

We saw lots of animals on this trip and it was amazing. Our guide was great and even though it was raining hard for most of the trip, we still enjoyed it very much.

- JOHN S, FEB 2015

This tour was one of the highlights of our holiday! We saw so many frogs, snakes (including a viper!) and amazing insects. Our guide Justin was so nice and very knowledgeable. My favorite part was when we all turned our torches off and felt the jungle at night! Then Justin showed us the florescent fungus in the twigs - it was awesome.

- ALISON M, NOV 2014

The guide was wonderful and pointed out many animals that we would have never noticed on our own.

- LAURA F, MAR 2014

Great! Our guide spotted a lot of animals. Tons of frogs and walking through the forest at night was very peaceful.

- BRIAN B, DEC 2013

Extremely exciting! Saw an anteater, lots of snakes, frogs, and spiders. An excellent friendly helpful guide.

- CYNTHIA J, NOV 2013

I cannot remember our tour guides name but he was great. He knew a lot about different species and was truly interested in preserving costa rica's ecosystem. We had the tour to ourselves and saw many different frogs, snakes, and bugs. there were even cages for some which housed dangerous snakes or endangered frogs and some bugs that they were trying to reintroduce to the environment or learn more about.

- MONICA D, SEP 2013

The tour guide which was also our driver was SUPERB! We took amazing pictures and had a wonderful experience.

- REIZEL , MAR 2013

The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable. We had a very inquisitive bunch and every question they threw at him he had an answer for. Transportation was on time, friendly and clean. We saw so much and had fun.

- BARBARA , MAR 2013

This was the best tour, since our dream was to see those tree frogs. Tour guides were fantastic!

- MARINA , FEB 2013

Highlight experience for us. The amazing thing was that we had the same guide as we had for the Hanging Bridges. He was fantastic on this tour as well. Got to take great pictures of red-eyed tree frog and glass frog.

- CHAPLAIN K, FEB 2013

Highly recommended. it was the best one.

- HORACIO , JAN 2013

Was impressed with the English spoken by the guide and driver. The birds were equally impressive.

- KIRSTEN , NOV 2012

On time. This was one of my kids favorite things we did. Our guide was awesome and even offered to help backpack are infant if we needed. Spoke very good English. Very knowledgable and loved to interact with you.He even took us through town, on our way back to our hotel to show us places to eat and where things where. Highlight was seeing two tree frogs mating. Awesome.

- LEE , NOV 2012

This was a good tour for my 8 year old. Walking through a dark forest with a flashlight looking for animals...it was great!

- ARMANDO R, JUN 2012

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