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Kekoldi Indigenous Reserve – Rain Forest Hike

Please make all reservations 24-48 hours in advance

Clients with a Rental Car are highly recommended to drive with their own Family/friends bubble for health safety reasons and avoid shared shuttle, you follow are driver. In case you don’t have a rental car, we provide full Transportation

To be advised regarding Method of Payments: All PayPal, Visa, Master Card and Maestro, a Costa Rica 13% IVA Sales Tax will be added to the service.

Unless you pay Cash on Delivery, taxes will be avoided and before you make pre PayPal payments, please contact us at our WhatsApp +506 8917 6982 and ask what would be the best method of Payment. Any PayPal reimbursement will include a Costa Rica IVA 13% Sales Tax. The best option is to choose another tour from our list if you have paid via PayPal.

The Kekoldi Indigenous Reserve Tour is a biological and anthropological experience traveling an old highway and immersing in the jungle where most tourists don’t go. The path was the main road for the Kekoldi Bribri Community and other Indigenous tribes in the region for trading purposes.

The tour starts in the morning picking you up from your hotel in Cahuita at 8:30am. It begins with the welcome of a member of the Kekoldi Community who will be your local guide on the tour. He will take you up through the lush forest into the Kekoldi Reserve. Along the trail you will enjoy beautiful views of the rich rainforest, the Talamanca Mountains, the Chiriquí Mountains in Panama. You will get the chance to observe animals and birds in the surrounding trees, particularly from the watchtower world famous for the raptors migration from North to South America (from September to November and from February to March). After a 2 ½ hour hike, you will reach a beautiful waterfall which in the old days was a ceremonial ground for healing rituals, and enjoy a refreshing and deserved bath before returning to the community.

Once in the community you will be welcomed by Doña Maura, the president of the Kekoldi committee. She will give you an overview of the Kekoldi Territory formation, its geography, politics, social and economic issues.

Then she will prepare and serve you a delicious traditional lunch cooked with lug fire by you hosting Bribri family in the village.

1. Rainforest Hike
2. Bird Watching at the Watchtower
3. Embrace Nature and Simple Indigenous LifeStyle
4. Waterfall

NOTE: 13% Costa Rica IVA must be applied to any Visa, Master Card & PayPal payments