Anyone ever did them? Not looking for long ass one, maybe 2-3 days. One experienced rider and a shorter (5'6") experienced semi experienced rider
Haven't taken a tour, but did rent a bike in San Jose and rode all over the country on my own. Very nice experience.
Several years back with my sons and brother. Incredible experience. https://bwhip62.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/a-dream-come-true-costa-rica-trip-with-my-sons/
All I can think from my trip there is make sure you spend some time around Arenal. That was the one thing that was amazing with it being a rainforest area.
No first hand experience, but I do know several groups of friends who went with https://costaricaunlimited.com/ and had a great time.
Awesome pics as always. I've been to alot of those area by car and now i wanna go back and do it on a moto! You aren't lying about the navigation around San Jose, they don't believe in street signs there.
The wife (5' 8") and I went with Costa Rica Unlimited in December. GREAT COMPOUND, AND RIDING! Would go again. they lowered, and softened the bikes (Gas Gas, KTM 350's) for my wife, and another female, that was in the group with us. they will cater to your riding ability, if you tell them, fast, or tough... they will make it so. the "easy group" had stuff that was pretty tough but, just enough to get you out of your comfort zone. I rode with the easy group all three days, as I didnt want to leave my wife to be picked up, and babysat by the guides. I still had a ball! there is some seriously tough terrain there. they are getting into their summer (dryer season) now until april. the wet or "green season" is WET. the terrain was rocky, and wet slippery Georgia red clay, if you know what I mean. if you go to youtube, look up Tyler Jones, Costa Rica, that was our trip. he has 3 different parts. some funny stuff, some bad language etc... check it out, gives you a good idea, what to expect. Jaco (pronounced Haco) is a great town, if you are into night life. they say every night is Saturday night, and Saturday night is New Years Eve, in Jaco. zip lines, croc watching, birding, surfing, etc... all available there. Tell Terry (lives stateside and reps, books your trip) and Chris (owns the tour and compound in CR) that Eric and Lynne from Michigan say hi, they might charge you double. LOL! you will both enjoy it! Ski
I did a quick Google.. these guys have cheap and small bikes: https://sl1rentalcr.com/motorcycles/ I rented a Honda XR250 which turned out to be *plenty* of bike for the ride. Speeds throughout the entire country are very low. If you want to get onto the trails, you'll be thankful to have a small bike. I was on volcano flanks in the middle of nowhere and had to walk the bike plenty of times. Was thankful to have something small.
Same bike we had in Thailand. For the roads we did, it was enough and the off road capabilities were very handy. However, I would have preferred road tires since we spent 95% of our trip on paved twisties.
I also rented from Wild Rider. I went with two friends and we just did stuff on our own. It was a blast and we spent nearly nothing. My buddy made a video.
Did it 6 years ago. I rent a crf250l at Wild Rider for 10 days with two friends, awesome trip! We went to Arenal, then Tamarindo, Samara and Santa Teresa. We took the Costal road from Tamarindo to Santa Teresa and ferry to come back, really nice road! You can find them on Mapsme but some little road we’re closed or flooded.