We want to invite you to live a beautiful experience riding through the beautiful slopes of our farm where you can enjoy the beautiful natural landscape with the imposing view of the Arenal Volcano, during our tour you can experience and learn about Costa Rican equine culture, rural tourism and history since we are the pioneers of this activity more than 25 years ago when our founder Don Gerardo Chaves and another group of peasants decided to undertake the journey through the mountains until they reached the same place where he will be riding with us to relive this beautiful experience when visiting and discovering for the first time La Fortuna Waterfall where you can enjoy swimming in the natural pools of the waterfall.
We are the only official operator of the Horseback Riding to La Fortuna Waterfall legally constituted, we have all the necessary permits, insurance as well as the rules established by the ICT (National Tourism Institute).
Posted By : juliacopeland_davies
Excellent horse riding tour to the waterfalls in La Fortuna with Esteban from Gerzan Tours. It was fabulous. Great all round.
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Posted On : 2023-02-19 13:00:52 
Posted By : 677ilenem
Great experience for the family! We had an amazing time horseback riding and walking down to a fabulous view of the waterfall. Be aware you can only swim when it is calm. We went on a very rainy day and the falls were to rough to swim in. My children were thrilled with this experience being that it was their first time on a horse. So much fun!
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Posted On : 2022-08-09 11:14:50
Posted By : Nathanael C
We had a great horseback ride to La Fortuna Waterfall. The ride there was on a dirt road. Our guide pointed out a couple of sloths in the trees as well as some birds (FYI - he said that toucans can often be seen around 3-4 pm). Only vehicle on the road was a tractor and wagon full of people doing the ziplining (which looked fun). There is a short walk up the road from the horse pen at the top to the staircase and then down (as others have described). Saw no-one else on the way down. At the bottom it is a little crowded at the waterfall, but still a sight to behold. Was fun to swim in the pool near the waterfall and the water wasn't too cold (although the rocks were slippery). Walk up the stairs wasn't as bad as we expected and our guide stopped to allow slower people in our party to rest. At the top, we were provided pineapple and bottles of water. On the ride back we went on a trail over a stream. We were able to get a great view of the volcano as the clouds lifted. Highly recommend this ride (the group with us hadn't ridden in a while and they loved it).
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Posted On : 2022-04-05 10:34:45
Posted By : Jacqueline R
This was great!! Really enjoyed our ride! These were not your boring trail horses that bump along one after another! These horses have spirit and would trot and show a little character!! Fun first time riding and then the waterfall was unexpectedly beautiful!! The 500 steps down and the path were rugged and beautiful!! A true hike! And then the waterfall was so beautiful and majestic!! You can also swim!! It’s cold but exhilarating!! The hike up is tough(500 stairs, remember?) lol…but we’ll worth it! We were served delicious fresh pineapple and rode back down! Definitely an awesome experience!
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Posted On : 2022-03-30 18:21:43
Posted By : 918jenniferd
We had an amazing time! They were professional, friendly and experienced. The trip to the waterfall led through private fields, somewhat challenging trails and lastly the road to the waterfall (which would seem unavoidable to get to the falls and provided yet another interesting experience!). Our guide, Jackson, provided excellent advice for the waterfalls and was a great picture taker! He let us run with our horses when we wanted to. And the price seemed reasonable - even included the price to the waterfall. Highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2021-08-04 09:52:55
Posted By : DianeI113
My daughter and I enjoyed this ride. We are not experienced horse riders, but Sebastian our guide was very patient with us. He was especially helpful when I had trouble getting onto the horse. The horses did seem a bit tired and took two hours to get to the falls. We got drenched in a storm and had to share a road with cars part of the time. The scenery through the ranch was gorgeous as were the falls. The horses were much faster heading back to the stable.
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Posted On : 2021-07-31 18:08:14
Posted By : kenyakoo1299
I'm not a big horse person and they make me slightly nervous but I was very comfortable with this experience! It was a great trail, and we crossed 3 rivers. The waterfall was amazing and you can even swim in it! It is an amazing setup and I'm so happy that I was able to go on this excursion.
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Posted On : 2021-03-08 14:31:44
Posted By : Fivestarsalltheway
We were collected from our hotel and delivered to the road side and walked from there into an under cover barn. Helmets on, we climbed aboard our given horse. No help given. The ride took us through several open fields and a couple of streams, banana groves and a fare bit of tarmaced road. We dismounted and left the horses whilst we walked to the water fall. At the front desk we received wrist bands. Told where the changing rooms were. Two of us went down the 500 steps. Swam and climbed back up. Not easy with limited time. Back to the horses and a long ride down hill on the road. Returning the same way as we came. We all had a canter here & there and enjoyed the neck reining ability of the horses. It wasn’t a smart stables by any means but we enjoyed our experience.
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Posted On : 2020-02-14 19:02:06
Posted By : bmviola
I had such an amazing time on our horseback ride to La Fortuna Waterfall. I booked the morning tour which was the best time in my opinion because when you arrive at the waterfall there are not was many tourists. The tour includes entrance to the waterfall and you have an hour to spend exploring. The guides are so friendly and professional. This was definitely a highlight of my trip in La Fortuna! Pura Vida!
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Posted On : 2020-02-06 02:51:35
