San José: Private Poás Volcano & La Paz Waterfall Experience｜Costa Rica

Most people visit Poás Volcano and La Paz Waterfall on a bus with 40 strangers. This isn't that.
Your day starts with an early morning pickup from your hotel anywhere in the Gran Área Metropolitana (GAM) in a modern electric vehicle — just you, no schedules to chase and no strangers to wait for.

Poás Volcano National Park
Your first stop is one of Costa Rica's most iconic volcanoes and home to one of the largest active craters in the world. Early access means fewer crowds, better light, and photos worth keeping. The volcano sits at 2,708 meters (8,885 feet) above sea level — bring a layer, it's cold up there and the crater occasionally disappears behind a curtain of fog. When that happens, you're not missing anything. You're standing inside a cloud on top of a volcano. That's pretty special too.

Katy's Fruit Stop
Halfway through the day, you'll stop at a small family-owned market that most tourists never find. Katy runs it with quiet pride, and every morning her father drives down from his nearby strawberry farm with the freshest batch of the day — picked for her, not for a supermarket shelf. You'll have fresh strawberries with sweetened condensed milk, tropical fruits in season, and a genuine moment of stillness in the middle of an extraordinary day. This is Costa Rica the way locals experience it.

La Paz Waterfall
Your final destination is a waterfall tucked deep inside lush rainforest — accessible, beautiful, and the kind of place that makes you forget you had a schedule. Listen to the water, breathe in the jungle air, and take all the time you need. No one is waiting and no driver is honking. Just you, the waterfall, and the forest.

One guide. One booking. One day done right.
Your guide knows these roads, these places, and these stories because he's from here. The whole day moves at your pace — stop longer where you want, ask every question you have, and leave when you're ready. This tour runs once per day, for 2 to 4 people, and it's designed to feel less like a tour and more like a day out with someone who genuinely loves where they live.