Private tours in Costa Rica, with a local host
A local friend at the wheel, a day built around you, and the Costa Rica that doesn't make the postcards. For a couple of hours or for several days.
We set off · from wherever you're staying
We'll pick you up at the time we agreed, with everything ready. If you want the front seat for the view, it's yours.
What we offer · a day, half a day or several
They're starting points, not a set menu. We build each day with you, from a couple of hours to a trip of several days.
A private day in Manuel Antonio, 157 km south of San José, built around the park where rainforest, mangrove and three beaches sit within a short walk of each other. It runs as one long round trip, or it ends at your lodging in the area.
Direct access to Poás Volcano and the highlands, with enough flexibility built in to adjust to what the mountain is actually doing that day.
Irazú's summit as the anchor of a full highlands day through Cartago and the Orosi Valley.
A one-way private day from the GAM to your La Fortuna hotel, built around a real Arenal experience instead of hours of transfer.
A Central Pacific coast day built around whatever your group actually wants from the beach, from a relaxed easy day to a surf-focused one.
Specialist-led forest time in Carara paired with ethical river wildlife viewing on the Tárcoles, with a clear choice between heading back to the GAM or arriving straight at your Pacific hotel.
A private day in the Braulio Carrillo rainforest built around real trail time and a proper lunch, not a transfer day with a five-minute photo stop.
Prices are per group, not per person. The final total depends on the day we build.
See all private daysA private transfer, direct if you just want to get there, or with stops if the road interests you too.
If you're touring the country, we'll build it with you region by region and send one quote with every day inside. You write, we talk it through, and it ends up the way you want it.
Tell us about your trip
On the road · you set the pace
You set the pace. If a stop doesn't interest you, we skip it; if you like a place, we stay. Anything with a fixed time, you know before we leave.
Fixed times only when someone else sets them: a park, a provider, a bookingEverything else is up to you
Everyday · the one people here live in
We take you to the Costa Rica people here actually live in: the family business, the artisan selling what they make with their own hands, the sunset nobody staged for a photo.
As far as you say · and another day tomorrow, if you like
Not necessarily where we started. No hunting for a taxi at the end, no waiting for a bus. And if you want another day tomorrow, we talk.
About us · no call center
Way & Welcome started with Gerardo and a car, and it still works that way: no call center, no dispatcher. Tell us where you'll be and we'll put the day together, even if it isn't on the list.
Way & Welcome