Marco’s friends call him “Tex”, and he is full of energy and has a contagious sense of humor.

With over 20 years of experience in the tourism field in Costa Rica, Marco knows his home country well. Combined with his vast experience in the field, Marco continues to study about Costa Rica and in the off-season he has taken many courses including studies in ornithology, ecology, history etc., and recently nature photography.

His travels in the United States include the Grand Tetons, Minnesota, Sedona, and Michigan, and this has helped him to better understand temperate climate ecology and the USA culture.

With his ready laugh and caring manner, it is no wonder Marco is one of our most popular tour leaders!

Esterling Alfaro, was born in Alajuela Province, coming from a family of four, two sisters and two brothers, he is the second oldest. He is married with Sandra, and has one child name Lucas. While in hi-school he had the opportunity to visit the Chicago to practice he English language and learn from the culture, a trip that he considers was a transformative experience.

Esterling as a child was interested in nature and soon after school he enters the University to follow English as a second career and later he went to the National Institute of Learning to become a nature guide. He has been trained in botany and ornithology, also in history and culture and geography of Costa Rica.

He started guide tours professionally in 2004 to be even closer to people and nature. He has travel also to Nicaragua and Panama. In his free time he likes hiking, bird watching and gardening.

Pav, as he is also known, is a Costa Rican biologist whose emphasis is on trees. He used to be a Biology Teacher and he has been guiding for more than ten years: families, students, naturalists and incentive groups. He combines professional guiding and dancing. He was a dance teacher for ten years.

Pav has travelled extensively, always interested on the nature and the culture of the countries he visits. In some places he has been participating in Dance Festivals. Among the visited places: many Central America and Caribbean Countries, México and USA (where he lived for a while). In South America: Ecuador and Brazil. In Europe: Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic. In Asia: Turkey, China, India and Nepal.

Pav is also involved in cultural politics and he likes playing Latin percussion, reading, listening to music and watching movies. He loves sharing his time and knowledge with his tourist groups, having conversations and learning about history and the culture of the places the tourists come from. He is fluent in English and Portuguese.

Since her early childhood, Onik Morrison, daughter of an American biologist and entrepreneur, was taught that the world is a fascinating place and that there´s no time to lose when it comes to exploring it´s wonders. Her curiosity has taken her around the world to over 40 countries and back to be captivated by humble wild flowers in her own garden.

Following the footsteps of her father, Onik´s educational background includes a B.S. in Biology and a Licenciatura in Environmental Interpretation from the University of Costa Rica. For more than a decade she has lead trips throughout Costa Rica, as well as in Peru, Nicaragua and Cuba. Her passion for the local culture and the way the landscape and wilderness shapes the Costa Rican life style is something she´s always enthusiastic to share.

After a lifetime of sports and outdoor activities like gymnastics, martial arts and currently mountain trekking, Onik is always eager to get out and stay active. She believes it´s time we all treasure this world, see it as a whole and work on learning from each other to make this society a sustainable one. It´s all in the attitude!

When Rocío decided to become a Certified Naturalist Tour Guide 10 years ago, she did not know what the future will bring. So she launches herself in to the wild of the forest of Costa Rica and she survived and loves her work.

The fascination of nature, the unexpected surprises of natural behaviour and the constant transformation of the environment where she guides are the passion of her work as a Tour Guide… Energetic and charismatic, she combines her multifaceted experience to share all the surroundings of this tropical land, making the journey an enriching experience and full of great memories.

Through time she has been able to travel to different countries in the old and new world. Her travelings helped her to understand even more the importance of sharing Costa Rica’s culture, people and wonders with visitors.

On her free time she enjoys reading, gardening and spend time cooking for her family and friends.

José was born in Alajuela province. He lives in Carrizal with his wife and daughter and their pets, a Labrador retriever and a rabbit.

As a young man he worked with the well-known Hotel Cariari where he began driving guests all over Costa Rica, and then worked driving for a local rent-a-car. Now José has more than 20 years’ experience driving in tourism.

He enjoys photographing nature, meeting people from different cultures and he continues learning English through interactions with his guests.

Our only female driver was born and raised in Guadalupe, a big town east of San José. She has worked as a freelance driver since 1988. In her own words, “I love it and I really enjoy my work. Every time I start the vehicle it’s like my first day in tourism! Each trip represents for me an opportunity to show visitors our beautiful country.”

Priscilla enjoys spending time with her daughter and grandchildren in her leisure time. Priscilla is proud to have been mentioned in the blog of writer Thomas J. Peters, author of “In Search of Excellence”. Priscilla commented this blog post as follows, “This note fully describes me and the way I work and take care of my customers.”