La Leona Waterfall Adventure Hike
Tours & Adventure · Guanacaste · Tours & activities
Local Curubandé operator next to La Leona Restaurant that guides the river hike — wading, swimming and rope sections — to the La Leona waterfall in its slot canyon.
- Hours
- Daily 8:00–15:00; reservations only, no walk-ins
- Ratings
- 5.0 on Google (7,100)
Before you go
- Tickets
- Online only, book ahead
- Walk
- 160 min
- Swimming
- Yes
- Facilities
- restrooms, showers, lockers
- Bring
- closed-toe shoes with grip (no flip-flops), change of clothes, towel, sunscreen, small water bottle
- Checked
- 2026-10
Contact & directions
- Website: https://leonawaterfall.com
- Phone: +506 8349-7633
- Location: 10.72171, -85.40711 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- La Leona WaterfallWaterfall · hidden gemA small turquoise waterfall at the end of a narrow Río Blanco canyon just outside Curubandé, 20–30 minutes from Liberia.
- Poza La Pipa (Curubandé)Swimming spot · FreeThe biggest of Curubandé's turquoise river pools, a family favorite with a natural rock slide polished by the current and little stone dams built by swimmers.
- Cañón de Liberia Lookout (Las Morocochas)Viewpoint · Free · hidden gemA lookout over the deep canyon of the Río Liberia, where white volcanic gravel (cascajo) and twisted dry-forest shrubs make the slopes look almost snowy.
- Poza Los Coyotes (Cañas Dulces)Swimming spot · about $6Crystal-clear turquoise pools, small waterfalls and a cave on a family farm founded in 1827 near Cañas Dulces, a cheap and well-loved swimming day out from Liberia.
- La Cangreja WaterfallWaterfall · about $17A slender waterfall dropping into an electric-blue pool deep in Rincón de la Vieja National Park — the reward for a roughly 10 km round-trip hike through dry forest and grassland.
- Rio Negro Hot SpringsSwimming spot · hidden gemA hot spring near Liberia, Guanacaste province.
Sources: https://leonawaterfall.com