Costa Rica Tours, Ltd.'s commitment to providing you with the best travel experience has resulted in a tour which takes you off the usual tourist path in a small group of like-minded travelers. Our full-time Costa Rican naturalist guide helps insure we never miss a thing, whether on a planned stop or in a chance roadside encounter.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
SMALL GROUP SIZE gives the best nature experience
Full-time Costa Rican NATURALIST GUIDE and U.S. tour escort
Annual National ORCHID SHOW in San Jose
City Tour of San Jose: Jade Museum and National Theater
Pueblo Antiguo: dinner and FOLK DANCE SHOW
Basilica de Los Angeles in Cartago
LANKESTER GARDENS in peak orchid blooming season
Renowned tropical fruit tree collection at CATIE in Turrialba
TAYUTIC HACIENDA tour & demonstrations of crop processing
LA PAZ WATERFALL GARDENS: rainforest, Butterfly Observatory & aviary
Tabacon HOT SPRINGS & Spa in Arenal
TOPIARY in Zarcero and Else Kientzler Gardens in Sarchi
Day 1: Arrival in San Jose. Welcome cocktail, dinner and orientation.
Day 2: Tour San Jose, the annual National Orchid Show, folk dance show and a typical Costa Rican dinner.
Day 3: Cartago with the Basilica and Saturday market, full of exotic foods, Lankester Gardens - its orchid collection and tropical plants. Cross the spectacular Orosi valley to Guayabo Lodge; relax in a mountain setting with a view of the Turrialba Valley.
Day 4: Tour Tayutic Hacienda where organic sugarcane are grown, coffee and macadamia nuts. Visit CATIE (Center for Tropical Agriculture Research and Education) and their plant collection. After dinner learn to prepare chocolate from the cacao bean.
Day 5: A scenic trip through the Heredia Highlands to Arenal. Visit La Paz Waterfall Gardens where your naturalist leads a walk to five waterfalls and through the largest butterfly observatory in the world and the aviary.
Day 6: A walk around La Fortuna gives you a glimpse of daily life. Relax at Tabacon Hot Springs, enjoying the thermal waters and dinner while catching sight of Arenal Volcano and its lava flow.
Day 7: In San Jose, see the topiary in Zarcero and Else Kientzler Botanical Gardens ornamental plants. Shop in Sarchi, famous for Costa Rican crafts. Have a farewell dinner at your beautiful art lodge in the San Jose outskirts.
Day 8: Depart for home
THE GARDEN TOUR MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED AS A PRIVATE TOUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Includes 7 nights best-quality hotels in each location, 15 meals, two airport transfers and airport baggage handling, ground transportation by air-conditioned motor coach, all activities in the itinerary, a full-time Costa Rican naturalist guide,driver, and U.S. tour Escort.
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