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Costa Rica – Beaches, River and Rainforest Adventure
offered by supplier M05997 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 9
day(s)
Group Size: 1
- 20
people
Destination(s):
Costa Rica
Specialty Categories:
Rainforest
Multi-activity
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1638 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1638 US Dollar (USD)
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It's day 3 of your Costa Rica vacation. You're deep in the heart of Corcovado National Park and have just spotted a spider monkey. She sits at eye-level on a low hanging branch of a cocobolo tree, nibbling a leaf, following you with dark, round eyes as you approach. When you're a few yards away, you stop and stare at each other, blinking. Time stands still. And then, in one graceful swoop, she's off, swinging effortlessly like a long-armed gymnast from branch to branch until she disappears into the forest.
Spider monkeys are a common site in Corcovado National Park, deemed "the most biologically intense place on Earth" by National Geographic. And while Corcovado is known as the "crown jewel" of Costa Rica, it's just one of many natural wonders in a country home to more species of wildlife and flora than any other place on the planet.
Travel Costa Rica and come face-to-face with spider, howler and white-faced monkeys. Hike jungle trails, Pacific beaches and ancient oak forests. Raft the wild and scenic Class IV Pacuare and pitch a deluxe camp on a secluded beach. Discover first hand how early indigenous hunters used the toxins from the tiny poison dart frog and reward yourself at the end of each active day with a good night's sleep in an exquisite hotel, tent camp or mountain lodge.
Accommodations:
Nights 1 - 8: Hotel Don Carlos
Located just a few blocks from the central plaza in downtown San Jose, this hotel was once an old Victorian-style mansion. It has 38 rooms, all with private baths, a bar, restaurant, sundeck, gym and souvenir shop. The hotel also offers an impressive collection of Costa Rican painting and sculptures.
Nights 2 - 4: Corcovado Lodge and Tent Camp
Corcovado Lodge and Tent Camp offers both a main palm-thatched lodge and a cozy bar/hammock room with twenty platform sleeping tents. Sleep between the pounding surf and the living wall of the jungle and enjoy all the comforts of home in a 10-sq. foot walled tent, 20 meters from the bathroom and shower. If you love truly remote, wild and beautiful places, Corcovado Lodge and Tent Camp is for you.
Nights 5 - 6: Savegre Mountain Lodge
Savegre Mountain Lodge boats 20 cabins at 7,200 feet above sea level. Perched on a family farm with a clear trout stream running through it, the Lodge is surrounded by one of the finest examples of highland cloud forest on the planet and is set in a valley so spectacular that a postcard photographer might pass it up because nobody would believe it was true. Cabinas Chacon and the surrounding private nature reserve provide all the basic comforts.
Night 7: Deluxe Pacuare River Camp
Deluxe camp with sleeping bags, pads, sheets and tents provided.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: San Jose airport reception
Day 2: Fly to Carate, Osa Peninsula
Day 3: Corcovado National Park
Day 4: Corcovado National Park
Day 5: Travel by air and ground to Savegre
Day 6: Descend Cerro de la Muerte
Day 7: Raft the Pacuare River
Day 8: River rafting take-out, return to San Jose
Day 9: Airport shuttle, flights home.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price: From $1,638 ($342 single supplement).
Available Dates:
- Jan 05 2008 - Jan 13 2008
- Jan 19 2008 - Jan 27 2008
- Feb 01 2008 - Feb 09 2008
- Feb 16 2008 - Feb 24 2008
- Mar 01 2008 - Mar 09 2008
- Mar 15 2008 - Mar 23 2008
- Apr 05 2008 - Apr 13 2008
- May 17 2008 - May 25 2008
- Jun 07 2008 - Jun 15 2008
- Jul 05 2008 - Jul 13 2008
- Jul 19 2008 - Jul 27 2008
- Aug 16 2008 - Aug 24 2008
- Nov 22 2008 - Nov 30 2008
- Dec 20 2008 - Dec 28 2008
- Dec 27 2008 - Jan 04 2009.
Also see tour packages in:
Central America and Caribbean
Costa Rica
Rainforest
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