If you love nature and like to be out in it, then pack your bags and join our Costa Rica adventure. Accompanied by a Costa Rican naturalist with private transportation, explore the some of the prime sites in Costa Rica. When you step off the plane, the enchantment begins in this most ecologically diverse Eden in the hemisphere.
Feel safe, relax & enjoy yourself on this small island of tranquility in Central America. Cruise the Rio Frio River into the Caņo Negro Preserve. Climb around the base of the active Arenal Volcano. Search in the wonderful Cloud Forest Reserve for sightings of the Resplendent Quetzal at Monteverde. Excite your taste buds with the wonderfully varied foods and exotic tropical fruit drinks. Sign up now and get away from it all! Experience the popular national parks in this country that has set aside 30% of its territory for protected areas. Travel across the country by private coach with your own naturalist guide. This season affords comfortable temperatures & a lack of tourist crowds.
From the high mountain cloud forests of Santa Elena and Monteverde to the lovely white sand beaches of Manuel Antonio Park on the Pacific Coast you will love this tour! We promise you will want to return to this natural paradise many times!
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 - Arrive at Hotel Villa Tournon, San Jose Arrive at San Jose. Includes: (D);
Day 2 - All day excursion to Irazu Volcano and Lankester Botanical Gardens; Hotel Villa Tournon, San Jose. Includes: (L), (D);
Day 3 - Photograh the Arenal and Poas Volcanos. Enjoy the Waterfall Gardens, humming bird sanctuary and largest butterfly garden in the country. Hotel Los Lagos Lodge. Includes: (B), (D);
Day 4 - Boat ride on the Rio Frio River through the Caņo Negro Biological Reserve. Hotel Los Lagos Lodge. Includes: (B), (L), (D);
Day 5 - Travel to Monteverde and Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserves; Hotel El Establo. Includes: (B), (L), (D);
Day 6 - Guided tour in the Cloud Forest Reserve; Hotel El Establo. Includes: (B), (L), (D);
Day 7 - Journey from tropical cloud forest through tropical dry forest into tropical humid forest to Manuel Antonio National Park on the Pacific Ocean. Cabinas Espadilla. Includes: (B), (D);
Day 8 - A natural history walk in the Manuel Antonio National Park. Cabinas Espadilla. Includes: (B), (D);
Day 9 - Return to San Jose and take a city tour; Hotel Villa Tournon. Includes: (B), (D);
Day 10 - Departure. Includes: (B).
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Package includes/excludes: private tour bus, bilingual naturalist Costa Rican guide, group guide, lodging, normal tips for guides, drivers, hotels and food; meals as specified in the itinerary and entry fees to national parks and reserves as stipulated. It does not include airfare to & from Costa Rica, or trip insurance.
Note: We also offer Optional Trip Extensions to the Caribbean side of the country.
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Central America and Caribbean
Costa Rica
Ecotourism
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