Costa Rica Explorer - 12 days
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Overview
Highlights
- Monteverde National Park - Hike through the beautiful cloud forest, shrouded in a canopy of cloud and home to a wonderful array of flora and fauna
- Tortuguero Jungle Reserve - Explore the waterways of this beautiful national park, which is home to a Green Sea Turtle nesting ground
- Tirimbina Rainforest Reserve - Enjoy a guided natural walk spotting a variety of mammals and insects
- Selvatura Park- Zip line through the conservation area & walk over its trail system which includes seven suspension bridges crossing the deep canyons at treetop level
- Tenorio Volcano National Park - Hike the new up and coming destinations for nature lovers and adventure seekers, established to protect tracts of primary and dry tropical forest
- Carara National Park Pacific coast, with a completely different vegetation zone of Pacific tropical dry forest.
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Trip includes
- 11 nights 3-4 star hotels/guesthouses
- Breakfast daily, 5 lunches and 10 dinners
- Arrival and departure transfer on days 1 and day 12
- Transfers and transportation in private vehicles and boats
- Escorted by an English speaking local naturalist guide
- Boat trip down the canals of Tortuguero
- Nature walk in Tirimbina Rainforest reserve
- Tenorio Volcano National Park and Rio Celeste hike
- Excursions to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and Selvatura hanging bridges
- Cooking class at local finca
Itinerary
Upon arrival into San Jose airport you will be met and and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure to start exploring the capital or just to relax in the hotel.
San Jose - Tortugero. Today we head off to discover the Caribbean coast with a few days of rewarding wildlife spotting. Unlike the Caribbean of resort hotels, sugary beaches and Pina Coladas, this is a true wilderness. Our journey takes us northeast through Braulio Ca...
This morning we head out on a wildlife adventure boat trip through the mangrove forest of Toruguero National park. With 11 different varieties of natural habitats and a large range of endemic wildlife, this is one of the last protected areas of tropical rainforest in ...
After breakfast, we start our day back on the water to explore more of these spidery channels. We continue our journey with a drive to the Sarapiqui region, a fertile plain with focus for conservation with a number of eco-tourism projects. Dispersed between the banana...
Today we take a morning walk to the Trimbina Reserve, catered to research and recreation of the rainforest environment. Founded to preserve one of the few remaining stands of intact tropical forest on mountainous slopes in Central America. To make our journey more ex...
This morning we make our way to the town of Bijagua, nestled between two volcanos (Tenorio and Miravalles) will be our home for the next two days. Bijagua is a perfect place for our exploration of Tenorio Volcano National Park, established in 1997 to protect tracts of...
Our adventure for the day begins as we board our vehicle heading towards Monteverde, following a bumpy road with volcanic rocks, winding up through the hills to the cloud forest at 1,400m above sea level. During our journey, we will be diverted by wildlife we spot alo...
This morning we take a walk to the Selvatura Park, a conservation area offering many activities including zip lines. Our walk on a trail system includes seven suspension bridges crossing the deep canyons at treetop level. This afternoon we have a guided walk in the ...
This morning we head to Carara National Park, taking the journey towards the pacific coast we enter a completely different vegetation zone of Pacific tropical dry forest. Carara is famous for its bright scarlet macaws and giant crocodiles, which sprawl on the beaches ...
Today is free to spend at leisure. Relax in the lodge taking in the forest, river and the ocean or take advantage of the less dense forest and take a walking trail to spot Carara's wildlife.
Today our Costa Rican adventure comes to an end with an included transfer to the airport in San Jose. If you decide to stay on for a few more days in this beguiling country, perhaps for some beach time at Manuel Antonio where there’s a range of good accommodation, a monkey-filled national park and sweeping golden Pacific sands.
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- International flights and visas
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- Tortuguero local entry fee - USD $15
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Minimum age 12. If booking a family please contact GH to check room requirements.There is no maximum age. Those 70 or over will be required to fill out a tour suitability tour.
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