From $1,235.00 per person Double Occupancy
Trade the urban jungle for the real thing... join us in breathtaking Costa Rica for the adventure of your lifetime!!!
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Day 01 Arrival - San Jose
Your representative will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the Hotel El Rodeo Country Inn located outside San Jose.
Overnight at El Rodeo Hotel, Superior room. Breakfast is included.
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Day 02 Pacuare Whitewater Rafting - Arenal
On the first day of the journey to the Pacuare Rainforest, we'll pick you up at your San José hotel. After leaving the city, you'll pass through the spectacular Braulio Carrillo Rainforest, stopping for an authentic Costa Rican breakfast before reaching our embarkation site. Once in the water, you'll experience the exhilaration of riding the waves on this wild and scenic river, which courses through a tropical wilderness of dense vegetation and steep gorges that rise majestically above its banks.
When we arrive at our overnight destination, you will find a jungle oasis nestled in the middle of an enchanting and captivating rainforest. Surrounded by nature in its purest and most primitive state, a two-story jungle lodge houses rustic but comfortable dining facilities on the first floor, and plenty of relaxing hammocks in an open-air second floor lounge. Electricity free, the lodge provides the ultimate in environmentally friendly comfort and relaxation. Lunch will be prepared by your guide, and the afternoon is yours-you can take a short guided hike through the surrounding rainforest, experience the Pacuare Canopy Adventure (not included into package) into the forest canopy, take a dip in the river, or just relax in one of the many hammocks. Happy Hour begins at dusk, when you can share your experiences with your fellow travelers. Later, a candlelight dinner with wine is served to you by our guides. Your sleeping accommodations are in comfortable bungalows, constructed in the traditional style used by the Indians of this area and spaced to provide privacy and lots of green area. Each bungalow has a private porch, bathroom with running water, and comfortable beds with fresh linens.
Overnight at The Pacuare Lodge, garden bungalow. Full board included.
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Day 03 Siquirres - Arenal
After a hot breakfast, we launch the rafts again for the last part of our trip. Rafting becomes even more exciting today as you use the skills and experience gained on this trip. Your guides will stop the rafts along the journey and lead you up paths and side streams that open onto pristine waterfalls and natural water slides. Here you can swim. At the end of the tour, you will be provided with a private transfer to Arenal.
One of the most active volcanoes of the world, cloud forests, a lake world-famous for windsurfing and an incredibly diverse population of wildlife is what you will find in this area. The flawless silhouette of Arenal Volcano, its loud rumblings and frequent explosions of lava and ash are a sight not to be missed by any visitor to Costa Rica.
Overnight at Arenal Paraiso, Superior rooms. Breakfast included.
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Day 04 LOST Canyon Adventure
The Arenal Volcano is active since 1968, it constantly ejects gases, water, fumaroles and explosions with pyroclastic material emissions, and sometimes the eruptions are accompanied with powerful thunders. The lava flows come out of the crater with a temperature up to 1 000 Centigrade. As the lava flows down it slowly cools off. A short hike in one of the trails close to the volcano area will give us the chance to enjoy some forest and the activity around it.
At the hot springs you can enjoy a healthy and relaxing soak, it is also possible to see the Arenal Volcano erupting from a comfortable spa. Dinner is included on this tour.
Overnight at Arenal Paraiso, Superior rooms. Breakfast included.
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Day 05 Arenal - Rincón de la Vieja
Depart today to Rincon de la Vieja National Park with shuttle bus transfer.
This park is named after the active Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. Being one of the most accessible volcanoes of the area, you can reach the numerous cones, craters, and lagoons either on horseback or by foot. In here you will also find fumaroles and boiling mud pools, steam vents, and sulfurous hot springs with therapeutic properties. Various tours are offered outside the park including canopy, horseback, hiking, and birding tours.
Overnight at Cañon de La Vieja Lodge, standard room. Breakfast included.
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Day 06 Canyon Lodge Canopy Tour
AThe Canopy Tour is mixed with footpaths, observation platforms and suspension bridges to obtain a unique experience to cause the tour worth it.
The Canopy structure is constructed with the best materials and is operated following all the security norms established; reason by which people all the ages can enjoy it excepting those that have heart troubles or osteoporosis.
The Canopy consists of 9 steel cables connected between leafy trees in where 14 platforms have been constructed. The passenger travels (fly) from one tree to another one with climbing harnesses, pulleys, safety slings and leather gloves. The expert guides will accompany you throughout the tour explaining the different aspects of the biodiversity of the forest and like an additional attraction; we have constructed 1 suspension bridge that will give greater emotion to the adventure.
Canyon Lodge horseback riding tour
The horse tour last 2 hours visiting the Guanacaste desert, Colorado River Canyon, pasture lands and the Dry Tropical Forest. There are some natural viewpoints where you will be able to enjoy the majestic Rincon de la Vieja Volcano, the blue greenish of Miravalles and Tenorio volcanoes and the spectacular Gulf of Papagayo. You will ride through rivers and gorges, you will be splashed when cross the rivers, you will follow the footpaths of the Agouties and Raccoons, you will be bothered by some insects, but you will be awesome with the wonderful landscapes that are humble on your feet.
You do not have to be an expert because we offer the appropriate horse for you. For people with experience, or children, we also have the right horse.
Overnight at Cañon de La Vieja Lodge, standard room. Breakfast included.
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Day 07 San Jose
Shuttle bus transfer back to San Jose.
Overnight at El Rodeo Hotel, Superior room. Breakfast is included.
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Day 08 Departure
Departure. Transfer will be provided to the International airport.
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- Private arrival & departure transfer at the airport
- Shuttle bus transportation in a deluxe A/C motor coach throughout the whole itinerary (except on Day 3)
- Private transfer Siquirres - Arenal
- 2 nights / El Rodeo Hotel / Superior room (B)
- 1 night / Pacuare Lodge / Garden bungalow (FB)
- 2 nights / Arenal Paraiso / superior room (B)
- 2 nights / Cañon de la Vieja / standard room (B)
- Pacuare River - Whitewater rafting
- LOST Canyon Adventure
- Arenal Volcano Hike & Tabacon Hot Springs
- Canyon Lodge canopy tour
- Canyon Lodge horseback riding tour
- All meals as described above.
- All taxes and service charges
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- International Airfare
- Tips and Gratuities
- Airport Departure Tax (US$ 26 per person)
- Optional Day Tours
- Optional Canopy Adventure Tour: $ 45 per
person
- Meals not mentioned
- Items of a personal nature
- Travel insurance (Highly recommended)
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- Minimum 2 passengers.
- Clothing: Costa Rica is a very informal and casual country. Formal attire is only used in the city of San Jose and on very special occasions (Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries)
- We recommend to bring a sweater for the highland areas, and light loose fitting shirts, jeans, and shorts for the lowland areas.
- For the beach areas please don't forget to bring a hat or cap, sunscreen, and sun glasses.
- For the rainforest and the National Parks we recommend hiking boots, a small backpack, water bottle, pocket knife, flashlight, insect repellent, rainwear, and a pair of binoculars to observe animals.
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