Tourworld Travel Company: Costa Rica - Blue River & Volcano

BIENVENIDOS A COSTA RICA!

Arrival at the airport.  As you exit the airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Your driver will provide you with the travel vouchers for your services and review them with you at this time.   

After breakfast, you will be met by our Private Driver-Host Service that will join this trip for the next 3 days.  He or she will transfer
you to Arenal including a stop at a local farm. 

A beautiful piece of paradise awaits just minutes from La Fortuna! Immersed in the warm and natural habitat facing the Arenal Volcano and surrounded by rivers and rainforests, we are invited to visit an organic orchard run by a local family. Here you will find, learn about, and taste some of the dozens of seasonal products growing in the healthy and fertile lands, typical of the nearby volcano – including a great variety of tropical fruits, tubers, and spices. As a bonus, a walk on one of the many trails on this farm offers abundant wildlife sightings of animals that live here! The mix of vegetation, forest edge, living fences and fruit trees, attract animals such as toucans, parrots, sloths, and iguanas! The highlight of this visit for all is a delicious home-cooked lunch prepared by the owners - followed by a fresh cup of coffee and a tasty desert!

Later in the afternoon you will visit the famous Fortuna Waterfall. 

Descend a 500 meter trail to the beautiful La Fortuna Waterfall, a 197-foot high crystal clear waterfall! Along the trails, you can observe different species including plants, trees, toucans, butterflies and more! In addition to taking amazing photographs, you can also swim or simply relax. 

During your visit, you are also contributing to the Community`s Support Development Association which goes towards Social Projects to benefit local schools, nutritional centers, the orphanage, roads maintenance and more. 

Bring: swimsuit, light clothing, hiking shoes, raincoat, bug repellent, camera and hat.
 

Today you will explore the area around the volcano. Arenal Volcano erupted violently July 29th 1968 destroying the region west of its base with hot gases, rocks and later, lava flows.  Today the volcano steams quietly and heats local rivers that have been developed into popular hot springs and spas. Forest vegetation is quickly returning and covering the massive rock fragments and lava flows, and rainforest wildlife once again flourishes in and around the park.  

Later in the afternoon you will visit the Suspended Bridges in Arenal. 

This is a complex of suspension bridges and trails through beautiful rain forest. The terrain undulates and the trail crosses ravines with small waterfalls and travels over bridges with panoramic vistas over the treetops including views of Arenal Volcano. As you walk you may encounter wildlife including toucans, poison dart frogs, howling, spider and white-faced capuchin monkeys. The 1.5 mile trail is an easy walk for people in good condition and loopsback to the starting point.

Located in a valley just a few miles east of the Miravalles Volcano, Bijagua is a small village in between the Miravalles Volcano and the Tenorio Volcano that promises big Costa Rican adventure. The virgin rainforest in this part of Alajuela is home to tropical animal species like pumas, tapirs, sloths, anteaters, coitis, giant butterflies and rare plant species, like the wild orchids. Bijagua is covered in acres of pastoral farmland with citrus groves and vegetable gardens. A birdwatchers paradise, the forests here provide critical habitat to squawking green parrots, macaws, humming birds and toucans.

Bijagua is known for its history of cheese making and promising ecological adventures, as it serves largely as the entrance to the Tenorio Volcano. Whether you're a foodie looking for your next big thrill or an avid outdoorsm​an seeking out Costa Rica's best kept natural wonders, Bijagua is sure to enthrall.

Tapir Valley is a private reserve. Donald and two partners bought the land more than 15 years ago to protect the valuable rainforest habitat for many animals, such as the threatened Baird’s tapir. The reserve covers over 220 hectares and primary and secondary tropical forest and is adjacent to the Tenorio Volcano National Park.

Here you can experience one of Costa Rica’s best bird watching locations and enjoy unique access to a rainforest paradise and perhaps even the chance to see the fugitive Tapir. In days past, visitors would have to walk two hours to reach the valley, but now the main road of Tenorio Volcano National Park passes in front of the site. This makes access easier, but also brings cars closer to the area, which can have a negative impact on the mammals that use this area to access their habitat.

One of the best maintained beaches in the country, Playa Hermosa, offers visitors crystal clear blue waters and gorgeous scenery, making it a very popular beach strip on the west coast.

Winner of the ‘Bandera Azul’ or ‘Blue Flag’, a prize given to beaches that demonstrate high environmental standards and excellent safety facilities, Playa Hermosa lies seven kilometers north of Playas del Coco.

Meaning ‘beautiful beach’ in Spanish, Playa Hermosa has made a name for itself with its idyllic beauty and lush surroundings.

A two-kilometer long grey sand beach, encircled by tropical forests and ridges of volcanic rock, Hermosa Beach is a great family destination for all to enjoy.

The Palo Verde National Park on the banks of the Rio Tempisque is one of the best wildlife and bird-watching spots in Costa Rica. The remote wetland sanctuary harbours one of Central Americas largest concentration of aquatic birds and is the most important migratory bird site of the Mesoamerican Pacific. Hemmed in by limestone hills and rivers, the lowlands of the Tempisque basin become a vast area of wetlands in rainy season. Towards the end of the rainy season Palo Verde is home to at least 250,000 birds. 

This beach is relaxed, rarely crowded and laid back most of the year, making it a great retreat for those who wish to just lie back leisurely and enjoy the sun.

With warm water temperatures and ideal weather conditions all year long, Playa Hermosa is the perfect haven with convenient accommodations and restaurants that line the beach shore.

Perfect for swimming and scuba diving, Playa Hermosa offers amazing diving safaris and snorkeling opportunities for those who enjoy being out in the sea.

With some of the best scuba diving in the country, you can also have great fun renting out kayaks, sailboards, windsurfing equipment, canoes, jet skis and water bikes from the many shops that line the beach.

Local tourist companies also offer organized fishing trips as well as catamaran rides along the Hermosa coast for those who prefer a more tranquil holiday.

Private transfer service to the LIR Intl. Airport or take an extension to Monteverde (at additional fee)