Upon your arrival, after passing through immigration and customs, please proceed to the exit of the airport terminal. There, you will find a travel representative waiting for you, holding a sign with your name on it.
Private transfer to San Jose town.
Check in at your hotel.
Meals on your own.
In the early evening join your guide for an orientation briefing where you will have the opportunity to get an overview of the following day’s activities, ask questions to prepare for the trip.
When preparing to leave for your next destination please check that you are not leaving anything behind in your room, especially your passports or plug in chargers.
In your day pack carry your hat, sunblock, sunglasses, mosquito repellent and water bottle. Check with your guide to see if you need any particular footwear or a change of clothes for the day’s activities.
Arrival Transfer
Greeting at the Airport- Private Arrival Transfer
Accommodations at your Hotel.
Incidentals such as laundry, phone calls, alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, spa services, tours, tips, meals not included, and any other service not specified on the itinerary.
Not Included: Airfare to Costa Rica; travel insurance; gratuities; any lodging, tours or meals not specified in the itinerary; extras in hotels (laundry, phone calls, room service, etc.); personal equipment; costs associated with changes to your itinerary for reasons beyond our control.
Meet your bilingual naturalist guide at the front desk and he will drive you to Arenal Volcano.
Transfer to Arenal Volcano for 3 hours
Danaus Ecocenter Walk
Highlights: Butterfly Garden with colorful species. Chance to see poison frogs, sloths, and many tropical birds! A conservation project. Maleku Indian handmade crafts.
Enjoy a nature walk at Danaus Ecocenter, a small but important biological reserve. The one-and-a-half-hour trail winds through the forest which is home to myriad birds and butterflies, several slow-moving sloths, and other curious creatures.
Stop for lunch at Arenal Vida Campesina Organic Farm Tour
Lunch includes a hands-on demonstration on tortilla making! Opportunity to share time with a farmer and taste locally grown products!
Check in at your hotel.
Free afternoon to explore hotel grounds
Night Walk Arenal Observatory
During this night tour with your expert guide, you will discover the little-known nocturnal life of the tropical rainforest walking. A wonderful place to listen for jungle residents like frogs, toads, and insects! Keep your eye out for sleeping lizards and spiders, and try to spot bats, sleeping birds, or active owls. With luck you’ll find nocturnal animals, like sloths, kinkajous, pacas, or armadillos!
Bring: Binoculars, walking shoes, water, insect repellent, sun block, raincoat, hat, and camera.
Danaus Ecocenter Guided Walk
Arenal Vida Campesina Farm Tour
Arenal Observatory Lodge Night Walk
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Entrance fee Ecocenter Suntour guided
Entrance fee included - CR Sun tour guide.
Private Arenal Observatory Nature & Hiking Trails
Enjoy a half-day walk at the Arenal Observatory Lodge trail system and hanging bridges, considered by our guides one of the best places for wildlife viewing in La Fortuna. Walk the trails, climb the 28-meter observatory tower, and explore the new volcano visitor center. With luck, we will spy a variety of wildlife who call this reserve home from monkey troops to myriad hummingbirds.
Lunch at the hotel restaurant
In the afternoon visit Arenal Hanging Bridges
Highlights: Excellent birdwatching and wildlife sightings. Amazing lookouts to the volcano!
Enjoy a half day tour at the Arenal Hanging Bridges. This 5 km/3 mile rainforest tour leads visitors across 10 hanging bridges in the canopy of the rainforest and boasts an incredible up-close-and-personal interaction with the flora and fauna found here. Meander the trails and bridges with a keen eye on the lookout for monkeys, butterflies, and colorful birds.
Ecotermales Hot Springs (D)
Later you will have a blast splashing in the warm, you will visit the Hot Springs and enjoy attractive tropical gardens, you will relax after your adventures in the Arenal area at the natural hot springs thermal with mineral waters, This evening enjoy the dinner at hot springs.
Bring: Binoculars, Closed shoes walking shoes are required, water, insect repellent, sun block, raincoat, hat, and camera. Sandals or others open shoes are not allowed.
Arenal Observatory Guided Walk
Arenal Hanging Bridges Walk
Ecotermales Hot Springs
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Tour fee, local guided Walk, and transportation . Closed shoes are required
Springs fee included, buffet dinner included.
Early Land and boat transfer to your hotel in Tortuguero on the Caribbean Coast, stopping en route for a hearty Costa Rican breakfast (approximately 4 hours transfer). On arrival to La Pavona docks, you will board your boat for a shared transfer towards your hotel in Tortuguero.
After the adventure you will be ready for a delicious and relaxed lunch featuring typical Caribbean dishes like Casado. You must try it!
In the afternoon, visit Tortuguero village
This evening dinner is included at the hotel, the creative chef at the hotel is known for fresh and flavorful dishes.
Overnight at Tortuguero
Tortuguero Town Visit
Meals included ( B, L, D)
Private Transfer to Pavona Dock
Shared Boat Transfer from Pavona Dock to Evergreen Lodge
Tortuguero 3 Days / 2 Nights Package .Standard Room or similar
3 days / 2 nights accommodation package includes: bilingual guide, land and boat transfers
Guided tour of the backwater canals of Tortuguero National Park a walking tour of the village, a guided tour by the lodge trails, and a Free sunrise canal boat tour.
Meals:
Day 1: Breakfast en route, Lunch & Dinner at Lodge.
Day 2: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner at the Lodge
Day 3: Breakfast at the Lodge & Lunch en route.
Tortuguero National Park, You will enjoy the Wildlife-rich Tortuguero touring the navigable rainforest canals by boat. This tour will allow you the chance to see a large diversity of bird species, monkeys, sloths, crocodiles, and iguanas.
Tortuguero and its labyrinth and network of natural waterways give the visitor the opportunity to experience the true rainforest experience, the dream of exploring dense and endless jungles, full of flora and fauna without getting off the boat and walking through muddy trails.
Highlights: National Park is known as Costa Rica’s "little Amazon".
A typical Costa Rican lunch is included
This afternoon you may enjoy a walk to the local town of Tortuguero.
Dinner at the hotel.
Tortuguero National Park
Meals included ( B, L, D)
Canals Boat Tour - local guided.
Morning boat transfer to la Pavona dock
Land transfer to San José for 3 hours, one stop for lunch at Pierella Ecological Garden
Enjoy the visit at Pierella Ecological Garden, this special location offers great diversity of habitats supporting, abundant wildlife, sloths, bird feeders, a butterfly garden, tropical crops like cocoa, and tasty traditional cuisine!
Highlights: Learn about tropical butterflies, and look for colorful birds, and sloths.
Continue to San Jose.
Dinner on own.
Check in at your hotel.
Bring: Binoculars, walking shoes, water, insect repellent, sun block, raincoat, hat, and camera
Pierella Ecological Garden Tour
Breakfast and lunch.
Transportation
Pierella Ecological Garden Tour
Accommodations at your hotel
Departure Transfer to the Airport
It's generally recommended to book an afternoon flight and arrive at the airport at least 3 hours before your scheduled departure time.
Breakfast and Departure Transfer
