DAY 01: SAN JOSE

Arrival to San José. It will be a minibus waiting for you at the Airport to the scheduled time and according to the airline and flight assigned with private transportation and bilingual guide. Later we will be transferring you to the Grano de Oro hotel or similar. The Grano de Oro hotel, located under the shades in the Stroll Columbus, the main street of San José, is a true oasis sanctuary in the heart of the city. Our guests will be delighted in the calm atmosphere surrounded by plants and tropical flowers that are in the hotel. Additionally they can relax outdoors in our terrace with 2 Jacuzzis. Here they will stay in rooms Standard.

The quarters are cozy and have a bed queen and a bath deprived with a shower and the majority with bathtub.

DAY 2: TORTUGUERO

This morning day between the 6:45 and 7:00 am, one representative from the Hotel Pachira Lodge will transfer until the beautiful zone of Tortuguero. The bus of the Hotel leaves San José by the highway towards Limon crossing the National Park Braulio Carrillo until arriving at a local restaurant to have breakfast. After, breakfast we will continue the journey to the Astua Port in Matina or Caño Blanco (1 hour and a half in bus) here it will be waiting for the boat to them of Pachira for the route by the channels until arriving at the town of Tortuguero. This ride by boat is very calm, almost without surge. The boat has ceiling and rain coats for all passengers. Along the way, we will be able to observe different animals and birds.
When we arrive at the hotel, you will see the rooms and then, proceed to enjoy lunch.

ZONA DE TORTUGUERO

The package includes lodging, food, transfers and Tours (It does not include entrance fees to the park) (tour of egg-laying must be reserved directly at the hotel. The cost is $15 by person). Here you will stay 2 nights in 1 double standard room.

DAY 3: TORTUGUERO

The hotel is located at only 5 minutes by boat from the extraordinary National Park of Tortuguero. A wonderful network of scenic and navigable channels, considered one of the most exotic and richest zones in Costa Rica for its fauna and flora.

Tortuguero is the most important place, in the west part of the Caribbean side for the egg-laying of the green turtle (Chelonia Midas), species are in danger of extinction.

Tortuguero is one of the wildest areas in Costa Rica, with the greater biological variety. It is considered one of the richest regions for its flora and fauna in Costa Rica. Eleven habitats have been identified, as well as 2000 species of plants and 400 species of trees. There is also a very quantity and variety of wild life: 57 species of amphibians 111 species of reptiles 309 species of registered birds 30 freshwater fish species, including the Gaspar, considered a living fossil 60 species of mammals.

DAY 4: PUERTO VIEJO

Today you will enjoy a delicious breakfast and later transferred by boat to the dock. We will continue the trip by land to Siquirres. Here, you will be picked up around the 12:45 p.m. by an interbus to the Azania Boungalows Hotel. Azania is a hotel of a natural combination of adventure and serenity with relaxed tropical surroundings. It is located in front of Cocles Beach (awarded with the Program of Ecological Flag Blue that the Government of Costa Rica grants to maintain beaches clean). The rooms are bungalow type and are located and surrounded by tropical gardens harmoniously which offer privacy and natural beauty. Each counts with a large bed queen and two individual ones, scenery with furniture and lamps of bamboo, central ventilator, great windows with mosquito nettings and a lifted ceiling that provide with a refreshing natural circulation of the air. Here 2 nights in 2 will be stayed bungalows. Breakfast is included. Lodging is at this hotel or similar.

DAY 5: PUERTO VIEJO

Breakfast will be served at the hotel, free day to enjoy the zone or hotel.

DAY 6: ARENAL

Today, you will enjoy a delicious breakfast.
Later, you will be transferred by an interbus to Arenal. There, you would stay at the Arenal Observatory Lodge.
Arenal Observatory Lodge is in a private natural reserve, one of the many natural areas of Costa Rica. On the nutritious volcanic ground primary and secondary tropical forests grow. A reforestation project guarantees a forest for future generations. The crystalline cascades and rivers offer an excellent opportunity to refresh in the middle of the tropical forest.

Arenal Observatory Lodge has 37 rooms distributed in four buildings within the property. Five rooms are fully equipped for the handicapped including the rooms, bathrooms, corridors, parking lots, swimming pools and jacuzzi. Most of the rooms offer a spectacular view of the volcano and are surrounded by green gardens. Around 5:00pm, you will be transferred to Baldi where you will enjoy 4 relaxing hours in thermal waters and a delicious dinner. Return to the hotel around 9:00 p.m.

DAY 7: ARENAL

Breakfast will be served at the restaurant of the hotel at 8:00 a.m.
Enjoy the view and the sounds of the tropical forest and experience its tranquility while we rowed by the Peñas Blancas River. Monkeys, iguanas, sluggish, crocodiles and a great number of tropical birds are waiting for us. Our tourist guides will share with you interesting and educational information in regards to the plants and animals that we will be seeing during our journey. You will be able to truly appreciate the wonders at the Peñas Blancas River and the tropical forest surrounding the river. Be sure to bring your camera and binoculars for this excursion! This is a tour of half day especially designed for clients who have a limited amount of time.

Exit: 8:00 or 14:00 approximately.

Duration: 04 hours approximately.

It includes transportation, tourist guide, fruits, water and soda and bottled water.
We suggest you wear short pants, a t-shirt, sandals, sunscreen, insect repellant, and bring a camera, binoculars, a towel and a raincoat.

At 2:00 P.M. Fortune Waterfall Tour. This tour lasts approximated of 4 hours, from the Fortune center and taking Southeastern course, we will make a 5 route of ½ km that will take hour and a half, to reaching the place of rest of the horses. During the route they are possible to be enjoyed the landscapes of the Costa Rican field, property with cattle or agriculture, plus the possibility of seeing birds like oropendolas or the toucans. Soon we will make a small route through the mountain to arrive at the site where it is the Waterfall, which has a fall of 70 meters. In the base of the Waterfall we will find a delicious “swimming pool natural”, where we will be able to enjoy a refreshing bath in waters of the river during one hour.

Duration: 04 hours approximately.

It includes transportation, tourist guides and entrance fee to the park. We suggest you wear long pants, closed shoes, bathing suit, and bring a towel, a camera and a raincoat.

DAY 8: MONTEVERDE

Breakfast is included at the hotel. You will be transferred by boat Jeep around 7:30 a.m. to Monteverde, one of the few cloudy forests left in the world, habitat of the shining Quetzal and bird Bell among others. During the way they will be able to observe the rich vegetation of this place. When arriving at Monteverde they will stay at the Establo Hotel which consists of two buildings, the new and the old one. The old building has standard rooms and economic ones. It has a reception and a living room with a chimney. The new building also has a reception, a swimming pool with hot water and jacuzzi, snack bar with view to the gulf, private areas to sunbathe, rest areas, volleyball courts, lakes, a restaurant, a conference hall and a store.

DAY 9: MONTEVERDE

Breakfast will be served at the restaurant of the hotel. On this day, you will enjoy canopy with Selvatura. In the morning, the tour begins at the main room of clothes where the visitors will be equipped and immediately they will be transported until the instruction platform, in her our expert guides will instruct and settle down the necessary procedure so that they conclude tour successful. Soon the visitors will be taken to the first platform where they will begin the tour that will cross the canopy of the forest through three cable sections in which they will have to make small long walks between each section. During one of these long walks they will arrive at the exciting Tarzan Swing where those with sufficient adventurous spirit will amuse and experiment their emotions to the maximum.

The Tarzan Swing is an extra activity included in our tour. After this, we will continue the tour until we arrive once again on land. Tour consists of 15 cables with 18 platforms and a Tarzan Swing.

A total of 3,22 kilometers of cables exists. He is tour able for people of all the ages although restrictions for people with excess of extreme weight can be applied. It is recommended that those that wish to make the Canopy Tour dress long trousers, shoes to walk and following the climatic conditions equipment for rain. This tour lasts approximately two hour and a half.

Schedule: 8:30 a.m. // 11:00 a.m. // 1:00 p.m. // 2:30 p.m.

It includes transportation, guides and entrance fees.

DAY 10: MANUEL ANTONIO

Breakfast will be at the restaurant of the hotel.
You will be picked up by an interbus to take you to the Manuel Antonio area. When you arrive here, you will stay at Costa Verde Hotel in a superior room.

Hotel Costa Verde is located on a coastal rainforest bluff overlooking the Pacific beaches of Manuel Antonio National Park near Quepos, Costa Rica. Its many amenities make Costa Verde a perfect destination for those seeking adventure travel, ecotourism, sports fishing or just the tranquility of white sand beaches and magnificent ocean views.

Three hundred yards from the beach and Manuel Antonio National Park, the Hotel Costa Verde features two cliffside pools with sundecks and spacious rooms and balconies, all offering a bird's-eye view of the Park's coastline plus rainforest canopy vistas dotted with native birds and monkeys.

DAY 11: MANUEL ANTONIO

Breakfast included at the Hotel restaurant.
Free day. We suggest you take one of the optional tours that can include rafting, long walks around the park, canopy tours or enjoy the day at the beach and hotel facilities.

DAY 12: SAN JOSE

Breakfast at Manuel Antonio and transfer to the international airport for your flight home.

THE PACKAGE INCLUDES:

- Transfer from airport to hotel.
- 1 night of lodging at the Grano de Oro Hotel, in San José.
-2 nights of lodging in Pachira Lodge, Tortuguero, food and tours included.
-2 nights of lodging in Puerto Viejo, Azania Bungalows
-2 nights of lodging in Arenal Observatory Lodge with breakfasts included.
- Baldi with dinner included.
- Fortuna Waterfall Tour
- 2 nights of lodging in Establo Hotel, breakfasts included.
- Canopy tour with Selvatura
- Tour in boat in Peñas Blancas River
- 2 nights of lodging at Costa Verde hotel with breakfasts included.
- Transfers in INTERBUS.
-Hotel taxes.
- Transfer Hotel Airport