Costa Rica: Jungles and Rainforests
Discover a natural wonderland on this Costa Rica vacation. Get a bird's-eye view of one of the world's most active volcanoes from a sky tram and ride a raft along a jungle river. Hop into a volcanic mud pool or go river tubing or horseback riding at a working hacienda. ...
Read Full Description- Destination:
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Liberia, Costa Rica; San Jose, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
- Trip Length:
- 8 days
- Price Range:
- From $2000 to $3000 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
- January, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Recommended for:
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15 - 17, 18 - 20, 25 - 30, 31 - 35, 36 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 55
Adventure-seeker
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
Discover a natural wonderland on this Costa Rica vacation. Get a bird's-eye view of one of the world's most active volcanoes from a sky tram and ride a raft along a jungle river. Hop into a volcanic mud pool or go river tubing or horseback riding at a working hacienda. Meet howler monkeys and amazing amphibians at Tortuguero National Park, tour a pineapple farm and a coffee plantation, and look for brilliant butterflies. A world of fun awaits on your family's Costa Rica vacation.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Liberia, Costa Rica
Arrive Liberia, Costa Rica.
Airport Transfers
Tour begins: 6:00 PM, Hilton Papagayo Resort. A transfer is included from Liberia Airport to Hilton Papagayo Resort.
Hotels
Join us and meet new friends who will share this Costa Rica vacation with you at our welcome reception and dinner tonight.
Meals: Dinner, Lodging: Hilton Papagayo Resort, Papagayo, Costa Rica
Day 2 - Costa Rica
Dive into a day of fun at Hacienda Guachapelin
Adventure
A morning of fun awaits your family at Hacienda Guachapelin on the slopes of Rincon Vieja Volcano. Your choices of included activities offered at this working hacienda (ranch) include horseback riding, an exciting river-tubing adventure and volcanically heated mud pools; your time at Hilton Papagayo Resort will be a highlight of your Costa Rica vacation!
Relaxation
Spend the afternoon as you please back at your oceanfront resort.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner
Lodging: Hilton Papagayo Resort, Papagayo, Costa Rica
Day 3 - Costa Rica
Along the Pan American Highway to a Sky Tram at Arenal
Sailboat Cruises
Drive along part of the Pan American Highway – one of the world's longest roads – to enjoy a lake cruise on Lake Arenal.
Adventure
Then catch a bird's-eye view of one of the world's most active volcanoes, Arenal Volcano, on a memorable ride aboard a sky tram.
Hotels
Continue on to Tilajari Resort for two nights at a resort in a private reserve.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Tilajari Resort Hotel, Muelle, Costa Rica
Day 4 - Costa Rica
River Rafting and more at Tilajari Resort
Rafting
Board a raft and float through the jungle today on another memorable moment in your family's Costa Rica vacation. An expert naturalist will help you try to spot giant iguanas, sloths, monkeys – maybe even crocodiles – that live along the Penas Blancas River. You'll also meet a local family who has lived on the river for generations.
Hotels
Return to your jungle resort to enjoy a host of fun activities.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Tilajari Resort Hotel, Muelle, Costa Rica
Day 5 - Costa Rica
From a pineapple farm to a jungle lodge
Sightseeing
Today, a journey from the plantations and villages of Costa Rica's interior to its Caribbean coast takes you to the Finca Corsicana pineapple farm, where a local guide shows you the workings of this modern organic farm from a specially built vehicle.
Hotels
A bumpy drive over unpaved roads brings you to coastal Tortuguero National Park and your home for the next two nights, a riverfront lodge set on a network of jungle canals. Keep an eye out for turtles, monkeys and toucans!
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Pachira Lodge
Day 6 - Costa Rica
Meet green sea turtles at Tortuguero National Park
National Parks
Explore by land and boat today, cruising the jungle canals with naturalists to look for wildlife, and visiting a local village. Tortuguero is one of the world’s largest nesting sites for green sea turtles. If your Costa Rica vacation takes place in summer, you’ll have a late-night or early-morning chance to see them make their way up the beach from the water to dig their nests in the sand, leaving tractor-tread trails behind them.
Hotels
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Pachira Lodge Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Day 7 - San Jose, Costa Rica
Check out a coffee plantation and see San José
Chartered Flights
As your Costa Rica vacation draws to a close, return to San José by private air charter today.
Sightseeing
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about coffee beans – and one of Costa Rica's most important products – at a working coffee plantation. Spend some time exploring San José.
Join us tonight for a farewell reception and dinner. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Costa Rica Marriott Hotel, San José, Costa Rica
Day 8 - San Jose, Costa Rica
Adios, Costa Rica.
Airport Transfers
ends: San José. A transfer is included from the Costa Rica Marriott Hotel to San José Santa Maria International Airport. Inquire at time of booking about extending your family vacation with additional nights in San José.
Meals: Breakfast
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Accommodation for 7 nights. Prices are based on Upper Deck Inside cabin. Upgrades are available. Recommended age: 11 and older. All gratuities to ship crew and Tour Director are included. Triples are usually a two-bedded room, plus one rollaway cot, when available. Sea turtles only nest during summer months – night visit to the beach on Day 6 is not offered at other times of the year.
Budget Excludes:Triple and Quadruple accommodations are not available. Prices do not include $125 for Intra Air Cost. Costa Rica departure tax is not included.
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