Costa Rica Exotic Escapade

COSTA RICA - EXOTIC ESCAPADE ( 9 Days / 8 Nights )

DAY 1 SAN JOSE

Meet and greet at the airport and transfer to hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. Services included today: Arrival transfer; overnight accommodations at San Gildar or Barcelo Amon; hotel taxes; English-speaking assistance.

DAY 2 SAN JOSE – ARENAL

Arenal Volcano towers over lush green pastures and plantations of yucca, papaya, and cassava. Rushing waters heated by the volcano are channeled into pools at Tabacon Hot Springs, offering a relaxing experience after a day of horseback riding or hiking. Lake Arenal remains the best spot in Costa Rica for windsurfing. You may hike at the foot of the volcano, visit La Fortuna waterfall on horseback, or take a full day excursion to the Venado caves or to Cano Negro Wildlife Reserve. And, at night, the most active of all Costa Rica's volcanoes displays a true show of fiery explosions, which will give you a hint of how the earth must have looked in its tumultuous beginnings. Services included today: Breakfast; Transfer to Arenal; tour of Arenal Volcano and Tabacon Hot Springs with dinner; overnight accommodations at Tabacon Resort; hotel taxes; English-speaking assistance.

DAY 3 ARENAL

Day at leisure. Suggested activities: Horseback riding; hiking; windsurfing or fishing at Lake Arenal; floating on Penas Blancas River; canopy tour; tour to Venado Caves; full day tour to Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge. Services included today: Breakfast; free entrance to Tabacon Hot Springs; overnight accommodations at Tabacon Resort; hotel taxes.

DAYS 4 ARENAL - MONTEVERDE

Frequently draped in mist and clouds, Monteverde captures the imagination of even the most cynical among us. It emanates a sense of ancient and enduring life. Algae, mosses and lichens get a foothold on the constantly wet surfaces, providing a place for orchids, bromeliads, ferns and innumerable other plants to cling to. So prolific is this growth in the cloud forest that bare branches are virtually non-existent. And if you look carefully, sitting quietly overhead, its long feathery tail swaying gently in the breeze, there is a scarlet and emerald bird that seems to embody the spirit of the cloud forest: The Resplendent Quetzal. Today we include a very special tour: Services included today: Breakfast; Transfer to Monteverde; Sky Trek Tour; overnight accommodations at Helliconia; hotel taxes.

DAY 5 MONTEVERDE

Today we include a guided tour of the famous Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Afternoon at leisure. Suggested activities and tours: Horseback riding; hiking; visit the Santa Elena Reserve; butterfly garden; cheese factory; sky trek tour. Services included today: Overnight accommodations at Helliconia; hotel taxes.

DAY 6 MONTEVERDE – TORTUGA ISLAND – TAMBOR

Leave for Puntarenas and embark on the Calypso catamaran for a full day of fun and sun at the tropical Tortuga Island. In the afternoon we will sail to Tambor. Located on a 150-acre private beachfront reserve along the Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific Coast, Tango Mar offers the intimate exclusivity of a small, deluxe beach resort on a vast site where you can find a space to call your own. Here is a place that is charmed by a unique atmosphere, its own microclimate and favorable all year round conditions. Manicured grounds and fine accommodations blend with exuberant jungle vegetation and exotic birds and animals to create the perfect balance of nature and refinement. Services included today: Transfer to Puntarenas; full day tour to Tortuga Island; lunch; boat and land transfer to hotel; overnight accommodations at Tango Mar; hotel taxes; English-speaking assistance.

DAY 7/8 TAMBOR

Days at leisure. Suggested activities: Relaxing at the beach; sport fishing; horseback riding; sunset cruises; excursions to Curu Wildlife Refuge; mountain biking; visits to the hippie community of Montezuma. Services included: Breakfast; overnight accommodations at Tango Mar; hotel taxes; English-speaking assistance.

DAY 9 TAMBOR – SAN JOSE - OUT

Services included today: Breakfast; transfer to the airport in Tambor; one-way flight to San Jose; transfer to the International airport; English-speaking assistance.

RATES

From: $1,249.00