In partnership with Costa Rica based Catch Travel, Adelante arranges affordable self-drive packages which include lodging, some meals, and tours to a sampling of Costa Rica's natural gems. Tours with ground transportation or a private driver also available. We are happy to customize a tour to suit your time and budget.

Self-Drive Packages (click on the tour for detailed itinerary & prices)

8 Day Tour - Arenal, Monteverde, Samara Beach Because of the proximity of these three treasures, you'll get to experience three very diverse and beautiful natural beauties including hot springs, volcano, cloud forest, and a pristine beach. The ride through the country is worth the trip itself!
11 Day Tour - Tortuguero, Arenal, Monteverde, Samara Beach In addition to all the treasures of the 8 day tour, this itinerary provides an opportunity to experience the Carribean culture and the canals known as "The Amazon of Costa Rica".
18 Day Tour - Manuel Antonio, Tambor Beach, Monteverde, Rincón de la Vieja, Arenal, Tortuguero, Puerto Viejo de Limon This tour is for beach lovers who also want a bit more. You'll get time at two very beautiful, yet very different beaches plus volcanoes, hot springs, cloud forest, and the canals of Tortuguero. You won't be able to say you've done it all, but pretty close!
18 Day Tour - Corcovado, Manuel Antonio, Monteverde, Rincón de la Vieja, Arenal, Tortuguero, Puerto Viejo de Limon This tour includes the best of the above tours plus a visit to Corcovado National Park...a comination of tropical wilderness and pristine beaches, named by the National Geographic Society as "one of the most biologically intense places on earth".

Day1 Arrival at San José, Costa Rica.

Welcome to beautiful Costa Rica! You will be picked up by a friendly bilingual driver who will be waiting for you with a sign with your name on it. Relax in the mini van with air conditioning while the driver takes you to your hotel for the night.

Day 2 Car rental – Drive to Arenal

After breakfast at the hotel, your 4x4 rental car will be dropped of. Take the Pan American Highway and visit picturesque towns along the way: Sarchí, known for the beauty of the handcrafts that they produce and Zarcero, known for the beautiful pruned Church garden.

The Arenal Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes is in the Americas. You can feel the ground tremble and see the night sky explode with ash and lava in a natural display of fireworks.

Visit the hot springs of the volcano, where you can relax in the soothing waters and be caressed by the cool night air while observing the stars and the incredible night sky above the volcano.

Day 3 Enjoy Arenal

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: volcano hike, horseback riding to the waterfall, canopy, ATV, mountain bike, river rafting or floating, Caño Negro wildlife refuge, sport fishing, Venado caves, hot springs, Rio Celeste, Canyoning, visit the Maleku Indians, canoe safari, hike on Chato Mountain, bird watching, hanging bridges, hot springs… to name a few.

Day 4 Drive to Monteverde

After breakfast and check-out, you’ll head off to Monteverde. This is a beautiful drive along Lake Arenal. Visit local craftsman and enjoy the views of the lake. You will arrive in Monteverde around midday as it is a 4 to 5 hour drive.

The Monteverde Cloud Forest is a private non-profit reserve administered by the Tropical Science Center. There are 6 distinct ecological zones in this reserve and the canopy is extremely rich with birds, insects, butterflies and thousands of plants. A must see, especially for nature lovers! You can enjoy a night walk in the park as well.

Day 5 Enjoy Monteverde

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: hiking in the Monteverde of Santa Elena Reserve, canopy, hanging bridges, butterfly garden, horseback riding, visit to local art and craft galleries, frog pond…

Day 6 Drive to Samara Beach

After breakfast and check-out it is time to travel to the coast: beach time! Samara beach has a superb coral reef and its own picturesque island in the bay - Isla Chora. This bay is popular with swimmers and windsurfers and it's an ideal beach for kids. Samara is not only a charming beach, but also offers a wide choice of restaurants, bars, and is also a thriving fishing and farming community. Enjoy water activities, the locals and the Carrillo Beach, just next door. This is Costa Rica’s hidden tropical palm tree paradise beach on the Pacific!

Day 7 Samara Beach

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: surfing, sport fishing, snorkeling, dolphins tour, Barra Honda, Palo Verde National Park, Canopy, Kayak, turtle nesting tours, Nicoya-Guaitil village tour…

Day 8 Drive to San José

After your last hardy Costa Rican breakfast, it will be time to head back to San José, so you can drop off your rental car in time to catch your flight, or if you do not want to go home yet, ask for our extension options!

Package includes:

- Transfer from the airport to the hotel

- Meet & great upon arrival in Costa Rica

- 7 nights lodging (1 San José, 2 Arenal, 2 Monteverde, 2 Samara)

- Daily breakfast

- 7 day 4x4 car rental: Daihatsu Terios for 2 persons, Daihatsu Bego for 3 or 4 persons

- Free cell phone with the 4x4 car rental

- Free airport drop off

Package does not include:

- International airline ticket

- Meals, tours and services not mentioned

- Basic car insurance: $18 daily

- Departure taxes: $26 per person

- Personal expenses

Package prices

High season: December 1^st 2006 to April 30^th 2007 and June 1^st to August 31^st 2007

Low season: May 2007, September 1^st to November 30^th 2007

Rates per person, per occupancy, per season in American dollars. Hotel taxes included.

Children rate applies for those younger than 10 years of age.

Maximum 4 adults per room or 2 adults and 2 children (where available).

**Rates not valid for Holy week and from December 15^th to January 5^th (additional fee applies)

Day1 Arrival at San José, Costa Rica.

Welcome to beautiful Costa Rica! You will be picked up by a friendly bilingual driver who will be waiting for you with a sign with your name on it. Relax in the mini van with air conditioning while the driver takes you to your hotel for the night.

Day 2 Tortuguero Canals

Early in the morning you will be picked up at you hotel. During this amazing trip to the Tortuguero Canals at the Caribbean Coast, you will visit coffee, pineapple, plantain and rice plantations, where your guide will give you the highlights of these harvests. You will also take a look inside the Banana Packing Plantation, where you can appreciate a close-up view of the whole process of cutting, preparation and packing of the bananas for exportation. Driving through the impressive Braulio Carrillo National Park you will be able to observe great variety of flora and fauna. In the town of Guápiles we will stop for breakfast, after which we’ll continue our drive to the Caribbean Coast, where our boat will be waiting for us to take us through the first Tortuguero Canals to our hotel.

After a refreshing welcome cocktail and check in, we’ll have a typical Caribbean lunch. After some relaxing we’ll head of deep into the Tortuguero Canals to journey through primary and secondary canals in search of wildlife and peace of nature. We’ll also visit the local village and school and learn about the way of life of the people living along the river banks.

After happy hour and dinner there is an optional night tour: turtle observation. Here we will learn first hand about the conservation of the sea turtles. We’ll walk along the beach by night in search of turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs…

Day 3 Tortuguero and drive to Puerto Viejo

After breakfast we’ll head out for an early morning visit to the canals to observe the flora and fauna by daybreak. Breathe in the fresh air as you prepare yourself for the morning hike in the National Reserve.

After lunch in Guápiles, your 4x4 rental car will ready for you to continue your journey to the South Caribbean: the beautiful beaches of Puerto Viejo. Also visit playa Cocles playa Uva and playa Manzanillo.

Day 4 Puerto Viejo de Limón

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: snorkeling, Cahuita National Park, dolphin tour, canopy, Indian reserve, waterfalls, Manzanillo wildlife refuge, ATV, botanical gardens, horseback riding, sport fishing…

Day 5 Drive to Arenal

After lunch in Guápiles, your 4x4 rental car will ready for you to continue your journey to the Arenal Volcano. This Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes is in the Americas. You can feel the ground tremble and see the night sky explode with ash and lava in a natural display of fireworks.

Visit the hot springs of the volcano, where you can relax in the soothing waters and be caressed by the cool night air while observing the stars and the incredible night sky above the volcano.

Day 6 Enjoy Arenal

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: volcano hike, horseback riding to the waterfall, canopy, atv, mountain bike, river rafting or floating, Caño Negro wildlife refuge, sport fishing, venado caves, hot springs, rio celeste, Canyoning, visit to the Maleku Indians, canoe safari, hike on Chato Mountain, bird watching, hanging bridges, hot springs… to name a few.

Day 7 Drive to Monteverde

After breakfast and check-out, you’ll head off to Monteverde. This is a beautiful drive along Lake Arenal. Visit local craftsman and enjoy the views of the lake. You will arrive in Monteverde around midday as it is a 4 to 5 hour drive.

The Monteverde Cloud Forest is a private non-profit reserve administered by the Tropical Science Center. There are 6 distinct ecological zones in this reserve and the canopy is extremely rich with birds, insects, butterflies and thousands of plants. A must see, especially for nature lovers! You can enjoy a night walk in the park as well.

Day 8 Enjoy Monteverde

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: hiking in the Monteverde of Santa Elena Reserve, canopy, hanging bridges, butterfly garden, horseback riding, visit to local art and craft galleries, frog pond…

Day 9 Drive to Samara Beach

After breakfast and check-out it is time to travel to the coast: beach time! Samara beach has a superb coral reef and its own picturesque island in the bay - Isla Chora. This bay is popular with swimmers and windsurfers and it's an ideal beach for kids. Samara is not only a charming beach, but also offers a wide choice of restaurants, bars, and is also a thriving fishing and farming community. Enjoy water activities, the locals and the Carrillo Beach, just next door. This is Costa Rica’s hidden tropical palm tree paradise beach on the Pacific!

Day 10 Samara Beach

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: surfing, sport fishing, snorkeling, dolphins tour, Barra Honda, Palo Verde National Park, Canopy, Kayak, turtle nesting tours, Nicoya-Guaitil village tour…

Day 11 Drive to San José

After your last hardy Costa Rican breakfast, it will be time to head back to San José, so you can drop off your rental car in time to catch your flight, or if you do not want to go home yet, ask for our extension options!

Package includes:

- Transfer from the airport to the hotel

- Meet & great upon arrival in Costa Rica

- 10 nights lodging (1 San José, 1 Tortuguero, 2 Puerto Viejo, 2 Arenal, 2 Monteverde, 2 Samara)

- Daily breakfast (Tortuguero package includes all meals)

- Tour of the Tortuguero Canals, local village, hike

- 14 days 4x4 car rental: Daihatsu Terios for 2 persons, Daihatsu Bego for 3 or 4 persons

- Free cell phone with the 4x4 car rental

- Free airport drop off

Package does not include:

- International airline ticket

- Meals, tours and services not mentioned

- Entrance fee to Tortuguero Park: $6 per person

- Fees for the optional tours in Tortuguero

- Basic car insurance: $18 daily

- Departure taxes: $26 per person

- Personal expenses

Package prices

High season: December 1^st 2006 to April 30^th 2007 and June 1^st to August 31^st 2007

Low season: May 2007, September 1^st to November 30^th 2007

Rates per person, per occupancy, per season in American dollars. Hotel taxes included.

Children rate applies for those younger than 10 years of age.

Maximum 4 adults per room or 2 adults and 2 children (where available).

**Rates not valid for Holy week and from December 15^th to January 5^th (additional fee applies)

Day1 Arrival at San José, Costa Rica.

Welcome to beautiful Costa Rica! You will be picked up by a friendly bilingual driver who will be waiting for you with a sign with your name on it. Relax in the mini van with air conditioning while the driver takes you to your hotel for the night.

Day 2 Car rental – Drive to Manuel Antonio

After breakfast at the hotel, your 4x4 rental car will be dropped of. Let’s head off to the beach: Manuel Antonio, on the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Manuel Antonio is famous because of its expensive white sand beaches backed by an evergreen forest. There is quite a variety of fauna with 109 species of mammals and 184 species of birds spotted right in the Park! The Park also includes 12 little isles just off the coast; here dolphins and migrating whales have been observed.

Day 3 Manuel Antonio

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: rafting, canopy, Manuel Antonio National Park, hiking, bird watching, swimming), kayak, canoe, mangrove tour, Damas Island boat coastal tour, sunset sailing cruise, Carara National Park, river floating, ATV, horseback riding on the beach or to the Nauyaca Waterfall, botanical garden tour or visit the town of Quepos.

Day 4 Drive to Tambor, Nicoya Peninsula

After breakfast at the hotel, follow the main road back along the coast to the town of Puntarenas. Here you can take the ferry, departing every 2 hours, starting at 4:30 a.m. The ferry takes around 1 hour and 10 minutes to cross the Golf of Nicoya and reach land at the small town of Paquera. From here the drive is around 1 hour to Tambor Beach. You will enjoy the scenery and diversity of this coastal area.

Tambor is a unique spot on the Pacific shore of Costa Rica surrounded by tropical nature, sandy beaches, islands, rivers, waterfalls and a friendly atmosphere. Enjoy the beach and the amazing sunsets. At night you can visit the local disco.

Day 5 Tambor Beach

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: Isla Tortuga, Curú National Park, sport fishing, snorkeling, diving, windsurfing, boogie boarding, hiking, ATV, mountain biking, horseback riding, waterfall tours…

Day 6 Tambor Beach

Visit nearby beaches and towns such as: Montezuma, Cóbano, Mal País and Santa Teresita.

Day 7 Drive to Monteverde

After breakfast, check-out and the relaxing ferry ride, you’ll head off to Monteverde. The Monteverde Cloud Forest is a private non-profit reserve administered by the Tropical Science Center. There are 6 distinct ecological zones in this reserve and the canopy is extremely rich with birds, insects, butterflies and thousands of plants. A must see, especially for nature lovers! You can enjoy a night walk in the park as well.

Day 8 Enjoy Monteverde

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: hiking in the Monteverde of Santa Elena Reserve, canopy, hanging bridges, butterfly garden, horseback riding, visit to local art and craft galleries, frog pond…

Day 9 Drive to Rincon de la Vieja

After breakfast, continue the drive up the “General Cañas Highway” to Rincón de la Vieja. Rincon de la Vieja is a volcano that rises 1916 meters above sea level and spreads over 400 square kilometers. This Volcano erupted last on February 16, 1998. The Volcano provides hot springs baths, mud baths and vapor holes, great for cleansing and relaxing your body.

Day 10 Rincon de la Vieja

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: horseback riding to the Oropéndula waterfall, spa packages (mud baths, vapor sauna, hot springs), hiking in the National Park, visit to Las Chorreras Waterfall, river tubing, ATV, culture tours, farming tours (cattle gathering, milking, and other farmyard activities), canopy, bird watching.

Day 11 Drive to Arenal

After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Arenal. This is a beautiful drive along Lake Arenal. Visit local craftsman and enjoy the views of the lake. The Arenal Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes is in the Americas. You can feel the ground tremble and see the night sky explode with ash and lava in a natural display of fireworks.

Visit the hot springs of the volcano, where you can relax in the soothing waters and be caressed by the cool night air while observing the stars and the incredible night sky above the volcano.

Day 12 Arenal

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: volcano hike, horseback riding to the waterfall, canopy, ATV, mountain bike, river rafting or floating, Caño Negro wildlife refuge, sport fishing, Venado caves, hot springs, Rio Celeste, Canyoning, visit to the Maleku Indians, canoe safari, hike on Chato Mountain, bird watching, hanging bridges, hot springs…

Day 13 Drive to Tortuguero

After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll continue your journey to the Caribbean Coast: to the world famous Tortuguero Canals. You’ll connect with the tour to the take the boat through the first Tortuguero Canals to your hotel.

After a refreshing welcome cocktail and check in, we’ll have a typical Caribbean lunch. After some relaxing we’ll head of deep into the Tortuguero Canals to journey through primary and secondary canals in search of wildlife and peace of nature. We’ll also visit the local village and school and learn about the way of life of the people living along the river banks.

After happy hour and dinner there is an optional night tour: turtle observation. Here we will learn first hand about the conservation of the sea turtles. We’ll walk along the beach by night in search of turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs…

Day 14 Tortuguero

After breakfast we’ll head out for an early morning visit to the canals to observe the flora and fauna by daybreak. Breathe in the fresh air as you prepare yourself for the morning hike in the National Reserve.

After lunch you have time to relax in a hammock or enjoy the hotel activities like kayak, sport fishing, hiking... In the afternoon the optional tour departs to visit the turtle nursery. If we are lucky we’ll be part of the amazing experience of seeing baby turtles being born! Help them out, see them reach the ocean and be taken into the deep by a Caribbean wave…

After happy hour and dinner there is an optional night tour: caiman observation. See the caiman and crocodiles in their natural environment and our guide will try to catch and release one for us!

Day 15 Drive to Puerto Viejo de Limón

After breakfast we’ll head out for an early morning visit to the canals to observe the flora and fauna by daybreak. Breathe in the fresh air as you prepare yourself for the morning hike in the National Reserve.

After lunch in Guápiles, your 4x4 rental car will ready for you to continue your journey to the South Caribbean: the beautiful beaches of Puerto Viejo. Also visit playa Cocles playa Uva and playa Manzanillo.

Day 16 Puerto Viejo de Limón

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: snorkeling, Cahuita National Park, dolphin tour, canopy, Indian reserve, waterfalls, Manzanillo wildlife refuge, ATV, botanical gardens, horseback riding, sport fishing…

Day 17 Puerto Viejo de Limón

Enjoy the beaches, local activities, sunbath, enjoy the waters… Enjoy, because for now, this is unfortunately the last day in beautiful Costa Rica…

Day 18 Drive to San José

After your last hardy Costa Rican breakfast, it will be time to head back to San José, so you can drop off your rental car in time to catch your flight, or if you do not want to go home yet, ask for our extension options!

Package includes:

- Transfer from the airport to the hotel

- Meet & great

- 17 nights lodging (1 San José, 2 Manuel Antonio, 3 Tambor, 2 Monteverde, 2 Rincón de la Vieja, 2 Arenal, 2 Tortuguero, 3 Puerto Viejo de Limón)

- Daily breakfast (Tortuguero package includes all meals)

- Tour of the Tortuguero Canals, local village, hike

- 17 days 4x4 car rental: Daihatsu Terios for 2 persons, Daihatsu Bego for 3 or 4 persons

- Free cell phone with the 4x4 car rental

- Free airport drop off

Package does not include:

- International airline ticket

- Meals, tours and services not mentioned

- Entrance fee to Tortuguero Park: $6 per person

- Fees for the optional tours in Tortuguero

- Basic car insurance $18 daily

- Ferry passes ¢4.550 car + driver, ¢710 per person

- Departure taxes $26 per person

- Personal expenses

Package prices

High season: December 1^st 2006 to April 30^th 2007 and June 1^st to August 31^st 2007

Low season: May 2007, September 1^st to November 30^th 2007

Rates per person, per occupancy, per season in American dollars. Hotel taxes included.

Children rate applies for those younger than 10 years of age.

Maximum 4 adults per room or 2 adults and 2 children (where available).

**Rates not valid for Holy week and from December 15^th to January 5^th (additional fee applies)

Day1 Arrival at San José, Costa Rica.

Welcome to beautiful Costa Rica! You will be picked up by a friendly bilingual driver who will be waiting for you with a sign with your name on it. Relax in the mini van with air conditioning while the driver takes you to your hotel for the night.

Day 2 Corcovado, Osa Peninsula

Today you will be picked up early at your hotel to catch your domestic flight to Drake Bay. After a 45 minutes flight* you’ll arrive at the local airstrip in Drake Bay, where a 4WD taxi will take you to Playa Agujitas. Enjoy the safari drive through the wilderness of the south. At Playa Agujitas you will mount a small boat that will take you to the Lodge in about 15 minutes.

*Domestic flight: maximum luggage allowance is 25 lbs. per person including carry-on.

You will stay in a Rain Forest Lodge with a privately-owned nature reserve. The Lodge’s breathtaking, exotic coastal location provides unlimited opportunities for adventure, recreation, nature study and even some rest and relaxation.

Because of its isolation, biological richness and its relatively undisturbed forests, the Osa Peninsula Costa Rica is one of the most important natural areas in Central America. In the heart of the Peninsula boasts a large forested plateau, many rivers, estuaries and wetlands, an extensive stretch of mangroves in the north and a huge lagoon in the lowlands which are nearly surrounded by the mountains of Corcovado National Park. Miles of unspoiled beaches, rocky headlands and crystal-clean waterfalls create a visual spectacle of extraordinary beauty. It’s in these forests, that the nearly pristine northern part of the Corcovado National Park and the Lodge’s Biological Reserve, are located.

Day 3 Corcovado, Osa Peninsula (Corcovado National Park, San Pedrillo Station)

Today you’ll visit the Corcovado National Park. This full day tour, accompanied by a naturalist guide, begins right after breakfast. A short 25-minute boat trip from the Lodge takes you to San Pedrillo Station, the most northern ranger station of the Corcovado National Park. After disembarking, there is a walk of about 1 hour along the beach, to a forest trail up the Rio Pargo. Once more the rain forest story unfolds before you. The trees in this area are magnificent in height and support an outstanding variety of epiphytic plants such as orchids, bromeliads, ferns-even shrubs and small trees. Monkeys, agoutis, sloth and other critters will entertain you. By noon, the tour returns to the beach to enjoy the shade of a mango tree while watching the surf.

After lunch time, a short walk; the San Pedrillo river (time to get our feet wet) brings you to a pristine rain forest waterfall. As always keep your eyes open for beautiful birds and secretive wildlife. Kingfishers and Jesus Christ lizards are residents of this river. In late afternoon, we board the boat for return to the Lodge.

Day 4 Corcovado, Osa Peninsula (Isla del Caño National Park)

Today you’ll visit the Isla del Caño National Park. This day you should bring your beach towel and snorkeling gear along (available for rent). After an hour boat trip we arrive at Caño Island in the early morning.

Immediately upon arrival the guide leads a hike up to the site of the Indian graves that are found all over the central plateau, where archaeologists unearthed mysterious stone spheres and finely worked artifacts, testimonies to a vanished culture. Along the way, notable differences between the island and mainland forest will be pointed out.

Following lunch time, you are at your leisure to swim and soak up the sun, you will be free to visit other parts of the island or snorkel among the corals and brightly colored reef fish.

By late afternoon, it's time to return to the Lodge, a short distance by boat, but an entirely different world. Watch out for the dolphins along the way!

Day 5 San José - Car rental

After a hardy breakfast the time has come to head back. We take the same back to San José: a 15 minute boat ride to Playa Agujitas, where a 4WD taxi takes us to the local airline strip in Drake Bay. After a 45 minutes flight over mountains, rivers, the sea and the suburbs of San José, you’ll land at the local airport in Pavas, where your transportation will be waiting to take you to your hotel. At the hotel your 4x4 rental car will be dropped of.

Day 6 Drive to Manuel Antonio

After breakfast at the hotel, head off to the beach: Manuel Antonio, on the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Manuel Antonio is famous because of its expensive white sand beaches backed by an evergreen forest. There is quite a variety of fauna with 109 species of mammals and 184 species of birds spotted right in the Park! The Park also includes 12 little isles just off the coast; here dolphins and migrating whales have been observed.

Day 7 Manuel Antonio

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: rafting, canopy, Manuel Antonio National Park, hiking, bird watching, swimming), kayak, canoe, mangrove tour, Damas Island boat coastal tour, sunset sailing cruise, Carara National Park, river floating, ATV, horseback riding on the beach or to the Nauyaca Waterfall, botanical garden tour or visit the town of Quepos.

Day 8 Drive to Monteverde

After breakfast, you’ll head off to Monteverde. The Monteverde Cloud Forest is a private non-profit reserve administered by the Tropical Science Center. There are 6 distinct ecological zones in this reserve and the canopy is extremely rich with birds, insects, butterflies and thousands of plants. A must see, especially for nature lovers! You can enjoy a night walk in the park as well.

Day 9 Enjoy Monteverde

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: hiking in the Monteverde of Santa Elena Reserve, canopy, hanging bridges, butterfly garden, horseback riding, visit to local art and craft galleries, frog pond…

Day 10 Drive to Rincon de la Vieja

After breakfast, continue the drive up the “General Cañas Highway” to Rincón de la Vieja. Rincon de la Vieja is a volcano that rises 1916 meters above sea level and spreads over 400 square kilometers. This Volcano erupted last on February 16, 1998. The Volcano provides hot springs baths, mud baths and vapor holes, great for cleansing and relaxing your body.

Day 11 Rincon de la Vieja

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: horseback riding to the Oropéndula waterfall, spa packages (mud baths, vapor sauna, hot springs), hiking in the National Park, visit to Las Chorreras Waterfall, river tubing, ATV, culture tours, farming tours (cattle gathering, milking, and other farmyard activities), canopy, bird watching.

Day 12 Drive to Arenal

After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Arenal. This is a beautiful drive along Lake Arenal. Visit local craftsman and enjoy the views of the lake. The Arenal Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes is in the Americas. You can feel the ground tremble and see the night sky explode with ash and lava in a natural display of fireworks.

Visit the hot springs, where you can relax in the soothing waters and be caressed by the cool night air while observing the stars and the incredible night sky above the volcano.

Day 13 Arenal

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: volcano hike, horseback riding to the waterfall, canopy, ATV, mountain bike, river rafting or floating, Caño Negro wildlife refuge, sport fishing, Venado caves, hot springs, Rio Celeste, Canyoning, visit to the Maleku Indians, canoe safari, hike on Chato Mountain, bird watching, hanging bridges, hot springs…

Day 14 Drive to Tortuguero

After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll continue your journey to the Caribbean Coast: to the world famous Tortuguero Canals. You’ll connect with the tour to the take the boat through the first Tortuguero Canals to your hotel.

After a refreshing welcome cocktail and check in, we’ll have a typical Caribbean lunch. After some relaxing we’ll head of deep into the Tortuguero Canals to journey through primary and secondary canals in search of wildlife and peace of nature. We’ll also visit the local village and school and learn about the way of life of the people living along the river banks.

After happy hour and dinner there is an optional night tour: turtle observation. Here we will learn first hand about the conservation of the sea turtles. We’ll walk along the beach by night in search of turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs…

Day 15 Tortuguero and drive to Puerto Viejo

After breakfast we’ll head out for an early morning visit to the canals to observe the flora and fauna by daybreak. Breathe in the fresh air as you prepare yourself for the morning hike in the National Reserve.

After lunch in Guápiles, your 4x4 rental car will ready for you to continue your journey to the South Caribbean: the beautiful beaches of Puerto Viejo. Also visit playa Cocles playa Uva and playa Manzanillo.

Day 16 Puerto Viejo de Limón

After breakfast we’ll head out for an early morning visit to the canals to observe the flora and fauna by daybreak. Breathe in the fresh air as you prepare yourself for the morning hike in the National Reserve.

After lunch in Guápiles, your 4x4 rental car will ready for you to continue your journey to the South Caribbean: the beautiful beaches of Puerto Viejo. Also visit playa Cocles playa Uva and playa Manzanillo.

Day 17 Puerto Viejo de Limón

After breakfast enjoy a tour in the area! Optional tours include: snorkeling, Cahuita National Park, dolphin tour, canopy, Indian reserve, waterfalls, Manzanillo wildlife refuge, ATV, botanical gardens, horseback riding, sport fishing…

Day 18 Drive to San José

After your last hardy Costa Rican breakfast, it will be time to head back to San José, so you can drop off your rental car in time to catch your flight, or if you do not want to go home yet, ask for our extension options!

Package includes:

- All transfers from the airport to the hotel

- Meet & great upon arrival in Costa Rica

- 17 nights lodging (2 San José, 3 Drake Bay, Corcovado, 2 Manuel Antonio, 2 Monteverde, 2 Rincón de la Vieja, 2 Arenal, 1 Tortuguero, 3 Puerto Viejo de Limón)

- Daily breakfast (Corcovado and Tortuguero package includes all meals)

- Domestic flight: San José – Drake Bay – San José, including local transportation

- Tour to Corcovado National Park and Isla del Caño (entrance fees included)

- Tours of the Tortuguero Canals, tour of the local village, hike

- 14 days 4x4 car rental: Daihatsu Terios for 2 persons, Daihatsu Bego for 3 or 4 persons

- Free cell phone with the 4x4 car rental

- Free airport drop off

Package does not include:

- International airline ticket

- Meals, tours and services not mentioned

- Entrance fee to Tortuguero Park: $6 per person

- Fees for the optional tours in Tortuguero

- Basic car insurance: $18 daily

- Departure taxes: $26 per person

- Personal expenses

Package prices

High season: December 1^st 2006 to April 30^th 2007 and June 1^st to August 31^st 2007

Low season: May 2007, September 1^st to November 30^th 2007