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DAY 1 DEPARTURE FROM BOSTON - ARRIVE SAN
JOSE (1 NIGHT)
We will be met at the airport by our tour manager/guide,
where we will board our own private coach and transfer to
our hotel in San Jose. This evening we will enjoy a Tiquicia
Dinner and Show that includes a show of native Costa
Rican folklore dances and a buffet of local cuisine.
Meals Included: Dinner
DAY 2 SAN JOSE - GRECIA - MONTEVERDE (3
NIGHTS)
Our morning begins with a visit to the Grecia World
of Snakes. This serpentarium contains more than
150 snakes, representing more than 50 species.
It is located in the picturesque little town of Grecia, renown for its unusual
metal church, painted a deep red with white gingerbread trim. After lunch
in Grecia, we continue to our hotel in Monteverde, which has earned its fame
as one of the most outstanding wildlife sanctuaries in the world. Positioned
atop the Continental Divide in Western Costa Rica, the preserve extends down
both the Caribbean and the Pacific slopes. The resultant combination
of climatic and geographic factors creates temperature and humidity gradients
that change dramatically over relatively short distances.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 3 BUTTERFLY GARDEN, CLOUD FOREST RESERVE &
CANOPY
TOUR
This morning we will begin with a visit to the Monteverde
Butterfly Garden, which displays many of Costa Rica's
most beautiful species. In addition to the hundreds
of preserved and mounted butterflies, there's a garden and
a greenhouse where we can observe live butterflies. Next
we will have the opportunity to enjoy the Monteverde Cloud
Forest. We begin the day with a Trail Walk in the
Monteverde Reserve, where we will view the diverse selection
of flora and fauna as the reserve is home to six different
vegetation communities, over 100 species of mammals, 400
species of birds, 120 species of amphibians and reptiles,
and 2,500 species of plants (among them 500 different kinds
of orchids). This afternoon we will enjoy the Original
Canopy Tour, where we will go soaring from platform to
platform through the canopy of the rain forest. We
will enjoy a sense of freedom and adventure like none other
in the world.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 4 SKY WALK, COFFEE PLANTATION & FROG
POND
This morning we will enjoy Sky Walk, a network of
forest paths and suspension bridges that provides visitors
with a view previously reserved for birds, monkeys, and the
much more adventurous traveler. The bridges reach heights
of 128 ft. above the ground at their highest point, and provide
all with a thrilling adventure. This afternoon we will
take the Monteverde Coffee Tour, an educational activity
to learn and see how local coffee production works.
During our tour we will visit the farms and the Mill, before ending up in Café
Monteverde Coffee Shop. (During the harvest season the visitors also have
the opportunity to participate and collect coffee.)
This evening we will visit the Frog Pond of Monteverde, where we will
enjoy a tour to view and learn about a variety of species housed in a series
of glass terrariums.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 5 MONTEVERDE - TARCOLES - CARARA NATIONAL
PARK -
MANUEL ANTONIO AREA (2 NIGHTS)
This morning we leave Monteverde and journey to Manuel Antonio
National Park along the Pacific Coast. This afternoon
we will stop and have a look over the Tarcoles Bridge,
where we will have the opportunity to view, from a safe distance,
the largest crocodiles in Costa Rica. We continue to
nearby Carara Biological Reserve, a world-renowned
nesting ground for scarlet macaws. We will enjoy a
hike along the loop trail, where we will keep an eye out
for the magnificent scarlet macaw.
The macaws migrate daily, spending their days in the park and their nights
among the coastal mangroves. Other wildlife that we may see will include:
caimans, coatamundis, armadillos, pacas, peccaries, river otters, kinkajous,
and hundreds of species of birds. We continue to our hotel in the Manuel
Antonio area.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 6 MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK
Today we will enjoy Manuel Antonio National Park,
one of Costa Rica’s most visited places and one of
the most beautiful locations in the entire country.
The park features spectacular beaches and its jungles are crawling with white-faced
and squirrel monkeys, among other forms of exotic wildlife. We begin our morning
with a guided Rainforest Hike, where we will go in search of the magnificent
white-faced capuchin and squirrel monkeys, as well as many of other beautiful
flora and fauna. Our walk concludes on the idyllic beaches within the
park and we will spend the remainder of the afternoon soaking up the sun. Late
this afternoon we will travel to the hillside of the park and gaze down on
the blue Pacific. We will get postcard like views of the rocky islands
that dot the vast expanse of blue, and in the foreground, the rich, deep, green
of the rainforest sweeps down to the water.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 7 MANUEL ANTONIO - PUNTA LEONA (1 NIGHT)
Today we say goodbye to the lush rainforest of Manuel Antonio
and continue out to Punta Leona, with beautiful white sand
beaches. The area is typically not as often frequented by
tourists, providing a unique insight into the local Tico
culture and indigenous wildlife. There are several pools
and volleyball nets set up at the hotel, or we may take a
hiking trail through the nearby nature reserve in search
of the scarlet macaws with our tour manager/guide.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 8 DEPARTURE
FROM SAN JOSE
Our rewarding tour will come to an end as our tour manager/guide
accompanies us to the airport for the return flight home.
Meals Included: Breakfast |
