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10 DAY COSTA RICA ECO-CHALLENGE--- Physical Rating: 4
TESTIMONIAL
Both Silvia and Fabian are excellent guides. Very knowledgeable and polite. enthusiastic and energetic. I really appreciated introductions to new foods and drinks - that's a major reason I travel as well as learning about the culture and environment (ecology & cultural).
OAK Club Member
April 5, 2008
Day 1
Arrive at San Jose and take 2 hr. drive to Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui. Relax in this steaming stretch of finca-dotted lowlands. Later choose from the chocolate or night hike tour at the Tirimbina Rainforest Center.
Day 2
PUERTO VIEJO DE SARAPIQUI. Spend the entire day exploring Centro Neotropico Sarapiquis and Tirimbina Rainforest Center. Visit the Alta Ata Archaeological Park, Rainforest Museum of Indigenous Cultures and Sarapiqui Gardens. If that’s not enough, hike this 300 hectare private reserve known as Tirimbina Rainforest Center, by crossing the Rio Sarapiqui over two suspension bridges.
Day 3
PUERTO VIEJO DE SARAPIQUI. Start the morning river rafting on the Class III Rio Toro! Drive To La Fortuna.
Day 4
VOLCAN ARENAL. Spend the next morning hiking El Silencio private Reserve. Later visit the gargantuan Volcan Arenal (1644 mts) from Volcan Arenal Observatory and watch her tumbling lava flows. Afterwards relax in Eco-Termales, a low-key elegant hot spring.
Day 5
VOLCAN ARENAL. Spend the next morning enjoying some downtime and choose from an array of activities like horseback riding, canyoning, canopy tours, river rafting, hiking, canoeing or a safari float.
Day 6
MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST. Drive a few hours and spend the afternoon choosing from array of activities like butterfly garden, cheese factory, coffee plantation, orchid garden, ranarium, serpentarium, Insect World, or canopy tour.
Day 7
MONTEVERDE and SANTA ELENA CLOUD FORESTS. Next day get an early start and hike Monteverde, a birding paradise, with hopes of seeing the elusive Resplendent Quetzal. Spend the remainder of the morning hiking Santa Elena Cloud Forest, an exquisite misty reserve, where wildlife viewing is plentiful, including sloth’s and monkeys.
Day 8
VOLCAN RINCON DE LA VIEJA. Take a 4 hr. drive north to this 14,161 hectare national park considered one of the last remaining Dry Tropical Forest regions in Central America. Volcan Rincon de la Vieja rises to an elevation of 1845 meters and is the perfect backdrop to an already simmering setting. Upon arrival choose from either a night hike, canopy tour or just relax in this often windy and hot region.
Day 9
VOLCAN RINCON DE LA VIEJA. Spend the day hiking through the ‘Enchanted forest’ and past a waterfall to sulfurous hot springs with supposedly therapeutic properties.
Day 10
VVOLCAN RINCON DE LA VIEJA. Spend the day hiking past the boiling mud pools, sulfurous fumaroles, and a miniature volcano. Drive back to San Jose.
Day 11
Return to Florida.
TOUR PRICE (PER PERSON)
$1195USD
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