9 Days in Costa Rica
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Highlights
- --Scenic Drive to San Ramon visiting en route the Artisan's Town of Sarchi --Scenic Drive to Arenal Volcano --Lecture On The Exotic Life Forms of Costa Rica --Guided visit to Manial Antonio National Park --Boat Excursion through the Tropical Mangrove Canal
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- --Meet & greet service upon arrival --Arrival transfer from Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) to hotel in San Jose --2 nights lodging at the First Class Cariari Doubletree Hotel or similar --3 nights lodging at the First Class Villa Blanca Hotel --3 nights lodging at the First Class Parador Resort & Spa --Private English-Speaking guide throughout including/during all airport transfers --Private ground transportation throughout in deluxe motorcoach --Meals included as noted in the itinerary (8 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 8 Dinners) --Spanish class - including materials --Aerial tram and hanging bridges OR zipline --Lecture on the Exotic Life Forms of Costa Rica --Tamale cooking class in Eco Ranch, including implements --Typical dancing show --Damas Island Estuary boat trip --Snacks and water aboard the bus on days: 2, 5, 8 --Entrance fees to: National Museum (or Gold Museum) --Arenal Reserve and Manuel Antonio National Park --Sales tax & service charge for restaurant meals included on the trip --Tips for Bellboys, Maids and Porters --Water and snacks during transfers on days 2, 5 and 8 --Departure transfer from San Jose to Juan Santamaria International Airport
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Meals: Dinner
This morning you're off to your tropical paradise! For your reference, the flight is about 5 hours from New York. Upon arrival at Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), you will be met by a Perillo Tours representative and transferred to you...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This morning you'll enjoy a leisurely breakfast and a lesson on useful Spanish expressions. (But luckily, most local residents are far better at English than we are with Spanish!)
Next, you'll visit the city of San Jose...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation
After breakfast, a scenic drive northwest through beautiful rolling farmlands. You're bound for La Fortuna, home of the iconic Arenal Volcano, rising one mile above sea level overlooking Lake Arenal. You'll ascend to the top of the Arenal Rainforest Reserve ...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Villa Blanca
This morning you'll enjoy a lecture by the resident ecosystem biologist followed by a guided nature walk of the Los Angeles Private Cloud Forest at 3,000 feet above sea level. You'll witness insect...
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Bidding farewell to our home in the mountains, we descend toward the warm, drier air of the Pacific coastline and head southeast toward the Manuel Antonio National Park area. You'll stop at a private ranch to learn how to mak...
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Accommodation: El Parador Resort & Spa
After an early breakfast, we'll visit Manuel Antonio National Park which was established in 1972 when the people of Costa Rica decided to preserve, for future generations, one of the ...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: El Parador Resort & Spa
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Accommodation: San Jose
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Morning at leisure. Take a private transfer back to Juan Santamaria Airport (SJO) to catch your flight home.
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