Classic Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Learn about the Sarapiqui rainforest and Monteverde cloudforest with local naturalists, demonstrations by experts on how chocolate and coffee get from the forest to your table, share lunch and a cooking demonstration in a local family's home
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- 9 Days Service Level: Comfort Style: Discovery Adventures Welcome gift - 1 hour group Spanish lesson - Tour and rainforest walk at La Selva Biological Station - Chocolate tour at La Tirimbina Rainforest Center - Visit a local woman's paper recycling workshop - Visit the Hot Springs of Arenal Volcano - Tortilla making and a typical lunch with a local family - Tour of the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve - Coffee farm tour Discovery Adventures guide, local guides.
- 8 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 1 dinner.
- Private van, boat, walking.
- Comfort hotels (8 nts).
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Day 1 San Jos_ - Arrive at any time. Arrival transfer included.
Day 2 Sarapiquê (B) - Travel to Sarapiqui where a naturalist guide leads us on an educational hike through the rainforest and a visit to OTS (Organization for Tropical Studies) and the La Selva Biological Station. We also partake in a group Spanish lesson.
Day 3 Sarapiquê (B) - Visit the Tirimbina Rainforest Center with a local guide. Explore the forest across suspension bridges to a former cacao-tree plantation where we have a demonstration and opportunity to taste organic rainforest chocolate and learn about sustainable tourism practices. Option to visit a pineapple plantation.
Day 4 La Fortuna (B,L,D) - Continue learning about local conservation and sustainable business practices at a local women's paper recycling workshop. Relax at a local hot spring, and visit a local family for tortilla-making and a typical lunch.
Day 5 La Fortuna (B) - Option to raft whitewater rapids, take a safari float through the Ca_o Negro Reserve or hike to the La Fortuna Waterfall.
Day 6 Monteverde (B) - Travel to Monteverde cloud forest. Option to visit the butterfly garden or fly through the treetop canopy on ziplines.
Day 7 Monteverde (B) - Explore the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve with an expert naturalist and visit a coffee farm where an expert coffee guide takes us through the various aspects of coffee production, growing, harvest, processing and tasting.
Day 8 San Jose (B) - Return to San Jose.
Day 9 San Jose (B) - Depart at any time.
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Quote Ref: 2152023
| Available Dates | from |
|---|---|
| 2012-01-07 to 2012-11-03 | £999 |
- Prices are per person and based on twin share.
- All tour itineraries and inclusions are subject to change at the discretion of the tour operator; you will of course be advised of changes as they become available.
- Allow USD240-310 USD for meals not included.






