Wildlife and Scenic Tour of Beautiful Costa Rica
What a magical fortnight awaits you on this wildlife and scenic over-50s tour of Costa Rica, exploring the country’s rich rainforests and volcanic landscapes. The secrets of Costa Rica are unravelled during this exciting, all-inclusive tour.
A friendly and peaceful country set between the Caribbean Sea and North Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica offers a diverse ecosystem, from lush jungles inhabited by monkeys, sloths and tropical bird life to the sombre beauty of its active volcanoes.
This tour includes one night aboard aircraft.
Your Tour Includes
TRAVEL
Return flights and transfers
Included travel insurance
VIP door-to-door travel service from anywhere on the UK mainland
ACCOMMODATION
14 nights in hotels and 1 in flight
Porterage at all hotels
EXPERIENCES
Tour Manager
San José city tour
A wildlife tour in Carara National Park
Rainforest walk
La Paz waterfall gardens
FOOD & DRINK
Welcome drink
42 meals: 14 breakfasts, 14 lunches and 14 dinners
Free bar open up to 16 hours a day serving local drinks throughout the tour
Day 1 UK to San José
After taking your included VIP door-to-door travel service to the airport, fly to San José and stay two nights at the 4-star Barceló San José (3Q). The hotel's free bar is open from 10am to 10pm.
Meals Included: Dinner
Day 2 San José
Perhaps join an optional visit to Irazu Volcano and Orosi Valley, or spend the day at leisure.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 3 San José-Tárcoles
An included morning tour of the capital visits the National Museum and the National Theatre. Travel to Tárcoles (50 miles, 90 minutes).
Spend four nights at the 3-star Hotel Villa Lapas (3Q) in a private reserve on the River Tarcolitos, staying in basic, bungalow-style lodges. Free bar from 10am to 10pm daily.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 4 Tárcoles
An optional excursion visits one of Costa Rica's most beautiful reserves where turquoise waters lap white beaches fringed by lush rainforest. You may see sloths, iguanas, howler and white-faced monkeys.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 5 Carara National Park
Look out for scarlet macaws and flycatchers on an included excursion to one of the finest birdwatching sites in Costa Rica. There's also an optional aerial tram ride in the afternoon.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 6 Tárcoles
At leisure.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 7 Tárcoles-Muelle de San Carlos
You can join an optional boat ride this morning, venturing onto the river in search of crocodiles.
Travel to Muelle de San Carlos (76 miles, three hours). Stay seven nights at the 4-star Tilajari Resort Hotel (3Q+) for a seven-night stay. The hotel is set in 35 acres of gardens with orchids and a butterfly garden dome. The free bar here is open from 10am to 10pm daily.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 8 Muelle de San Carlos
Spend today at leisure, either relaxing at your hotel or exploring your surroundings.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 9 Rainforest walk
Explore the foliage, flora and wildlife of the rainforest on a half-day included guided jungle walk, with a further optional guided walk of the lava trails.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 10 Muelle de San Carlos
Enjoy the next four days at leisure to take advantage of the hotel's facilities, with a choice of excursions you might like to join. Today's optional excursion is a boat ride down the Peñas Blancas River, with unrivalled opportunities to spot hummingbirds, monkeys, sloths, anteaters and rare butterflies.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 11 Muelle de San Carlos
Today you can join a thrilling optional excursion to the rainforest and cross bridges and walkways suspended high above the ground in the canopy. Alternatively, indulge your sweet tooth with a visit to a chocolate plantation.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 12 Muelle de San Carlos
Visit the Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge and enjoy a two-and-a-half-hour floating safari on an optional excursion. At dusk there's an optional excursion to a hot springs complex in the middle of the rainforest. Take a dip in the pools, naturally heated by the Arenal Volcano, stand under a cascading waterfall and enjoy a drink at the bar.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 13 Muelle de San Carlos
See how a Costa Rican family grows pineapples, papayas and medicinal plants on this optional excursion. Enjoy a farewell dinner and live marimba music this evening.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 14 Muelle de San Carlos-San José
Return to San José (82 miles, two hours and 40 minutes) and the Barceló San José (3Q) where you stay overnight. En route there will be an included tour of La Paz waterfall gardens.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 15 San José to UK
Travel to the airport for your return overnight flight to the UK.
Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch
Day 16 UK
Arrive in the UK this morning and take your included UK door-to-door travel service home.
