Costa Rica Eco-Adventure Trip

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Deposit of $400 due on September 28, 2026

Zip through the clouds, walk in the jungles, tube the rivers and sun on the beach on this Costa Rica singles adventure. Your local tour leader/guide will share their knowledge and love of Costa Rica and are there to help ensure your vacation becomes an amazing memory. Enjoy the perfect mix of activities and leisure time on this wonderful vacation

Day 1 - San Jose
Arrive in San Jose
After you clear immigration, a tour guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.

Meet fellow travelers and tour guide at the Welcome Dinner
Note: Dinner is not included in the price

Day 2 - San Jose to Tortuguero

Today we depart to Tortuguero National Park on the Atlantic Coast, crossing Costa Rica from west to east, descending into the lowlands of the Caribbean coast. Our drive takes us towards the delightful North Caribbean. Admire the rainforest of Costa Rica and the beautiful Rio Sucio as we cross the majestic Braulio Carrillo National Park. We continue until Guápiles where we will stop to enjoy breakfast

In Caño Blanco we board a river boat where our exciting tour really begins. During the two hour trip, we will observe various animals and vegetation. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge.
Spend the afternoon at the pool, kayaking or exploring the hotel.

Day 3 - Tortuguero

After breakfast our group will explore by boat the National Park of Tortuguero which shelters a fabulous array of wildlife. There are unusually large populations of monkeys, amphibians, birds, including the great green macaw, fish and three species of marine turtles. Resident fauna include the tapir, ocelot, jaguars, collared peccaries, river otters, sloth, grisons, frogs, toucans, and the fascinating bulldog bats which feed on fish.

The wide-open canals make viewing easy for spotting crocodiles, giant iguanas, and basilisk lizards basking atop the branches, swallow-tailed hawks and vultures swooping over the treetops, and caimans on the fallen raffia palm branches at the side of the river.

After lunch at the lodge, we head to the Tortuguero town and the Caribbean Conservation Center. The town of Tortuguero is a fairly basic style. There are no cars in the island town of Tortuguero but there are a few shops and restaurants. Be sure to walk the little foot paths to Tortuguero beach, the most important meeting site of the endangered green turtle in the Western Hemisphere.

At night, we can take an optional taxi boat into town to dance or sing karaoke with locals.

Day 4 - Tortuguero to Arenal
Eat an early breakfast before we board the boats back to Caño Blanco port where our private transfer takes us to the Arenal Area.

After lunch at the El Ceibo restaurant, we continue to La Fortuna and get our first full view of the majestic Arenal Volcano. It is the only volcano in Costa Rica constantly active since it woke up after 400 years with the big 1968 eruption producing huge ash columns, explosions & glowing red lava almost every day. It is considered one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world.

Day 5 - Arenal
Eat an early breakfast before we board the boats back to Caño Blanco port where our private transfer takes us to the Arenal Area.

After lunch at the El Ceibo restaurant, we continue to La Fortuna and get our first full view of the majestic Arenal Volcano. It is the only volcano in Costa Rica constantly active since it woke up after 400 years with the big 1968 eruption producing huge ash columns, explosions & glowing red lava almost every day. It is considered one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world.

Now, it is time to sit our buts and float. Our tubing course is about 500 meters long and you can choose to run just the tower section which is about 180 meters and maintains total visibility to our open viewing area to make your feel more comfortable.

After a long soak in the hot mineral springs at The Springs. Take time to relax in the thermal hot springs and naturally heated jacuzzis. You will feel the rumblings of the volcano. After a long day soak in the hot mineral springs at Ecotermales. Take time out to relax in the thermal Hot Springs and naturally heated Jacuzzis, so close that you will feel the rumblings of the volcano. Then enjoy dinner at Ecotermales.

Day 6 - Arenal - Monteverde
After breakfast we board our pontoon boat for a 40 minute ride to Río Chiquito, a little town on the other side of the lake from Arenal. Once there we have a short break before a 1.5 hour ride to our hotel in Monteverde.

The Monteverde Cloud Rain Forest is known for its conservation efforts and lifestyle centered on nature.

There are more than 100 species of mammals, including five species of cats, more than 400 species of birds, tens of thousands of insects and 1,500 species of plants.

The afternoon it is time for ziplining through the canopy of trees.

Sky Trek is a system of trails, suspension bridges, and zip lines that offer visitors the opportunity to observe, view and appreciate tropical vegetation from different vantage points above the canopy. Two suspended bridges in, and above the canopy, one 265 feet long, and one 60 meters. There are three platforms above the canopy, connected by zip lines, a canopy observation tower 72' high and 10 cables system with the longest 1,400 feet.

Day 7 - Monteverde - Manuel Antonio

Before we depart Monteverde we will hike in the reserve for a few hours. Elevation ranges from 600 meters above sea level to 1800 meters on isolated peaks. Trails are in excellent condition with railings on the steps and in some cases slices of tree trunks creating a lily pond like path to keep people from walking through mud.

Then we transfer from Monteverde to Manuel Antonio where we check into our full-service hotel, The Parador Resort and Spa. It's time for swimming or pool side sunning and we have three options, all overlooking the gleaming turquoise Pacific: choose from the beautiful centrally-located infinity pool with swim-up bar and terrace restaurant, our secluded adult-only pool, or the infinity pool with waterfall and Jacuzzi.

Day 8 - Manuel Antonio
Sleep late or see how many different kinds of flora and fauna you can spot in a 2 ½ hour morning nature walk. Learn about the history of the Quepoa Indians and Costa Rica’s past in regard to the Manuel Antonio area, and come back with ideas as to how to help preserve this priceless. At the end of the walk savour some local fresh fruits and refreshments.

Enjoy the remainder of the day on the white sand beaches that stretch for miles along the coastline from Manuel Antonio Park, providing numerous options for surfing, sunning, kayaking and parasailing. The free shuttle service will transport you to the stunning beaches of Manuel Antonio, a quick ten minute ride away.

Tonight our group will get check out the local night life.

Day 9 - Manuel Antonio - San Jose
After breakfast, free time to enjoy the hotel and the beach before we transfer back to San José. The hotel sits atop Punta Quepos promontory, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by 12 acres of wildlife-rich tropical rainforest. The property´s grounds are home to many species of monkeys, sloths and a variety of birds, such as macaws, falcons, toucans and more.
Tonight enjoy our farewell dinner at a local Costa Rican restaurant.

Day 10 - San Jose
Breakfast at leisure
Departure for airport

The land tour includes the following

Nine nights hotel accommodations
Breakfast daily
Five Lunches
Four Dinners
Private transportation
English speaking tour guide
Roundtrip airport transfers
All taxes and surcharges

What is not included in the price
International airfare
Optional pre and post hotel stay