First Costa Rica Experience

8 Days / 7 Nights

Starting at only
$842

At your arrival, Costa Rica Guides and Expediciones Tropicales will have a representative past the immigration point at the end of the ramp, waiting for you, holding a visible placard with your last name. The representative will not be able to provide assistance with your luggage inside the airport, as you’re the only person permitted to do so.
Once you have exited the airport, our driver will gladly assist you with your luggage and private transportation to the hotel in San Jose.

We will first drive you through the city of Alajuela passing by the Agriculture Monument, the Monument to Juan Santamaria and the famous Mango Park.  On the way to the volcano we will visit Doka Coffee Estate for a delicious breakfast and a coffee tour, in an actual coffee plantation where we will learn about the ancient techniques used by the experts to produce one of the best coffees in Costa Rica.
 
After the coffee tour we will continue to Poás Volcano where we will not only admire the impressive main crater with its sulfur fumaroles, but also learn about the different ecosystems in this beautiful national park. Following the visit to the volcano we will continue to La Paz Water Fall Garden for lunch and tour. On arrival to the La Paz, we will walk through a trail that leads to a spectacular waterfall in the middle of the rainforest.   Inside the park we will also visit the largest butterfly observatory in the country, the impressive hummingbird gallery, the serpentarium, the bird house and the frog’s exhibit.  After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in San José.

Situated a mere 91 km northwest of San José, the Arenal Volcano is one the most active volcanoes in the Americas. In 1968 it erupted decimating the small town of Tabacón. At present, pyroclastic activity is at a minimum, however, during the day it is likely you will witness smoke and ash bellowing from the nearly perfectly formed conical shape of this behemoth.

Breakfast at your hotel in Monteverde.
Transfer from Monteverde to San Jose, by shuttle.
Rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight in San Jose.  

Transfer from your hotel in San Jose to the International Airport for your flight home.

Package includes:

• Private round-trip airport transfers
• VIP service (assistance at the airport on your arrival date provided by Expediciones Tropicales)
• Shuttle Transportation to the different destinations included in the program
• 07 breakfasts
• 01 lunch (Day 2)
• 07 nights lodging in the type of room of your selection (hotel taxes included)
• Combo Tour (entrance fee to Poas Volcano, Doka Coffee Tour and La Paz Waterfall Gardens
• Transfer to Arenal Volcano
• Transfer to Monteverde

Not included:

• Meals not mentioned
• Airline ticket
• Airport departure taxes (US$29.00 per person).
• Alcoholic beverages
• Hotel extras (phone calls, laundry, room service, etc.)
• Voluntary tips

Hotel Rates

Rates are not valid for holidays such as Easter, Christmas & New Year’s Eve.