Costa Rica Travel Packages: The Pura Vida Experience

For a country about the same size as the state of West Virginia, it's packed with incredible biological diversity, varied landscapes, and a seemingly endless selection of outdoor diversions, from bird-watching and beach trips to rigorous rafting and rain forest hiking trips....

We welcome guests from all over the world to enjoy the tranquility, comfort and beautiful surroundings. The uniquely-designed adventure package to paradise is the perfect opportunity to escape from crowds to enjoy Costa Rica and rejuvenate your mind and body.

Costa Rica Travel Package Details

Highlights

- 11 days, 10 nights (optional 12th day) in remote locations, away from crowds.

Itinerary:

- 2 nights San José @ Taylor's Inn (includes breakfast, dinner)

- tour of Irazu Volcano and Orosi Valley

- tour of La Paz Waterfalls

- tour of Butterfly Gardens

- transfer to Arenal

- 1 night Arenal @ Hotel Tacotal (includes breakfast, lunch, dinner)

- transfer to Tortuguero

- 2 nights @ Laguna Lodge or Jungle Lodge (your choice) (includes breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Jungle cruise to Matina

- tour of Tortuguero National Park

- 2 night stay @ Lavas Tacotal (includes breakfast, lunch, dinner)

- Sky Walk tour

- Hanging Bridges of Arenal tour

- transfer to Guanacaste (Papagayo)

- 3 nights stay @ Nakuti Beach Resort (includes breakfast, lunch, dinner)

- Parque Nacional of Palo Verde tour (Palo Verde National Park)

- transfer back to San José for final night @ Taylor's Inn (includes breakfast, dinner)

Customize:

change hotels in Arenal | Tortuguero | San José

change adventures in Arenal | Tortuguero | San José

Available Dates:

This vacation package runs all year. Call for more details.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1

Meet at Juan Santamaría International airport by a 2costarica adventure guide
Transfer to the hotel Taylor's Inn
Dinner at the Hotel
Overnight at hotel Taylor’s Inn

Day 2

Breakfast in the Hotel
Lunch on the tour
La Paz Waterfalls: This morning we’ll visit La Paz Waterfall Gardens. The full tour is 3 kilometers long. Each of the waterfalls are beautiful natural works of art. Pathways take you to several viewing platforms where seating and umbrellas have been provided for your ultimate viewing pleasure.
Butterfly Gardens: we visit the Butterfly observatory that is the largest in the world. The enclosed structure allows butterflies to soar freely while guests walk amid the natural habitat. An on-site laboratory is a breeding ground for the countless fluttering species.
Dinner at the Hotel
Overnight in Hotel Tacotal

Day 3

Breakfast in the Hotel
Lunch on the tour
Irazu Volcano and Orosi Valley: The Irazú Volcano, is an active volcano, situated in the Cordillera Central close to the city of Cartago. The park that includes this volcano covers 5703 acres, its highest point being 3432 meters (approxim. 10,300 feet) above sea level and on a clear day is claimed to be possible to see both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on a clear day; however, such clear days are very rare indeed, and it is typical for the volcano's summit to be covered in cloud for much of the time.
Dinner at the Hotel
Overnight at hotel Taylor’s Inn

Day 4

Bus transfer to Matina
Breakfast
Jungle cruise from Matina to Tortuguero: Tortuguero means "The region of turtles" and indicates the significance of the area for the endangered sea turtles. There are eight species of sea turtles in the world, six of them nest in Costa Rica and of those, four frequently visit the 36-kilometer of protected beach in Tortuguero.The area is the most important breeding ground for the Green turtles in the Caribbean and there is no other place where those turtles nest in so great numbers.
Lunch in your select Hotel
Overnight at selected hotel (Jungle Lodge or Laguna Lodge)

Day 5

Breakfast at the Hotel
Visit to Tortuguero National Park: The Tortuguero National Park is an exuberant, paradisiacal, mystical and natural network of scenic and navigable waterways. One of the most exotic and beautiful region of Costa Rica, rich in flora and fauna. Tortuguero is one of the wilderness areas in Costa Rica, with the greatest biological variety. 11 habitats had been identified, such as 2000 species of plants and 400 species of trees. There is also a very wide wildlife variety: 57 species of amphibians, 111 species of reptiles, 309 species of birds recorded, 30 species of fresh water fish, included the Gar, considered to be a living fossil 60 species of mammals.
Lunch and Dinner at the Hotel
Overnight at your selected hotel

Day 6

Breakfast at the Hotel
Jungle cruise to Matina
Bus ride from Matina to Arenal area
Overnight at selected hotel (Lavas Tacotal or similar)

Day 7

Breakfast at the hotel
Sky Walk
Lunch and Dinner at the tour
Arenal Volcano with Hot Springs: Today we’ll start our day by visiting the Hanging Bridges of Arenal, that is a tourist project consisting of paths and bridges built with a view to preserve the harmony between man-made structures and nature. It is located in the vicinity of Arenal Volcano. Later on we continue our trip with the tour to Arenal Volcano and Hot Springs. The Conical Arenal Volcano 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.
The Arenal Volcano is constantly ejects gases, water, fumaroles and explosions with pyroclastic material emissions, and sometimes the eruptions are accompanied with powerful thunders. At the hot springs our customers can enjoy a healthy and relaxing soak, it is also possible to see the Arenal Volcano erupting from a comfortable spa.
Overnight at Lavas Tacotal or similar hotel

Day 8

Breakfast at the Hotel
Transfer to Guanacaste
Overnight at Nakuti Beach Resort at Papagayo gulf (all inclusive service)

Day 9

Palo Verde National Park: The Parque Nacional of Palo Verde, 28 km south of Bagaces, protects 13,058 hectares (32253 acres!) of floodplain, marshes, limestone ridges, and seasonal pools in the heart of the driest region of Costa Rica--the Tempisque basin, at the mouth of the Río Tempisque in the Gulf of Nicoya. The tidal river rises and falls up to four meters and is navigable for about 36 km, as far as the confluence with the Río Bolsón.
There are 15 different habitats (including several types of swamp and marshland) and a corresponding diversity of fauna. Plump crocodiles wallow on the muddy riverbanks, salivating, no doubt, at the sight of coatis, white-tailed deer, and other mammals come down to the water to drink. Palo Verde is best known as a bird-watchers' paradise.
Overnight at Nakuti Beach Resort