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COSTA RICA TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TOUR
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Tropical Rain Forest Tour
In the foothills and lowlands of both slopes, Costa
Rica's rainforests harbor thousands of known life forms and thousands
more yet to be described. They are among the last strongholds of
biodiversity on earth. Resonating with the songs of birds, at dawn. the
rainforest is quiet in the heart of the day, its stillness punctuated by
the insect-like call of poison dart frogs, the rasping of cicadas or the
whistled notes of wrens and antbirds.
Day
2:Your tour of Costa Rica
will start with a scenic drive to Arenal Volcano, stopping en route at
La Paz
Waterfall Gardens for an up close view at a system of 5 different
waterfalls and also for lunch. After lunch continue to Arenal.
Dinner and overnight at the Arenal
Observatory Lodge. The Observatory Lodge, which is
only 1.6 miles south of the volcano, gives visitors an impressive view
of this giant which rumbles and erupts with spectacular displays of
vapor and lava.
The Observatory Lodge is the only lodge
situated within the Arenal Volcano National Park, which encompasses
thousands of acres of pristine Costa Rica rainforest and teems with tropical birds
and wildlife. Overnight
Arenal
Observatory Lodge.
Day
3: Morning hike in the National Park and a close-up
exploration of a lava flow. Mid-morning departure, driving around Lake Arenal to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, one of the richest and
most diverse tropical cloud forests in the New World. It is best known as home to the
Resplendent Quetzal but also protects hundreds of other birds, mammals
and plant species. Overnight in Monteverde at
Hotel Fonda Vela or similar.
The principal objective is to offer
a different observational perspective of tropical forest, as a new
alternative in tourism for nature lovers. In the afternoon, hike through the
reserve viewing the misty forest with its dense vegetation and majestic
trees. Overnight in Monteverde at Hotel Fonda Vela
or similar.
Day 5: In the morning depart through the distinctive dry
savanna of Guanacaste to Tamarindo on the Pacific Coast. Overnight
Capitan Suizo
or similar.
Day
6 & Day 7: Free days to explore or relax on the beach.
Overnight at a Tamarindo Hotel. (Optional activities available at extra
cost include night turtle nesting tour - mid November to mid March only)
Day 08: Return flight to San José and transfer to your hotel.
Afternoon is free for your own activities. Overnight in San Jose at
Hotel Don Carlos B & B or similar.
Day 09: Airport transfer for return flight home.
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excitement of looking to
one side and seeing the tops of the trees and
at the same time feel the sensation of walking among the clouds. SkyWalk
is a complex of suspension bridges and platforms constructed within
the Costa Rica Cloud Forest.