Quest for Pura Vida
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore the cloud forests of Monteverde and the Arenal Volcano
- A personal journey to find your own Pura Vida
- Visit Tortuguero National Park
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- Eight nights lodging
- All land, air and water transportation within Costa Rica
- All airport/hotel transfers when arriving and departing on the stated arrival and departure dates of the group
- Meals as specified in the itinerary
- Hotel taxes
- Entrance fees to National Parks, museums and places of interest in effect at the time of booking are included unless otherwise specified
- Guide services as specified in the itinerary
- Porterage (2 bags per person)
- International departure tax
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Itinerary
Accommodation: Studio Hotel
Your quest begins upon arrival at San José Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría International Airport. After passing through immigration you will be met by a local Costa Rica Expeditions guide and transfered to your hotel in San José.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Monteverde Lodge
After a welcome orientation breakfast with your naturalist guide, enjoy a scenic 1.5-hour drive to Nectandra Cloud Forest Garden, the centerpiece of 257 acres of primary and secondary for...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Monteverde Lodge
Set out on foot with your guide through one of the most outstanding wildlife sanctuaries in the new world tropics, the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. The perpetually misty forests of th...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Arenal Manoa
This morning, depart by four-wheel-drive vehicle and boat to Arenal. It's a 2-hour drive to Rio Chiquito, a small town on the shore of Lake Arenal, where you'll board a boat for the transfer ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Arenal Manoa
After breakfast, depart for a morning hike to the Arenal Hanging Bridges. This project consists of eight fixed bridges, ranging in length between 8 and 22 meters, and six hanging bridges, bui...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Tortuga Lodge
After an early-morning breakfast, drive 5 hours to the Caño Blanco dock, where you will meet the boat for the 1.5-hour boat ride to Tortuguero. The last part of the drive takes you through b...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Tortuga Lodge
In the morning explore the inner creeks of the Tortuguero National Park with your guide. Originally intended to protect a major nesting beach of the Atlantic Green sea turtle, Tortuguero Nat...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Studio Hotel
Depart in the morning from Tortuga Lodge, crossing the Tortuguero River by boat. You'll then board your 30-minute Costa Rica Expeditions light charter flight (seat in plane) from Tortuguero t...
Your Costa Rica Quest for Pura Vida ends with a transfer to the International Airport approximately two and a half hours before your flight's scheduled departure time. Or begin your trip extension to the rainforests of Corcovado National Park, the Pacific beaches of Manuel Antonio or the dry tropical forests of the Guanacaste Peninsula.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- International airfare
- Airport departure taxes
- Tax increases or new taxes charged for services that were not taxed at the time the booking was made
- Meals not specified in the itinerary
- Alcoholic beverages
- Personal equipment
- Extras in hotels (laundry, phone calls, room service, etc.)
- Gratuities
In order to confirm this trip, a deposit of $500 is required at the time of booking. A Reservation Form, which includes a release of liability, must be completed and signed by all travelers. The balance of the trip price is due 90 days before the departure date. Guests who must cancel their trip for any reason must do so in writing. Cancellations are subject to the following fees, based on number of days prior to departure:
Up to 91 days - 50% of deposit
90 to 31 days - 50% of total trip cost
30 to 0 days - 100% of total trip cost
7 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches and 7 Dinners
The minimum age on the Quest for Pura Vida is 12, unless booking a Family Departure.
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