Compare Readymade Wakeboard & Surf Vacation by Project Expedition vs Costa Rica: Jungles & Rainforests 2024 by Tauck
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| Duration | 8 days | 8 days |
| Price From | $ 1,275 | $ 4,170 |
| Price Per Day | $ 159 | $ 521 |
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| Trip Style | Retreats | Small group tour |
| Lodging Level | Basic | Premium |
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| Flights & Transport | Internal airfare and ground transport included | No |
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| Meals Included | N/A | N/A |
| Description |
Leave all the planning to us and come down for the board trip of your life! Our Wakeboard and Surf Vacation is an 8-day trip. You will wakeboard with on Lake Arenal for four days and then spend three days on the pacific coast surfing. Participants also enjoy some of Costa Rica's highlights such as volcanic hot springs, a canopy zip line tour and snorkelling. |
From the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, Tauck Bridges introduces your family to the amazing biodiversity of Costa Rica's beach, rainforest and jungle on this family vacation! |
Day 1 - Tilaran
Arrive at the airport and we will pick you up and take you to La Fortuna, home of Arenal Volcano. You will settle into your accommodation and get ready for the first full day of wake boarding.
Day 2 - Tilaran - Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding. We will spend our day out on the water wakeboarding. Accommodation provided.
Day 3 - Tilaran - Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding. Hit the wake with another day of wakeboarding, plus some other awesome activities.Ziplining. Take a tour along the canopy of the forest with a zipline tour.Hot Springs. Relax and decompress in the natural volcanic hot springs. Accommodation provided.
Day 4 - Tilaran - Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding. This day is devoted entirely to wakeboarding. Hopefully you have gotten a few of your tricks down by now and can impress any onlookers! Accommodation provided.
Day 5 - Tilaran - Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding. We will head out for some early wakeboarding before we head to the coast to kick off the surfing portion of this adventure. Accommodation provided.
Day 6 - Tilaran - Surfing
Surfing. This day is nothing but sand and surf. Catch as many waves as you can handle and live the pura vida. Accommodation provided.
Day 7 - Tilaran - Surfing
Surfing. Day seven of your adventure will involve surfing more waves, kayaking along the coast, and snorkeling to see the wonderful world waiting for you underwater. Accommodation provided.
Day 8 - Tilaran
Wake up to hit some early surf if you have time - then we head to the airport for your departure!
Day 1 Arrive San José
Tour begins: 6:00 PM, InterContinental Costa Rica. A transfer is included from San José's Juan Santamaria International Airport to InterContinental Costa Rica in the heart of Costa Rica's capital city, San José. Meet your fellow eco-adventurers at this evening's welcome reception followed by dinner at your hotel, where your family enjoys Deluxe Rooms.
MEALS : D
LODGING : InterContinental Costa Rica at Multiplaza Mall
PORTOFCALL : San José, Costa Rica
Day 2 Toucans, chocolate & Tortuguero
A day of fun awaits your family today as you depart the capital, San José, and make your way to Tortuguero National Park, a tropical paradise in the heart of the coastal rainforest and your first taste of Costa Rica's incredible biodiversity! En route, pay a visit to the Toucan Rescue Center, where you'll tour the facilities and meet some of the toucans, sloths, monkeys and other wildlife the center's staff cares for. Next, learn everything you ever wanted to know about one of our favorite food groups – chocolate – at an artisan chocolatier! See the natural process of transforming the cacao fruit into chocolate during a hands-on demonstration, do a little tasting and have lunch. This afternoon, a boat transports you to your rustic rainforest retreat adjacent to Tortuguero National Park – where most travel is by water, toucans and blue morpho butterflies fly all around you, and howler monkeys provide a natural wake-up call! Enjoy dinner at your lodge this evening.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Aninga Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Day 3 The natural treasures of Tortuguero
Wake up today in your rainforest lodge near the entrance to Tortuguero National Park, where 11 different habitats have been identified in the surrounding wilderness – providing homes to 60 kinds of mammals, 57 species of amphibians, 111 varieties of reptiles and more than 309 recorded species of birds! Your day begins with a morning canal cruise, where you'll do some birding and nature viewing with our local guides, then return to your lodge for free time followed by lunch. This afternoon, take a boat to explore the village of Tortuguero; learn about the medicinal benefits of coconuts, and the "tree of life" they come from, during a coconut demonstration; and, if you wish, take an optional canal cruise inside Tortuguero National Park, or just relax at your resort. And if you're traveling with us between July and August, this evening we'll take an unforgettable nighttime trip to the beach to observe nesting green sea turtles in one of the world's top nesting grounds for these endangered animals. You'll have a chance to see them make their way up the beach from the water to dig their nests in the sand, leaving tractor-tread trails behind them!
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Aninga Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Day 4 Fly to Arenal & a Sarapiqui River rafting trip
This morning, fly to Arenal; first up, an exciting river-rafting excursion on the historic Sarapiqui River; a national monument today, the river played an important role in suppressing an armed incursion into Costa Rica in 1856, serving as a highway that transported soldiers, weapons and food. Board a rubber river raft for a Class II rafting trip* through the jungle; try to spot turtles, sloths, monkeys, iguanas and other wildlife along the riverbank that call the Sarapiqui region home. Following your fun rafting adventure, visit a pineapple farm to learn about the growing and harvesting techniques and how sweet just-picked fresh pineapple tastes. After, drive to your spa resort, where you'll enjoy dinner at leisure this evening.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Tabacon Hot Springs Resort
PORTOFCALL : La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Day 5 Zip lining at Arenal & a pineapple tour
In Costa Rica's Arenal region, get an extraordinary bird's-eye view of cone-shaped Arenal Volcano, an actively "restless" volcano, on a thrilling zip-line ride* at Sky Trek Adventure Park, where you'll soar over and through the canopy of rainforest treetops! Those not into zip lining can take a nature walk instead. Following lunch at a local restaurant, return to your resort for some time at leisure and dinner tonight.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Tabacon Hot Springs Resort
PORTOFCALL : La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Day 6 Across Costa Rica to coastal Guanacaste
Head out from Arenal and across Costa Rica's interior today to Guanacaste on the Pacific coast, stopping for lunch on the way. Then continue on to your eclectic oceanfront resort, El Mangroove, on the shores of the Pacific in Guanacaste.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : El Mangroove
PORTOFCALL : Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Day 7 Dolphin spotting, snorkeling & a beachfront farewell
Enjoy a full day at your seaside resort today, either relaxing or taking an included dolphin spotting and snorkeling cruise in the morning or afternoon. Continue your personalized adventure today with lunch at the hotel, then join us for a farewell reception and dinner tonight, including traditional Costa Rican music played by a marimba band.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : El Mangroove
PORTOFCALL : Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Day 8 Adios, Costa Rica!
Tour ends: Guanacaste. Fly home anytime. A transfer from El Mangroove to Liberia International Airport is included. You should allow a minimum of three hours for check-in at the airport.
MEALS : B
PORTOFCALL : Guanacaste, Costa Rica
