Tropical Volcano & Cloud Forest
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Costa Rica
- Visit Arenal Volcano
- Explore this geologic wonder and the rich surrounding rainforests filled with waterfalls, wildlife and opportunities for exploration
- Explore Cloud Forest cruise
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Trip includes
- 5 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
- Guides' expenses
Itinerary
Accommodation: Hotel Bougainvillea
Upon arrival in Costa Rica at San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport you are met by a local representative and transferred to your hotel in San Jose.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Arenal Observatory Lodge
Start your tour with a scenic drive, in a private air-conditioned vehicle, to Arenal Volcano arriving at the Arenal Observatory Lodge. From the lodge, which is situated safely on a high ridge only ...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Arenal Observatory Lodge
This morning visit the Arenal Hanging Bridges, a complex of 6 suspension bridges rising above the jungle canopy, and almost 2 miles of brick and concrete trails through the lush rainfore...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Fonda Vela
Enjoy a morning hike to a nearby waterfall and an up-close exploration of a lava flow prior to the drive to Monteverde. Driving around Arenal Lake, make your way to Monteverde, one of the most diverse and ...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Fonda Vela
Morning guided hike through the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve viewing the wet forest with its dense vegetation and majestic trees. The perpetually misty forests of the Reserve encompass 8 distinct ecolog...
Meals: Breakfast
Spend the morning in Monteverde before a scenic drive through rainforest and coffee plantations down to the Central Pacific Coast. Arrive in Playa Herradura to board your cruise; non-cruise passengers will transfer back to San Jose or begin a custom trip to another region of Costa Rica.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Airfare to Costa Rica
- Airport departure tax
- Excess baggage charges
- Taxes and port fees
- Gratuities to transfer and naturalist guides
- Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic beverages, and insurance of any kind.
- Small ship cruises mentioned in the itinerary
Accommodation
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
5 Breakfasts and 1 Dinner
Child rate applies for children 11 years old and under, sharing a room with two adults.
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Unused services & personal expenses
Regardless of any other term in this agreement, partial refunds are not available for unused services including but not limited to hotel rooms, meals, air or land transportation, activity days or other sightseeing excursions. You will not be reimbursed for any personal expenses such as airfare, hotel or other travel expenses due to changes in itineraries or cancellations. If a portion of the services of your tour are cancelled by us or our third party supplier because of an event within our control or the control of our third party supplier, and you are not offered a replacement or alternative, we will refund the cost of that portion of the services.
Medical Insurance
It is mandatory that all clients have personal, travel-related medical insurance at the time of travel. It is the client’s responsibility to obtain personal travel-related medical insurance. Often, your personal medical insurance may not cover you for medical services, whether basic, urgent, emergency, catastrophic, or otherwise, while you are traveling. It is your responsibility to determine if your existing medical coverage is adequate for the duration of your tour. It is also your responsibility to have or to obtain sufficient coverage for any medical services you might require, including up to catastrophic, long-term medical services coverage. This insurance must cover personal accident, medical expenses, air ambulance, loss of effects, repatriation costs and all other expenses which might arise as a result of loss, damage, injury, delay or inconvenience occurring to the client.
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