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TRAVEL PACKAGES - Costa Rica & Nicaragua
- 15 days / 14 nights
Costa Rica & Nicaragua
Packages
15 days / 14 nights package
Includes:
• Stay at 4 hotels (3 Hotels in Costa Rica + 1 Hotel in Nicaragua).
• 6 tours.
• Ground transportation between all the visited areas.
• Meals when included.
• Transfer in and out services.
• Costa Rican and Nicaraguan hotel taxes.
• NOT included are fees and taxes at the border.
Package Detail:
Two Countries 15 days / 14 nights
Day: 1
A bilingual representative will meet you up at the Juan Santamaria International Airport and bring you to Hotel Kekoldi in San Jose
city centre, a charming, smaller hotel with a secluded garden where you will spend the first three nights. The airport transfer takes about 25 min. The evening is free for you to explore the San Jose nightlife or spend it relaxing and fine-dining in one of the local restaurants close by.
Day: 2
After your breakfast and a little rest, a shuttle bus will take you to Hotel Dorado Mojado, Divisamar (or similar) in Manuel Antonio, minutes walking from the famous Manuel Antonio National Park at the pacific coast where you are going to stay for the following 4 nights. After your check in at your room, you have a free afternoon to relax, go to the beach or go exploring.
Day: 3
Manuel Antonio National Park Experience – A guided tour through the National Park. At 682 hectares, the park is relatively small, however it epitomizes everything tourists flock to Costa Rica to see: stunning beaches, a magnificent setting with islands offshore, lush rainforest laced with a network of easy to walk trails, and wildlife galore. There is good chance that you will see monkeys (howler, white faced, and possibly squirrel monkeys), sloths, and coatimundis. Scarlet macaws do frequent the area however you may need a bit of luck to see them. The trail that winds around Punta Catedral offers some spectacular views.
Day: 4
Choose between one of both available tours: Horse back riding to the waterfalls, or White Water Rafting on Naranjo River.
Day: 5
Free day at Manuel Antonio, relax at the beach.
Day: 6
Free Time. Relax at the beach, go hiking, swimming, fishing, diving or do water sports! Take the shuttle bus back to San José at 12:30 p.m. to spend the night at Hotel Kekoldi. After you are checked in to your room you have a free afternoon to relax, go to shopping or exploring the San Jose night life.
Day: 7
The Arenal one day tour starts at around 9:00 a.m. See the unique active volcano and its fireworks! You can feel and hear when it erupts. On your way to Arenal you will travel up the central volcanic mountains and go through a few nice little towns;
in Grecia you are going to visit the church which is made of metal. Sarchi is famous for the painted oxcarts, a tradition having lasted for over a century. There are several large souvenir shops where you can buy some gifts. Lunch will be served in a typical Costa Rican restaurant. At the Tabacón resort, you will have the chance to bathe in the hot volcanic springs and rivers. This is definitely one of the many highlights of the tour. Later dinner will be available at Tabacón. After sunset you can see the eruptions of the volcano, glowing rocks and lava being catapulted from the volcano, you can feel the vibrations of the ground and hear the distant rumbling. However there is no guarantee that the night will be cloudless. Tour duration is eleven hours. Lunch and dinner are included. In the evening the bus will drop you off in one of the most beautiful hotels in La Fortuna to spend your night at Arenal Volcano Inn (or similar) enjoying the Arenal at night.
Day: 8
After breakfast, ground transfer to Hotel Kekoldi San José, stay overnight (breakfast is included).
Day: 9
The 5 in 1 Tour starts at around 6:30 am. You will see coffee plantations, volcanoes, a cloud forest, jungles, the Costa Rican countryside, the La Paz Waterfall, and the largest butterfly garden in Costa Rica; you take a jungle river safari on the Sarapiqui River and much more. A coffee farm is the first stop where you can take a typical breakfast. A pleasant journey takes you through mountains, coffee fields and strawberry farms. Poas Volcano is one of the most spectacular in Costa Rica, about 8800 feet high, with a main crater of 1 mile diameter, the base filled with hot water. You can observe the fumaroles inside the crater. A 20 minute walk, amongst these picturesque surroundings, will bring you to the second crater, which is now a beautiful lagoon. The slopes of Poas are covered with coniferous or cloud forest or grassland. The beautiful “La Paz” waterfall is just waiting to have its photo taken; there are even three more waterfalls. The next stop is the famous "Butterfly Garden", the largest butterfly observatory in the world! Learn with a detailed explanation of lifespan of a butterfly. Look and be close to this beautiful
creature. Relax walking through an amazing hummingbird garden, before enjoying a delicious buffet lunch. Let´s go to “Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí”, passing through plantations of pineapple, yucca, coconut and heart of palm, to take a boat and drift down the Sarapiquí River. Take a look at the sloths, howler monkeys, crocodiles and toucans. Our guide will enlighten about the unique lifestyle of the friendly people who live alongside the river. At the end of the trip, let’s get back to San José, passing through the Braulio Carrillo National Park, the second largest national park in Costa Rica, a spectacular mix of rain forest and cloud forest. Breakfast and lunch are included. Tour duration is 11 hours. Overnight at Kekoldi San Jose.
Day: 10
Ground transportation to Granada where you will spend the following 4 nights at Hotel Kekoldi de Granada (breakfast is included). You can relax at the garden bar in the evening or have your first stroll through colonial Granada.
Day: 11
Granada city tour and Granada’s lake islands tour. The tour will take you to the principal buildings and places of interest in the colonial city of Granada, founded in 1522, considered the oldest city in Central America.
Thereafter we will make a boat trip to the Islands of Granada, situated in Lake of Nicaragua, a great place to watch birds and to get a great view of Mombacho Volcano, covered by an impressive cloud forest.
This tour can be made in horse drawn carriages, which definitely takes us back to the colonial era. You spend the night at Kekoldi de Granada (breakfast is included).
Day: 12
Free day in Granada. Optional relax at Laguna de Apoyo, swimming and kayaking. Check with front desk for activities.
Day: 13
The Mombacho National Park and Canopy Tour. This tour leaves early in the morning with the first stop at Mombacho Volcano and its magnificent cloud forest. There we will walk the trails and discover a great quantity of fauna and flora accompanied by the great view of Lake of Nicaragua and Zapatera, an Island of great
archaeological significance.
Here we will also enjoy a unique experience in the canopy tour, gliding 600 meters between the treetops that form this cloud forest. On the 17 platforms with a height of 10 to 18 meters we can as well admire the wildlife and the vegetation in the forest.
After the challenge of the canopy tour we will recharge our batteries, enjoying a delicious lunch in the surrounding nature.
Day: 14
Ground transportation to Kekoldi San José (Costa Rica), stay overnight (breakfast is included).
Day: 15
Check out and return to airport. We hope to see you again soon in Costa Rica or Nicaragua!
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Credit Card Payment |
Cash Payment |
| High Season |
$ 1,475 |
$ 1,361 |
| Green Season |
$ 1,349 |
$ 1,134 |
All prices are per person in room with double occupancy. Please request price quote for one or three or more persons.
Add $90 for hotel upgrade in Manuel Antonio and Arenal/Fortuna in High Season. Add $60 for hotel upgrade in Manuel Antonio and Arenal/Fortuna in Green Season.
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Costa Rica & Nicaragua - Two countries – 8 days and 7 nights
The perfect extension for your Costa Rica vacation! Just when you arrive to Costa Rica or just before you leave. No worries, no hassle; in just a few hours you are in another country, which is so different from Costa Rica and so beautiful.
Discover the colonial heritage of Christopher Columbus and find out that Nicaragua has so much to offer. Nicaragua is the new hot spot in Central America.
Only $436 per person;
(double in low season).
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