<<Atrás>> <<Tortuguero and Caribbean Feeling>>

Price in double occupancy $ 1499 per person
Single room Supplement $ 226 per person

This fixed departure offers some of the highlights of the Caribbean Region. Starting with an exciting Whitewater Rafting Adventure it will take you to the Street-parades of Columbus Day in Limón to typical Caribbean Feeling with Reggae Music at a beautiful Caribbean beach.

Sept. 22: Arrival at San José International Airport where our driver is already waiting for you and will take you to your hotel. Overnight at Hotel Bougainvillea. (No meals)
Sept. 23: Early morning pick up at your hotel and transfer towards the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. You'll depart San José early in the morning, stopping for a delicious breakfast, at the Ríos Tropicales Operations Center, before arriving at the river. Once at the river, your friendly and professional guides will load your gear into dry bags, prepare the equipment and give you complete safety and paddle instruction. The first day's Class III rapids welcome you to the Pacuare gorge's charm as you raft deep in the heart of primary rainforest. While your guides prepare you a hearty picnic lunch on the riverbank, you'll be led through the jungle to an enchanting waterfall and pool to swim.
Before you know it, you'll arrive at the award-winning Ríos Tropicales Lodge where you can spend the afternoon relaxing, hiking or soaking in our waterfall and pools. Nestled in the jungle on our 1,000-acre private reserve, the lodge offers you all the comforts you need in "Cabecar Indian" style bungalows. Private single and double rooms are spacious with clean linen, and there are modern bathrooms and showers. Electricity is generated by a self-sufficient hydro-plant. Happy Hour will put you in the mood for a tropical evening, followed by a luscious candlelight dinner with wine served by your guides. (BLD)
Sept. 24: After a hearty breakfast and loading the rafts, you'll prepare to paddle down the Pacuare gorge passing gushing waterfalls, serene pools and pounding rapids. A snack stop by the riverside lets you explore more waterfalls and natural waterslides. An adrenaline-packed afternoon running rapids like Upper and Lower Huacas, Cimarron, Dos Montañas and many more, will have you cheering ecstatically. Hot lunch will be served at the Ríos Tropicales Operations Center. Showers, changing rooms, cold and hot drinks and snacks are also available. Here you will be picked up by your guide of Costa Rica Sun Tours who will take you to Limón, where you will spend the night at a Hotel near Limón. (BLD)

Sept 25: Today is Columbus Day in Costa Rica. Columbus Day is celebrated in Limón as it is throughout Latin America, but with a fervor and style that correspond to Carnival on the islands. Home cooking, heavy on fish, tripe, rice, coconut, and stews with cow's feet, is less than familiar to other Costa Ricans. Religion is a vibrant part of the lives of the black population, and not the formality that it is to the broad class of Hispanic Costa Ricans.
You will leave your hotel with your guide after breakfast to watch the parades in the streets of the center of Limón. For lunch our guide will take you to a typical restaurant. When the parades are over our guide will show you around Limón and take you to the harbor. In the evening you return to your hotel. Overnight stay at a hotel near Limón. (BLD)
Sept. 26: Right after breakfast you will leave Limón and continue your trip along the South Caribbean Coast towards Cahuita. Cahuita National Park has beaches as beautiful as any on the Caribbean, and a few additional distinctions. Just offshore is a living coral reef, the most accessible in Costa Rica, where brightly colored fish feed and breed. In the marshes and forests of the park, animal and bird life are abundant. Cahuita's protected area includes extensive areas of marsh. The Perezoso (Sloth) River that flows to the sea in the park is dark brown in color, said to be an effect of the high tannin concentration, which also reputedly keeps a cap on the local mosquito population. The forests are alive with howler monkeys, white-faced monkeys, three-toed sloth, anteaters, and collared peccaries. Raccoons and coatis are often seen along the nature trail, which penetrates the damp world of ferns and bromeliads and huge jungle trees. In the late afternoon you will continue your trip to Puerto Viejo, where you will be staying at a nice Caribbean style hotel. In the evening your guide will take you out for dinner in Puerto Viejo. (BLD)
Sept. 27: Day at your own disposal in Puerto Viejo. You may relax at the beach or take an optional snorkeling trip (not included). Those of you who cannot get enough of nature and wildlife in Costa Rica may optionally visit the Gandoca Manzanillo National Park (not included) south of Puerto Viejo with your guide. Overnight stay at a nice Caribbean style hotel. (BD)
Sept. 28: You have the morning to relax at the beach and start your trip back to San José before noon. On the way you will stop for a delicious lunch. At night your guide will take you out for a typical night in Costa Rica. Overnight at hotel Posada Canal Grande, a small Italian style hotel with a beautiful view over the central valley. (BLD)

Sept. 29: Today a driver of Costa Rica Sun Tours will take you back to the airport for your departure flight. Please keep US $ 26 airport tax per person handy that you will have to pay before you can check in. Since international airlines require you to be 3 hours in advance at the airport, you should have enough time for some last-minute shopping in the different souvenir and duty free shops inside the airport. Have a pleasant flight home with a lot of fantastic memories of our beautiful country. (B)
B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner