View allFriendly staff, tours and transportation were punctual and clean. Hotels were all nice and clean.
Tom, traveled in January
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- Platinum Operator
- Destination Services Costa Rica
- Explorer
- Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Partially Guided
- Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
- Guided in English, Spanish
- Group Size 1 - 30
- All Ages Welcome
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Explore Braulio Carrillo Park
- Cruise through Tortuguero canals
- Hike Arenal Volcano trails
- Cross Arenal Lake by boat
- Watch dolphins near Samara Beach
Itinerary
- Introduction
- Day 1 ARRIVAL SAN JOSE (20km – 30min)
- Day 2 SAN JOSE – TORTUGUERO (135km – 4hrs by road / 2hrs by boat)
- Day 3 TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK
- Day 4 TORTUGUERO – ARENAL (210km – 5hrs by road / 2hrs by boat)
- Day 5 ARENAL VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK
- Day 6 ARENAL – MONTEVERDE (60km – 2.5hrs by road / 45min by boat)
- Day 7 MONTEVERDE
- Day 8 MONTEVERDE – SAMARA (140km – 3hrs)
- Day 9 SAMARA (3hrs by boat)
- Day 10 SAMARA – DEPARTURE SAN JOSE (220km – 4hrs)
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
Where You'll Stay
Park Inn
Hotelday 1Real Continental
Hotelday 1Laguna Lodge
HotelDays 2, 3Pachira/ Evergreen/Aninga Lodge
HotelDays 2, 3Arenal Manoa
HotelDays 4, 5Tabacon
HotelDays 4, 5Monteverde Gardens & Lodge
HotelDays 6, 7Hotel Sol Samara
HotelDays 8, 9Hotel Leyenda
HotelDays 8, 9
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Destination Services Costa Rica
Number of tours
71
Age Range
2 to 99 years old
Response time
within 2 days
Response rate
100%
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- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationExcellent
- FoodExcellent
- Tom· January 20th, 2025Would recommend our tour to Friends. Friendly staff, tours and transportation were punctual and clean. Hotels were all nice and clean. Enjoyed the variety of locations and activities. Recommend Teva or Keen type sandals for Tortuguero and Samara, closed toe shoes on Arenal hike and good walking shoes for San Jose, Monteverde and when not on activities. I only used simple sandals at resorts. We had some rain and would recommend a jacket long enough to cover shorts so only legs and sandals get wet and also dry cover for daypack. If you go on a boat to see sea life (whales, dolphins, etc.) take drybag or equivalent for what you bring as wind driven waves can splash the boat and you and your gear may get soaked. US dollars worked for tips and small purchases (got US dollars in change back) Food was consistently good on the provided meals and also the ones on our own. The hotels provided breakfast as part of the package. Rooms were all nice, even the smallest room we had was more than adequate. Presentation of food was consistently nice and remember pace and food service is a little slower paced. One big difference is that you most places have you put your toilet paper in the trash can next to the toilet, as their sewer systems are different than the US. Weather even in rain was warm and humidity, especially in Tortuguero and Arenal, slowed the drying process of wet clothes to 2 days unless you had direct sun. Monteverde was as much as 20 degrees F cooler, but we only needed a light jacket or sweater, and long pants could be very light weight if wanted. Confirmed that travel times are slower due to slow average speeds on the roads. Note that our full tour ended up being only the two of us joining other small groups (0-20) for each leg of travel or activity. This was good as we kept meeting new people from different parts of the world.Show moreTrip date: January 2025
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- Instant Confirmation-10%From Monday29 Sep, 2025To Wednesday8 Oct, 2025English, SpanishThis departure date is available and will 100% departGuaranteed departureFrom:$4,074NZ $3,667 per personMultiple Room Types
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Rebecca
Asked on April 22nd, 2023Are taxes included in the listed price?
Destination Services Costa RicaOperator•Written April 2023The taxes for the entrance into the country are already included on the flight tickets and about the taxes for the hotels, those are already included in the cost of the package. About the extra meals, in Costa Rica you will see in restaurants they charge 23% taxes - 10% is for the service and 13% for the government.
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