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Costa Rica: A World of Nature
featuring Tortuguero National Park, Arenal Volcano & Manuel Antonio National Park
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From thrilling water journeys to ethereal jungle expeditions, discover what pura vida means to you when you explore the essence of Costa Rica. Encounter an emerald wonderland, where trees climb high and animals roam free. Immerse yourself in nature when you spend 2 nights at a remote resort in San Carlos and 3 nights in the region of Arenal National Park. Sample fresh cacao during a visit to a local plantation. Give back to preservation efforts at a sea turtle research station in Tortuguero National Park. Embark on a crocodile safari in the jungle and a bird-watching cruise in the rainforest. Stand suspended over the rainforest floor as you journey across a network of hanging bridges. Hike the lava fields of Arenal Volcano or soar over jungle canopies on a zip line. It’s time to experience a world of nature.
Your Tour Includes
- 6 Handpicked Accommodations
- 23 Meals
- 2 Choice on Tour Options
Included Highlights
- Tortuguero National Park
- Cooking Demonstration
- Sarapiquí
- Tirimbina Rainforest Center
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Accommodation
Doubletree Cariari Hotel
Night 1
Evergreen Lodge
Nights 2-3
Tilajari Hotel Resort
Nights 4-5
Mountain Paradise Hotel
Nights 6-8
Los Suenos Marriott Costa Rica
Nights 9-10
Doubletree Cariari Hotel
Night 11
Trip Reviews
Live, Unedited, & Independent Traveler Reviews
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Overall a wonderful experience. Manuel Antonio park was hipped far too much. It was not worth our time. Perhaps the cloud forest would be a better choice. The white water rafting was most enjoyable, it would have been fun to hear more about the location where lunch was served. Our guide was very knowledgeable, a question and answer tea with him would have been great too. The Volcano was just amazing!
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Everything was great on our trip. Only possible negative was we were on the go a lot.
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We were able to see amazing wildlife and our tour guide, Juan Pablo, had encyclopedic information about everything we saw.Stephen Roberts
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This is my first ever tour experience. Part was good, part I didn’t enjoy.
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it was a great trip and tour guide was awesome Fabio.Patricia Everett
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We were able to see monkeys, crocodiles, sloths, iguanas, etc. We also saw banana, coffee, pineapple and cacao operations. There was a little too much repetition of seeing the same animals over again. I was hoping to see parrots and macaws, but was disappointed.William Campbell
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Wildlife was wonderful. Great trip
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Starts and ends with our tour director Fabian and our driver Juan Carlos. They were beyond fantastic each and every day. Made our experience memorable even in torrential rains.Charles Stevens
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The pace of the the tour and the pace of tour activities was much slower than I expected.
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Our tour guide was amazing and insightful. His knowledge gave a tremendous understanding of the country, it's people and especially the wildlife..
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Loved Tortuegrero. Well thought out tour.Gail Nonella
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Our tour guide was extraordinary and made every effort to enrich our experience. Most of the hotels were first class. Good pace.
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Beautiful country, friendly people, outstanding wildlife, fantastic tour guide.
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Our tour manager, Juan Pablo, was wonderful! He was very knowledgeable, interesting and articulate. He was also kind , compassionate and very patient. When one of our group fell in the bathroom and hurt her forehead, he immediately arranged to get her medical care (doctor, testing, stitches, medicine; etc.) Also, as a senior citizen, I sometimes don't realize that it's difficult for me to keep up with the pace of a tour. He managed to balance my needs with the others on our tour. He's an exceptional individual. I'm so glad he was our tour guide! I loved all the monkees and their antics! They were the stars of the show! It was a great trip and I would highly recommend it.Betty Abramson
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The trip was FABULOUS! Loved itDorothy Fry
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It was an amazing tour.We went to most of the National Parks, from the Caribbean Coast to the Pacific Coast.Staying in the middle of the forest with the monkeys around, and going in a boat to see the crocodiles so close, were unforgettable experiences. Staying at the Spa Spring Resort was wonderful. Walking to the Pacific Beach and back, after a swim, (on the last day)was very unpleasant, to say the least.and should be looked at to make it better. That was the only experience I could've done without. Everything else was great.OSHRIA LEVIN
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No zipline for me/us! I loved the adventure and thrill which I never image doing. February 8th-19th 2022 one of the best birthdays.
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Excelletn tour guide. Excellent tourDonald Fry
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Our tour manager made this trip special. Even with some unavoidable issues his thoughtfulness and planning made all the difference
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Zip lining, plantation Tours, home experience and boat rides.Lillian Kovac
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Evergreen Lodge and Pacific sideSusan Nichols
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We loved the amount of nature we were able to see in a short time. We saw tons of monkeys, birds, reptiles and plant life.Susan Hopkins
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Colette had excellent tour inclusions, especially the hanging bridges and wildlife spotting. The tour guide was interesting and informative. The Accommodations were very comfortable.
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Very rainy on the Caribbean, Eco lodge had ants in beds, but took care of issue. Cacao plantation interesting. White water rafting was fabulous. Active tour and a lot of fun.
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Every day was a new experience. The highlight of this tour were the adventures: hiking, river boating, and learning more about the culture.
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We were on a small group tour and we were able to go to so many places that most people would not know about. Back rivers and primal rain forest. We saw soooo many birds and even a big cat sleeping in the treetops. Favorite adventure is hard to pick because all was great, but the zip lining was really thrilling and the hanging bridges were nearly meditative. All of it was wonderful but our guide and driver and all their sub guides were the true stars of the show. So organized.Mary Doherty-callaghan
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The Doubletree Cariari Hotel room, room 1025, in which we spent three nights was the worst room of the hotel. It was noisy from the lobby and the roller bags going early to the airport. The room dark, cold and damp. The drapes of the windows, front and back were never opened. The view from the back window was horrendous. The room should not be allocated during the worst days of the rainy season.Franklin Chow
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Two days involved a lot of travelling but overall a well thought out tour with everything going like clockwork.
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Excellent tour with a fantastic guide and coach driver. Great wildlife - would have been perfect if it hadn't poured with rain all the time!
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Well organised tour, knowledgeable tour guide, good accommodationBarbara Buffton
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Everything went smooth. Would like to get the paper work before the trip a little sooner.
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enjoying nature thru adventures and firsthand experiences,ziplining, white water rafting, hiking, swimming, cooking class, cultural activities, ecolodges, boating, bus trips, and impromtu discussions about daily life of locals.Dawn Lukas
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I didn't have to worry about a thing. plane tickets, in country transportation, meals, accommodations, up time and down time were all provided seamlessly. The local guide was absolutely amazing at spotting and identifying the local wildlife for us.Doris Alberg
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Excellent we got to see so much wildlife..Frieda Cox
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Seeing exotic wildlife and birds close up.James Brindley
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I would have given this 5 stars, but there were a few days where there was too much time spent on the bus. In their defense, the roads are difficult in Costa Rica. Maybe this should be a 15 day tour to allow shorter days of travel between locations. Also, skip Manuel Antonio Park. It is a zoo with too many people. Not the best way to end the tour that kept you away from crowds.
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I think the trip to Tortuguero was my favorite...I loved the boat ride in and the canal ride. I loved our cabin at Evergreen Lodge. The bird walks in the early morning with our tour manager Juan Pablo were fun and informative. All the hotels we stayed at had beautiful grounds and abundant wildlife.Linda Crowe
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The river tour into and out of our stay at the Evergreen hotel. The Evergreen hotel itself! It was the most interesting and beautiful hotel I've ever stayed at! All river tours provided great pleasure.Carol Gusen
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Stopping the bus to ****** a sloth as it crossed a busy highway. The birds!David Botts
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recommend a graphic style picture guide, showing the physical difficulty of each activity. Similar to the pain guide in a doctor's office. drop the first coffee event (with the long twisted tail) in favor of the coffee presentation alone the road café.Henry Miles
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Unique opportunity to see the nature of this country. I loved Tortuguero. The Everygreen Lodge was great. I like staying more than one night at a location, although sometimes it was only one day because of travel and late arrivals. I would have liked another night and full day at Manuel Antonio. And a day in San Jose. The extra excursions offered were already included in the package. A Little confusing.Gail Miller
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Whitewater raft and float trips. Visit to the plantations. TortogeroGeorge Gauger
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Excellent tour manager and excursions.Gladys Sherman
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We really enjoyed the Evergreen Lodge at Torteguero National Pk. It was so quiet and secluded. Food was excellent. The included whitewater rafting trip was lots of fun and a new experience for us, as well as the included ziplining excursion.
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River rafting, eco bat, chocolate,pineapple & coffee tours were the highlight of the trip.Yvonne Darling-atkins
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Loved the Zip Line through the tree canopyDan Lightfoot
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This was first time I have been on an organized tour. Usually I make my own plans. My concern was having a large group and waiting for the last person to get on the bus so I chose a small tour group tour. The group size was 19 and there was never a time where we had to wait for someone to board and thereby, lose time at the next experience. The planned excursions were excellent. I rarely felt rushed. Our full time guide and bus driver were excellence. The most memorable experience was the turtle egg laying excursion (extra cost) in Tortuguero. The meals that were provided were good, as local foods and spices were used. The hotel rooms were what I had expected considering we spent a lot of time in the rain forest. Not all of our hotel stays had air conditioning in rooms, which did not bother me, as the ceiling fans and the large window screens in the rooms provided ample ventilation. PS: Travel light, no one will notice you wore the same shirt a few days ago. Check with the hotel if they provide laundry service, most do, but prices vary. One hotel charge per pound and the other hotel charged per item.
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The white water rafting excursion that was included in the tour, was by far the most fun we have had on any vacation.Nicholas Bagarella
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So many favorite memories, but the zip lining and watching the monkeys swing through the trees stand out in my mind,Joanne Bagarella
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An absolutely superb tour, not to be missed. The zip wire adventure through the jungle was amazing. The tour manager, Ricardo, was the best I've ever come across. So knowledgeable, friendly, caring and with a great sense of humour.Raymond Johnson
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It was a very good tour well organised and interesting. The accommodation was of a very good standard and yet very varied as we moved from place to place. The tour guide was very informative and also well organised so that we were able to enjoy all aspects of our holiday. The standard of our driver meant that we could completely relax and enjoy the journey.Janet Johnson
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Activities and excursions to cater for everyone with knowledgeable staff always on handUp close and personal with the exotic wildlife.One of my many highlights ziplining over the jungle canopy with breathtaking views of The Arenal Volcano Exhilarating and exciting !
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Nice variety of experience - feel like I saw much of the country.
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there is always room for improuvment
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The rain forest and cloud forest were extraordinary. A very friendly, traveler-oriented country. A definite bucket list one!Suzanne Mahaffey
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Favorite experience was zip lining.
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The birds of Costa Rica were incredible!David Myllenbeck
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A fast paced tour with quite a few early starts. Excellent hotels in great locations. Our tour manager was very informative and had a good sense of humour. There were many highlights, the best were seeing a Jaguar in Tortguero and zip lining. I was surprised that a tour of San Jose was not included but we did that by ourselves as we had an extra day at the end of the trip.
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Zip lining beside the volcano and being able to see the beautiful area going down
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Nature tour of Costa Rica was wonderful. A tour director who knows where to find wild life! We would never have seen these things on our own.
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Seeing turtles hatch which are guide set up especially for our group was amazing. Could have lived without the earthquake but he had nothing to do with that
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Perfect except for some embarrassing confusion over tipping, said to be included for British guests but guide not aware. Have taken this up with Collette and awaiting replyAnthony Evers
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The waterfall and swimming hole in west Costa Rica was a highlight.Thomas Mcveigh
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My favorite experiences would be the cruise we took on the Torteguero River, where we saw birds, crocs, and other animals, as well as the Arenal Hanging Bridges tour, where I felt I was on top of the forest (I actually was).
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I mentioned them in the previous response.
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Optional zip wire experienceKeith Scruton
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Resorts were unbelievable. Tours in the jungles were wonderful.
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Riding the boats on the rivers was a fun and different experienceDonna Speich
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First class all the way!!!Stephanie Lenahan
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Loved everything especially the zip lining.Maryellen Scerbo
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As stated above, this was a fantastic tour. It was even more than we expected. We went on this tour for our 50th Anniversary which *personal info removed by Feefo* made very special over and over. We got to see all the habitats we wanted to see and with expert guidance from *personal info removed by Feefo*. Waking up looking out over the Pacific with a toucan 3 feet in front of the window and having hundreds of blue morphos fly all around us just after photographing almost twenty hummingbirds are some of our favorite memories. Thank you for tour but especially for *personal info removed by Feefo*.Mary Bernice Winkler
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Cloud hotel and surroundings outstanding
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The tour was a 4and 1/2 overall. I liked the crocodile boat trip and the Tortoguera segment best.
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all the wide life people so friendly, food excellentJosephine Kunowski
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I already did make a statement about the tour. My favorite experience was the whole Tortuguero experience. Loved being with all the birds and animals around. I could have spent more time there.Donna Swinney
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Excellent hotels and food - good group - felt that we were secure in an unfamiliar environment. Favourite experience - Manuel Antonio National Park and beach.Colin Stone
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Please do not change a thing!! All was a fantastic experience & all the little things done by Ricardo made the trip even more special. The wildlife seen was superb & some would not have been possible without the experts on site so a big thanks to them all.Kevin Taylor
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I liked the immersion into the culture, learning how the people live and seeing how much they love their country and want to protect it and save it for the next generation. They live in one with nature and love and appreciate life. Their existence does not depend on money and material things but appreciating life and the moment.Doris Patteson
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Many excellent moments and we grew to love Costa Rica due to these experiences. Loved our group and the size of the group was especially wonderful. THe only negative was the hotel we stayed in San Jose. Although we thought it was a beautiful property, we had a walking tour in downtown San Jose and had to spend almost $70 in cab fares to get to where the tour began. Also the restaurant in the hotel was very disinterested in us and it took us forever to get our lunch and to get the attention of the wait staff.Leslye
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Other than the San Jose hotel, only one other hotel which I would describe as 3.5 to 4 stars. The planning of the wild life experiences for 9:00 to !0:00 AM, just does not work when it was as hot. The animals are already hunkering down for the day. Having a hotel that is 1 hour and forty-five away from a national park for 2 hours in the park is he waste of a day. The La Quinta hotel was a dump. .Thomas McAuliffe
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River rafting, Zip Line and the Tarcoles River tour. Also enjoyed the Pineapple plantation tourMaurice Bobst
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Our Collette tour was perfect from picking us up at the airport to ensuring that we were returned to the airport with plenty of time to make our flight and a packaged breakfast to take with us since we left very early. The tour manager was excellent, ensuring that everyone was having a good tour and that all the details were managed. She was so enthusiastic about sharing her country with us.Eleanor
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We required a nature holiday & this holiday more than met the brief. Wonderful hotels apart from the rooms at Hotel Punta Leona, Playa Blanca which were cramped & unwelcoming. Excursions were first class & the white water rafting was a great experience. Some culture was included like meeting local farmers & pineapple growers. Tour manager was excellent as was the coach & driver. Many reptiles & birds were spotted by the numerous guides on the included excursions that we would have not seen otherwise. Pace of tour was good but you need to be fairly fit as there was a lot of walking in high humidity over some uneven ground. If you can avoid going via the USA then do so as their immigration lines even for passengers in transit are long & slow. We did not meet our connection home due to late arriving aircraft & the curt nature of United Airlines personnel. Collette were very good & arranged an overnight hotel with transfers. Would not travel with United Airlines again as the meal from Newark to Heathrow was terrible with the main course being burnt & pre-meal cheese being a month out of best by date.Rodger
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Good paced tour. Wildlife we saw was good. HIghlight was probably the whtite water rafting, but whole tour was very enjoyableIan
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Incredible experience. All was planned spectacularly and I could not have asked for more.Paul
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Most accommodation was excellent, we were unimpressed by La Quinta. The food, accommodation, cleanliness and staff left a lot to be desired at this property.Deborah
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A fantastic tour with a great tour manager, Adriana Diaz Rodriguez. Driver was excellent too. Love the small group tours. I loved best the hotel near Arenal and zip lining blew me away. hanging bridges was fun too.Peter
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We did not go to Torteguero Park since we left our lodge too late and other groups that were there earlier got their permits. We felt rushed going through the turtle conservatory. All we saw there was a short (15 minutes) documentary and we had to board our boat to go to the nearly village whereby we were stranded there for at least an hour. We would have liked to go through the exhibit in the conservatory but ....
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Zip line and hanging bridgesGenevieve
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Tour manager knowledgable, helpful & fun. tour nicely paced. seemed to do a lot but not rushed & plenty of time to just wander & see what 'critters' could be found. Abundant sightings of birds, monkeys, reptiles etc. Each place completely different & well chosen. White water rafting tremendous fun. Fantastic holiday!!!Helen
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This was an exceptional tour, far exceeding our expectations, Our Tour Manager Fabian Alfaro was also exceptional, knew what he was doing, and made the process easy for all of us. His knowledge on Costa Rica, the wild life and everything else was very good, cant praise him enough, also a good fellow with a great sense of humour. Only one bad experience and that was our room in La Quinta Country Inn, which left much to be desired, wash basin coming of the wall, and a shower that would not switch off,making a loud noise all night. This hotel is not maintained very well in our oppinion. The rest of our hotels were fine especially Hotel Arenal Manoa, this is outstanding..John Latimer
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Our tour guide was excellent, very knowledgeable and good fun. We enjoyed the fact that the group was only made up of 22 people. The stay near to the Arenal Volcano was great, fantastic view of the volcano and wonderful weather. The bird and wildlife was fantastic. The white water rafting and hanging bridges were amazing experiences. We enjoyed the food, great fresh fruit and salads. The local food was also very good. Our tour manager directed us to some excellent restaurants for lunches. The educational part of the trip such as learning about coffee and chocolate was excellent.
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Did not know the tour manager till the first day of our bus trip, on the bus.
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The tour more than met expectations. The sights, sounds and experience of the rainforest was outstanding. Having a knowledgeable tour manager , in addition to local guides helped foster a desire to return for more. I am already looking forward to my next Collette tour.Deloria
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Loved the chocolate tour, rafting, and zip lining.
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Our two memorable experiences where daring to do white water rafting and zip lining. Seeing the birds and animals in their natural habitats were exactly why we had gone. We were not disappointed. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone else. You get first class service, excellent tour management and never to be forgotten experiences.Ivan
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Loved the tour. Clean comfortable hotels. Great tour guide and driver. Loved seeing all the birds and animals. Thrilled to see Scarlet Macaws at the beach. Loved boat trips, seeing Crocodiles and Iguanas. White water rafting was a new and exciting experience. Transport to and from the airport was wonderful. The actual journey wasn't so much fun. Changing planes in America was stressful.
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Tour was action packed and provided activities to do for everyone. The rain forest experience was Great - waking to the howler monkeys every morning, and then seeing so much of the wildlife and birds. The zip line was a thrill of a lifetime for me-something I will never forget. Loved that we traveled from the city, to the rain forest, to the Carribbean, to the mountains, and to the Pacific Coast. A truly amazing trip.Dorothy
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Very good in all aspects. Lots of varied activities. Excellent tour guides. Good hotels. Fantastic wildlife. Would love to do it all again.Jack
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Great experience with Tour Manager, Omar Torres of exceptional ability and knowledge.Graham
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I loved the natural history aspect of the tour. The guides helped us to see and identify them so now I have 60 different names of birds on my list for Costa Rica. Seeing butterflies, crocodiles, sloths, iguanas, monkeys, frogs, turtles, and more were all part of our experience. At the Punta Leona Hotel the monkeys looked in at us while we ate in the restaurant which had open walls with netting surrounding it so It was as if we were in the cage and they were running free-what fun. We also visited coffee and pinapple plantations as well as a local farm to learn about the agricultural production of the country.The country feels very safe and the locals are friendly and do not beg or interfere with you.Judy
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Excellent tour manager a very enjoyable trip. Tourtagura was very good Arenal was wet and Tarcoles river was a highlight
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