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Luxury Rainforest
Romantic Adventure filled with eco-friendly adventures and peaceful evenings spent in Costa Rica's best resorts.
Day 1 - Arrival to Costa Rica
At the pre-arranged time personnel from Costa Rica Dream Travel will be at the International Airport in San Jose or Liberia to welcome your passengers, give them the trip documentation and transfer them to the selected hotel located in Arenal Volcano area.
Day includes: Private transportation, lodging and hotel taxes.
Overnight: Hotel Amor Arenal, Canyon Casita - www.amorarenal.com
Transfer duration: 3 hours approximately.
Note: Please note that check in time in Costa Rica is at 3:00 p.m. If your flights arrives early, please be aware that your room may not be ready at your arrival
Day 2 - Arenal Lake Sunset Boat tour
During the morning, you will have time at leisure to enjoy the area, relax at the hotel, or experience an optional tour.
Before sunset, enjoy a Sunset View on boat at the Arenal Lake.
Lake Arenal is the best place in the region to enjoy a sunset, but access to the best points of the coast is only possible by boat. The sunset illuminates the west flank of the volcano with warm colors, the details of the crevices and canyons are best appreciated at sunset, these are the scars that mark the mountain in each period of activity. The coasts are surrounded by lush vegetation and, high in the Blue Mountains, you can see windmills that produce energy. Unique landscapes that you want to capture in your photographs.
While you navigate in these calm waters, the boat will be right between the volcano and the sunset, in the journey of about two hours, it is common to observe herons, kingfishers, and anhingas, what´s more, with a bit of luck you will also observe mammals such as sloths monkeys or coatis.
Your guide will provide very interesting information that will allow you to understand the history of the lake and the volcano and how both came to be so visited by tourists from all over the world.
As the sun sets and the breeze from the lake caresses your face, it is time for a glass of good wine and cheese to celebrate the end of a wonderful day.
Day includes: Breakfast, Sunset View on boat at Arenal Lake tour in regular basis, transportation in SIB (shared), English Speaking tour guide, wine and cheese on board, lodging and hotel taxes.
Overnight: Hotel Amor Arenal, Canyon Casita - www.amorarenal.com
Tour duration: 2 ½ hours approximately (This time includes the tour time, lunch time and travel time to and from the actual activity area)
Day 3 - Hanging bridges and Sloth hike
During the morning, you will enjoy a guided hike at the Arenal Hanging Bridges.
This day after your pick up at your hotel you will have a wonderful hike that gives you the opportunity to explore and appreciate the beauty of the forest and the Arenal Volcano. On this tour, you will hike above the trees and experience the marvelous subcanopy and canopy forest like never before.
The Arenal Hanging Bridges tour takes place on a 600-acre reserve filled with lush vegetation and a variety of birds and animals which your experienced guide will help you spot. The trail itself is 2 miles (3 km) in length, crossing ten fixed bridges and 6 suspension bridges with lengths between 16 and 328 feet (5 to 100 meters) and up to 180 feet (55 meters) high, allowing the exploration of the different levels of the forest and offering the opportunity to observe a greater number of species. The trail is laid out a maximum grade of seven degrees so that anyone can walk it.
After this unforgettable adventure, you will be ready to go back to your hotel.
During the afternoon, you will enjoy a guided hike on search of sloths and other wildlife.
This day your driver will be waiting for you at your hotel and take you on a search of one of the most emblematic animals of the fauna in Costa Rica, the sloths! These small and gracious friends are particularly beautiful, owners of a tenderness with an eternal smile that makes it seem that they are always happy.
The tour starts with a short hike through the secondary forest and try to find them. Generally, on this special pathway it is very common that you can find these little green mammals, even if they try to blend in with the flora, the expert guide knows their secrets, so they do not hide for a long time. In addition, you can see many fabulous plants and your tour guide will teach you curious facts about them.
Because of its location and type of flora this trail is very diverse in birds, so as to complement a morning or afternoon full of wildlife you can appreciate many species of local birds. Definitely this is a tour for sloths and bird lovers!
At the end of this wonderful search the driver will proceed to take you back to your hotel.
Day includes: Breakfast, Mistico Hanging Bridges in regular basis, Sloths hike in regular basis, round trip transportation from and to the hotel transportation (shared), English Speaking tour guide, entrance fees, equipment rental, lodging and hotel taxes.
Overnight: Hotel Amor Arenal, Canyon Casita - www.amorarenal.com
Tour duration: 3 hours approximately each (This time includes the tour time and travel time to and from the actual activity areas)
Day 4 - Welcome to the Pacific!
During the day, leisure time to enjoy the area.
Day includes: Lodging in all inclusive system and hotel taxes
Overnight: Hotel Westin Playa Conchal, Westin Club Room adults only - www.westin.com
Day 5 - Day at leisure
During the day, leisure time to enjoy the area.
Day includes: Lodging in all inclusive system and hotel taxes
Overnight: Hotel Westin Playa Conchal, Westin Club Room adults only - www.westin.com
Day 6 - Sunset Sailing Tour
During the morning, you will have time at leisure to enjoy the beach, relax at the hotel, or experience an optional tour.
After midday, you will be ready to enjoy a fantastic afternoon on board a catamaran.
This day you will be picked up from your hotel and be taken to the dock where you will board a luxurious catamaran for your sunset cruise.
The tour starts at the Flamingo Marina area where the cruise will set the sail and navigate for about five miles giving you access to some of the most beautiful isolated beaches and diving locations of Costa Rica. You will then stop in a peaceful bay where a snorkeling guide will be pleased to show you marine wildlife or you can enjoy a double seat kayak or paddleboard. While you’re exploring the surroundings, the crew will prepare a delicious typical buffet snack. After you finished, you will set sail again and you can experience a Costa Rican sunset from a breathtaking vantage point on the Pacific Ocean. While comfortably enjoying the luxuries of the catamaran, keep your eyes open for dolphins, whales, sea turtles and manta rays that may be playing in the nearby waters.
When you get back to the dock your driver will take back to your hotel.
Day includes: Sunset Sailing tour in regular basis, transportation in SIB (shared), English Speaking tour guide, lodging in all inclusive system and hotel taxes.
Overnight: Hotel Westin Playa Conchal, Westin Club Room adults only-www.westin.com
Transfer duration: 4 hours approximately (This time includes the tour time, lunch time and travel time to and from the actual activity area)
Day 7 - Day at leisure
During the day, leisure time to enjoy the area.
Day includes: Lodging in all inclusive system and hotel taxes
Overnight: Hotel Westin Playa Conchal, Westin Club Room adults only - www.westin.com
Day 8 - Goodbye Costa Rica
At the pre-arranged time, and according to the international flight schedule, you will be transferred from the hotel to the International Airport to take the international flight back.
Day includes: Breakfast and private transportation from the hotel to the Airport
Transfer Duration: 1 hour approximately