3 Days - 2 Nights
( CODE: CRWP23 )
On this package you leave San Jose about 8:30 in the morning to drive
through the Central Volcanic Mountain Range, passing by the town of
Grecia; where the main attraction is its steel church; Sarchi, the hand
- craft town of Costa Rica, place in which you will be able to see the
decoration of the traditional oxcarts; Zarcero whose central park is
decorated with natural pine trees shaped in different figures. Here
you will make a stop for lunch. Descending from the top of the mountain
you will go through small towns like Tapezco, Zapote, and others, down
to Ciudad Quesada; capital of the district of San Carlos. San Carlos
is a very rich agricultural district; beef, cattle, yucca, pineapple,
lumber, tiquisque, cocoa beans, ornamental plants, etc. You will be
arriving to your hotel about 2:00 pm, after check - in, take a little
rest and then out again to the country side for a naturalist hike, looking
for birds that are abundant in this area: herons, egrets, plains chachalacas,
quails, hawks, vultures, eagles, kites, caracaras, falcons, doves, parrots,
parakeets, owls, hummingbirds, trogons, woodpeckers, toucans and many
more.
Also, major attractions are the monkeys. Before the sunset, you will
visit the Tabacón Hot Springs where surrounded by nature, you
will relax at this tropical paradise, always the expectation of when
the perfect conic volcano will make eruption. Overnight at the area.
Next morning, after breakfast, you will make a drive of about 1:30 hours
to the town of Los Chiles, where you take a small boat by the Rio Frio.
You will visit the Caño Negro Wild Life Preserve. At Caño
Negro you will be able to see: caimans, slots, monkeys and a lots of
birds. Lunch and soft drinks are included on the boat trip. Back to
the local hotel mid-afternoon, rest of the day to enjoy the hotel facilities.
Overnight at the area. The last day after breakfast, morning visit to
the Fortuna Waterfall. Afternoon return back to San Jose, arriving about
4:00 pm.
| Includes: Transportation, tour guide, one entrance to
Tabacon Hot Springs, entrance to La Fortuna Waterfall, entrance
to Caño Negro National Park, lodging, snacks, lunch and soft
drinks. Wear: Confortable clothes and shoes, sunglasses, hat or cap. Bring: Cameras, binoculars, sunscreen lottion and insect Repellent.
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