4 Days - 3 Nights
( CODE: CRWP25 )
DAY 1: Departure about 8:30 am from San
Jose to visit the Oxcart Factory of Sarchi and the beautiful park of
Zarcero. Lunch on route. Check in at your hotel around 2:00 pm. Afternoon
hike by the Arenal Volcano to observe animal activity, mainly monkeys
and birds. At night time visit to the Tabacón Hot Springs. Overnight
at Arenal.
DAY 2: After breakfast about 8:00 am drive
from La Fortuna to Los Chiles, border town with Nicaragua, to take the
boat ride of about 2:30 hours navigating the "Rio Frio" to
the Caño Negro Lagoon National Park. Here the flora and fauna
is exuberant, you will be able to see hoarder monkeys, white face monkeys,
spider monkeys, three and two toe slots, turtles, reptiles, Caymans,
and many birds; anhingas, Jabirus, Wood Storks, Roseate Spoonbills,
White Ibis, some herons and Limpkins like: the great blue heron, little
blue heron, cattle egret, great egret, rufous tiger - heron among others.
Lunch included at the river trip. Return to your hotel will be about
4:30 pm. Overnight at Arenal area.
DAY 3: Breakfast and morning drive around
the Lake Arenal, through the towns of Nuevo Arenal, Tilaran, El Dos
and Cabeceras, a drive of about 4 hours to the town of Santa Elena.
Check in and lunch at your hotel about 2:00 pm. Afternoon visit to the
Butterfly Farm or SkyWalk, and the Cheese Factory. Overnight at Monteverde.
DAY 4: Early breakfast and morning visit
to the Monteverde Reserve, slides show and the Hummingbird Gallery,
also visit to the Souvenir Center. After lunch return back to San Jose,
on a 3:30 hour drive through towns like Sardinal, Guacimal, Puntarenas,
Esparza, San Ramon, Palmares and Alajuela arriving about 5:30 pm to
your hotel.
| Includes: Transportation, tour guide, one entrance to
Tabacon Hot Springs, one entrance to Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve,
Ox-cart Factory, Zarcero, Tour to Caño Negro National Park,
slide show, butterfly farm or Sky Walk, visit to Cheese Factory,
Souvenir Center, Hummingbird Gallery and lodging. Wear: Confortable clothes and shoes, sunglasses, hat or cap. Bring: Cameras, binoculars, sunscreen lottion and insect Repellent.
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