San Jos Pos Volcano 50 Kms1:45 hours

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San José Poás Volcano 50 Kms 145 hours
Poás Volcano Arenal Area 100 kms 3 hours
Arenal Monteverde 115 kms 4 hours
Monteverde Jacó Beach 120 kms 3 hours
Jacó Beach San José 100 kms 2 hours
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• Meet Greet the International Airport

Overnight at Country Inn Suites Hotel or
similar

Dinner at the hotel
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Country Hospitality A very simple promise to its
guests that Country Inn Suites by Carlson is
a warm, friendly place where you will always feel
welcome. Guests looking for personal country
hospitality, approachable, responsive personnel
and service with a smile will find them here.
Guests can also count on appealing, comfortable
accommodations and reasonable rates.
One should head south out of the Juan Santamaría
Airport and follow the General Cañas Highway 6
miles. Immediately after the San Antonio de Belén
and Heredia Intersection underpass, take the
right-lane exit and continue eight blocks south.
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• Poás Volcano Tour

Overnight at Eco Lodge reserved directly by
Explorica
Breakfast at Country Inn Lunch on a local restaur
ant
Dinner at Eco Lodge
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Poas is a compound basaltic volcano that towers
2.708 metres above sea level. At the rim there ar
e two craters. The main crater measures 1.5 kms
in diameter and is 300 metres deep. It has a
circular hot-water lake at the bottom, 350 metres
in diameter, and a cinder cone 40 meters high
with very active fumaroles. The second crater is
the seat of a cold-water lake, Botos, which
clearly originates from rainfall and drains into
the Caribbean by means of the River Angel, a
tributary of the River Sarapiquí.
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Just a short taxi ride from La Fortuna, this
waterfall is an easy hike and a great refreshing
swim. This beautiful waterfall is set in the ra
inforest near the edge of Arenal Volcano National
Park and is managed by a local community
development group (Association de Desarrollo de
Fortuna).
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The Arenal Volcano is one of the most spectacular
sites in Costa Rica and it is an absolute must
see. This almost perfect cone, which soars 1.633
meters above sea level, has a crater 140 meters
deep formed over an ancient caldera. It dates
back to 2-3 million years and is one of the most
consistently active volcanoes in the world. This
awesomely powerful mountain erupts with
tremendous force several times per day.
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All meals are included in Ecolodge by Explorica
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• Horseback Riding Tour
• Visit to a local school

Overnight at Quetzal Inn or similar
Breakfast at Eco Lodge Lunch Dinner at Quetzal
Inn
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In this 2 ½ hour tour you will enjoy of beautiful
views of the Gulf of Nicoya while traveling along
side-roads inside Monteverde, Santa Elena, and a
coffee, sugar cane and banana plantation. Enjoy
the pleasure of horse-back riding the
surroundings of the Park.
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The new Quetzal Inn is a small family Hotel in
the village of Santa Elena, near the Pension
Santa Elena. With free parking and within a 5
minute walk from the, bakery, supermarket, 5
restaurants, public bus stop shuttles for the
reserves and Canopy Tours.
Quetzal Inn offers new rustic rooms, all wood,
private bathroom with hot shower, 1 double bed
1 single bed, 1 room with 3 single beds. In the
center of the village, 100 meters from the main
house of Pension Santa Elena.
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A major destination for nature lovers, Monteverde
is a very unique community and a magical
biological reserve. Many rare species, including
the quetzal and the three-wattled bellbird live
in this land of greenery. The cloud forest
stretches from the lush ferns and mosses that
cover the ground to the dark canopy formed by the
tallest trees.
Vines and web like moss hang down and swing
slowly in to the breeze. A group of Quakers
mostly from the United States founded the colony
of Monteverde 40 years ago. They chose Costa
Rica for its peace and tolerance. Monteverde is
just below the cloud forest, far from tropical
heat. Today, the people raise dairy cattle and
goats on the steep slopes above the village of
Santa Elena.
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Canopy Tour The Canopy Tour guides will start by
dressing you with the appropriate equipment then
they will take you through each of the 15 cables
and 18 platforms and optionally through the very
own Tarzan Swing. Selvatura Parks is one of the
longest if not the longest Canopy Tour in Costa
Rica. Also its the only one located inside the
actual virgin cloud forest.
Hanging Bridges Selvatura's Treetop Walkways is
a 1.9 mile (approximately 3 kilometer ) trail
that crosses through the cloud forest, in which
its visitors will walk through eight different
bridges from various lengths ranging between 150
feet ( 50 meters ) up to 510 feet ( 170 meters )
and altitudes ranging between 36 feet ( 12 meters
) up to 180 feet ( 60 meters ).
Overnight at Quetzal Inn or similar
Breakfast Dinner at Quetzal Inn
Box Lunch at Selvatura
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Afternoon Free
Breakfast at Quetzal Inn Lunch Dinner at Fuego
del Sol
Overnight at Fuego del Sol Hotel or similar
booked directly by Explorica
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White sandy beaches, cliffs, points, ravines,
rivers, rainforest, varied wildlife and a very
hot climate are some of the components of Manuel
Antonio National Park on the Pacific coast , 7
kms. South of Quepos Harbour. There are other hab
itats besides the forest, such as mangrove swamp,
lagoons, littoral woodland and island vegetation.
The park houses a total of 109 species of mammals
and 184 of birds. Crabs abound in the small
intermittent lagoons covered with gramineous
plants and heliconias, a typical species being
the brightly colored mouth less crab that
migrates to the beach at the beginning of the
rainy season. The lagoons are also home to
Caymans, boa constrictors, grass snakes,
white-nosed coatis and raccoons.
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Overnight at Country Inn Suites Hotel or
similar

Breakfast at Fuego del Sol Lunch in a local resta
urant
Farewell Dinner at Country Inn
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• Assistance and transfer to the International
  Airport 3 hours before flight departure.

Breakfast at Country Inn Suites