Experience Costa Rica’s highlights—from Arenal and Monteverde to Manuel Antonio—with wildlife encounters, a serene river float and beach time at the end.
  • Visit the Doka Coffee Estate and learn Costa Rican coffee traditions.
  • Walk Arenal National Park’s lava trails to an Arenal Volcano viewpoint.
  • Float the Penas Blancas River, spotting sloths, toucans, and caiman.
  • Explore Monteverde Cloud Forest on a guided night walk.
  • Search for quetzals in Monteverde’s cloud forests.
  • Cross the Rio Tarcoles Bridge to view enormous crocodiles below.
  • Witness scarlet macaws in Carara Biological Reserve’s transitional forest.
  • Explore Manuel Antonio’s white-sand beaches alongside capuchin monkeys and iguanas.
Stay in hotels selected for convenient locations, including Autentico Hotel in San Jose (or similar), Hotel San Bosco Inn in La Fortuna (or similar), Monteverde Country Lodge (or similar), and La Foresta Nature Resort in Manuel Antonio (or similar), as outlined in the itinerary with properties listed as or similar.