8-Nights Costa Rica Rainforest - Small Group
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1/9/2027
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Travel across Costa Rica on a Small Group tour that links pre-Columbian heritage, artisan towns, cloud forest and the Pacific coast. In San José, enjoy a Before-Hours visit to the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum. Share an authentic experience with Randall and Doña Aradina for lunch and a visit to their orchid garden, then visit an organic farm on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience to cook with garden produce you’ve harvested. Learn about cloud-forest restoration with naturalist Edwin Ramírez, walk Monteverde’s hanging bridges and take a Bebedero River tour before your stay in Guanacaste.
Dining Summary
- 4 Dinner (D)
- 8 Breakfast (B)
- 2 Lunch (L)
- San José: Walk through central San José to see Plaza de la Cultura and the Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, then continue to Plaza de la Democracia y de la Abolición, the National Museum of Costa Rica and Parque Nacional.
- La Fortuna: Join a guided nature walk to explore the rainforest habitats of the Arenal region. As you walk, you’ll learn how heat, rainfall and volcanic soils shape local plant life, and how these conditions support species ranging from birds and insects to mammals and amphibians found in the forest.
- Monteverde: Explore the first hanging bridges built in Costa Rica as you walk the Monteverde cloud forest with a naturalist. You’ll cross six bridges, suspended up to 50 m (164 ft) above the forest floor, giving a clear view into different layers of the canopy.
- Bebedero: Cruise the Bebedero River by boat through one of north-west Costa Rica’s key wetland systems. From the river, watch for water birds, reptiles and mammals along the banks, with changing scenery between river forest and open wetland margins.
- San José: Enter the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum before opening with your Local Expert. You’ll view gold pendants and figurines shaped into animal forms alongside ceremonial pieces that show how metalwork signaled identity and belief.
- La Paz Cloud Forest: Walk through a reforested section of cloud forest with Edwin Ramírez as he explains how restoration is planned and maintained on this terrain. You’ll hear how persistent mist and elevation shape cloud forest conditions, and why protecting these habitats is linked to biodiversity and water systems beyond the region.
- San José: Visit Randall and Doña Aradina at their home and walk through their orchid garden with the family. You’ll see a variety of orchids and tropical planting, then sit down for lunch and hear how the garden is cared for and grown in this climate.
- La Fortuna: At Finca Educativa Don Juan, lunch is shaped by seasonal harvesting and sustainable farming. You’ll see sugar cane pressed at the trapiche, gather produce from the farm and join a cooking workshop using ingredients picked during your visit, before sitting down to your Farm-to-Table lunch. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.
- La Fortuna: Ride in a safari truck to the start of the zipline course, then move through 11 cables strung between platforms in the hills above La Fortuna. From the lines and platforms, you’ll look out across forest and farmland in the Arenal region.
- La Fortuna: Follow the life of cacao from start to finish, learning how it is grown, fermented and dried before it becomes chocolate. You’ll also learn how traditional chocolate drinks developed, then taste organic chocolate.
- Choose between two carefully selected activities
- La Fortuna: Ride in a safari truck to the start of the zipline course, then move through 11 cables strung between platforms in the hills above La Fortuna. From the lines and platforms, you’ll look out across forest and farmland in the Arenal region.
- La Fortuna: Follow the life of cacao from start to finish, learning how it is grown, fermented and dried before it becomes chocolate. You’ll also learn how traditional chocolate drinks developed, then taste organic chocolate.