EcoVentures Travel
Safaris and nature tours for discriminating individuals

River & Rainforest Explorer
8 Days / 7 Nights

Rates and what is included

Day 01 Arrival - San Jose
Arrival. A representative from Costa Rican Trails will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the Hotel Fleur de Lys in downtown San Jose.

Overnight at the Hotel Fleur de Lys, standard rooms. Breakfast included.

Day 02 Shared Poas Volcano – Doka Coffee Estate Tour
First you visit the Poas Volcano and then the Doka Estate Farm, which is a private tourist resort that offers to the visitor an unforgettable experience in a plantation unique for their technology and coffee process. A visit to our plantation will provide you with knowledge about the different methods of cultivation from the seedling to the matured plant; the opportunity to be exposed to the manual harvesting of coffee and what the different variables such as altitude, the volcanic soils, the temperature and the plant itself (Arabica) will do to make an excellent quality coffee.

Includes: Transportation, Poas Volcano entrance fee, bilingual guide & lunch.

After a terrific lunch (include on the package) return to San Jose.

Overnight at the Hotel Fleur de Lys, standard rooms. Breakfast included.

Day 03 Shared Rain Forest Aerial Tram
Departure from San José on shuttle transfer to the Rain Forest Aerial Tram – Caribbean.

Located 50 minutes away from San José,  visitors will  enjoy the beautiful sites of the Costa Rican coffee plantations and agricultural areas on the way.

They will travel 30 minutes through Braulio Carrillo National Park along the main road that connects the capital city with the Caribbean Coast.

Arrival to the Rain Forest Aerial Tram where participants will be welcomed by their friendly staff. At this boarding area guests will be invited to board for the tractor experience, as participants will enter the facility in an open-air coach pulled by a tractor.  A stop will be made for a short walk over the hanging bridge, where they can experience the fascination of the forest and the clear fresh water river that is filled with machacas, a local fish.

Lunch will be ready at our main Restaurant.

An informational video will be presented at our Video Room where the forest, not walls, surrounds the room, which is perfect to gather participants and introduce them to our project.

After this short video presentation guests will be divided into smaller groups, to proceed directly to the boarding station for the Tram Ride The idea is to show all visitors the different levels of a rainforest, including the treetops or canopy - the hardest level to access and up to now the least scientifically known part of the forest.  The length of the Tram ride is about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Dinner included that night.

Evening Butterfly presentation by an expert naturalist guide where the group will have the opportunity of learning about the different kinds of butterflies that exist at our Forest.

Overnight at the Rainforest Lodge, jungle bungalows. Full board included.

Day 04 Shared Chirripo Whitewater Rafting
After breakfast, pick up clients at the Rainforest Lodge for the approximately 20 minutes drive to the river put-in.

After a short safety briefing, you will rig your raft and begin the journey downriver. ThisTrip offers class III + rapids down the Chirripo river through the voluminous rapids with lots of waves that will make the experience unforgettable. Upon finishing the tour, you will have time to change your clothes and begin the trip to the Rainforest Lodge. You will also receive a box lunch. 

You will be dropped off at the Rainforest Lodge main entrance. From there, a lodge’s shuttle will take you to the front desk.

Dinner included that night at the lodge.

Nightly Insect presentation by an expert naturalist guide where the group will have the opportunity of learning about the different kinds of insects  that exist at our Forest.

Overnight at the Rainforest Lodge, jungle bungalows. Full board included.

Day 05 Tortuguero National Park
After breakfast, we will pick you up at the main gate of the Rainforest Lodge, and will be transferred approximately 3 hours to Caño Blanco Port. Then, we will enjoy a boat ride along the canals of Tortuguero National Park. On the way, short stop for breakfast.

One of Costa Rica’s most popular ecotourism destinations, the canals and rivers of Tortuguero National Park are a study in rainforest, freshwater and marine biology.  The park and small town of Tortuguero can only be accessed by boat or small aircraft. Considered one of the world’s major nesting sites for the Atlantic green turtle, you can see these great creatures between July and October.

Arrive at Laguna Lodge for lunch. The lodge will schedule a tour to the village in the afternoon. This tour to the village of Tortuguero will provide detailed information of its history, culture and work in favor of conservation of the sea turtles and the flora and fauna in general.

They will also visit the Sea Museum of the ''Caribbean Conservation Corporation''.

Overnight at Laguna Lodge, standard rooms. Full board included.

Day 06 Tortuguero Canals
After breakfast, guests will enjoy the boat tours along the canals of Tortuguero.

They will visit the canals within the National park to discover a large variety of birds and receive detailed information on the flora and fauna of the area.

Return to the lodge for lunch. Afterwards take a hiking trip to the Hill of Tortuguero: It provides impressive views on the whole valley of Tortuguero and from the trail it is easy to discover different species of inhabitants among which are three different kinds of monkeys, sloths, caimans, turtles, iguanas, poison arrow frogs and many birds and insects including the blue butterfly (Morpho peleides).

Overnight at Laguna Lodge, standard rooms. Full board included.

Day 07 Return to San Jose
Take boat-bus trip back to San Jose.

Afternoon arrival to the Hotel Fleur de Lys.

Overnight at the Hotel Fleur de Lys, standard rooms. Breakfast included.

Day 08 Departure
Departure. Private transfer will be provided to the International airport.

End of services.

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