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Full day Irazu volcano hiking and Cartago city Guided tour from San Jose

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Full day Irazu volcano hiking and Cartago city Guided tour from San Jose

Full day Irazú volcano hiking and Cartago city sightseeing guided tour from San Jose with pick up at your hotel in Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia or San Jose.

The tour will start with your pick up at the lobby of your hotel to drive for around 1.5 hours to get at Cartago city to visit the basílica de los Angeles for about 1 hour. Then we will go to ancient basílica de lo...

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Full day Irazu volcano hiking and Cartago city Guided tour from San Jose

Full day Irazú volcano hiking and Cartago city sightseeing guided tour from San Jose with pick up at your hotel in Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia or San Jose.

The tour will start with your pick up at the lobby of your hotel to drive for around 1.5 hours to get at Cartago city to visit the basílica de los Angeles for about 1 hour. Then we will go to ancient basílica de los Angeles called as Las Ruinas de Cartago and walk for the beautiful trails and gardens.

Then we will have a delicious typical lunch at the very popular restaurants at Cartago. After taking a rest we will continue to the exotic and majestic Irazú Volcano.

Basílica de los Angeles: Thousands of people go every year to the religious center in what is called a "pilgrimage", in gratitude or request for favors. On that date and in accordance with a tradition dating from the late eighteenth century, the image is transferred to the cathedral of Carthage, located in the center of the city,it remains until the beginning of September, when it is returned to the basilica , with a procession popularly called the Passage of the Virgin of the Angels.

Ruinas de cartago or ruins of Cartago are located east of the Plaza Mayor of the city. They are constituted by the walls and staircases of a temple of Romanesque style, whose construction began in the second half of the 19th century and was interrupted as a consequence of the Santa Monica earthquake (May 4, 1910).

Volcan Irazú: With an altitude of 3,432 meters above sea level, it is the highest volcano in Costa Rica. In the surroundings of the craters, a low vegetation can be observed and a diversity of flora and fauna species can be distinguished.

Due to its geological characteristics, it is an area of interest for students and scientists, since it has maintained eruptive manifestations in recent years.


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Hanging bridge and Reptile Amphibians watching with pick up from hotel at San Jose, Alajuela or Heredia

Full day to Monteverde from San Jose hanging brides with and Reptiles and Amphibians watching tour, we pick up at San Jose, Alajuela or Heredia. 

This tour will start with your pick at your hotel to drive for about 3 hours and 30 minutes to get at the restaurant in Monteverde for having a typical and delicious lunch. 

Then we will start the hanging bridges tour with approach long of 3000 meters where you can watch the beautiful views and exotic flora and fauna of Monteverde, then we will start the tour to watch snakes, turtles and other reptiles. For them go back to San Jose   

Founded in the 1950s by a group of Quakers from the U.S.A., Monteverde has gained international renown as one of the most outstanding wildlife sanctuaries in the tropics. The reserve covers an area of 10,500 hectares of land and maintains six different life zones. The climate and the terrain of the reservation produce an incredible bio-diversity. Monteverde is about 1500 meters over the see is a cold place you have to bring your coat and poncho 

What you can see:  

There are at least 400 species of birds in the highest part of the rain forest, which includes the resplendent Quetzal, formerly the sacred bird of the Mayans, more than 100 species of mammals, 120 species of amphibians and reptiles, and approximately 2,500 species of plants, which make Monteverde a true paradise for bird lovers. The reserve has wet and dry seasons, although the higher parts have fog and it rains a lot during the year. 

A new and spectacular way to see the forests in the heights, without doing much physical effort is the "Skywalk" (Walk through the sky), which is done by a series of trails connected with suspended bridges to more than 130 feet, allowing really spectacular views of the forest.

Full day Hiking Manuel Antonio and watching wild life at nature with pick up at your Hotel in San Jose, Alajuela or Heredia.

Full day Hiking Manuel Antonio and watching wild life at nature this tour will start with your pick up at Hotel in San Jose, Alajuela or Heredia to drive for about 3 hours to get at Manuel Antonio National Park and having a delicious and Typical lunch around the zone. 

Then we will start a guided hiking tour for about 2 hours and 30 minutes to watch monkeys, reptiles, birds and much more animals at their natural environment.  Then we will spend some time at the beautiful Manuel Antonio beach, we will have a place to wash and clean before go to back yo your hotel.  

The Manuel Antonio National Park is a natural conservation area located on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica, in the canton of Quepos, province of Puntarenas. 

Manuel Antonio was selected by Forbes Magazine in 2011 among the list of the 12 most beautiful parks in the world.1 

The park is located about 157 km south of the capital San Jose city of Costa Rica and 7 km south of the city of Quepos, between Damas and Matapalo. It was established on November 15, 1972 with an extension of 1,983 ha on the land part and 55,000 ha on the marine side, dedicated to conservation, research and ecotourism oriented towards environmental education.

Arenal Volcano Hike and Hot Springs Tour from La Fortuna

First you will be picked up at your Hotel in la Fortuna de San Carlos to enjoy a typical Costa Rican breakfast. Then let's begin the hiking in one of the trails close to the volcano. The trail will take you through the forest over recent lava flows and the area destroyed in 1968 now in the process of regeneration. You are going to be on this trail for about 2 1⁄2 hours of the total 4 hours of the tour.

Then you will enjoy the Arenal hot spring which are considered a natural expression of the inherent energy to Earth. Geologically, the hot springs resort in Arenal are 97% from rain and 3% from the magma.

Full day Poas Volcano watching and La Paz waterfalls from San Jose, Alajuela, Hererdia with pick up at the lobby of your hotel

The Tour will start with pick up at your hotel to take you at Poas Volcano, as we ascend the mountain, we will see coffee plantations as well as fern, flower and strawberry farms along the way, creating a beautiful array of colors and visuals.

There is a noticeable change in temperature and vegetation, preparing us for the pleasure of the exuberant cloud forest of the Poas Volcano.

The Poás Volcano, is an active 2,708-metre (8,885 ft) stratovolcano. The crater of the volcano is over a mile across and 1050 feet deep.  It has erupted 40 times since 1828, including April, 2017.

At the Volcano we will have time to enjoy the impressive main crater with its sulfur fumaroles, and hike on a trail to the beautiful Botos Lagoon as we learn about the different ecosystems in the park.

Then we will have a delicious typical lunch at the restaurants around the zone.

After taking a rest we will continue to La Paz waterfall. La Paz (Spanish: "the peace") is a waterfall in central Costa Rica. In Spanish, it is known as Catarata de La Paz. It is 31 kilometres (19 mi) north of Alajuela, between Vara Blanca and Cinchona.

The waterfall is located immediately alongside Route 126. The River La Paz forms the waterfall after traversing 8 kilometres (5 mi) of volcanic terrain, and then continues through the rainforest of the eastern side of Poás Volcano. A short path leads behind the waterfall, where a small shrine had been located. Upstream from the waterfall is La Paz Waterfall Gardens, a hotel and park, where visitors can observe many different species of local wildlife.

The waterfall and surrounding area were severely damaged in the 6.1 magnitude earthquake of January 8, 2009. Landslides damaged the road that runs alongside the waterfall.




Tortuguero National Park Day Trip from San Jose

Your tour departs from San Jose and from there you will head towards the mountains of Braulio Carrillo National Park accompanied by your bilingual guide. Drive past the lush serenity of the coffee plantations along slopes sheltered by thick cloud forests and beautiful waterfalls visible from the road. 

Kick start your day with a typical Costa Rican breakfast that includes the popular “Gallo Pinto”. After breakfast, your next stop is the Banana Plantation where the fruit is processed and exported. The fun continues as you leave the bus and your tour takes you on a exciting boat trip into the jungles of Tortuguero National Park, covering over 29,000 hectares and one of the main nesting sites of the Chelonia Midas, the endangered green sea turtle.

After a hearty buffet lunch, take a walk through the village of Tortuguero and get to know the villagers and the history of the area before your return to San Jose in the mid-afternoon with a rest stop along the way.

Full day in Sarapiqui from San Jose, Hiking to watch volcanoes wild life beside a Kayaking tour, we pick you up at your hotel in San Jose, Heredia or Alajuela

Full day in Sarapiqui from San Jose, Hiking to watch volcanoes wild life beside a Kayaking tour, we pick you up at your hotel in San Jose, Heredia or Alajuela 

The day will start with your pick at the hotel in San Jose, Alajuela or Heredia to drive for around 1 hour and 30 minutes to get at the entrance of the volcanoes in Costa Rica, then we will go to  the Laguna del Hule with a beautiful views of the lake and having a typical and delicious lunch and take a rest.  

Then we will have a hiking through the mountains watching the birds and the wild life, to get until the lake to start the kayaking for about 2 hours.  

About 11 km north of the Poas volcano, at the base of the Congo volcano, there are three beautiful lagoons.

The entire area that includes the lagoons and its exuberant vegetation is called Bosque Alegre. The largest of these lagoons is the Hule lagoon, which has a dimension of 1150 mt. (54.7 ha and 26.5 m depth), the Congo Lagoon (14.6 m deep and an area of 15 ha) and a much smaller one without a name.  

The Hule lagoon is, perhaps, one of the most beautiful in the country and the wildlife refuge where one of the places of high tourist potential is located, both for its scenic beauty and for the abundance and biological diversity present in the forest. that surrounds it. The tourist who arrives for the first time at the viewpoint, when the sun shines, is stunned by so much beauty gathered in a sector still unknown to most Costa Ricans.  

Its shallow shores have favored the development of large numbers of aquatic macrophytes and in its waters abound the guapotes. In the surroundings are common armadillos, the capuchin and the congos, the otters in certain nearby rivers and at least 170 species of birds (25% of the total identified in Costa Rica). The odd wild duck usually breaks the monotomy of silence in its fleeting flight and of sonorous fluttering. Other species representative of the area are butterflies and bats, of which 60 and 24 species have been identified, respectively. Given the congenital beauty of this unique volcanic landscape, today it constitutes a protected area called Bosque Alegre Wildlife National Wildlife Refuge.

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