COLORFUL COSTA RICA ADVENTURE

FEATURING TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2026

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 

San Jose • Coffee Plantation Visit • Tortuguero National Park • Pineapple Farm Visit • Arenal • Lake Arenal Cruise • Arenal National Park • Monteverde • Selvatura Cloud Forest & Hanging Bridges • Sarchi Artisan Village

INCLUSIONS: 

Roundtrip Airfare from Roc or Buf • Int'l Air Departure Taxes, Fuel & Fees • 8 Nights Hotel/Lodge Accommodations • 18 Meals (8 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 6 Dinners • Professional Naturalist Tour Guide • Roundtrip Hotel Transfers • Admissions & Sightseeing per Itinerary • Baggage Handling at Hotels 

ACCOMMODATIONS:

1 Night: Wyndham Herradura Hotel, Hotel Crowne Plaza Corobici or Similar • 2 Nights: Evergreen Lodge, Pachira Lodge, Mawamba Lodge, or Similar • 2 Nights: Arenal Paraiso, Mountain Paradise Hotel, Montana de Fuego, or Similar • 2 Nights: Hotel El Establo, Montana Monteverde, Hotel Heliconia, or Similar • 1 Night: Wyndham Herradura Hotel, Hotel Crowne Plaza Corobici, or Similar

PRICE PER PERSON:

Booking Discount*: $4,595 pp double
Regular Rate: $4,695 pp double
Single Supplement: +$750

BOOKING DISCOUNT: Save $100 Per Person ($200 Per Couple*) Make your final payment by check prior to the final payment due date & receive a $100 per person / $200 per couple booking discount! • Initial deposit can be made by check or credit card to be eligible. • Payments after the initial deposit are considered part of the final payment & must be made by check.

DEPOSIT & FINAL PAYMENT: A deposit of $600 per person is due with the Reservation Form to secure reservations. The final payment due date is August 6, 2026.

PREMIER’S TRAVEL PROTECTION PLAN (TPP): $425 per person (must purchase with initial deposit)

Itinerary:

Day 1: Depart USA - Arrive San Jose: Arrive in San Jose, meet your Professional
Naturalist Tour Director and transfer to your hotel. On the 4th voyage of Christopher
Columbus in 1502, the explorer and his crew discovered the Caribbean side of a beautiful territory he called, “Costa Rica” or “Rich Coast”. Costa Rica is Central America’s greatest hidden gem, a haven for eco-tourism featuring lush forests, magnificent waterfalls, rumbling volcanoes and diverse ecosystems. Transfer to
your hotel for an overnight stay.

Day 2: San Jose - Tortuguero Nat'l Park: After breakfast journey east to the Caribbean shore and Tortuguero National Park. On the way, stop and enjoy a coffee plantation visit and tour. Next, pass by several banana plantations and see one of Costa Rica’s main exports being harvested. Later, board a motor launch for your
cruise along the Tortuguero Canals, waterways crisscrossing a national park dedicated to the protection of endangered turtles. The trained eyes of your guide and boatman help you spot freshwater turtles, caimans, herons, toucans, egrets, and monkeys. An afternoon at leisure lets you explore your jungle lodge until you meet for an informative slideshow presentation on the area. Arrive at your lodge and enjoy an included
lunch and check-in for a two night stay.

Day 3: Tortuguero National Park: This morning enjoy a guided walking tour through the local trails with some free time before lunch. In the afternoon, visit Tortuguero Nat’l Park and experience the “Amazon of Costa Rica” aboard small open boats with an opportunity to see macaws, sloths, monkeys and other native species. While on this spectacular boat cruise through the various canals be sure to keep an eye out for wildlife including howler monkeys, sloths, toucans, aquatic birds, crocodiles, caimans and exotic flora. It protects over 350 species of birds and mammals as well. Free time before dinner.

Day 4: Tortuguero - Sarapiqui - Arenal: A morning boat transfer begins your journey to the Sarapiqui area. Tour a pineapple farm owned by a local family, and learn about the history, cultivation, and industry of pineapples and other indigenous crops. Continue to your hotel in the lush town of Arenal, located in the shadow of Arenal Volcano. After settling in, enjoy some free time before dinner.

Day 5: Arenal - Family Farm Visit: Today, explore a family-owned farm, getting a
peek into the daily lives of the locals. During a tour of the gardens, learn how the plants are organically grown through the concept of sustainability. The farm considers itself a “classroom without borders.” Taste the exotic fruit harvest and experience the traditional way to process sugar cane before engaging in a culinary demonstration and a farm-to-table lunch.

Day 6: Lake Arenal Cruise - Monteverde:  Enjoy a delightful cruise on Lake Arenal, Costa Rica’s largest and most important lake. Then, it’s off to the secluded Monteverde Cloud Forest, a place you have to see to believe, where trees grow to heights of 100 feet. Set off on a nature walk through this spectacular ecosystem, where you’re sure to encounter many incredible species of flora and fauna.

Day 7: Monteverde: This morning, visit Selvatura Cloud Forest for a
leisurely paced “Hanging Bridges” walking tour. Over 600 species of butterflies and 400 species of birds have been recorded inside this private reserve, along with 100 reptile and 120 mammal species that hide within the dense vegetation. Later, visit the family-owned Ecological Sanctuary, where you will explore the trails through coffee and banana plantations filled with endemic wildlife and beautiful scenery.

Day 8: Monteverde - San Jose: Following breakfast this morning, travel to visit Sarchi Village, known as the center of Costa Rican handcrafts and where you will see the artists in their workshops making the famous oxcarts. Next stop is Grecia Village to see the metal church that was imported from Belgium to Puerto Limon in 1897. The church was transported by oxcarts to its present-day location but sat in the plaza for 10 years before being reconstructed. This evening toast to the pura Vida of Costa Rica over a farewell dinner.

Day 9: San Jose - Return Flight to USA: Transfer to the airport in San Jose and fly home filled with wonderful memories of your Colorful Costa Rica tour and adventure.