La Paz Waterfall Gardens Tour
When you think about Costa Rica, you probably imagine lush tropical Rain Forests, flowing white rivers, spectacular waterfalls, birds, butterflies and exotic flowers. At La Paz Waterfall Gardens, you will see all that and more. Your personal guide will walk you through the trails of the Butterfly Observatory, the Hummingbird Garden, Serpentarium, Orchid Gardens, Frog Exhibit and of course the spectacular Waterfalls.
Arenal Volcano and Tabacon Hot Springs
There is no complete trip to Costa Rica without a visit to one of the most active volcanoes. This tour will bring you to the best panoramic view of this almost perfectly conical shaped volcano and a close but safe point to examine the lava flow. You will also be able to submerge yourself in the world famous Tabacon Hot Springs, which are comprised of thermo-mineral rivers running at a soothing temperature range from 27 C to 42 C, flowing through exotic tropical gardens, forming natural waterfalls and river pools.
Café Britt Coffee Tour
A classic . . . since 1991 more that half a million visitors have experienced this tour in Heredia, making this tour one of the most visited tours in Costa Rica. As songbirds chirp overhead, you’ll brush up against and touch real coffee bushes, in a real coffee plantation. Savor the sweet taste of a ripe coffee cherry, and breathe in the analyzing aroma of freshly roasted Arabica coffee beans. The production cycle from the seed to the roasting plant comes alive before your very eyes.
San Jose City Tour
You will travel through time while you learn about the history and the rich Costa Rica culture by experiencing the museums and historical sites of San Jose. Visit and tour the National Theater which completed in 1897 is a masterpiece of architecture. Afterwards you will be able to view thousands of different examples of Pre-Colombian gold artifacts dated from 500 BC to 1600 AD in the renowned Gold Museum in downtown San Jose. This tour will conclude with a visit to the Metropolitan Cathedral.
Pacuare Whitewater Rafting Tour Class III-IV
Costa Rica offers some of the world’s finest whitewater rafting rivers. This tour will take you to the Pacuare River, one of the top five rafting rivers in the world. Along it’s course you will discover pure magic, unsurpassed beauty, wildlife and of course exhilarating rapids. This adrenaline-packed day of running whitewater rapids will easily be the highlight of your stay in Costa Rica.
Poas Volcano & Sarchi Oxcart Factory Tour
You will climb to an altitude of 8,884 feet where the two immense craters of the Poas Volcano National Park never seize to amaze its visitors. When the mist and clouds part you’ll seethe sulfuric, bubbling, green rain fed lake at the bottom, surrounded by smoke and steam rising from fumaroles. The pressure causes steam to break out in geysers up to 800 feet high. At 1.6 km wide, it is the largest active crater in the world. Our tour continues on to the country’s most famous artisan town, Sarchi and its countless souvenir and furniture stores. Here you will visit the Joaquin Chaverri Oxcart Factory that opened in 1902 and is recognized as the birthplace of the traditional oxcart construction in Costa Rica.
Irazu Volcano & Cartago City Tour
At over 11,000 ft Irazu is the tallest volcano in the country and has one of the deepest craters in the  world. From the highest point in the park, on a clear day, you can see both, the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea at the same time. The Tour continues on to the former capital city of Costa Rica Cartago. Here you will visit the historical ruins of the cathedral and the Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles which is the object of extensive pilgrimage by about 1.5 million believers yearly. The basilica constitutes a unique mix of colonial architecture as well as 19th century Byzantine style.
The Butterfly Farm Tour
Few places in the world will offer visitors a more in depth view and appreciation of butterflies. At The Butterfly Farm, widely recognized as one of the most popular destinations close to San Jose, all guests receive a two-hour guided tour. Inside an enclosed tropical garden hundreds of Costa Rican butterflies flutter around flowers as trained guides explain about the life cycle and natural history of these fascinating creatures.
INBio Park Tour
InBio Park is an amazing theme park created by the National Institute of Biodiversity, offering an interactive experience with Nature. In an effort to promote bio-literacy in society INBio Park teaches people about Costa Rica’s biological diversity, its value and the importance of conserving it. The park, which covers an area of more than 5 hectares, gives visitors the opportunity to observe many bird species and marvel at the colors of the orchids and bromeliads. Around the lagoon you can enjoy the butterfly garden and the aquarium, as well as get a close look at poisonous frogs, bullet ants, turtles, iguanas and tarantulas.
Guayabo National Monument Tour
The Guayabo National Monument was created in 1973 to conserve the largest archeological site in Costa Rica. The area covers 217 hectares on the slopes of the Turrialba Volcano. Ancient stone carvings of alligator and jaguar gods, ingeniously engineered Pre-Columbian aqueducts where water still flows, and paved roads receding into a lush rainforest—such unexpected sights in Costa Rica unveil a past far mistier than the cloud forests for which this land is better known. This tour will give you a close up look at the excavations of this pre-Columbian city, which was inhabited between 1000 B.C. and 1400 A.D. when it was mysteriously abandoned.
Rain Forest Aerial Tram
The Rain Forest Aerial Tram is a unique ecotourism and research facility which opened in October of 1994.  Visitors from around the world ride the Tram on a fascinating excursion through the rain forest canopy and its hanging gardens of plants and animals hidden at the tops of tall tropical trees. Home to two-thirds of all rain forest species, the rain forest canopy is a little-known world of tremendous beauty and extraordinary biological diversity. The park, (adjacent to Braulio Carillo National Park and only an hour from San Jose), possesses one of the richest canopy communities in the world. The canopy is full of both known and unknown plant and animal species. Due to its inaccessibility, little scientific work has been done concerning life in the tops of tropical trees. The tram, by being the best access tool in the world, has become a center for canopy exploration and research.
Pacific Island Cruise
Cruise on board a super catamaran around beautiful islands in the Gulf of Nicoya. The cruise will take you to Costa Rica’s famous palm studded, white sand beach Isla Tortuga. Enjoy your day at the Pacific Ocean with activities like sunbathing, volleyball, kayaks, snorkeling, bird watching or relaxing in a hammock. You will also be served a elegant gourmet meal accompanied with chilled white wine and live music.
Canopy Tour
No visit to Costa Rica is complete without experiencing the exhilarating rush of a canopy tour. This tour  will give you a completely unique perspective of the rain forest while you soar on zip lines high above the forest floor. This tour takes you over thirteen platforms, constructed around gigantic oak trees connected with galvanized stainless steel cables up to 180 feet above the ground. You will be soaring along the tree tops as well as over 60 feet tall waterfalls. During the tour you will also take short walks on elevated trails exploring the bio-diversity of the rainforest and pass inside the hollow trunk of an old ficus tree.
Golf and Mountain Biking
We also offer on site Mountain Bike rentals as our location is ideal to explore rural Costa Rica and the surrounding mountains at your own pace on one of our brand new mountain bikes.
As a courtesy to our hotel guests we are also able to arrange tee times at some of the leading country clubs in the Central Valley. Please contact us for more details and course information.
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