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8-Day Best of Northwest Costa Rica from San Jose: Arenal Volcano National Park, Alajuela and Guanacaste
8-Day Best of Northwest Costa Rica from San Jose: Arenal Volcano National Park, Alajuela and Guanacaste
8-Day Best of Northwest Costa Rica from San Jose: Arenal Volcano National Park, Alajuela and Guanacaste

8-Day Best of Northwest Costa Rica from San Jose: Arenal Volcano National Park, Alajuela and Guanacaste

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Overview

Discover the best of northwest Costa Rica on this 8-day tour including Arenal Volcano National Park, Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge and the super combo tour in Guanacaste. Visit some of the most popular destinations and explore the wonders of nature in this small country inhabited by approximately six percent of the world’s biodiversity. You’ll see Arenal Volcano as you relax in a thermal hot spring, enjoy a floating safari through a tropical rainforest, go horseback riding and try a mud bath – with two days to relax at your leisure or continue adventuring with multiple options.

Activity location

  • Cano Negro
    • Cano Negro, Costa Rica

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Cano Negro
    • Cano Negro, Costa Rica

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedShared airport transfer
  • What's includedWhat's included4 nights accommodation in Tamarindo
  • What's includedWhat's included2 nights accommodation in La Fortuna
  • What's includedWhat's includedDinner
  • What's includedWhat's includedMeals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
  • What's includedWhat's included1 nights accommodation in San Jose
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by air-conditioned minivan in Arenal/Guanacaste
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks, unless specified

Know before you book

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please note: you can book the optional tours while in destination
  • Note: single rooms are only available for 1 person, double rooms for 2 and triple rooms for 3. If you book additional passengers in the rooms, your booking will be rejected and a full refund will be processed

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Costa Rica
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Country Inn and Suites or Presidente Hotel (or similar) in San José
Central American Tours
  • 30m
After your arrival at the San José airport, you’ll be greeted by your driver and transferred to your selected hotel.
Day 2: Arenal Volcano Area
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Arenal Paraiso or Arenal Kioro (or similar) in La Fortuna
Arenal Volcano National Park
  • 10h
Head north to explore the impressive Arenal Volcano, stopping first in the town of Sarchí, known for its family-operated woodworking factories and artisan craftsmanship. Choose from more than 200 stores to see the wooden bowls, rocking chairs and traditional carretas – elaborately painted oxcarts that once carried coffee from the highlands to the coastal port. Next, travel past cattle ranches and diverse plantations growing agricultural products and ornamental plants. When you arrive in La Fortuna, enjoy lunch in a cozy restaurant. After lunch, enjoy a short nature hike. In the afternoon, unwind in one of the best thermal baths in the area at the Hot Springs. Later, savor dinner while admiring another magnificent view. Please wear: comfortable clothes, tennis or hiking shoes. Please bring: bathing suit, extra clothes, sunscreen, camera. Overnight at Arenal Hotel Services: ground transportation, tour guide, entrance to Hot Springs.
Day 3: Arenal Area
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight: Arenal Paraiso Hotel or Arenal Kioro (or similar) in La Fortuna
Cano Negro
  • 8h
Get ready for your adventure at Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, considered one of the most biologically diverse in Costa Rica! Begin your journey in the village of Los Chiles, a border town just two miles (4 km) from Nicaragua. From here, embark on a 2-hour floating safari along the Rio Frío through tropical rain forest and pastures until you arrive at the marsh, Lago Caño Negro. Within the refuge, view a variety of resident and migratory birds plus iguanas, sloths, turtles, caimans and three different species of monkeys. Please wear: comfortable clothes, tennis shoes. Please bring: sunscreen, mosquito repellent, hat, camera, binoculars and valid passport. Overnight at Arenal Hotel Services: ground transportation, tour guide for the activity.
Day 4: Guanacaste Area
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Tamarindo Diria Hotel or Cala Luna Hotel (or similar) in Guanacaste
Tamarindo Beach
  • 4h
Start your day with breakfast, and then take a 3-4hour trip to Guanacaste, a province known for its beaches and its dry tropical forest.
Day 5: Guanacaste area
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Tamarindo Diria Hotel or Cala Luna Hotel (or similar) in Guanacaste
Bagaces
  • 8h
Vida Aventura Ranch is the perfect mix of adventure and pleasure in one day. You will experience zip lining, horseback riding and thermal pools, all in one day in our exclusive Ranch. Adventure seekers will enjoy this full-day tour at Vida Aventura Ranch and Nature Park, nestled in the scenic mountains of Guanacaste. Fly through the treetops on a series of zip lines, and then return to solid ground for a horseback ride complete with stunning vistas of two active volcanoes. Unwind after your adventure at the thermal pools. Minimum 5 yrs old – canopy (zip line) – maximum 250-275 pounds. Maximum 250 pounds – horseback Please wear: Comfortable clothing, t-shirt, long pants for the horseback ride, tennis shoes. Please bring: bathing suit, extra clothes, towel, sunscreen, mosquito repellent, hat and a camera. Overnight at Guanacaste Hotel Services: ground transportation and driver, staff at the tour destination.
Day 6: At leisure
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Tamarindo Diria Hotel or Cala Luna Hotel (or similar) in Guanacaste
Tamarindo
Enjoy a day off to explore the wonders of the area, relax at the hotel or take an optional activity.
Day 7: At Leisure
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Tamarindo Diria Hotel or Cala Luna Hotel (or similar) in Guanacaste
Tamarindo
Enjoy a day off to explore the wonders of the area, relax at the hotel or take an optional activity.
Day 8: Departure
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Liberia
  • 1h
You will be picked up at the lobby of your hotel and transferred you to Liberia International Airport (LIR) for your departing flight.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCano Negro
    • Cano Negro, Costa Rica

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  • PEOPLEPEOPLECano Negro
    • Cano Negro, Costa Rica

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