Our representative will meet you upon arrival at Juan Santamaría Airport, handle your Travel kit and take you to your hotel in San José for the first night. Enjoy the rest of the evening to settle in and relax. The Hotel is a cozy and warm place, whose architecture preserves what was a typical capital house from the 1930s. Located in Barrio Aranjuez, it offers gastronomic facilities around it. If you feel like taking a little walk, you can go to Barrio Escalante, a few meters away also offers a great gastronomic menu, some recommendations for dinner are Costa Rica Beer Factory, Chicharronera Cacique Acseri, or Casa Aguizotes; And if you are looking for a terrace with different menu options, the Skala Gastronomic Market will provide you with the ideal environment for your first night in Costa Rica.

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Hotel Aranjuez

Today in the morning the journey continues a little further north, but always on the Caribbean coast, where coastal ecosystems are mixed with wetlands and mangroves. After breakfast, drive to the Goshen Pier in Batán, where you can park your car and wait for the boat that will take you to Lirio Lodge on the Pacuare River. Once at the Lodge, you will check-in and rest before lunch.  In the afternoon you will visit the village of Barra de Pacuare, located on the land bank between the lagoon and the Caribbean Sea. On this visit, you will discover the charm of life in a typical Caribbean coastal village, visit the school and the village, as well as the sea turtle project, located on the beach. Your next tour will take you to the mouth of the Pacuare River and its wetland by boat, an ecosystem of high importance for endangered species, home to numerous birds, amphibians, otters, and reptiles such as the caiman, river turtles, and many more species. In the evening, you will enjoy dinner at the lodge's restaurant/bar, next to the Madre de Dios Lagoon.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Lirio Lodge

After breakfast, at 8:00 am you will enjoy the first activity of the day: an exploration of the Pacuare Nature Reserve, a vast tropical rainforest enclosure. During this tour, you will discover what a primary tropical rainforest looks like along with river ecosystems and wetlands. This jewel is home to numerous species of flora and fauna and on almost every outing you will see three species of monkeys, snakes, oropendolas, and sometimes sloths, toucans, macaws, hummingbirds. You will have a break before lunch and then at 2:00 pm, visit the Tortuguero canals, which run from Moin in the south to Barra de Colorado in the north. They are home to caimans, crocodiles, river turtles, sloths, snakes, birds, mammals, monkeys, and many species of fauna, as well as imposing vegetation, a sample of Amazon rainforest. During the evening and dinner, you will be able to share the magical experience of this day.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Lirio Lodge

Today you make your way to the north of the country. The destination is the small Pedacito de Cielo Lodge. From your terrace, you can watch the inhabitants of the rainforest undisturbed. Don't be frightened if the howler monkeys wake you up in the morning.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Hotel Pedacito de Cielo

Surrounded by numerous species of birds, you can experience the awakening of the rainforest at breakfast. Then take a boat trip on the Rio San Carlos. Then you return to the lodge and in the afternoon you can discover the secrets of the rainforest on a guided hike! There your tour guide will pass on interesting knowledge about this habitat and let you immerse yourself in this wonderful world!

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Hotel Pedacito de Cielo

After breakfast continue your adventure to La Fortuna. Usually known simply as La Fortuna, the village of La Fortuna de San Carlos is the entrance to the magnificent Arenal Volcano. La Fortuna de San Carlos is located in the province of Alajuela and connects the Arenal Volcano area with the cloud forest of Monteverde and Santa Elena and the lowlands of the north of the country. La Fortuna, a charming and quiet village offers spectacular scenery of the Arenal, the most beautiful volcanoes in Costa Rica.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Rancho Margot Eco Lodge

A constant gentle breeze, the sound of the mountain stream flowing by, pleasant temperatures all year round, and the wonderful view of Lake Arenal and the volcano create unique conditions to feel at home in this place! Rancho Margot is an organic farm, a place for educational exchange, an adventure camp, an eco-lodge, a showcase of sustainability, a model of organic farming - a small world in itself, where it suddenly becomes very easy to realize how beautiful life is! Today the day is at your complete disposal, you can simply relax at the lodge, take the Ranch Tour or enjoy the Yoga Class.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Rancho Margot Eco Lodge

After breakfast, the adventure continues. You will head towards Santa Elena, where you will enjoy the wonderful ecosystem of the evergreen cloud forest, the natural habitat of the quetzal, and a paradise where almost 80 years ago a group of Quakers decided to make our country their new home. The route will take you to Lake Arenal, which you will circle. This is an artificial reservoir formed after the construction of a dam in 1979 taking advantage of the existence of a small lake of the same name. It is the key point on which is based the ambitious project of hydroelectric power generation in Costa Rica and currently produces electricity for much of the country. You will continue on to Santa Elena. The scenery will be spectacular and you may encounter a family of coatis lurking along the roadside. Monteverde is home to one of the rarest and most unique habitats on the planet, the cloud forest, and an amazing variety of flora and fauna. Monteverde is different from other forests in Costa Rica, with a constant mist that looks like clouds and gives the area its name. The high humidity here, at 1,600 meters above sea level, creates fog and provides a layer of clouds. Enjoy your evening discovering the small and cozy center of Santa Elena.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Cala Lodge

Hike through Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve Good Morning from the magical paradise! After a delicious breakfast, a wonderful hike awaits you. Founded in 1972, the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve is among the most famous reserves in the world for its biodiversity, conservation, and contributions to scientific research. This 3,500 hectares of land contains 2.5% of the world's biodiversity and is one of the most important private reserves in Costa Rica. Accompanied by a local guide, you will walk through the trails of the reserve, enjoying the forest with its orchids, mosses, vines, and huge trees, which are the habitat of monkeys, red-eyed trees frogs, toucans, trogons, and the famous bellbird and quetzal. After finishing the hike get some rest and get ready for the next adventure, this time on horseback, live the experience of riding through the forest and wonderful views. The tour is done through a private farm, 60% of the activity is through trails in the forest and 40% in an open areas, paddock surrounded by forest, a beautiful place where you can see the Gulf of Nicoya in all its splendor and in summer wonderful sunsets.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Cala Lodge

Today you are heading back to warmer climes - to Montezuma Montezuma is known as a surfer's paradise, but of course, the beach is also suitable for swimming! There are many restaurants in the center, bicycles and quads are available for hire. We recommend a trip to Santa Teresa or Malpais.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Hotel Nya - Montezuma

What are you in the mood for today? The next few days are entirely up to you! Whether sizzling in the sun, cooling off in the cold water, or sipping a delicious cocktail, enjoy your beach vacation to the fullest. Visit one of the beautiful restaurants in the evening and indulge yourself. Of course, you can also book an excursion. We recommend a trip to the Montezuma waterfalls, a boat trip to Isla Tortuga, or a visit to the Cabo Blanco nature reserve.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Hotel Nya - Montezuma

What are you in the mood for today? The next few days are entirely up to you! Whether sizzling in the sun, cooling off in the cold water, or sipping a delicious cocktail, enjoy your beach vacation to the fullest. Visit one of the beautiful restaurants in the evening and indulge yourself. Of course, you can also book an excursion. We recommend a trip to the Montezuma waterfalls, a boat trip to Isla Tortuga or a visit to the Cabo Blanco nature reserve.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Hotel Nya - Montezuma

Back to San José Today you can have breakfast at your leisure, enjoy the hotel facilities. After check-out, the journey continues back to San Jose, take some time to enjoy the nature and diversity of the road.  Upon arrival, you will return the rental car.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Mid-Range Budget: Hotel Aranjuez

After breakfast, you will be picked up at the hotel and taken to the airport at the time of your departure. With a suitcase full of wonderful memories of a great trip, you will start your journey home. On behalf of the entire bella aventura team we hope you enjoyed your trip, it was a pleasure to help you. Have a good flight and see you soon in Costa Rica!

Meals: Breakfast