Costa Rica
San Jose is not a colonial quaint town! You will immediately note the relative lack of a colonial or even a pre-20th-century legacy, just a chaos of architectural styles, part Spanish, part Moorish, some even adobe with ornamental grillwork abutting the sidewalk and opening onto inner patios in the colonial style. Equally lacking is any […]
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San José, Tortuguero, Arenal Volcano, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Manuel Antonio National Park.
With white sand beaches, turtle watching, monkey spotting, rafting and cave tours, Costa Rica is the ideal destination for the active family seeking adventure!
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To emphasize our eco-friendly approach even more, we have elected to operate many programs with G.A.P. […]
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San José, Tortuguero, Arenal Volcano, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Manuel Antonio National Park.
An action-packed exploration with options of rafting, horseback riding and zip lining. From the Pacific to the Caribbean beaches this stunning 2-week tour embodies some of the best that Costa Rica has to offer.
G.A.P. Adventures Tours
To emphasize our eco-friendly approach even more, we […]
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An in-depth exploration of avian diversity across the isthmus. Bird watching in Panama is very easy and rewarding. Its geographical position allows contact with two great mother lodes of avian diversity. You can see Resplendent Quetzals and Umbrella birds in the West as well as four types of Macaws and Harpy Eagles in the East. […]
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Manuel Antonio National Park: Let an experienced nature guide take you on an informative hike through beautiful Manuel Antonio National Park. Although the main attractions of this park are its two white sand beaches - Espadilla Sur and Manuel Antonio - it also protects coastal rain forest, a mangrove swamp, coral formations and 12 […]
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Poás Volcano National Park: the most frequently visited park in the Costa Rican National Park system. It has two impressive craters: one active and one that holds a lovely crater lagoon. The massive active crater often has sulfuric gases rising out of the boiling, muddy lake on its bottom. Dwarf vegetation and lush […]
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ARENAL AREA Surrounded by mountains kept perpetually emerald green by the winds from the Caribbean and dominated by the Arenal Volcano the Lake is properly a reservoir. Volcano Arenal is a picture perfect cone, the most active volcano in Costa Rica and a must see for the visitor. Adored by the local Indians, […]
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ARENAL AREA Surrounded by mountains kept perpetually emerald green by the winds from the Caribbean and dominated by the Arenal Volcano the Lake is properly a reservoir. Volcano Arenal is a picture perfect cone, the most active volcano in Costa Rica and a must see for the visitor. Adored by the local Indians, […]
Adventure Expeditions, Escorted Journeys, Central America, Costa Rica, Hiking, Active Travel, Cultural, Nature / Ecology, Join-In Tour, Hosted Tours, Private Tour, Private Escorted Journey
Located ten degrees north of the equator in the Central American isthmus, the country is bounded to the north by Nicaragua, the south by Panama, the east by the Caribbean Sea and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Departures: Daily All year round.
Accommodation: Two nights in a standard room at Occidental Torremolinos Hotel or […]
Adventure Expeditions, Escorted Journeys, Central America, Costa Rica, Hiking, Kayaking, Active Travel, Educational, Nature / Ecology, White-Water Rafting, Join-In Tour, Hosted Tours, Falls
Experience the rainforest from a platform 100 feet above the forest floor, hike in a tropical rainforest and raft the world-class rapids of the Pacuare River. This is an adventure-packed Costa Rica tour with whitewater rafting, horseback riding, jungle hikes, and tree climbs into the rainforest canopy.
This program is available both as a “Self […]
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