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1 - Arrive
in San Jose, Costa Rica. Your private guide will pick you up at
the airport and transfer you 30 minutes to Xandari
Plantation Inn. You'll
stay in a private Villa with great views of the Central Valley
and stunning architecture surrounded by tropical gardens. Enjoy
the perfect year-round climate in this quiet, romantic Inn this
evening.
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2
- After breakfast, your
private guide will transfer you 3.5 hours through beautiful, mountainous
countryside to Arenal
Volcano and Hotel
Arenal Kioro. Spend the evening watching the
volcano erupt from the privacy of your spacious room or while
sitting in your hot tub in the room. Arenal Kioro is the top-rated
hotel in the area with excellent service and accommodations. This
evening, relax in the pools at Tabacon
Hot Springs surrounded by lush vegetation, enjoying
a tropical drink and watching Arenal Volcano's fireshow.
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3
- Leave
your hotel in the morning to zip through the treetops in rock-climbing
harnesses on the exhilarating Lake Arenal Sky Tram/Trek Canopy
Tour. This is a ski-lift going up the mountain and
zip lines traversing across the Valley coming down. Enjoy the
afternoon at your leisure exploring the surrounding area with
your private guide, then enjoy Titoku Hot Springs this evening.
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4 - After
breakfast, enjoy a guided tour of Arenal Hanging Bridges, with
its trails and suspension bridges in the rainforest. Then sit
back to enjoy the beautiful scenery through beautiful mountains
to the Central Pacific Coast. Zephyr
Palace features superlative ocean views from
every room, a hot tub in every room and fresh ocean breezes from
below. Few other places in the World offer such luxurious rooms
surrounded by rainforest and ocean. This area features an amazing
array of sights and activities, including World-class Sportfishing
and golf.
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5
-Explore
the rainforest on foot with a guided rainforest
hike to
see monkeys, leaf-cutter ants, macaws, parakeets, iguanas, and
many other animals and birds.
Wildlife and tropical habitat surround you as your professional
guide points out and explains them.
Then marvel at huge crocodiles, scarlet
macaws, Jesus
Christ lizards, and many
exotic birds
and plants on the Jungle
River Cruise. This
tour along a quiet river and mangrove estuary
showcases Costa Rica's
biodiversity.
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6 -
This
morning, enjoy a 3-hour Cruise on your own private yacht searching
for dolphins, whales, turtles and other Marine life along the
dramatic coastline of the Central Pacific Coast. Then enjoy the
afternoon at your leisure shopping or exploring the area with
your private guide.
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7 - Check
out of Zephyr Palace and transfer to the rainforest to see La
Paz Waterfall Gardens.
The rooms at the Peace
Lodge are truly one of a kind with a fireplace opposite
the king size bed, waterfall showers and exterior jetted tub overlooking
the rainforest valley. Savor
a great lunch buffet, then meander through a
rainforest paradise to
see a hummingbird
garden, orchid garden, world's largest butterfly pavilion and
5 stunning waterfalls.
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8 - Get
up early to see one of the World's largest craters and the elfin
forest at Poas Volcano. Then enjoy a short visit to a working
coffee plantation at Doka Coffee Plantation. Return to Peace Lodge
to enjoy the afternoon at your leisure.
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9 -
Your
private guide will drive you through coffee-covered hillsides
to the San Jose airport. Depart Costa Rica with fond memories
and a rejuvenated spirit.
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