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14 days
Active adventures in Costa Rica
Natural wonders and unspoiled beauty
Guanacaste National Park (2 days) →
Santa Teresa (2) →
Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve (1) →
Manuel Antonio National Park (2) →
San Jose (1) →
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (2) →
Arenal Volcano National Park (2) →
Tortuguero National Park (2) →
San Jose (1)
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6 days
Costa Rica multisport
Tropical bike rides and outdoor adventures
San Jose (1 days) →
Arenal Volcano National Park (1) →
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (1) →
Playa Carrillo (2) →
San Jose (1)
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13 days
Costa Rica wildlife adventure
National parks, cloud forests and turtles
San Jose (1 days) →
Tortuguero National Park (2) →
Arenal Volcano National Park (3) →
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (3) →
Manuel Antonio National Park (3) →
San Jose (2)
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9 days
Highlights of Costa Rica
Jungle wildlife and coastal relaxation
San Jose (1 days) →
Tortuguero National Park (2) →
Arenal Volcano National Park (3) →
Guanacaste National Park (3) →
San Jose
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10 days
Classic Costa Rica
Pristine beaches and nesting turtles
San Jose (1 days) →
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (3) →
Tortuguero National Park (1) →
San Jose (1) →
Guanacaste National Park (3) →
San Jose (2)
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15 days
Ultimate Costa Rica
Wildlife, beaches and rainforests
San Jose (1 days) →
Manuel Antonio National Park (2) →
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (2) →
Arenal Volcano National Park (5) →
Tortuguero National Park (2) →
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (2) →
San Jose (2)
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Boasting an incredible ecosystem and home to approximately 5% of the planet’s total bird species, 130 mammal species and more than 3,000 plants, the cloud forests of Monteverde are a nature lover’s dream... -
Arenal Volcano National Park
For several decades, the Cerro Arenal Volcano was the most active in Costa Rica, spewing molten lava and red hot boulders into the surrounding darkness... -
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Once a sleepy backwater surfing town, Puerto Viejo has become a stop-off for travellers looking to party... -
Manuel Antonio National Park
If you imagine Costa Rica to be a paradise of pristine beaches, exotic flowers, thick rainforests, and crystal-clear waters, where monkeys and sloths and scarlet macaws frolic freely, then you have Manuel Antonio National Park in mind... -
Guanacaste National Park
Sandwiched between Santa Rosa National Park and Rincón de la Vieja National Park -- the other two parks in the Guanacaste Conservation Area trio -- this incredibly diverse and endearingly rustic national park is one of Costa Rica’s least visited... -
Cocos Island
The uninhabited Cocos Island is known as one of the world’s best scuba diving destinations... -
San Jose
At first glance, San Jose might not seem like the prettiest of cities but delve a little deeper into the colonial mansions of Barrio Amon, the restaurants of Barrio Escalante and the many live music clubs, and you’ll soon uncover the beating cultural heart of Costa Rica’s capital... -
Tortuguero National Park
This wild and interconnected web of canals is an aquatic fairyland, where gavilan trees stand sentry at the water’s edge, caiman snouts poke out of canals, tiger herons perch atop driftwood, and four species of endangered sea turtle travel thousands of miles every year to lay their eggs on the beaches where they once hatched... -
Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve
The first national park in Costa Rica, Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve is part of the Tempisque Conservation Area in the province of Puntarenas... -
Playa Carrillo
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Santa Teresa
A small beach village in the Puntarenas Province, Santa Teresa’s beach is famous amongst surfers for its fast and powerful beach break and consistent waves... -
Corcovado National Park
Few places on Earth are as wild, as rich, and as spectacular as Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park... -
Tenorio Volcano National Park
If wild and wonderful are your jam, then Tenorio Volcano National Park is a must for your Costa Rica agenda... -
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park
Home to some of the most startling and unique scenery in Costa Rica, Rincón de la Vieja National Park and its eponymous volcano welcomes visitors to volcanic landscapes, complete with steaming fumaroles, boiling mud cauldrons, and natural hot springs... -
Cahuita National Park
Cahuita National Park is a dreamy destination, where coastal rainforest spills onto sand, and sand fades into the turquoise Caribbean... -
Poás Volcano National Park
Poás Volcano is the second-most visited national park in Costa Rica for one excellent reason: a gently active volcano (and its triplet craters)... -
Palo Verde National Park
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Carara National Park
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Quetzales National Park
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Marino Ballena National Park
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Sarapiqui
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Nosara
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