Vicki Baker
This eight-day, well-planned trip hits the highlights of Costa Rica with great day trips including extensive rainforests, volcanoes, rivers, and beaches as the natural beauty of this country unfolds before your eyes on this amazing adventure.
Start your journey in the historic capital of San Jose. Visit Poas Volcano and enjoy a visit to Doka Coffee Plantation with a guided tour and lunch featuring this local speciality. Enjoy a gentle hike at the base of Arenal Volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the Americas.
Journey into the Cano Negro National Wildlife Refuge and on the Rio Frio with a local guide for an opportunity to view a variety of flora, fauna, and bird life including snake-birds; heron, cormorants; howler, spider, and white-faced monkeys; three-toed sloths; basilik lizards; turtles and much more.
Travel along the Tarcoles River for a Jungle Crocodile Safari with a Costa Rican expert for breathtaking views of American crocodiles. Visit the Manuel Antonio National Park teeming with sloths, iguanas, agoutis, armadillos, raccoons, coatimundis and squirrel monkeys, as well as 184 species of birds.
Lodging includes the resort setting at the Wyndham Herradura, Arenal Manoa Hotel overlooking the Arenal Volcano, and Parador Hotel Manuel Antonio, the epitome of responsible luxury as one of Costa Rica’s most prestigious eco-hotels.
Fond memories of the beauty of Costa Rica and the warm hospitality of its people are sure to be treasured for a lifetime.
This trip is on February 20-27, 2019. Price is $1829 per person, double occupancy land only. Activity level is a three.
Just a reminder, to enjoy this fabulous trip, you must be a Road Runners member. Visit our website at www.rrrrclub.com.