Costa Rica December 2018
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Date |
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Time |
Comments |
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12/24 |
SJO |
Altura Hotel
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0:54 |
Landing at 11:30am 1 night (breakfast, no pool) really nice place had dinner over there |
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12/25 |
Hotel |
Poás Volcano National Park |
0:10 |
Poás is open from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m Need to go before 10am as clouds covers it (wear warm cloth) was cloudy so we didnt go |
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Hotel |
La Paz waterfall Gardens |
0:24 |
http://www.waterfallgardens.com/ Closes at 5pm need about 2 hours there - $44 adult, $28 child * Butterfly garden, * hummingbird garden, * Ranarium (frogs) and * Serpentarium (snakes), * A typical old Costa Rican farm house * Trail that takes you to 5 roaring waterfalls. Lunch buffet at their restaurant was good |
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La Paz |
Hotel Kokoro Arenal - La Fortuna |
2:03 |
2 nights ( breakfast, pool) 12/25-26
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12/26 |
Hotel |
La Fontuna waterfall |
0:15 |
Visit La Fontuna waterfall ($15 pp), 15 minutes to hike down the stairs, wasnt so impressive |
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La Fortuna |
Arenal volcano |
0:30 |
* Parque nacional volcan Arenal: o Hiked in the park to see the views of Arenal volcano, total 5km. * Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges Park $26 pp, total of 6 hanging bridges, was really nice. * Arenal Oasis Frog night tour $40 pp, was really nice. |
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12/27 |
Hotel |
Dov Olivo chocolate tour |
0:10 |
Don Olivo Chocolate and tropical fruits tour $25 pp, was done by local family who grow everything in their yard, really recommended. |
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Hotel |
Hotel El Bosque Route 602, Monteverde, Puntarenas, 60109 |
2:40 |
2 nights (paid, breakfast) 12/27-28 Road was not paved and with lots of turns, recommended a high clearance vehicle. * Night tour at El Bosque - $25 pp, was really nice and educated; saw some animals (armadillo, owl, sleeping birds etc.) |
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12/28 |
Hotel El Bosque |
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve |
0:08 |
* Cloud Forest Reserve (where you see the long bridge - $22 pp took a guided tour - $20 pp saw lots of animals. After the tour we went to see the hanging bridge, which was really nice and the window overview. Outside the park there is a place to see lots of hamming birds (where you can also purchase food). * In the village there is a butterfly Garden, The Ranario (frog pond), The Bat Jungle etc. We didnt do any of those. |
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12/29 |
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Zipline (Selvatura Canopy adventure) 3 hours - $50 pp, was amazing although it was rainy. |
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12/29-12/30 |
Monteverde
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Hotel Sugar Beach
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3:40
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2 nights(breakfast, pool) * Visit Tamarindo a tourist city really nice with long beach. * Take a night tour to see turtle hatching: o https://www.leatherback.org/get-involved/join-us/las-baulas-national-park/visit-las-baulas they were sold out by the time we called, so we took a different tour (got a phone number from the national park) saw black turtles on Playa Minas (distance from hotel about 1 hour). * Restaurant: Falafel Bar (own by Israelis) - was very good. |
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12/31-1/1 |
Hotel Sugar Beach |
Pacific Paradise Resort - Quepos Manuel Antonio |
3:50
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2 nights (breakfast, pool) 12/31-1/1 * On the way stop at Tarcoles bridge to see alligators. * Restaurant: El Avion there is an airplane in the restaurant was really good. |
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Hotel |
Manuel Antonio |
0:15 |
* Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio - $16 pp. Go when it is open as it get really crowded - take a guided tour (make sure to take it from the inside of the park) as they usually have a telescope which you can watch the wildlife closely. Here you can see different kinds of birds, lizards, bats, more sloths, and white-faced monkeys (takes about 2 hours, sometime wait time for entrance can be an hour). Take swimming stuff as there is a beach inside the park. * Restaurant: El Wagon (you can either sit inside the wagon or outside) you can see lots of animals while eating. |
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1/2 |
Pacific Paradise Resort |
El Faro Beach Hotel |
0:15 |
1 nights (breakfast, pool) This hotel is the closest to Manuel Antoni park (small rooms). * Mangrove boat tour with Iguana Tours $65 pp was really interesting although we didnt see too many animals; they also provided really tasty lunch. * ATV tour with FourTrax including dinner was ok. |
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1/3 |
Manuel Antonio |
Park Inn by Radisson, San Jose
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2:47 |
1 nights (breakfast, pool) * Eat at an Argentinian restaurant Tierra Gaucha was really good. * Go to downtown. * Visit the Central market. |
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1/4 |
Hotel |
SJO |
0:22 |
Departure: 4:15pm |
Map: https://binged.it/2pvW4KM
