Costa Rica Family Experience

Posted on 04/16/2021 | About Costa Rica

Costa Rica Family Experience - 9 days: San Jose to San Jose

Travel is the Best Teacher

This trip is designed for parents and children to enjoy together. You will be travelling as part of a group of families with other children.

The itinerary has been designed with the needs of the whole family in mind. We have given this trip a minimum age for this trip to allow you to be sure that you have the right trip for you and your family. Minimum age of 6 years for this trip. Please see the activities for any specific minimum age requirements.

Family adventures are designed for groups travelling with children between the ages of 6 and 17. Your group must have a child in order to book a Family tour, and anyone under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Itinerary

Day 1 - San José

Day 2 - San José/La Fortuna

  • Set off from the capital and enjoy the countryside of the Central Valley. Stop for a tortilla-making lesson, along with a typical Costa Rican lunch.
  • Meals included: Breakfast | Lunch

Day 3 - La Fortuna

  • Take to the lake for a morning of stand-up paddle boarding and kayaking on Lake Arenal, before a free afternoon.
  • Meals included: Breakfast

Day 4 - La Fortuna/Monteverde

  • Travel by bus and boat through the stunning Costa Rican scenery up into the cloud forest. Take an included guided night walk to learn about nocturnal life in the jungle firsthand.
  • Meals included: Breakfast

Day 5 - Monteverde

  • Enjoy a free day in this lush cloud forest region. Opt to fly above the trees on a canopy zipline tour, go horseback riding in the hills or visit the butterfly garden.
  • Meals included: Breakfast

Day 6 - Monteverde/Manuel Antonio

  • Take a guided hike through the national park keeping an eye out for the wildlife that can be seen through the trees.
  • Meals included: Breakfast

Day 7 - Manuel Antonio

  • Enjoy a free day for several optional activities like mangrove kayaking, surf lessons, a sunset catamaran tour, or take some time to relax on the beach.
  • Meals included: Breakfast

Day 8 - Manuel Antonio/San José

  • Free morning to enjoy more time at the beach. Return to San José in the afternoon. Free evening in San José.
  • Meals included: Breakfast

Day 9 - San José

Depart at any time.

Departure Dates:

2021: July, Aug, Dec

2022: Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec


What's Included

  • Your Welcome Moment: Meet Your CEO and Group
  • Your Local Living Moment: Tortilla Making and Local Lunch, La Fortuna
  • Your Hands-On Moment: Stand Up Paddle (Lesson and Tour), Arenal
  • Your Hands-On Moment: Kayak Lake Arenal, La Fortuna
  • Your Discover Moment: Monteverde
  • Your Discover Moment: Manuel Antonio
  • Arrival transfer
  • Kayaking and paddle-boarding in La Fortuna
  • Guided cloud forest night walk (Monteverde)
  • Guided hike in Manuel Antonio NP
  • All transport between destinations and to/from included activities

Accommodations - Hotels (8 nts).

Meals - 8 breakfasts, 1 lunch
Allow USD380-495 pp for meals not included.

Transportation - Private vehicle, boat, walking

Staff & experts - CEO (Chief Experience Officer) throughout, local guides

Make it a private tour

Book this tour as a private departure - with your own CEO and all the benefits of a G Adventures group tour - for any group, big or small (even just one traveller).

CALL YOUR TRENT TRAVEL AGENT FOR DATES AND PRICING