Costa Rica Experience Package

COSTA RICA EXPERIENCE PACKAGE FOR STUDENT GROUPS | 10 DAYS / 9 NIGHTS

For your Costa Rica Student Travel, Greenway Tours offer this exclusive Costa Rica Experience package for student groups.

VISITING: Our Costa Rica Experience package includes visits to the following places: San Jose, Tamarindo, Rincon de la Vieja, Monteverde.

LETTER CODES: (B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch, (D) Dinner. 

Day 1. ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL. The Costa Rica Experience package start with the group arrival to the International Airport In San Jose. Upon arrival, you will be met by one of our representatives how will explain your itinerary, answer any questions and provide you with a package of vouchers and information about your trip. Transfer to Hotel Park Inn in San Jose.

Day 2. SCHOOL VISIT. (B, L, D) Breakfast and departure to Tamarindo Beach. Upon arrival check in at hotel Mar Rey or similar. Lunch at the hotel. During afternoon, visit the local school in Tamarindo Town. Special activity and cultural interchange with the local students. Lunch in a local Soda (Typical local and small restaurant. Here the students will try our typical meals called Casado). Return to the hotel and visit the beach in front of the hotel. Evening Dinner & bonfire.

Day 3. SUNSET CATAMARAN BOAT TOUR (B, L, D). Morning free time for enjoy the beach. By Noon, departure on the Catamaran Sunset Cruise for a great Costa Rica Experience.

Silently glide along Costa Rica’s Gold Coast while passing some of Guanacaste’s exotic bays, white sand beaches and tropical jungles. Gaze off the bow with a cold tropical drink prepared and served by our crew as you scan the seas for dolphins, sea turtles, flying fish or even a breaching whale. Stop in a tranquil bay, drop anchor and frolic in the blue Pacific. Snorkel in the bay or run down the deserted white sand beach while the ever-helpful crew prepares a feast of chicken or pasta salad, fruit, chips, pico de gallo, guacamole and homemade chocolate chip cookies. The Marlin Del Rey Sailing Catamarans will set sail and you will hear the waves slide along the giant catamaran as the sun sets, illuminating the clouds left in the sky. Bring your camera and capture the moment everyone throughout the world talks about when on board the Marlin Del Rey Sailing Catamarans. After the tour, return to the hotel and dinner.

 Day 4. TRANSFER TAMARINDO TO RINCON DE LA VIEJA. (B, L, D) Breakfast at the hotel and free time for enjoy the beach or take extra activities such as surfing classes. After lunch, transfer to Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. Upon arrival, check in at Hotel Guachipelin Lodge. Free time for enjoy the place or swimming pool. Dinner at the lodge. Our Costa Rica Experience will allow the students to learn about active volcanoes.

Day 5. RINCON DE LA VIEJA SCHOOL AND TOUR (B, L, D) Breakfast at the hotel and departure to the small town of Curubande. Here we will visit the public school and have a cultural interaction with the student and teachers. After it, return to the lodge for lunch. Afternnon, adventure tour. Horseback Riding and Tubing. Dinner at the lodge.

Day 6. TRANSFER TO MONTEVERDE (B, L, D) Time to say good bye to this unique lodge and continue to our next destination: Monteverde. Upon arrival, check in at Hotel Monteverde Country Lodge. Lunch in Santa Elena Town. Afternoon special activity with the Monteverde Conservation League: Cooking Class and Horseback Riding tour. Dinner in Town.

Day 7. CANOPY TOUR AND SCHOOL VISIT (B, L D). During the morning, adventure tour at Sky-Trek. You will ride an open-air gondola from the ground to the heights where you’ll be dropped off at an observation area for fantastic views of the gulf and cloud forest. From this area, choose to return to the ground below by riding the gondola back down or opt for a faster trip by riding down on a zip line stretching across canyons and between treetops, the exhilarating adventure of zip lining down the mountainside begins, ultimately returning you to the starting point at the main building. This is the most thrilling zip line in the country.

Canopy tours, pioneered in Monteverde, use techniques developed by caves and canyon rappelers to let visitors experience the rainforest from a bird’s-eye view. You’ll whiz from lofty platform to platform via horizontal traverse cables, and while you’re moving too fast to see much wildlife it’s a thrill.

After this amazing experience, return to the hotel and lunch. Afternoon, visit the Santa Elena Local School for an intercultural experience. Late afternoon, return to the hotel and free time. Dinner in Santa Elena Town.

Day 8. TRANSFER TO SAN JOSE. TARCOLES RIVER BOAT TOUR (B, L D). Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Departure to the Central Pacific Coast, where the Tarcoles River is located with its many giant crocodiles. Boat tour for enjoy the rich wildlife of this incredible ecosystem, including scarlet macaws, monkeys, many different aquatic birds and the huge crocodiles. Lunch included after the boat tour. After this activity, we will continue towards to San Jose City, the capital of Costa Rica, with a short stop at Sarchi Town. Upon arrival, check in at Hotel Park Inn. Dinner in a local restaurant in San Jose.

Day 9. TOUR TO POAS VOLCANO & LA PAZ WATERFALLS GARDENS (B, L D). As we ascend towards the Poás Volcano we will notice the change in temperature and vegetation; we will see coffee plantations as well as fern, flower and strawberry farms along the way, creating a beautiful landscape. There are two crater lakes near the summit. The northern lake is known as the Laguna Caliente (“hot lagoon”) and is located at a height of 2,300 m in a crater approximately 1.7 km wide and 290–300 m deep. It is one of the world’s most acidic lakes. The acidity varies after rain and changes in volcanic activity, sometimes reaching a pH of almost 0; consequently, it supports little or no aquatic life. The bottom of this lake is covered with a layer of liquid sulphur. Acid gases create acid rain and acid fog, causing damage to surrounding ecosystems and often irritation of eyes and lungs. Lake Botos, the southern lake, fills an inactive crater, which last erupted in 7500 BC. It is cold and clear, and is surrounded by a cloud forest located within the Poás Volcano National Park.

Once at the park, you will be able to admire the crater from a beautiful lookout point not too far from the main park’s entrance. The Visitors center offer a cafeteria, a souvenir store, a video room and a small museum regarding the volcano.

By the middle of the afternoon, you will return to the hotel.

Day 10. TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT AND GOOD BYE. (B, L D). According with you flight reservation, transfer to the International Airport and good bye. We hope our Costa Rica Experience package has been of your entire satisfaction.

CHAPERONES:  One free ticket for every 20 students.

MINIMUM: No minimum

INCLUDE: 9 nights lodging in high quality Hotels, all land transportation within Costa Rica, all airport/ hotel transfers on scheduled arrival/ departures dates only, specified meals, specified tours, private transportation and naturalist tour guide. 

NOT INCLUDED: International air fare, airport departure taxes, meals not specified in the itinerary, alcoholic beverages, personal equipment, extras in hotels (laundry, phone calls, room service), gratuities, or costs associated with changes in your itinerary for reasons beyond our control. 

WHATS TO BRING: Hiking Shoes, Bathing Suit, Binoculars, Camera, Beach Sandals, Suntan Lotion, Hat, Mosquito Repellent.

RATES: Please contact us for a quotation indicating number of students, adults and possible travel dates. Rates based on Triple & Quad occupancy for the students and double rooms for the teachers. No single rooms available unless a single supplement is paid. 

Greenway Nature Tours is a Certified Travel Agency and Tour Operator by the Costa Rican Tourist Board with special certification in Sustainable Travel (CST).

We are members of SYTA (Students Youth Travel Association). For more Costa Rica Student Travel Programs visit our main page: https://greenwaytours.com/tours/student-tours-to-costa-rica/