Travel details
USD 1,280
/ per person
Note: The displayed price is a reference price converted from the local price using our exchange rate at the time this plan was proposed.
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Duration |
Departure in 2026/10 | 7 days |
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Participants |
4 person(s)（Adults 2 person(s)、Children 2 person(s)） |
Travel story
A nature trip that lets you enjoy encounters with wildlife while touring the diverse nature Costa Rica is proud of.
You can observe a rich ecosystem up close, including the resplendent quetzal—called one of the most beautiful birds in the world—as well as sloths, toucans, and vividly colored frogs.
This journey is unique in that you visit a variety of changing natural environments such as cloud forests, tropical rainforests, and wetlands.
With expert guides, you will be taken to the places most likely to offer wildlife sightings on any given day, raising expectations for observation.
This special plan is recommended for nature lovers and anyone who wants to deeply savor Costa Rica’s natural richness.
Signature points
Encounters with world-class wildlife
Observe a wide variety of wildlife, including the resplendent quetzal—known as the most beautiful bird in the world—as well as sloths, frogs, monkeys, and toucans.
Because the animals you encounter change with each environment you visit, every day offers a nature experience full of new discoveries.
Authentic nature tours with expert guides
Guides experienced in birding and wildlife accompany you and will take you to the best observation points depending on the day’s weather and animal activity.
They help you find animals that are difficult to spot on your own, allowing you to more deeply enjoy Costa Rica’s nature.
A circuit route that lets you enjoy diverse nature all at once
Efficiently tour Costa Rica’s representative diverse natural environments—high-elevation cloud forests, tropical rainforests, wetlands, and volcanic areas.
With activities such as suspension bridge walks, boat tours, and night tours, the experiences are rich and varied, letting you fully enjoy changing scenery and wildlife.
Other plans at this destination
Itinerary
Welcome to Costa Rica
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Costarica - San José
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Private car transfer
Arrival in Costa Rica.
Your driver will be waiting near the airport exit.
After meeting the driver, depart the airport in a private vehicle and transfer to a hotel in San Jose (about 45 minutes to 1 hour).
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Radisson San Jose-Costa Rica
To San Gerardo de Dota
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
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Private car transfer
The driver will pick you up.
Please complete check-out and wait near the lobby.
Depart San Jose in a private vehicle and transfer to San Gerardo de Dota, where quetzals live.
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Costarica - San Gerardo de Dota
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Quetzal spotting tour
A guide will meet you. Please get ready and wait near the front desk.
In the afternoon we will conduct the first quetzal spotting tour.
We will look for the quetzal, often called the most beautiful bird in the world, and other highland bird species.
[English Guide]
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Lauraceas Restaurante Cafeteria Lodge
To Sarapiqui
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Quetzal spotting tour
With a guide, we will conduct the second quetzal spotting tour.
We will look for the quetzal, often called the most beautiful bird in the world.
[English Guide]
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
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Private car transfer
After breakfast, check out of the hotel and transfer to Sarapiqui by private vehicle (about 3.5 to 4 hours).
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Costarica - Sarapiquí
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Lunch
Lunch at the canteen inside the reserve.
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Nature reserve walk
Walk around the reserve with a guide.
Look for sloths, red-eyed tree frogs and poison dart frogs and other colorful frogs, butterflies such as morpho and owl butterflies and other insects, birds such as toucans, hummingbirds and manakins, and the extremely rare pure white bat known as the Honduran white bat.
[English Guide]
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Dinner
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Night tour
In the evening, we will conduct a night tour at the Pierella Nature Reserve.
You will see insects, frogs, snakes, spiders and other creatures, and if you are lucky you may also observe nocturnal mammals such as armadillos and opossums.
[English Guide]
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Overnight inside the nature reserve.
[English Guide]
Meals B/F：⚪︎ LUN：⚪︎ DIN：⚪︎
To La Fortuna
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the canteen inside the reserve.
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Nature reserve walk
In the morning, walk the reserve again with a guide.
[English Guide]
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Private car transfer
Check out of the reserve and transfer to La Fortuna by private vehicle (about 2 to 2.5 hours).
[English Guide]
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Costarica - La Fortuna
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Night tour
The driver will pick you up at the hotel. Please get ready and wait near the front desk.
Join a night tour in a private reserve in La Fortuna (shared tour).
You may observe different species of frogs, insects and snakes than in Sarapiqui, as well as nocturnal mammals such as kinkajous and armadillos.
[English Guide]
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Hotel Arenal Paraíso Resort & Spa
Cano Negro boat tour participation
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
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Cano Negro boat tour participation
A guide will meet you. Please get ready and wait near the front desk.
Join the Cano Negro boat tour (shared tour).
Travel to the wetlands near the border with Nicaragua and look for sloths, howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys and other primates, small caimans, basilisk lizards known for running on water, green iguanas, and various waterbirds such as kingfishers, sandpipers, herons and ibises.
[English Guide]
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Lunch
Lunch at a local restaurant.
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Private car transfer
After lunch, return to the hotel in La Fortuna.
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Hotel Arenal Paraíso Resort & Spa
Meals B/F：⚪︎ LUN：⚪︎ DIN：×
To Monteverde
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
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Private car transfer
The driver will pick you up. Please complete check-out and wait near the front desk.
Depart La Fortuna by shared tourist vehicle and travel to Monteverde (approximately 3.5–4 hours).
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Costarica - Arenal
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Boat transfer
At Costa Rica's largest man-made lake, Lake Arenal, you will transfer from the vehicle to a boat and cross the lake. Enjoy the scenic views.
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Private car transfer
After crossing the lake, transfer back to the vehicle and continue to Monteverde.
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Costarica - Monteverde
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Suspension bridge walk tour
A guide will pick you up. Please be ready and wait near the front desk.
Join a private suspension bridge walk tour. Walk along suspension bridges of various lengths and heights suspended within the tropical cloud forest and enjoy a nature stroll. You may observe birds such as hummingbirds, motmots, and toucans, and you may also have the chance to see mammals such as howler monkeys.
[English Guide]
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Hotel Claro de Luna
Return home
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
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Monteverde Nature Reserve walk
A guide will pick you up. Please be ready, complete check-out, and wait near the front desk. Please leave large luggage such as suitcases at the front desk.
Explore the Monteverde nature reserve with a guide (private). Of the multiple reserves, you will be taken to the site with the highest likelihood of wildlife sightings on that day. You may observe various bird species such as quetzals, hummingbirds, motmots, woodpeckers, and toucans, as well as mammals like howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, agoutis, and various insects.
[English Guide]
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Free time
Free time in Monteverde until the evening pick-up.
The town that serves as the base for Monteverde sightseeing, Santa Elena (Santa Elena), offers many attractions, including a frog pond, an orchid garden, and a butterfly garden, as well as restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, and souvenir shops.
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Private car transfer
The driver will pick you up. Please wait near the hotel front desk.
Depart Monteverde by private vehicle and travel to Juan Santamaría International Airport (approximately 4.5 hours).
Welcome to Costa Rica
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Costarica - San José
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Private car transfer
Arrival in Costa Rica.
Your driver will be waiting near the airport exit.
After meeting the driver, depart the airport in a private vehicle and transfer to a hotel in San Jose (about 45 minutes to 1 hour).
-
Radisson San Jose-Costa Rica
To San Gerardo de Dota
-
Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
-
Private car transfer
The driver will pick you up.
Please complete check-out and wait near the lobby.
Depart San Jose in a private vehicle and transfer to San Gerardo de Dota, where quetzals live.
-
Costarica - San Gerardo de Dota
-
Quetzal spotting tour
A guide will meet you. Please get ready and wait near the front desk.
In the afternoon we will conduct the first quetzal spotting tour.
We will look for the quetzal, often called the most beautiful bird in the world, and other highland bird species.
[English Guide]
-
Lauraceas Restaurante Cafeteria Lodge
To Sarapiqui
-
Quetzal spotting tour
With a guide, we will conduct the second quetzal spotting tour.
We will look for the quetzal, often called the most beautiful bird in the world.
[English Guide]
-
Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
-
Private car transfer
After breakfast, check out of the hotel and transfer to Sarapiqui by private vehicle (about 3.5 to 4 hours).
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Costarica - Sarapiquí
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Lunch
Lunch at the canteen inside the reserve.
-
Nature reserve walk
Walk around the reserve with a guide.
Look for sloths, red-eyed tree frogs and poison dart frogs and other colorful frogs, butterflies such as morpho and owl butterflies and other insects, birds such as toucans, hummingbirds and manakins, and the extremely rare pure white bat known as the Honduran white bat.
[English Guide]
-
Dinner
-
Night tour
In the evening, we will conduct a night tour at the Pierella Nature Reserve.
You will see insects, frogs, snakes, spiders and other creatures, and if you are lucky you may also observe nocturnal mammals such as armadillos and opossums.
[English Guide]
-
Overnight inside the nature reserve.
[English Guide]
Meals B/F：⚪︎ LUN：⚪︎ DIN：⚪︎
To La Fortuna
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the canteen inside the reserve.
-
Nature reserve walk
In the morning, walk the reserve again with a guide.
[English Guide]
-
Private car transfer
Check out of the reserve and transfer to La Fortuna by private vehicle (about 2 to 2.5 hours).
[English Guide]
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Costarica - La Fortuna
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Night tour
The driver will pick you up at the hotel. Please get ready and wait near the front desk.
Join a night tour in a private reserve in La Fortuna (shared tour).
You may observe different species of frogs, insects and snakes than in Sarapiqui, as well as nocturnal mammals such as kinkajous and armadillos.
[English Guide]
-
Hotel Arenal Paraíso Resort & Spa
Cano Negro boat tour participation
-
Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
-
Cano Negro boat tour participation
A guide will meet you. Please get ready and wait near the front desk.
Join the Cano Negro boat tour (shared tour).
Travel to the wetlands near the border with Nicaragua and look for sloths, howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys and other primates, small caimans, basilisk lizards known for running on water, green iguanas, and various waterbirds such as kingfishers, sandpipers, herons and ibises.
[English Guide]
-
Lunch
Lunch at a local restaurant.
-
Private car transfer
After lunch, return to the hotel in La Fortuna.
-
Hotel Arenal Paraíso Resort & Spa
Meals B/F：⚪︎ LUN：⚪︎ DIN：×
To Monteverde
-
Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
-
Private car transfer
The driver will pick you up. Please complete check-out and wait near the front desk.
Depart La Fortuna by shared tourist vehicle and travel to Monteverde (approximately 3.5–4 hours).
-
Costarica - Arenal
-
Boat transfer
At Costa Rica's largest man-made lake, Lake Arenal, you will transfer from the vehicle to a boat and cross the lake. Enjoy the scenic views.
-
Private car transfer
After crossing the lake, transfer back to the vehicle and continue to Monteverde.
-
Costarica - Monteverde
-
Suspension bridge walk tour
A guide will pick you up. Please be ready and wait near the front desk.
Join a private suspension bridge walk tour. Walk along suspension bridges of various lengths and heights suspended within the tropical cloud forest and enjoy a nature stroll. You may observe birds such as hummingbirds, motmots, and toucans, and you may also have the chance to see mammals such as howler monkeys.
[English Guide]
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Hotel Claro de Luna
Return home
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Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
-
Monteverde Nature Reserve walk
A guide will pick you up. Please be ready, complete check-out, and wait near the front desk. Please leave large luggage such as suitcases at the front desk.
Explore the Monteverde nature reserve with a guide (private). Of the multiple reserves, you will be taken to the site with the highest likelihood of wildlife sightings on that day. You may observe various bird species such as quetzals, hummingbirds, motmots, woodpeckers, and toucans, as well as mammals like howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, agoutis, and various insects.
[English Guide]
-
Free time
Free time in Monteverde until the evening pick-up.
The town that serves as the base for Monteverde sightseeing, Santa Elena (Santa Elena), offers many attractions, including a frog pond, an orchid garden, and a butterfly garden, as well as restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, and souvenir shops.
-
Private car transfer
The driver will pick you up. Please wait near the hotel front desk.
Depart Monteverde by private vehicle and travel to Juan Santamaría International Airport (approximately 4.5 hours).
Price Includes / excludes
Accommodation
As specified in the itinerary
Car
As specified in the itinerary
Ferry/Boat
As specified in the itinerary
Guide / Assistant
As specified in the itinerary
Activity
As specified in the itinerary
Meal
B/F：6 LUN：2 DIN：1
As specified in the itinerary
Includes (Others)
・Entrance fees: Entrance fees for the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary and tour fees.
・Guide fees: For each tour, local Costa Rican guides (English and Spanish) will accompany you.
Excludes (Others)
・International airfare and airport taxes.
・Personal expenses such as laundry service and international phone charges, and costs incurred when requesting services.
・Tips for drivers and guides. *However, tipping is not mandatory in the country.
・Any stops, admissions, facility usage fees, or charges not listed on the itinerary.
・Porterage fees at airports, hotels, etc.
・Meals not listed in the itinerary.
・11/4: Tabacón hot springs day-use bathing fee.
Accommodation list
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San Jose
Radisson San Jose-Costa Rica
4person(s) 1rooms ツイン
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| 2 |
San Gerardo de Dota
Lauraceas Restaurante Cafeteria Lodge
4person(s) 1rooms ツイン
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| 3 |
Sarapiqui
Pierella Ecological Garden
4person(s) 1rooms ツイン又はトリプル
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| 4 |
La Fortuna
Hotel Arenal Paraíso Resort & Spa
4person(s) 1rooms ツイン
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| 5 |
Monteverde
Hotel Claro de Luna
4person(s) 1rooms ツイン
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