Costa Rica family vacations - adventures your kids will talk about with their kids

Serendipity Adventures Costa Rica named Best of Costa Rica in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE MAGAZINE

Costa Rica Family Vacations - Packages for Adventures in Nature - all inclusive family vacations

For parents, Adventure and Discovery is most rewarding when viewed through the eyes of our children.

  • Kids riding in electric inflated boats in nature-filled river

    Nature enjoyed quietly and privately - swim, too

  • boy with boa constrictor

    Getting a chance to befriend the " natives "

  • Family hiking through bubbling creek in cloud forest

    Hiking off the beaten path may mean wet feet

  • Young girl rapels from high branches of strangler fig

    The climb up was hard - the rappel is the payoff

  • family sitting on lava outcrop at Arenal volcano

    Arenal explosions accent lava climbing fun

  • Family crossing river on horseback

    Horseback-the journey's as fun as the destination

  • family crossing fallen log over creek

    This hike requires some balance - can parents do it?

  • father and son paddling on nature filled river

    Teamwork. No better way to vacation with kids

  • Girl climbs rope in canyon

    Kids climb ropes faster than their parents

  • small child on river float with grand parents in nature filled river

    Serendipity keeps everyone in the family happy

  • Young boy touches green tree fron

    Learning respect for all living creatures

  • Young girl on Class III white water river with Serendipity guide

    White water fun for kids down to about age 6

  • young boy learning to snorkel

    Learning to snorkel in warm, clear waters

  • family on river sea kayak expedition

    Sea kayaking in clear hidden stream

 

 

Private itineraries - your dates, your hand picked travel companions

Serendipity family vacations challenge your whole family - from climbing trees to rappelling waterfalls, from riding horses to rafting pristine white water, from spotting wild things --in the wild-- to watching volcanoes boom and sparkle. Serendipity Style means all private, customized to your travel dates, level of experience, and your priorities.

Your whole family will develop skills and confidence that serve a lifetime. Serendipity vacations bond your family through shared experience, shared discovery.

  • Active family vacation: 8 days - a good place to start designing your custom vacation

    Family at base of wet canyon rappel

    If you want rafting and tree climbing and horseback and lots of different things, something different every day, then look at our 8 day active family adventure trip as a good starting point.

    This Costa Rica family vacation itinerary was designed for a family with kids from 7 to 18 years.. The parents are very active, and they want their kids to get a lot of physical challenges as well as to meet real Costa Ricans, not just hotel staff and tourist people. They want activities that all four can enjoy together, and the kids will not have to stay behind on the more rigorous stuff. They have only 9 days during school break to be with us, and want to do and see — everything!

  • kids swinging from vine in pond in cloud forest Do-It-All! The Eclectic Voyager: 10 days for all the adventures. Then take off for the beach

    The Eclectic Voyager includes diverse adventures for fit people, yet it accommodates three generations enjoying Costa Rica together. Great place to start designing a longer stay in Costa Rica

  • NatureQuest: 10 days - a family vacation emphasizing biodiversity and natural discovery

    Young child reaches out for green tree frog

    We explored Costa Rica for the best in pristine nature, avoiding well-trodden destinations, finding places where Nature is unfettered. Our NatureQuest 10 day itinerary is a very good place to start designing a trip encompassing three or four distinct eco zones, from cloud forest to the Northern Zone and the best beaches for pure nature exploration.

    This Costa Rica family vacation itinerary was designed for a family with kids down to 3 years. The parents want their kids to really appreciate the fragile natural world, to see it without feeling "nature is only in a zoo", to touch it when it fascinates.

  • PureNature: 9 days - for serious naturalists

    Basilica lizard

    Perfect for families when everyone has adult abilities for swimming, hiking, and focused curiosity. 9 day PureNature will make you ask as many questions as it answers. Seeing the natural world in quiet, spending time on the smallest details, makes PureNature an ideal starting point for people who want to truly understand nature.

    This itinerary was designed for a family who wanted to explore deeper environmental issues, especially how Costa Rica's biodiversity is preserved by small local groups and "stewards" of the land.

FORM YOUR OWN FAMILY PRIVATE DEPARTURE

You can use one of these package tours for your private itinerary (and your dates) - with costs as shown. These trips are more economical because we use specific hotels and a more restricted meal plan, but the adventures remain the same high quality and are still operated Serendipity Style.

  • Costa Rica Jurassic Experience

    Serendipity guest holds a tree frog

    After soaking in hot springs, hiking through rain forests and Jurassic era cloud forests, getting very close to nature in stealth boats, and lunch in the tree tops in a primary forest, we head to the primordial sea for turtle watching. Oh, yes. active volcano, too. More jurassic experience...

  • Costa Rica Challenge Adventure Tour

    White water rafting on the Pacuare River

    Seven days of muscle stretching, surprising adrenaline and action adventure. Only for the young of soul and fit of body. You'll barely have time to rest between the canopy tour, mountain biking, canyoning in tropical streams, and class IV rafting on the Pacuare River. More challenge adventure...

  • Costa Rica Intrepid Adventure Tour

    Running on horse back

    7 days of riding on horseback, hiking and climbing trees, wild rafting, great food and nature and, of course, rain forest, cloud forest and a lava-belching volcano, soaking in hot springs, zipping through a canopy tour on ropes and cables.. All this, with high quality hotels and great food. More intrepid adventure...

Your whole family will talk about your Serendipity Costa Rica family vacation for years to come. We promise you, no compromises on discovery.

The first step to enjoying a Serendipity adventure is to contact us.

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The flexibility of the timing and the itinerary was really appreciated. For example, the opportunity to do a second ride on horseback in the afternoon. Or that extra hour in bed when we wanted. Or the ability to stop the car if we wanted a closer look at something. We always felt that it was really personalized around what we wanted rather than us fitting into a rigid itinerary. This is really hard to deliver, but Serendipity and our guide Matt did it, always with good humor and without making us feel that we were being overly demanding.

—Diana N., London, England, July 2008

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