Costa Rica Vacation Costs: 9 Day Pure Nature SAMPLE itinerary

Giant egret takes flight

When you creep up silently, even your amateur camera can take stunning shots.

This is your trip with your departure dates. We do not add you to a set itinerary, combine you with other people, or suggest that other people join your trip.

This sample itinerary gives you the best of three natural worlds of Costa Rica - pristine cloud forest, the wildlife of the Northern Zone (which duplicates much you'd find in Tortuguero), and the jewel of Costa Rica's natural crown, the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park, plus our most intense marine life area. What you decide to do on your Costa Rica vacation with Serendipity can include anything, or everything (plus more!) we have illustrated here.

This (SAMPLE) itinerary includes:

  • All hotels -high three star or four star (best available within reasonable distance of the adventures) If you have a special hotel request, we can include it.
  • All meals, snacks, and interesting things we encounter en route - fruits you pick from trees, fish you catch, home made candies or home made beer. We are expert with dietary requirements like Kosher or vegan -- and the opposite extreme as well.
  • Serendipity's strong 4x4 adventure vehicle for those parts of the trip where roads exist -- no rigid schedules, no cramped bus. Our vehicles give you access to places closed to tourists.
  • Completely private exploration when you have your Serendipity guide with you, in places you sometimes simply can't reach without our 4x4's or our amazing guides - from a remote river to tree top lunch, or a frog farm on a dirt road.
  • Serendipity's amazing support, before and during your travels - paddle jackets to keep you warm, well equipped first aid kits, communication equipment, comfort items like clean towels, sunscreen lotion and bug spray for your convenience. Just arrive here with your essentials - we have all the extras.
  • The key to your enjoyment is your Serendipity leader, who is with you when you are not in the Osa, always pushing you to try something new, challenge you physically, or mentally, or both.

Here's what the 9 Day Pure Nature itinerary would cost per person for the following size groups and room sharing, in peak and non-peak seasons. We accommodate larger groups by adding guides and vehicles and equipment as needed, which gives you great flexibility in designing a trip with different action for different people in your group.

Serendipity's balloons over rain forest in San Carlos

Serendipity's balloons kiss the treetops over the ancient primary forest in San Carlos, not far from Arenal Volcano. The balloons fly only near sunrise, when the animals are awakening and the air is tranquil

OPTIONAL BALLOONING

A sunrise activity you can enjoy on almost any day before the activities listed in the sample itinerary. Sunrise is the best time for ballooning, and for rainforest animals to greet the day from the treetops. Serendipity's hot air balloon flies low over treetops, dips low over rivers and lakes, flies within shouting distance of passing farm workers and small villages.

9 DAY Pure Nature itinerary prices per person for 2015 - 2016

Number of participants,
sharing number of rooms

Low Season
(U.S.$)

High Season
(U.S.$)

Six or more persons, two per room 3,980
4,175
Five persons, two rooms 4,050
4,300
Five persons, three rooms 4,230
4,640
Four persons, two rooms 4,225
4,320
Three persons, one room 4,350
4,750
Three persons, two rooms 4,600
5,150
Two persons, one room 5,100
5,700
One person, one room 7,500
8,200

LOW SEASON: May, September - October

HIGH SEASON: November - April, June - August

PEAK SEASONS: add 10 % to high season rates
(Christmas, New Years, Spring Break and Easter)

BALLOON FLIGHT: add $345 per person (1 to 3 people) or $1200 for charter (4 or 5 people)

 

Not included: International flights, government departure tax ($28 per person), alcoholic beverages, and (optional) tip for the guides.

Bcapuchin monkeys in tree

Capuchin monkeys wait for the chance to swing down into the dining room for fruit

The hotels we've selected for this trip would be classified as high 3 star. In each location we've selected the hotel which provides the best service, and is most central to the activities. This reduces the time spent getting places, and allows more time away from tourist centers. Hotels are remote from road traffic, with gardens and trails and intrinsic natural beauty. If you prefer other accommodations, we are pleased to use them, with a price adjustment.

Care to compare costs?

These are other reputable travel companies offering tours in Costa Rica of varying lengths, with varying activities and included items (meals, guides, etc.). All have good reputations in Costa Rica and the United States, with adequate infrastructure to assure their tour groups operate with minimal problems.

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

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