Arenal Manoa

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Short on time but big on wildlife, adventure and beaches.

8 days

from £3,795 pp

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Exploring the Osa Peninsula

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A classic Costa Rica route, ending somewhere seriously special.

11 days

from £5,985 pp

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Summertime Family Adventure

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Huge adventures, wild wildlife and plenty of smiles.

15 days

from £4,945 pp

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Costa Rica Family Holiday

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Because Costa Rica was made for unforgettable family adventures.

11 days

from £3,995 pp

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Costa Rica’s iconic sights with a first-class twist.

12 days

from £7,565 pp

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Birdwatching in Costa Rica

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Home to more than 850 bird species, Costa Rica is a bird lover's paradise.

13 days

from £6,465 pp

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La Fortuna Waterfall & Chocolate Tour

Your tour today will begin with a 2 hour 'chocolate experience' where you will learn about the production of one of Central America's most famous exports, from the harvesting of the fruit to the drying and grinding of the cacao bean, right through to sampling some of the finished product! You will then transfer to La Fortuna waterfall for a gentle hike to enjoy the views and perhaps take a refreshing swim in its natural pool.

Sloth Tour

Arenal area is well known for its diverse wildlife, including the two different sloth species; the two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths. Black eye patches and “smiling” mouths distinguish Costa Rica’s docile three-toed sloths, while the larger two-toed variety have white-ringed faces, brown snouts and shaggy coats. Sloths are especially unique in that they spend nearly their entire lives hanging upside down in a tree; they sleep, eat, mate and even give birth upside down! With your certified naturalist guide, an expert at locating wildlife and extremely knowledgeable in their field you will go on a search for these beautiful animals around La Fortuna's beautiful Sloth spotting areas, you will also have a chance encounter of toucans, red blue jeans poison dart frogs, hummingbirds, iguanas and monkeys.

Tenorio & Rio Celeste hiking excursion

A two-hour drive north west of Arenal brings you to the sleepy Tenorio region, its volcano and national park of the same name much less-frequented than Arenal. The national park here is home to some superb (if challenging) hiking through dense rainforest trails and past thermal mud pots. Star of the show is the Rio Celeste waterfall. The water’s unique reaction to the minerals coating the rocks on the river bed here turns the pool of water an impossible shade of turquoise.

Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge

Close to the border with Nicaragua, the vast seasonally-flooded wetland reserve of Caño Negro is one of the best destinations in Costa Rica for viewing wildlife and birds. The journey from Arenal can take between two and three hours, but it is well worth the early start for the opportunity to spot species such Central America’s largest bird, the Jabiru stork, three-toed sloths, enormous caiman and basilisk lizards as well as three of Costa Rica’s four species of monkey. After a gentle three-hour boat safari led by an expert naturalist guide, you will enjoy a typical Costa Rican lunch at a local restaurant before making the return journey back to Arenal.

Arenal Hanging Bridges

This complex of 16 hanging bridges and fixed canopy walkways spread across three kilometres offers a fascinating glimpse of the rainforest from a different perspective. The experience of strolling along at an elevated height admiring the panorama across the tree tops is a thoroughly enjoyable one, and the forest here is home to a wide variety of flora, fauna and birds. We include the services of an expert naturalist guide in your tour which brings the experience alive as they are usually able to find birds, insects and amphibians hiding in the undergrowth, which appear almost invisible at first glance.