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Highlights of Costa Rica | 7 nights | San Jose | Atlas & Passage

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Highlights of Costa Rica

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Tour · 7 nights · with Explore Worldwide

Highlights of Costa Rica

A small-group tour from Explore Worldwide tracing Costa Rica’s shifting landscapes, from San Jose’s urban coffee to cloud forests, volcanoes and the Pacific coastline around Manuel Antonio.

Highlights

What makes this one worth it

Doka Estate coffee plantation tour near San Jose
Walking on flanks of Arenal Volcano
Rafting safari with wildlife sightings on calm waters
Cloud forest night walk in Monteverde
Manuel Antonio National Park wildlife and beaches

About the trip

This escorted tour with Explore Worldwide begins in the capital, San Jose, where coffee plants grow alongside the city streets. From there it moves on to La Fortuna, the town spared by Arenal Volcano’s 1968 eruption. A riverside raft trip offers calm waters—and the chance to spot toucans, sloths and caiman.

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Reading for the trip

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Arenal, Monteverde and the cloud that never lifts

3 min read

from£1,220How booking worksHide

per person · 19 departures to choose from

You book directly with Explore Worldwide who confirm your dates and take payment.
Any financial protection, such as ATOL, comes from Explore Worldwide rather than Atlas & Passage.
Atlas & Passage may earn commission if you book through this link.

See dates & bookwith Explore Worldwide (opens Explore Worldwide’s website)

Duration

7 nights

Departures

19 dates

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Countries

Costa Rica

Operator

Explore Worldwide

From

£1,220

per person

The journey continues to the cloud forest of Monteverde, where Quaker settlers established farms in the 1950s. Optional afternoon activities include hanging bridges and zip wires, followed by a night walk to glimpse pacas and tarantulas. On the return south, the route crosses the Rio Tarcoles Bridge, a reliable perch for crocodile watchers, then stops at Carara Reserve, a haven for scarlet macaws.

The final two nights are spent at Manuel Antonio National Park, where slow-moving sloths and chattering capuchins share the forests behind beaches of white sand. The trip ends back in San Jose after a four to five-hour drive from the coast. The tour strikes a steady pace, with plenty of time to absorb each landscape.

1 San Jose
2 La Fortuna
3 Monteverde
4 Manuel Antonio

The route in outline: places are joined in the order visited, not by the roads or sea lanes taken.

1 San Jose
2 La Fortuna
3 Monteverde
4 Manuel Antonio

Itinerary

The route

San Jose
La Fortuna
Monteverde
Manuel Antonio

These are the places the trip visits, in order. Explore Worldwide publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.

When to go

Departures and prices

Lowest price each month, per person.

Explore Worldwide confirms exact dates, availability and prices when you book.

Need to know

Before you book

Price based on: Per personThe operator confirms the exact basis when you book.
Travelling alone: Check with Explore Worldwide
Flights: Not included: you book your own to the start
What’s included: Check with Explore Worldwide
Accessibility: Check with Explore Worldwide

For full details of what’s included, check with Explore Worldwide. See the full details on their site

Questions people ask

How long is Highlights of Costa Rica?: Highlights of Costa Rica is a 7 nights tour holiday.
Who operates Highlights of Costa Rica?: Highlights of Costa Rica is operated by Explore Worldwide.
How much does Highlights of Costa Rica cost?: Prices for Highlights of Costa Rica start from £1,220, subject to availability.

The operator

Explore Worldwide

Small-group adventures, walking and wildlife

Small groups with local leaders, and a fondness for the places at the end of the road. Trips are graded so you know how active they are.

You book with Explore Worldwide directly. They confirm your place, take payment, and look after you from the moment you leave home; Atlas & Passage’s part ends when you click through.

from£1,220per person

19 departures to choose from

See dates & bookwith Explore Worldwide (opens Explore Worldwide’s website)

You book directly with Explore Worldwide who confirm your dates and take payment.
Any financial protection, such as ATOL, comes from Explore Worldwide rather than Atlas & Passage.
Atlas & Passage may earn commission if you book through this link.

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