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Discover Costa Rica’s abundant beauty on this 9-day family adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","destination":[36],"activities":[],"trip_types":[],"difficulty":[],"trip_tag":[],"class_list":["post-78","trip","type-trip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","destination-costa-rica","latest_post"],"packages_ids":[85],"trip_extras":[],"cut_off_time":{"enabled":false,"duration":0,"duration_unit":"days"},"booked-seats":[],"code":"WTE-78","price":2509,"has_sale":true,"sale_price":1899,"discount_percent":24,"currency":{"code":"GBP","symbol":"£"},"duration":{"days":9,"nights":8,"duration_unit":"days","duration_type":"both"},"min_pax":"","max_pax":"","discount_value":610,"discount_label":"24% Off","primary_category":28,"available_times":{"type":"default","items":["2021-1-01","2021-2-01","2021-3-01","2021-4-01","2021-5-01","2021-6-01","2021-7-01","2021-8-01","2021-9-01","2021-10-01","2021-11-01","2021-12-01"]},"description":"\n
With a quarter of the country designated as protected land (and home to 5% of the world's biodiversity), Costa Rica is an animal lover's paradise. From whitewater rafting to exploring the cloud forests and looking into the crater of an active volcano, our family tour balances wildlife spotting with even wilder thrills.<\/p>\n","cost_includes":"","cost_excludes":"","itineraries":[{"title":"Join your group in San Jose","content":"\n
Our tour starts today in San Jose, Costa Rica's cosmopolitan capital. Lying in a fertile valley, at an altitude of 1,150 metres, coffee and sugar are big industries here - coffee is even planted between buildings and along the roadsides on the outskirts of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those arriving in time, our tour leader plans to meet you in the hotel reception at 7pm for a welcome meeting, and for those that wish there'll be the chance to go out for dinner. There are no other activities planned today, so you're free to arrive in San Jose at any time. If you'd like an airport transfer, you'll need to arrive into San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), which is around a 30-minute drive from our hotel. If you miss the welcome meeting, your tour leader will inform you of any essential information as soon as you catch up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your flight arrives earlier in the day, you might like to head out and explore the city - the barrios are easy to navigate, laid out in a grid pattern of avenues and streets. The National Museum (Museo Nacional De Costa Rica) is also well worth a visit.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Visit the active Poas Volcano, drive to Arenal","content":"\n
This morning, we'll head to Poas Volcano National Park (a one-hour drive away), where you can spot the smoke from one of Costa Rica's most active volcanos rising majestically from the tropical rainforest. At almost a mile in diameter and 314 metres deep, the main crater is one of the largest in the world. It has erupted 40 times since 1828, most recently in April 2017. Due to recent volcanic activity, time at the crater viewpoint is restricted to 20 minutes. If activity increases again, the authorities may choose to close the park - in that case, we'll visit the Doka coffee estate instead for a tasting session of Costa Rica's finest export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our next stop is the provincial town of Sarchi, just over an hour away, well known throughout Costa Rica for its intricate arts and crafts. The town is famous for producing decorative oxcarts, one of Costa Rica's national symbols. We'll meet Don William, a local artist, who will teach us how to paint a traditional oxcart with some of the patterns and designs familiar to the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afterwards, we'll continue to Arenal (around a two-and-a-half-hour drive) to catch our first sight of the famous Arenal Volcano. This classic cone, which rises to 1,633 metres, is covered by a tangled mass of vegetation on one side, while the other is starkly barren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our accommodation for the next two nights is around a 20 minute drive from La Fortuna, on the banks of the San Carlos River. Each family is accommodated in a large, light-filled suite surrounded by nature. Open up the wooden shutters each morning onto an extensive outdoor deck area and listen to the sounds of the tropical birds all around you. The lodge also features an outdoor pool, set in lush gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The town was renamed after an eruption in 1968 that decimated the towns around the volcano's western flanks. Translated as 'fortune', La Fortuna refers to the town's luck in being located on the volcano's eastern side, and so, fortunately, escaping destruction.<\/p>\n"}],"faqs":[{"title":"What is the minimum child age for this trip?","content":"\n
The minimum age for this trip is 7 years. Occasionally, we can accept children of a lower age. 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