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Multi-Day Programs
Costa Rica has a wide range of flights from major cities of the USA, Europe, and Latin America.
Juan Santamaría Int´l Airport (Code: SJO) is the country’s main airport and allows passengers to connect with the Central region, Caribbean Coast, the northern area, and the Central & South Pacific Coast.
The modern Guanacaste Int´l Airport (Code: LIR) mainly receives specific flights for tourists visiting the North Pacific Coast and the northern region of Costa Rica.
Depending on your selected arrival airport, it is possible to combine the diverse tourist locations in the country properly, allowing you to optimize your vacation time and enjoy its attractions to the fullest.
Swiss Travel has prepared accurate and reliable itineraries to avoid the overwhelming that involves trip planning. These are just a few examples, but the combinations are endless and can be customized to your liking.
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For first-time visitors, there are different programs ranging from 4 nights vacations to 16 nights and features the most interesting and popular destinations of Costa Rica.
Natural Costa Rica: San Jose 4 nights´ getaway with one-day excursions through the paradisiac archipelago composed of several islands and the impressive Arenal Volcano with its extraordinary hot springs.
Costa Rica Essential: Beautiful sceneries, fascinating culture, and warm people! Visit San José, the country’s capital city and cultural hub. Tortuguero, A true ecotourism paradise in the middle of the tropical rainforest. The Arenal Volcano, which regularly delights viewers with its spectacular conic shape. Manuel Antonio, known for its outstanding scenery that combines pristine white sand beaches with rich tropical forests.
Taste of Costa Rica: Costa Rica is a great destination to get in touch with its culture, natural wonders, and of course, its beaches. This program offers all of it and much more!
Costa Rica Highlights: This option has been designed for those travelers who are visiting the country for the first time and would like to know it in the best way possible.
Tortuguero, Arenal Volcano, and Monteverde Cloud Forest are part of the destinations included with a taste of the food, the customs of the country, and experiencing how friendly the Costa Ricans are.
Exotic Costa Rica: Visit the northern plains as the impressive Arenal Volcano will welcome you with its majestic, almost perfect volcanic cone. Monteverde, a paradise for nature lovers, and at night you will see that a new world wakes up in the cloud forest living in unique contact with nature.
Manuel Antonio offers a charming combination of lush tropical forest and beautiful white-sand beaches. Finally, Corcovado National Park, the most biologically intense place on Earth.
Costa Rica Wonders: The program gathers the most interesting and visited spots of Costa Rica: Tortuguero, Arenal Volcano, Monteverde Cloud Forest, and the program have the opportunity to stay at the beach in our Pacific Coast to relax, enjoy the sun and the beach.
Coast to Coast: A 14-night journey from the Caribbean side, passing through the northern region and concludes in the Central Pacific Coast.
The best of Costa Rica: The most completed itinerary, combining the exuberant jungles of Tortuguero with the mighty Arenal and Rincon de la Vieja Volcanoes, explore the misty cloud forest of Monteverde and admire the natural treasures of Manuel Antonio and Corcovado National Park.
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Explore and discover the wonders of Costa Rica at your own pace.
Costa Rica’s topography is exceptionally diverse, from lofty mountains and low visibility cloud forest to flat plains and farm fields that will allow you to combine the different attractions in timings ranging from 2 to 5 hours approximately.
Most of the roads in the main tourist destinations are well-paved with two-lane highways, but once you get to rural areas, conditions can change into unpaved roads.
Fly & Drive itineraries provide a different and dynamic alternative because it offers the independence and individuality you had been looking for as you drive a car rental vehicle.
Combine popular destinations with hidden gems set near coffee fields, Bajos del Toro Cloud Forest, Celeste River, Turrialba Valley, Quetzals Valley, and many others.
Driving in Costa Rica in daylight is a great option to make stops along the way, take pictures, and admire the landscapes. However, it is highly recommended to plan the itinerary, calculate the distances and avoid driving at night, especially during long routes.
Most of the hotels, National Parks, private reserves, and adventure parks have their parking lots.
It is important to note that street-side parking is not allowed; it is recommended to park in designated parking lots or areas with an authorized parking meter.
Do not leave valuables and personal belongings visible in the car, and always lock the doors. When leaving your car, take safety measures to prevent robberies at any place throughout the entire trip.
It is not permitted to drive across rivers, the ocean, beaches, mangroves, lakes, or areas where there is no officially traced road and always stay alert if animals are crossing the roads.
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While planning a romantic trip, you have to consider that it will be one of the most memorable trips in your life, and each detail should be planned with great care and attention to create moments and memories for you and your loved one.
Costa Rica, a peaceful and nature-loving country, is an ideal destination to strengthen the ties of tenderness and affection, enjoying at the same time its natural attractions.
Honeymoon programs have been carefully selected secluded properties to offer unforgettable days full of romance and love.
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Costa Rica is a veritable playground for families, providing endless opportunities for fun. Enjoy an active adventure that also teaches the kids about nature, conservation, and sustainability.
Explore lush rainforests, learn about wildlife from an expert, visit a butterfly garden, zip-lining in the treetops, and, for those looking for a pampered experience, the program concludes with a very family-friendly all-inclusive resort with lots of beautiful swimming pools.
This escape will be one your family talks about forever – action and adventure, balanced with plenty of fun and relaxation.
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Traveling abroad to another country, leave the visitors with great memories, but what if, good memories can influence some other people and give a hand to Mother Nature?
Leaving my Footprint is a program the gives the opportunity to know Costa Rica, enjoying its nature but also contributing in some different aspects.
Visit a non-profit social organization focused on diverse social aspects such as health, education, and teenagers and children at social risk.
Appreciate traditional and non-traditional cultivations; take part in cultural activities like milking a cow, making “tortillas”, gathering vegetables from the garden, milling sugar cane, and collecting water from a handmade well.
Walk around a Wild Animals Rescue Center accompanied by a tour guide and learn about the rehabilitation enclosures.
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Costa Rica is truly the land of enchantment filled with flora, fauna, wildlife, rich cultural heritage, and a contemporary view of eco-tourism.
The distinctive programs offer the most exclusive collection of boutique hotels and recognized luxury resorts to make the trip an once-in-a-lifetime experience traveling with elegance and comfort.
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More than 850 birds’ species have been identified in Costa Rica (including a high number of endemics). Its strategic location works as a bridge between North America and South America.
The Quezals valley is a paradise for birdwatchers. The Resplendent Quetzal can be seen all-year-around and hummingbirds fly all over the place. The lush and green valley of Turrialba is the perfect place to put in the list the Snow-caps, Tanagers, and Crakes.
The Sarapiqui area is full of splendid opportunities to hike through the primary rainforest home of the green macaws.
Caño Negro wetlands create the perfect conditions for extraordinary biodiversity. It is one of the most important biological areas of the country and is recognized as a Ramsar Site due to its importance.
At Nicoya Gulf, thousands of birds inhabit during the migration from the north, also a fabulous place to find a seasonally flooded flatland with several habitats like mudflats, lagoons, salt ponds, swamps, and extensive coastal areas with rocky beaches and mangroves.
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