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One Day Tours
One of the most outstanding attractions of visiting Costa Rica is the wide variety of activities that can be carried out from the different destinations of the country.
Adventure, sun, secluded beaches, active volcanoes, rainforests, wellness, and much more are just some of the options that this paradise provides.
Getting first-hand information and selecting activities that have gone through exhaustive verification for quality and safeness, is the best way to ensure you will enjoy unforgettable experiences. As well as being accompanied by highly trained adventured experts or certified naturalist guides who will interpret the natural world for all levels of interest.
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Costa Rica protects over 30% of its territory in national parks, wildlife refuges, biological stations, and private reserves; these natural sanctuaries represent 5% of the world´s biodiversity, most of them are easy to access and offer visitor services inside the parks and in the surrounding areas.
Ecotourism not only aims to captivate tourists with beautiful natural treasures but also involves interpretation and education features regarding the importance of protecting the natural resources and their habitats.
While nature walks are, a great introduction to a new world dominated by incepts, mammals, and reptiles, most of the life in the rainforest occurs above the forest floor, in the canopy, where each level supports its plants and animal life. A tamer way to explore the upper elevations of the forest is on a canopy walk over hanging bridges suspended nearly 200 feet above the forest floor.
Another option that perfectly fits the whole family is the float trips and boat excursions. The calm waters of the waterways, lakes, and rivers offer the perfect setting to observe wildlife from other perspectives or even at the ocean searching for Whales and funny dolphins complete the picture.
Birding in Costa Rica has long been famous among serious bird watchers, with more than 875 birds recorded from the tinny hummingbird to the colored Scarlet Macaws, Toucans, and Quetzals.
Night tours will take you into the deepness of the jungle right after the sunset, the specific moment when the darkness reveals the magical world of thousands of creatures.
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Adventure is synonymous with happiness, fun, and excitement everywhere. Costa Rica features from unspoiled outdoor activities in outstanding landscapes for more enthusiast explorers to thrilling expeditions for the most rugged in extreme adventure parks.
One of the most popular is the zip-lines tour, which uses a system of platforms and cables to take travelers into the treetops with different lengths, heights, and speeds, designed to provide visitors greater contact with nature while releasing adrenaline in a healthy and safe way.
Zip-Lines are available in almost any destination in Costa Rica. Some of them are suitable even for children but others are recommended only for courageous people, with Tarzan Swing jumps or cannoning descents.
Horseback riding is one of the most enjoyable activities. It is a great way to see the beautiful countryside at a slower pace, with the possibility of being outdoors and connecting to nature, giving you a real sense of freedom.
The water activities in Costa Rica are world-renowned for their variety of wild rivers, stunning lakes, and both oceans: Pacific and Caribbean, where warm waters offer the perfect conditions to venture to the most astonishing places of the country.
Tubbing and rafting offer many splashes through the white waters rapids, while Stand Up Paddle Board and Kayak will allow you to paddle at your own pace while you feel the fresh breezes in your body.
Surfing in Costa Rica is a sport with multiple interpretations, for many people, it is just a recreational activity, physical activity, and a competitive sport, but for others, it is almost a religion, a lifestyle, an addiction, and a spiritual connection with Nature.
Costa Rica’s Pacific coast provides fertile fishing grounds, which turns into a year-round, full of action for approximately 15 varieties of sport fish for catch-and-release excursions.
Diving is one of the aquatic tourist activities that has developed with greater interest in the Pacific waters of Costa Rica, thanks to its excellent tropical location, which allows underwater explorers to enjoy average visibility of between 8 to 16 meters deep.
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Costa Rica is a great destination to experience the culture and traditions of the local communities with the economic development and the environment.
Coffee, Cocoa, Pineapple, and other plantations offer an educational walk to learn all the complete processes of each crop, from the seeds that germinate in the nurseries, the planting and harvesting, and finally, the selection of the products.
Visitors from all over the world are often surprised to discover the richness and creativity of Costa Rican gastronomy beyond the traditional gallo pinto.
The Costa Rica Cuisine sets itself apart by its unique and exclusive flavor that marks each of its dishes, with a mélange of flavors and variety of ingredients; local vegetables, tubers, fruits, seafood, and game combined with cooking styles from many different locations, sparking new ways to cook these exotic items.
Costa Rica is a multi-ethnic country that recognizes the great legacy of its eight ethnic groups that live 22 indigenous territories since more than 12 thousand years ago.
The culture of these indigenous tribes is not widely known. However, some tribes are very open to sharing a piece of their legacy, their ancient traditions, and their present way of life.
Costa Rica has placed great efforts to promote its conservation policy. However, the interaction between human activities and the ecosystems means that wildlife will be affected in different ways; by road accidents, illegal trade, and even hunting.
There are not-for-profit organizations that rescue animals that have suffered some problem and provides haven and rehabilitation to return them to their natural habitat. Those that are no longer suitable to survive in their natural habitats are cared for and helps to educate visitors about the importance of preserve the ecosystems.
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Relaxation, peaceful and wellness
Costa Rica sits in the heart of one of the most active volcanic regions on earth; the Rim of Fire
The hot springs are the result of rainwater heated by magma in the Earth’s interior. Once heated, the waters rise to the surface, taking with them minerals found in the earth’s rocky crust; this way, waters become very beneficial to your body because of their temperature that helps to relax muscles, clean pores, and rejuvenate the skin.
Costa Rica has beautiful coasts and hidden beaches; some are white sand, others pink sand, and others dark volcanic sand. Some are palm-fringed, some on secluded bays, others wide and expansive.
There is nothing like the feeling of sunbathing on the bow of a sailboat or catamaran that’s quietly making way over the Pacific Ocean with a couple of beers, friends, chilling music, the ocean breeze, and sounds of the waves.
No words can describe the beauty and tranquillity of watching the sunset on the horizon. This moment makes you want to freeze the time and live a whole life in it.
Costa Rica is naturally nourishing to body, mind, and spirit and can easily combine the beauty of nature with a spa or wellness experience.
Many of Costa Rica’s small lodges offer massage therapy and other spa treatments, and several hideaways combine spa treatments with wellness activities such as yoga, meditation, and healing arts.
The secluded natural settings of these properties, many of which are located in the heart of the rainforest, are conducive to uniquely relaxing and restorative experiences.
During any Costa Rican spa experience or wellness retreat, nature will be nearby, since practitioners use natural local ingredients such as tropical fruits, herbs, mineral water and mud in their body treatments.
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