BRITT COFFEE TOUR & BUTTERFLY FARM (57SJ06)
Duration: 8 hours
Price: US$75
The Perfect Combination: Visit Cafe Britt's farm in Heredia to see the award-winning theatrical show about coffee production. Then go to the La Guacima Butterfly Farm, where hundreds of Butterflies live in a large fly-way enclosure. Operated by The Butterfly Farm. |
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CALYPSO PACIFIC ISLAND CRUISE (103SJ6)
Duration: Full day
Price: US$119
Operated by Calypso Island Tours. Sun, sea and fun on a 100-ft catamaran in the Gulf of Nicoya to Isla Tortuga. The cruise passes seven different islands before passengers disembark on Isla Tortuga. Breakfast and lunch included. |
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CARARA BIOLOGICAL RESERVE (67SJ06)
Duration: 8 hours
Price: US$199
Carara National Park is considered by many to be one of the best birding locations in Costa Rica. This tour is operated by Costa Rica Expeditions. |
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COFFEE LOVER TOUR (59SJ06)
Duration: 4 hours
Price: US$58
See coffee production from start to finish at the Britt processing plant while an expert guide explains each step. Lunch included. Operated by Cafe Britt. |
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COFFEE TOUR (56SJ06)
Duration: 2-1/2 hours
Price: US$52
Half-day tour which includes an entertaining stage play about coffee plantation life and the production of one of the world's most widely-consumed beverages. Lunch included. Operated by Britt Coffee Company. |
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IRAZU VOLCANO HALF-DAY TOUR (61SJ06)
Duration: 5 hours
Price: US$42
On the way to Irazú, we will stop in Cartago to visit the ruins of a church and the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels. Irazú Volcano presents an impressively bleak and barren landscape with two deep craters, one of which still contains active fumaroles. |
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IRAZU VOLCANO, OROSI & LANKASTER GARDENS (62SJ06)
Duration: 8 hours
Price: US$68; As of Dec. 1, 2009, $74
After visiting Irazú Volcano, the group continues to Lankester Gardens, a 20-acre orchid garden. On the way back to San José, we will stop at Bridal Veil Waterfall. Operated by Expediciones Tropicales. |
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LA GARITA ORCHID GARDENS (113SJ09)
Duration: 1 hour
Price: US$38; as of Dec. 1, $49.
La Garita Orchid Gardens features the country’s largest diversity of flowering orchid hybrids and species. |
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LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION (68SJ06)
Duration: 8 hours
Price: US$159
Accompanied by a station naturalist, rub shoulders with field biologists while you explore this 30-year-old jungle reserve where studies being carried out represent the forefront of our knowledge about tropical rainforest biology. Operated by Costa Rica Expeditions. |
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QUETZALS AND PARAMO (69SJ06)
Duration: 8 hours
Price: US$169
You will have a chance to view several orchids, especially high-altitude miniatures at Finca Chacon, where we will visit on this tour. This is a good opportunity to see Quetzals as well. Operated by Costa Rica Expeditions. |
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RAINFOREST AERIAL TRAM (55SJ06)
Duration: Full day
Price: US$90
A unique ecotourism and research facility in Sarapiqui. The tram will take visitors on a 90-min. excursion through the rainforest canopy and its hanging gardens of plants and animals hidden in tall tropical trees. Operated by Rainforest Aerial Tram. |
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RAINFOREST ZIP LINE AT BRAULIO CARRILLO (110SJ09)
Duration: Full day
Price: US$80
This zip line tour has seven cables (between 80-140 meters long), with nine platforms providing a 360-degree view of the surrounding forest. The tour also includes the aerial tram experience, guided walk over a hanging bridge and lunch in the Rainforest Aerial Tram Restaurant (set menu). |
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SAN JOSE CITY TOUR (66SJ06)
Duration: 3 hours
Price: US$37
Tour includes the National Theater, an exact copy of a Paris opera house, and other spots of general interest. Does not operate on Mondays. Operated by Expediciones Tropicales. |
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