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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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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