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8 Days 7 Nights Costa Rica Girl Scouts Vacation:

Day 1: Arrive to Costa Rica. Your driver will be waiting for you outside of the airport ready to drive your group to Arenal volcano area. On the way to the bungalows, you will stop for a break to see local fruits, and you can buy local snacks, candies, and drinks if you would like to. Also we will stop to see waterfalls by the road. A welcome dinner will be waiting for you at Tropical Paradise Bungalows.

Day 2: Welcome garden tour: After breakfast at the bungalows, you will then do a tour in the gardens and trails of the property to learn about medicinal plants and local crops such as pineapple and cassava or yucca, and some interesting trees like cinnamon, rubber tree and much more!

 Rain Forest tour: Get ready to explore the rain forest jungle near one of Costa Rica’s reserves: Maquenque. During this guided walk you can get wet if you want! You will walk on a trail to a beautiful waterfall in the rainforest and also search for poison dart frogs in their natural habitat, as well as learn some tips for surviving in the jungle. This tour has different levels for everyone in the family.

Day 3:  Natural hot springs: After about a 10 minute walk in a transition-tropical forest on trails, you can soak and relax and enjoy the beauty of nature while sipping a drink in pools of different temperatures. This hot springs has drinks available for an extra charge, such as fruit drinks, soft drinks, piña coladas, etc. This hot springs is rustic and alongside a river in the middle of the jungle.

Day 4:  Waterfalls tour: Today we will visit the Twins waterfalls in Bajos del Toro.  This is a wonderful place to photograph nature and cloud forest landscapes. Swimming will be optional in a safe area. It´s going to be about 3 miles hike.

Day 5:  A day for games, dancing lessons, pool time, relax time or a massage can be arranged at Tropical Paradise Bungalows:

Soccer and/or Volleyball games with local kids will be arranged for this day. Later on in the day you will have the chance to take lessons to learn and practice Salsa, Merengue, & Cumbia music, plus a little Karaoke time for those that like to sing!

 Day 6: Arenal volcano tour: learn the history of Arenal volcano in a small volcano museum, enjoy gorgeous views of the giant cone-shaped volcano and the lake at its base at a safe distance. (*No hiking is allowed at the base of the volcano, nor is walking up the slope allowed for safety reasons.) See the surrounding forest and watch for wild life during a walking tour, like the famous red eyed tree frog.

This afternoon you will be in La Fortuna so you can walk in town and look at shops, or you can take an optional tour instead: zip lining! Starting price for zip lining is $55.00 per person (*Optional zipline tour not included in package price, and must be reserved ahead of time)

Day 7: Open day in our Tropical Paradise Bungalows: Relax day. You can enjoy a massage in your bungalows, have pool time, or perhaps do an optional tour ¨as a group¨:  Safari float tour or white-water rafting are the choices your group has for an optional tour today.  (* These optional tours are not included in the price, Minimum of 4 people, 65.00 per person)

Day 8: Return home flight today. The driver will take you to the airport at your convenient time. (*Keep in mind you will be a 2 ½ hour drive to the airport).

Price in U.S. dollars $799.00 per person.

*Minimum 6 people in your group, and up to 22 people. Depending on bungalow sleeping arrangements.

Arriving at Juan Santamaria international airport (SJO)

Includes:

13% Taxes included.

Transportation included…

Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8:   Driver/guide transportation included.

Hotels:

7 nights at Tropical Paradise Bungalows (Arenal volcano area)  https://www.aaatourcostarica.com/tropical-paradise-bungalows/

Food, every day will be something different:

7 breakfasts at Tropical Paradise Bungalows,

6 Lunches, sometimes lunch will be out in local restaurants

7 Dinners, must of the dinners will be at Tropical Paradise Bungalows

5 Tours included:  

Welcome tour in the gardens, Rain Forest tour, Waterfall’s tour, Natural Hot Springs, Dancing lessons,  Arenal Volcano tour.

-*Other tours can be added on once you are here in addition for an additional cost.

Itinerary with pictures in the next link: Costa Rica 8 day Vacation Package, Only Arenal area