TOURS AND ADVENTURES
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You will find a myriad of activities available within short distances.
SPORTS: Surfing - classes available -, kayaking, deep sea fishing, snorkelling, diving, biking, horse back riding, rafting on the river. ACTIVITIES: Yoga classes, aromatherapy, acupressure, relaxing and theraupetic Massages with herbs, exotic scents, chocolate cream - authentic happiness therapy! - natural oil and organic flower essences. Shopping , souvenirs.
Birdwatching, hiking, boating, wildlife viewing. Waterfalls trips. Natural Parks sightseeings. For families and animal lovers : Sloth Rescue Center to visit -with its cute two or three finger'sloths!- Jaguar Rescue Center: play with congo monkeys, cradle a baby-sloth in your arms and closely meet forest animals! And than, -Butterfly House-, -Iguana House-, Frog House-, Cacao plantations trail and Eco-Tours: how they grow the Cacao and process it into chocolate. Botanical Garden: discover the incredible variety of plants and flowers and tasty fruits. In Siquierrez City on Sundays there's “Ticos” Crocodile Show! TOURS AND EXCURSIONS:  Tortuguero National Park. The 19,000 hectare park is one of the most varied with its 11 ecological habitats. Fronting the sea you find an endless expanse of beach. Behind that is a narrow lagoon, and backed by rainforest threaded by an infinite maze of serpentine channels. Tortuguero shelters a fabulous array of wildlife, including more than 300 bird species, among them the great green macaw. And then there are the hawks, jaguars, tapirs, giant iguanas, caimans, crocodiles, marine turtles, monkeys with their hair-raising roar...! Don't forget, too: An aficionado of turtle life-cycles can indulge his passion twice a year. The first turtle phenomena comes with the ponderous, difficult arrival of the female as she excavates a hole high on the beach, deposits and covers her eggs, and makes her heavy, fatigued way back into the ocean. The second comes some weeks later as dozens of tiny hatchlings craw out of the sand to return to the sea. It is quite common to see thousands of baby turtles on the beach at once during these hatch-outs.   About 50,000 tourists a year come here to explore the forest and swamps. There are no cars in Tortuguero so your options for some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities in the country will be on foot or from a quiet boat (four-stroke motor/electric motor or canoe). Enjoy the wildlife viewing sunrise tour, when nature wakes up!! Tortuguero offers such incomparable beauty that you can't resist trying to capture it in photos to re-live the moments when you get back home.   Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge.  This is one of the greatest areas of the country, and it is closed to you! The refuge's coast consist of emerged coral reef extending as much as 200 meters into the sea, with gently sloping white sand beaches and few waves due to the shallowness of the coast. The largest part of the refuge is covered in forest. South of Mona Points beach there is a 400-hectare swamp basically made up of holillo palms and Gandoca estuary mainly consisting of red mangrove. The refuge, with his varied birdlife, protects various animal species that are threatened with extinction in Costa Rica, such as baird's tapir, the crocodile and marine turtles.
  Cahuita National Park .   The Park was created to protect the flora and wildlife, the coral reef and several sea ecosystems. It is the most developed reef of the Caribbean Coast : 35 coral species, 140 mollusks, 44 crustacean, 128 algaes and 123 fish species -angel queen fish, blue parrot fish, barracuda, remora, manta ray, morena, three different kind of sharks, sea cucumber, lobster, sponge, white shrimp, the green turtle and the carey turtle...you could find yourself swimming with them! As for wildlife on land, it is very common to see kongos and white faced monkeys, raccoons, nutrias, iguanas, pizotes. Bri Bri waterfalls, indigenous culture and traditions.   Let yourself be captured by the authentic spirit of indigenous people here! Jump into their waterfalls, feel energy of nature, discover Bri Bri tribal dances, medicinal herbs, biological plantations, handicraft.
  You may even choose to spend a night in the rainforest in a native hut, talking by the fireside. You can ride a horse, exploring the Indigenous Reserve in depth, or gallop the beach.  For brave hearts: Climb the waterfall canyons! (Canyoning Tour). Or the whole family can strap themselves into a harness riding a high cable to take the Canopy zip-line tour.
 A great opportunity to view a variety of animals in their natural habitat! Enjoy walking trails and aereal tram into Veragua rainforest, admiring the sights and sounds of wild flora and fauna by hiking and catching the aerial tram, its biological reserve station, its frog habitat, its butterfly and reptilegarden and insectarium.   Also available: Rafting on Pejibaie or Pacuare' river (two difficulty levels, the first one for all the family, the other for fit and experienced adults).
Up on S.Jose's mountains are the Braulio Carrillo National Park and its Aerial Tram Canopy Tour, serpentarium, mariposarium, ranarium. On the Pacific Coast: Arenal Volcano and thermal baths and Irazu' Volcano National Park. Finally, you can' t leave without visiting Panama from Puerto Viejo—we are so close! Its amazing archipelago of islands 'Bocas del Toro' will attract you time and again to wander among the Zapatillas atoll set in turquoise waters. You won't be able to resist snorkeling there into clouds of tropical coloured fishes and boating to see the dolphins. Mangrove islets with lake scenery, Indian Villages and coral reefs...That is one mental postcard you will cherish for the rest of your life.  The caribbean rainforest is the perfect place to journey into your own body, mind and spirit. It will help you inhale a little deeper and exhale your worries away and your primal energies will come out ! Cleanes your body of toxins, your mind of urban shuffle, your spirit of captivity....!
Indigenous alternative medicine offer solutions for your health.   What to bring with you?
Sunscreen, headgear, sarong, sandals, snorkel gear (can be rented), binoculars, repellent, comfortable shoes (perhaps hiking shoes) and outfit to afford excursions in the possibility that might rain. If you like to read on the beach or on your Villa lanai, put your favourite book into your suitcase. Above all, bring with you light luggage and don't forget... a laid back attitude!! Because here the operative attitude is “Pura Vida”...! Pure Relaxation, cool and easy...! An easy-going way of looking at life...Slowly slowly..! p.s. All photos on this site were taken by us, Nadia and Antonio, with all the love for this place.
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