ADVENTURE SPORTS MAX

For the active traveler this is the mother of all adventure tours, the promised land of tropical multi-sport vacations. This Costa Rica Adventure Tour travels from the endless sky and views of Costa Rica’s remote northern volcanic range to the dense rain forests of Costa Rica’s southern Pacific Coast. From waterfall, rushing rivers and deep canyons to misty cloud forest and paramo of Costa Rica’s second highest peak. This is Costa Rica’s world class nature up close and personal, whether exploring jungle trails or snorkeling with dolphins in the Pacific Ocean, or rafting wilderness rivers or rappelling down a waterfall in a national park, Adventure Sports Max takes you to the limits of the country from north to south and allows you to explore the very essence of exercise in nature. Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, Tenorio Volcano and Arenal Volcano of the north meet Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica’s second highest peak in the south. Savegre River, Tenorio River, Blanco River and Drake Bay in the Pacific give this trip plenty of fresh and salt water, which we will raft with expert guides and rappel into or zip-line over and plunge into with a snorkel. With the full time assistance of one of our expert naturalist guides and fully private transportation and the country’s finest ecolodges we invite you to take a trip of a lifetime, to totally immerse your body and mind in nature, to break on through to the other side.

14 day Costa Rica Adventure Tour - Itinerary

DAY 01: SAN JOSÉ
Airport greeting by bilingual guide and private transport for transfer to the Hotel Grano de Oro in San José.
DAY 02: TALAMANCA MOUNTAIN RANGE – SAVEGRE MOUNTAIN LODGE
Breakfast at hotel and private transfer with your guide south up into the highest mountain range in Costa Rica and one of its finest mountain lodges at Savegre. Afternoon hike to a nearby waterfall in cloud forest filled with the Resplendent Quetzal. Lodging at the Savegre Mountain Lodge.
|DAY 03: CERRO DE LA MUERTE
Breakfast at hotel and morning transfer with your guide to Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica’s second highest peak (11,322 feet above sea level) for guided hiking to the summit. Cerro de la Muerte has virgin cloud forest which is home to a number of rare species, with nearly half of them endemic to the area. Higher up on the mountain is a dwarf forest and then paramo above the tree line. Return to Savegre Mountain Lodge.
DAY 04: RAFIKI SAFARI LODGE & PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE
Breakfast at hotel and private transfer with guide to rain forest lodge and nature reserve at the Rafiki Safari Lodge on the Savegre River. Afternoon hiking on the “Lekker Loop” in the private 842 acre rain forest reserve of the Rafiki Safari Lodge.
DAY 05: SAVERGE RIVER RAFTING – SIERPE RIVER - DRAKE BAY
Breakfast at hotel and hike up river for an exhilarating descent on class III+ and class IV rapids in this white-water rafting adventure on the upper Savegre River. Our private transportation waiting for you at the end of the river descent and the journey continues overland to the Sierpe River for boat navigation to Drake Bay and the secluded Aguila de Osa Lodge.
DAY 06: DRAKE BAY – CAÑO ISLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN
Breakfast at hotel and motorboat excursion in Drake Bay to Caño Island with an excellent chance to see multiple species of dolphins and harder to see but also present are various species of whales (Aug-March best). Hike in the biological reserve of Caño Island and snorkeling its black volcanic rock reef. Return in motorboat to Aguila de Osa Lodge.
DAY 07: DRAKE BAY – LIBERIA - RINCÓN DE LA VIEJA NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast at hotel and morning flight to Liberia and overland transfer to Rincón de la Vieja. What a contrast, from one of the wettest places in Costa Rica to the one of the driest. Lodging at Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin.
DAY 08: RINCÓN DE LA VIEJA VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast at hotel and volcano hiking in the nature reserve with your private naturalist guide to absorb the unique ecosystem that sadly only remains in 3% of its original volume world-wide. The tropical dry forest is highly specialized flora than must adapt to 6 months of intense rain and 6 months of drought, many of the tree’s flowering during the dry period. Lodging at the Hacienda Guachipelin Lodge.
DAY 09: BLANCO RIVER – TENORIO VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast at hotel and morning zip-line and canyoning in the Blanco River canyon, a true wilderness zip-line and canyoning experience. Afternoon private transfer to the Tenorio Lodge for lodging in bungalow.
DAY 10: TENORIO VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK - TENORIO RIVER
Breakfast at hotel and transfer with your private guide for an exhilarating descent on class III+ and class IV rapids in this white-water rafting adventure on the wild and untamed Tenorio River. Return to Tenorio Lodge for lodging in bungalow.
DAY 11: CELESTE RIVER – ARENAL VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast at hotel and morning hike with your guide to a spectacular cascade, this one of the surreal powder blue Rio Celeste, which is painted pale blue by brass and sulphur sulphate minerals of the volcano that mix into the river’s fresh currents. Private transfer to the Arenal Volcano National Park and the research station turned mountain lodge of Arenal Observatory.
DAY 12: ARENAL VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast at hotel and morning transfer with your guide to get up close and personal with Costa Rica’s fresh mountain streams while rappelling (no experience necessary) down 4 separate waterfalls and one canyon wall. This sport is popularly known as canyoning in Costa Rica or some say Canyoneering. The idea is to feel the full vertical drop of each cascade and get quite wet in the process. An afternoon visit to a thermal spring for a little volcanic muscle therapy courtesy of the Arenal Volcano’s subterranean heat.  Lodging at the Arenal Observatory Lodge.
DAY 13: ARENAL VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK – SAN JOSÉ
Breakfast at hotel and morning at leisure. Afternoon transfer to San José and in route your private guide will take you to three spectacular waterfalls, away from the group tours and buses, up close and natural, La Paz, San Fernando and El Angel Waterfalls. Lodging at the simply elegant Grano de Oro in San José.
DAY 14: SAN JOSÉ
Breakfast and private transfer to airport for flight home.

Costa Rica Adventure 14 Day Tour includes:

• All transfers in private vehicle with a/c and driver
• Full time assistance of an expert English speaking guide
• 2 nights lodging at Hotel Grano de Oro in San José
• 2 nights lodging at Arenal Observatory Lodge
• 2 nights lodging at the Tenorio Lodge in bungalow
• 2 nights lodging at the Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin
• 2 nights lodging at the Savegre Mountain Lodge
• 1 night lodging at the Rifiki Safari Lodge
• 2 nights lodging at Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay   
• All breakfasts
• All admissions to nature parks
• Domestic flight from Drake Bay to Liberia
• All activities mentioned in the program

All tours are private and can begin any day of the year assuming hotel space availability.

Costs depend on the number of travelers in your party
Please specify target visit dates and number of people when requesting a quote.

Custom tour itineraries are available upon request.
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Costa Rica Adventure Sports Tour does not include: Drinks, lunch or dinner. International flights or airport taxes. Travel insurance, tips, visas, or medical treatment.
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