Mom, two-year-old Matthew and I enjoyed a unique small ship expedition of Central America's Panama and Costa Rica. We cruised the Panama Canal and had a true authentic experience with local children. We also hiked in the rainforest and whitewater rafted the rivers of Costa Rica. I loved spending time with my family in a beautiful location!
Cultural and wildlife encounters in Panama (Mary Curry)After a restless overnight at a Seattle airport hotel, we were up at 3am to begin the hurry and wait of modern air travel.
Just a few years back, I traveled around the world for a year with one backpack. Now I happily tipped the SkyCap to help us to the gate with our overloaded bags. Though I always said that I would
We arrived this evening to a welcoming band and much fanfare at the Panama City airport. It appears that there was someone famous arriving at the same time, but we were a bit too overwhelmed negotiating our bags through the crowd to the taxi stand to pay attention to the details. The taxi ride, at $37.40 came close to the transfer price and next time I'd gladly pay the difference when traveling with a child to have someone meet us at the airport, especially on such limited sleep.
Our hotel, the Albrook Inn, was a lovely colonial style villa nestled in the forested suburb of Albrook. The staff was delightful and the room both clean and spacious. We enjoyed dinner at the outdoor restaurant where the casual ambiance was just what we needed. Matthew, my 23 month old son, took off his shoes and delighted in running from the restaurant to our room and back, playing peek-a-boo around the hedges and blowing kisses at everyone within passing. After dinner we admired the sparkling pool outside our room but then dropped promptly into bed.
Adventure Life handled all the planning and any unexpected changes quickly and with our satisfaction in mind. Costa Rica is a fantastic place with many opportunities for adventure, depending on what an individual requests. Adventure Life helped our adventurous group discover and enjoy everything that we wanted.
Denise
3 months ago
Excellent service, great hotels and well organized excursions with expert guides! Highly recommended!
Shadi Dalili
5 months ago
We keep coming back to Adventure-Life for custom tailored, out of the ordinary, non-touristy trips and they deliver the best every time. The trip planners know how to put together just what we are looking for.
Judith P. NYC
5 months ago
We have been working with Adventure Life for 5 years now and it is very easy to plan out our trips. Our holidays include customization of activities and side trips along with the standard packages available on the Adventure Life website. Kevin, Jess, Mary Rose and their teams have many recommendations that have enhanced our travel.
Joe
5 months ago
We had a great experience- they were very helpful in trip planning and making sure we got to do all the activities and see the places we wanted. There were some things we couldn't do/see due to the time of year being the rainy/low season and they steered us away from those. We had never been to Costa Rica before and it gave us a good overview of this lovely country.