10 Places To Explore in Costa Rica with Adventure Life
With only one week to experience Costa Rica, we booked our trip with Adventure Life to see, taste and enjoy the beauty of the eco-friendly country in Central America.
Adventure Life secured us a terrific guide, Edgar. He is a native Costa Rican who speaks English beautifully. He also is a biologist and bird enthusiasts. We saw more birds in one week than most people, as Edgar went everywhere with his tripod and high powered telescope. He had his bird book in his backpack to teach us about some of the almost 900 species that thrive in Costa Rica.
He accompanied us for seven days, securing taxi rides to various destinations and interpreting in English what we were seeing, experiencing and eating. It made our trip relaxing, informative and comfortable.
Here are 10 spots in Costa Rica we enjoyed visiting with Edgar:
1. Hiking down to the La Fortuna Waterfall and wading in the stream.
2. Exploring the charming city of La Fortuna and sharing a lunch together. Feeding the street dogs left over chicken from our meal.
3. Hiking the base of the Arenal volcano in the rain and learning about the flora and fauna.
4. Taking a 30 minute boat ride on Lake Arenal to take the short cut route to Monteverde.
5. Learning about humming birds, coatis, capuchin monkeys and sloths while walking with Edgar around Monteverde and the cloud forest. His enthusiasm for the wildlife was contagious.
6. Going zip-lining with Edgar above the cloud forest. Hearing his scream when he jumped off the Tarzan swing.
7. Enjoying lunch with Edgar in a Treehouse restaurant in Santa Elena.
8. Seeing crocodiles and drinking ice cold coconut water from a coconut at Tárcoles River, on our way to Quepos.
9. Seeing sloths in Manuel Antonio National Park through the lens of Edgar's telescope. Edgar pointing out their Mona Lisa Smile.
10. The Beach on the Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica. Edgar made sure we were always safe and happy. He watched our backpacks while we swam in the warm water. We never felt in danger, because of Edgar. Not only was he an excellent guide, but he became our friend for the seven days we explored his country together.
Adventure Life is always an excellent choice when planning complicated, extreme, or exotic vacations or expeditions. They provide friendly professional services and advice and are enthusiastic and encouraging in helping us to prepare and thoroughly enjoy our trip. They handle all the details which greatly reduces the stress of planning a difficult trip. I'm very impressed with Adventure Life and definitely recommend them to friends and family.
Scott Trochim
2 days ago
The response from Adventure Life to my first inquiry was prompt and promising. I worked with Jamie Broeckel, Trip Planner, via text, email, and phone calls- always extremely responsive and thorough with information and explaining the process to arrange a private tour for me to Malaysia Borneo. Within about week, the booking was complete and I made decisions because of Jamie's great customer service , friendly manner, and overall competence on behalf of the company's travel expertise. Now I have an itinerary, additional Trip Planner Assistants, several links for vital information for traveling to Maylasia, etc. Still many details for Sept. trip, but now the heavy lifting is done and I can enjoy the rest of the anticipation and research!! Thanks Jamie- you are amazing!!!!
Susan Campo
4 days ago
The trip was not only memorable for the amount of animals we saw but also for the people and accommodations at the two camps where we stayed. Our first guide, BK, was a wealth of information about the animals, landscape and down to the plants and what they were used for. Everyday out was a learning experience with him. All the people at the camps were gracious and the food was excellent.
Our second camp in the Okavanga was just as good as the first as far as the staff, accommodations, food and animals. After our experience at the first camp we amazed that the high quality remained the same. Our guide, G, made sure we were able to enjoy every experience including a rush through the bush to witness a cheetah and an ensuing hunt that he heard over his radio.
In both camps there were enough guides out that if they saw something the other guides were informed which helped in seeing as much as possible. It was also nice that the concessions were large enough that we did not have vehicles following each other throughout the day.
Normally there is always something in a trip of this length that we think could be improved upon but this is the rare case where we cannot think of anything. From the time we left the States to when we returned it was one of the most hassle free vacations we took.
Perhaps emphasizing the use of the laundry facilities at the camps would be useful because of the luggage restrictions would be the only thing I can think of as an improvement to future clients.
Kenneth Dropek
5 days ago
Mary was so pleasant and professional. She made sure all of our questions were answered.