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You'll pass coffee plantations where the harvesting methods have not changed in hundreds of years. After a short while we'll pause for a refreshing breakfast at the La Paz Waterfall Garden. Here you can enjoy a robust cup of Costa Rican coffee and a hearty breakfast while admiring the verdant rain forest covered with lush tropical vegetation.
After breakfast you'll explore the gardens and learn about the life of the butterfly in the world's largest Butterfly Garden.
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This rare learning opportunity demonstrates the butterfly's battle for survival from fuzzy caterpillar to beautiful winged jewel. You'll be able to observe many different species of butterflies in their natural habitats, including the strikingly beautiful Blue Morph, with its vibrant color in a backdrop of rain forest greenery. |
Next you'll visit the Hummingbird Gallery where you will be serenaded by the hum of tiny wings lightly brushing the air as dozens of these colorful creatures buzz around you in search of food and a quiet resting spot. You'll want to stop and gaze upon the beauty of the smallest birds on earth moving at lightning speed about the gardens.
We'll then embark on a short walk through dense rain forest in search of magical waterfalls.
| This short 20-minute hike winds past four different waterfalls, each one appearing to fall from the sky into a river of sparklingly water below. The spray of water from the waterfalls will cool your face, while the beauty of the falls calms your spirit and frees your mind.
Once we have emerged from the depths of the rain forest, you'll be transported to the banks of the Sarapiqui River where a two-hour Class III white water rafting experience awaits you. |
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A professional, bilingual guide will accompany each raft for your security and safety. The first order of business is to don your helmets and life vests and practice your paddling techniques as a team. Then, from the moment you head your sturdy raft down river, your senses will be engaged in high gear as you scan the rapids ahead and follow the directions shouted out by your guide.
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You'll learn to work as a team, honing your skills as you battle the pulsing rapids that seem to come alive as they push and pull against the sides of your small raft as it passes beneath the giant limbs of overhanging trees. Excitement abounds on this trip but you'll still have plenty of time to observe several different species of mammals and birds, including the brightly colored and raucously noisy Toucan, Costa Rica's most popular bird. |
You'll be treated to a scrumptious picnic lunch with the aura of a magical banquet when we stop to feast along the riverbank. At the end of this memorable day you'll have time to shower and change into dry clothes in our private facilities before we return to San José.
Price
per person: US$100 Transportation, breakfast, entrance fees, lunch, rafting equipment, bilingual guides and taxes included.
Minimum Age: 10 years old
Note: Please bring appropriate shoes and apparel for hiking and rafting (shoes or sandals that can get wet and will not slip off), light jacket, bathing suit or swim trunks, change of clothes, towel, waterproof camera, and your "sense of adventure"!
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