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Panama City,
Panama

Arenal
Monteverde Caribbean Sea
Puerto Caldera
San José Panama Canal
Quepos
(Manuel Antonio Fuerte Amador
National Park) (Panama City)
COSTA Colón
RICA

Arenal Volcano PANAMA

Golfo Dulce
(Puerto Jimenez)
Pacific Ocean Isla Parida

DAY 7 • QUEPOS (MANUEL ANTONIO nightly symphony of frogs and insects. bridges, you’ll start your adventure at
NATIONAL PARK), COSTA RICA Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. Mistico Park. You’ll want to bring your
This former banana-exporting town is (Includes overnight at the Poco A Poco, lunch, binoculars to look for the birds and howler
your base camp for a day of rainforest and dinner.) monkeys in the trees around you. Then on
adventure. Walk along trails that weave up to Arenal Park to take the gondola ride.
to waterfalls or soar high above the jungle DAY 9 • MONTEVERDE TO ARENAL Enjoy lunch at the park before transferring
floor surrounded by wildlife. Then grab your Enjoy breakfast at your hotel to fuel you back to your hotel for an afternoon at your
camera for a walk through Manuel Antonio for your lake crossing to Arenal. On the leisure. Your guide will recommend some
National Park, with its lovely beaches, way, stop at Rancho Heliconia for a tour optional activities before dinner at the
easy trails, and exuberant animal life. of a world-famous Costa Rican coffee hotel’s main restaurant Los Tucanes.
plantation, take a cooking class on local (Includes overnight at Arenal Kioro, breakfast,
DAY 8 • PUERTO CALDERA,
COSTA RICA TO MONTEVERDE cuisine, and leave your green footprint lunch, and dinner.)
by planting a tree. Lunch is served at
Upon arrival to Puerto Caldera disembark Rancho Heliconia. Then head to Arenal DAY 11 • SAN JOSÉ
from the yacht to be picked up by an Lake to board a boat. At the other side of Breakfast at the hotel. Drive back to
English-speaking guide and a driver and the lake, head to Hotel Arenal Kioro for San José for your city tour with lunch
transferred to Monteverde. Along the the rest of the evening at your leisure. downtown. Visit the National Theater,
way you learn about the wildlife you might Soak in the hotel’s well-known hot springs an icon for Costa Rican people and an
encounter at the Monteverde Reserve. to prepare for your next full day. Buffet- architectural jewel representing the
Founded in 1972, the Monteverde Cloud style dinner is included. progress and the fruits of the labors of
Forest Biological Reserve is among the their ancestors. Continue on an easy
most famous reserves in the world for its (Includes overnight at Arenal Kioro, breakfast, walk to Democracy Square, then to the
biodiversity, conservation, contributions, lunch, and dinner.) National Park featuring the bronze National
and scientific research. Hike in the DAY 10 • ARENAL Monument of Costa Rica. You will be
forest canopy, go birding, hoping to spot transferred back to the Costa Rica Marriott
the Resplendent Quetzal, or discover the Today includes the option of ziplining for dinner at the hotel on your own.
aromas and beauty of the coffee plantation. through the trees or walking a series of
The evening brings Curi-Cancha Reserve, impressive bridges in the treetops. Start (Includes overnight at Costa Rica Marriott,
part of a 210-acre private wildlife your day with breakfast at your hotel. Then breakfast, and lunch.)
reserve in the very heart of Monteverde, it’s off on adventure. If you’re ziplining DAY 12 • DEPARTURE
covering both lower and wet montane, you’ll head to Arenal Park for a 20-minute
and premontane wet virgin cloud forest. gondola ride to see the rainforest, the Breakfast is included at the hotel.
The night allows for possible sightings of Arenal Volcano, and Arenal Lake. Then Then private transfer will be provided
mammals and sleeping birds. Enjoy the you’ll zipline, traveling 600 feet in the to Juan Santamaria airport.
air to see nature from a truly different (Includes breakfast and airport transfer.)
perspective. Or if you’re walking the

DEPARTURE DATES: Wind Star: Dec 3, 6 , 2022; Jan 7, 10, 21, 24 ; Feb 4, 7 , 18, 21 ; Mar 4, 7 ;
Dec 30, 2023; Jan 9 , 20, 30 ; Feb 10, 20 ; Mar 2, 5 , 2024
Wind Spirit: Feb 28 , 2024
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