Nuayaca Waterfalls Hike Entrance fees: $10 per person and $4 for parking. Pay entrance fees at the office on the side of the road. They will give you instructions to reach the trail head. It’s a 2 km drive further down. Hike details: 5 miles total in and out with 700 ft elevation gain. Difficulty: […]
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Entrance fee: $16 per person (better to take entry pass online if you are not doing guided tour) or get a guided tour. Guided tour: There is private guided tour and also group guided tour. Don’t book online that shows $60 per person. That’s insanely high rate. You will easily get private guided tour for
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Extremo Park Ziplining There are multiple agencies offering ziplining. The following reddit page does a comparison. https://www.reddit.com/r/CostaRicaTravel/comments/ug8heq/nightwalktour_monteverde/ We did the Extremo park zip lining. It includes: 9 zip lines 1 Superman 1 Subterranean superman 1 Tarzan swing Price: $55 per person Time to spend: 2-3 hrs Monte Verde Cloud Forest Reserve Entrance fee: $25 per
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White Water river rafting in Balsa River There are multiple agencies providing river rafting. We did it through Costa Rica Descents, and are extremely satisfied with the overall service. Here is a sneak peak of the event. Price: $65 per person (includes lunch, fruits, tour of their small farm) Time: 9 AM – 3 PM
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Arenal 1968 vs Arenal Volcano National Park Visit Arenal 1968 or Arenal Volcano National Park Both have some trails that take you closer to Arenal Volcanic Mountain and provide good views of the mountain. If you have time and if you are not on a budget, you can visit both. Otherwise, it is enough to
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Drive from SJO to La Fortuna. Takes 2 hr 15 min without any stops. Stay in La Fortuna town for 2 nights. La Fortuna Waterfalls 246 ft beautiful waterfalls Parking – plenty available Entrance fee- $18 per person (Credit card accepted) Takes 10 minutes to walk down a 500 step stairs to reach waterfalls. Upward
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1 USD =~ 500 Colones. Colone currency values are quoted as 1 Mil, 2 Mil,5 Mil, 10 Mil, 20 Mil etc (1 Million = 1000 Colones). Get Colones with smaller denominations like 2 Mil, 5 Mil, 10 Mil. There are 3 ways to get colones: Get it from any local bank or currency agency from
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Claro is the most popular telecom provider in Costa Rica. You can get a sim for $3 in any super markets or convenient store. The sim needs to be activated by calling a certain number, which only gives instructions in Spanish. Either you should understand Spanish or know someone who understand both Spanish and English
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Our flight landed at 11 PM. Took Uber and checked into a hotel near SJO that night. Immigration was quite smooth. Don’t bring any fruits, vegetables etc because all bags will go through custom check. Uber pickup is at the Departure for which you need to cross the road, and take elevator to go to
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Getting rental car in Costa Rica is very tricky. It is compulsory in Costa Rica to get 3rd party insurance. Liability insurance (damages of our own car) is optional, but it is highly recommended to have atleast partial coverage of this. Liability coverage from US credit cards will work, but you need to get written
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