 Our travel programs for students include just the right combination of learning and adventure. Our vehicles never carry more than 16 passengers and each 16 passengers
enjoy the services of a bilingual naturalist guide. Larger than 16 groups will be divided in two or more vehicles and each vehicle will have a bilingual naturalist guide assigned.
For a Science curriculum, we have a 10-day basic itinerary that includes 8 full days in Costa Rica. Additionally, we have an optional extension that will turn it into a comprehensive 12 day program.
The recommended extension for the Science program is Sun & Adventure
Basic Science program student itinerary:
Day 1: arrival to Costa Rica, check in and rest of the day at leisure
Day 2: Explore waterfalls, Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardens, see poison Dart Arrow fFrogs and do White Water Rafting. Spend the night at a rainforest
lodge.
Day 3: Start our Rainforest Pharmacy program with a hike. Collect and classify species. Bonfire dinner and Latin Dance lesson. Spend the night at a rainforest
lodge.
Day 4: Before departing the Rainforest visit an Indian Culture Museum and an organic farm where you will have a home-hosted meal. Then travel to the Arenal
area to visit the hotsprings and the Volcano. Spend the night in Fortuna.
Day 5: Depart Arenal/Fortuna for Manuel Antonio Beach with a Lunch Stop & Shopping Break in Jaco Beach. Arrive in Manuel Antonio Beach at 5 pm to
check in and do the Night Poison Dart Frog tour.
Day 6: Spend a day of Fun in the Sun in breathtaking Manuel Antonio National Park where we will bring in fresh fruit, drinks and a box lunch. Fun in the
Sun Day at the beach ends at 4 pm when the park closes and we go back to the hotel to change for a dinner out.
Day 7: Depart Manuel Antonio for a travel day to the Mystical Highlands. Lunch on the road with a breathtaking view of the Southern Pacific lowlands.
Check in at a Cloud Forest Lodge for dinner and an Owl Search hike.
Day 8: Full day of Adventure with our Quetzal Quest, Canopy tour and Horseback riding activities. Spend the night at the Cloud Forest lodge.
Day 9: Depart the Cloud Forest lodge for a Half day visit to the Down to Earth Coffee Experience in the Dota/Tarrazu Region. Visit the site where the
1948 revolution started. Enjoy a Home-hosted lunch cooked from organic ingredients in a wood burning stove. Depart in the early afternoon for a leisurely 55 minutes ride to San Jose. Check in and get ready for the farewell dinner.
Day 10: Depart San Jose Hotel for the airport.
From 10 passengers for $1,395 each to 16 passengers for $1,250 each in triple occupancy. Write about Escorts.
Sun & Adventure Extension: this extension adds two more days. One in the Arenal/Fortuna area for a horseback ride to the Waterfalls and one in Manuel
Antonio Beach for addtl beach time and an Island/Mangrove tour. Extension available for groups of 10 at $190 each and $167 each for groups of 16 passengers.
Basic Spanish Language program student itinerary:
For a Language curriculum, we have a 10-day basic itinerary that includes 8 full days in Costa Rica. Additionally, we have an optional extension that will turn it into a comprehensive 12 day program.
The recommended extension for the Language program is the Boruca Reservation
Basic Language program student itinerary:
Day 1: arrival to Costa Rica, check in and rest of the day at leisure
Day 2: Explore waterfalls, Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardens, see poison Dart Arrow Frogs and do White Water Rafting. Spend the night at a Llodge near
Arenal Volcano National Park.
Day 3: Start our Language program with an interactive session explaining the Costa Rican Heritage; depending on the level of the group, this could be
carried out 100% in Spanish, 100% in English or a mix of Spanish/English. Later we will visit a local school and share with the students. In the afternoon, we will do the Arenal Volcano National Park tour. We will have an outdoor BBQ dinner
and then we will have a Latin Dance lesson.
Day 4: Morning at leisure at the lodge with hiking and birding activities included. At the end of the morning, we will travel to the most exclusive hotsprings
for an unforgettable time which includes lunch. Later afternoon cooking lesson at the lodge, the group will prepare dinner. Latin Dance practice after dinner.
Day 5: Depart Arenal/Fortuna for Manuel Antonio Beach with a Lunch Stop & Shopping Break in Jaco Beach. Arrive in Manuel Antonio Beach at 5 pm. The
rest of the day at leisure.
Day 6: Spend a day of Fun in the Sun in breathtaking Manuel Antonio National Park where we will bring in fresh fruit, drinks and a box lunch. Fun in the
Sun Day at the beach ends at 4 pm when the park closes and we go back to the hotel to change for a dinner out.
Day 7: Visit a local high school in Quepos befor departing the area. Travel day to the Mystical Highlands. Lunch on the road with a breathtaking view
of the Southern Pacific lowlands. Check in at a Cloud Forest Lodge for dinner and an Owl Search hike.
Day 8: Full day of Adventure with our Quetzal Quest in the early morning and soft and hard core hikes in the Cloud Forest.. A Canopy tour and Horseback
riding activities are optional. Spend the night at the Cloud Forest lodge.
Day 9: Depart the Cloud Forest lodge for a Half day visit to the Down to Earth Coffee Experience in the Dota/Tarrazu Region. Visit the site where the
1948 revolution started. Enjoy a Home-hosted lunch cooked from organic ingredients in a wood burning stove. Depart in the early afternoon for a leisurely 55 minutes ride to San Jose. Check in and get ready for the farewell dinner.
Day 10: Depart San Jose Hotel for the airport.
From 10 passengers for $1,395 each to 16 passengers for $1,250 each in triple occupancy. Write about Escorts.
South Pacific Boruca Traditions extension: this extension adds 2 nights/2 days at the Boruca Reservation where the group will be hosted at the homes of
selected artisans and community leaders. A one-of-a-kind experience for the students, this extension includes the Diablitos Dance performance, backstrap loom weaving sessions, maskmaking lessons and a bonfire farewell dinner. Extension available
for groups of 10 at $163 each and $140 each for groups of 16 passengers.
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