Discover Costa Rica Vacation

Use this nine-day itinerary as a starting point, then tailor the hotels, tours, transportation, and pace to your dates, interests, comfort, and budget. A Pacific Trade Winds vacation specialist will refine the flow, confirm the final details, and reprice the vacation before you book.

Arenal brings together rainforest adventure, volcanic scenery, wildlife, and restorative hot springs. Monteverde changes the mood with misty cloud forest, elevated trails, and a remarkable range of nature and adventure experiences. Playa Conchal adds warm Pacific days and an easy beach finish.

The starting route balances activity and relaxation, but it is never one-size-fits-all. Compare intimate lodges, full-service resorts, wildlife outings, cultural experiences, canopy adventures, rafting, private transfers, shared regional transfers, and a rental car. Your planner can combine the choices that make the vacation feel right for you.

• Stays: Keep the starting hotels or compare an upgrade and a value option in every destination.
• Experiences: Choose among wildlife, rainforest, culture, adventure, food, and relaxation ideas in the destinations where they operate.
• Transportation: Compare private airport transfers with shared regional transfers, private transfers throughout, or a rental car.
• Pace: Ask for more open time, keep the balanced starting pace, or add more guided activities.
• Trip details: Your planner will adjust the final arrangements to your dates, party, interests, and budget.

The starting vacation combines eight hotel nights, the activities shown in the day-by-day plan, private airport transfers, and shared transportation between destinations. Your selected hotel can change the room basis, meals, and other inclusions, and every requested change is confirmed and repriced before booking.

• How long is the starting vacation? 9 days and 8 nights. The starting route visits La Fortuna and Arenal Volcano, Monteverde, Playa Conchal; arrival, interregional travel and departure arrangements are shown in the day-by-day itinerary.
• Which hotels are included? The starting stays are Arenal Springs Resort and Spa; Poco a Poco Hotel and Spa; Westin Playa Conchal Resort and Spa. Hotel comparisons are requests for different arrangements, and your planner confirms the room, meal plan, available rooms and revised quote.
• Which guided experiences are included? The selected starting outings are Arenal Volcano Natural History & Rainforest Hike; Cano Negro Riverboat in the Rainforest Wildlife Safari & Cultural Tasting; Hanging Bridges Guided Hike - Selvatura. Alternatives replace a selected activity when confirmed; they are not extra inclusions. Wildlife sightings and natural conditions vary.
• How can I change the pace? Keep the displayed day-by-day route or tell Pacific Trade Winds which destination deserves more time. Additional guided outings, nights and transportation changes require confirmation and an updated quote.
• What determines the final price? Travel dates, occupancy, room and meal plans, transportation and requested changes determine your personal quote. The displayed starting price is an example rather than a confirmed booking for every departure; review the page’s specific price basis and exclusions.

Three Arenal Springs nights open with a volcano natural-history walk and a Caño Negro riverboat safari. The Lake Arenal crossing and onward road journey then bring two nights at Poco a Poco in Monteverde, where the guided Selvatura hanging-bridges outing explores cooler cloud forest. Three Westin Playa Conchal nights finish on the Pacific, with two days left open for the confirmed resort and beach arrangements. This nine-day route combines inland nature outings with a longer coastal pause; keep the essential lake and road connections in the final transport plan.