Day 1 --------- Arrive and Drive to La Cusinga (La Cusinga)
Today you will arrive in San Jose and continue to travel south to the the Central Pacific area of Costa Rica. You will be staying in one of the most amazing eco-lodges in the country. It is situated on the edge of the Pacific where everyone will have a view of the ocean. The lodge is called La Cusinga and is surrounded by 500 acres of primary and secondary rainforest. It is a great place to be for a few nights and do an intro to the rainforest from the lodge. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 2 --------- Intro to the Rainforest & Zipline (La Cusinga)
Today we will allow everyone to sleep in. We want you rested after your long first day of travel. We'll have breakfast with views of the Pacific where we might catch a glimpse of the humpback whales who often visit these waters. Then we'll take a nature hike into the rainforest and start observing first-hand the biodiversity and basic ecology of the tropics. After a morning in the jungle we'll have lunch at the hotel and then head to the zipline. This is a great zipline with 14 cables and a tarzan swing. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 3 --------- Enter Cave (Sleep Behind Waterfall)
Today we will travel inland to the base of the ridge where we will make a hike to one of the most beautiful areas of Costa Rica. This is an intense hike that we often take school groups to, but we do ask that everyone is ready for about a 1 1/2 hour hike in hot and humid weather that is pretty much uneven stairs the entire way. You might be asking yourself if it is worth it and the answer we always get is YES! When we arrive at the cave, lunch will be ready for us and then we'll spend the afternoon rappeling a 150ft waterfall. In the evening we will be sitting around the campfire and just enjoying the sound of the rushing waterfalls. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 4 --------- Hike out of Cave and Travel to Sitio de Mata (Homestays)
The morning will be spent hiking to visit some more waterfalls in the area and then we will be hiking out of the cavern and making our way to the homestays. It is a beautiful drive to the homestays as we pass over the tallest mountain range in all of Costa Rica and pass through the region of the Paramo getting up to almost 11,000ft. We will descend down to the Turrialba area and the homestays in Stio de Mata. We will be staying here for two nights. Our homestay families will welcome us warmly.
Day 5 --------- Sitio de Mata Activities (Homestays)
Today will be a full day of activities at the homestays. We will be visiting our local farm where we will do some environmental activities such as planting and learning about sustainability. The students will also spend time with their families, playing games and taking part in different cultural activities. We'll have a Ticos vs. Gringos soccer game for the kids and then in the evening it will be a full-out fiesta of local food and dance. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 6 --------- Raft Pacuare River (Central Valley Hotel)
Today will be some of the best three hours you can find anywhere in Costa Rica. We will be rafting the Pacuare River which this past weekend was the site of the World Rafting Championships. So you will have bragging rights now, saying you not only rafted what National Geographic has listed as one of their top five rivers on the planet but also where the pros run their competition. The section we will be running is the lower commercial section that is filled with beautiful canyons and waterfalls from start to finish. After the rafting we will make our way back to the Central Valley where we will celebrate all the great adventures we had in Costa Rica. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 7 --------- Fly Home!
(Meals: Breakfast)
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