Park City Academy Costa Rica 2012

Arrive: June 15th 2012 - San Jose Costa Rica (SJO)


Depart: June 23rd 2012 - San Jose Costa Rica (SJO)


QUADRUPLE ROOM ----- $1,578/person
TRIPLE ROOM -------------- $1,590/person
DOUBLE ROOM ------------ $1,585/person
SINGLE ROOM ------------- $1,790/person


Includes All Meals, All Lodging, All Adventures & Tours, Private Transportation & Guides
Note: International Airfare Not Included

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Park City Costa Rica 2012

Day 1 ------------ Arrive & Transfer to Airport Hotel (La Condesa)


Today is a long travel day and we will be meeting you at the airport and transfer everyone to the first hotel called La Condesa just 25 minutes from the San Jose Airport. Depending upon when you arrive you will have dinner waiting for you. Get some sleep because there are 8 days of adventure and fun coming next! (Meals: Dinner)

Day 2 ------------ Visit Orphanage & Drive to Pacific (Cuna del Angel)

The Famous Pacuare River

Today after breakfast we will make our way to the girl's orphanage in Alajuela. This is a great morning spent giving company to the girls who very seldom get visitors. After our visit we will make our way south to Cuna del Angel which is a beautiful small hotel surrounded by lush rainforest on the southern Pacific.  (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)




Day 3 ------------- Zipline & Surf Classes  (Cuna del Angel)

Sleeping behind a Waterfall

We will start the day out with a little bit of adventure as we take on one of the best ziplines in Costa Rica. We will head into the mountains to an elevation of 1,000ft and breath-taking views of the coastline below. This is a full morning of zipping through the rainforest.

After the zipline we will make our way to ride some waves. This is a great afternoon on the water learning and catching some of Costa Rica's best waves.

After surf classes it will be time for a surfers dinner as we eat at one of the local surf spots before we head back to the Cuna del Angel Hotel.  (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)



Day 4 ------------ Enter Cave Hiking & Waterfall Rappel (Sleep Behind Waterfall)


Get ready for an adventure as we head to the base of a ridge where we will begin our hike into the cave. This is actually just a cavern that is tucked behind a waterfall but without question one of the most unique and beautiful places you will ever see in your life. The hike is intense but worth it by all means. We will hike for around two hours as we make our way up the ridge and then down into the canyon. On our way to the waterfall we'll pass by a permaculture garden where we can learn solutions to large monoculture plantations.

Arriving at the cavern, we will have lunch and then get geared up for the 120ft waterfall rappel. This is a perfect rappel that literally ends right where you will be sleeping. After the rappel we will take one more small hike to the top of one of the tallest waterfalls in all of Costa Rica. Diamante Falls measures 600ft and it is where we'll watch the sunset over the Pacific Ocean. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)


Day 5 ------------ Leave Cave & Drive to Turrialba (Casa Turire)

You will wake up and the first thing you will see is three waterfalls forming a wall that flow over where we'll be sleeping. There is nothing like this that we can compare it to. After breakfast we will make another hike to some more waterfalls and pools. The kids can jump off a 15ft waterfall into a beautiful pristine pool. After the hike and swim, it is back down to the cavern for lunch and then time to hike out. After we hike out of the cave we will drive to the area of Turrialba by way of the Paramo of Costa Rica which is one of the most unique areas of the tropics. The Paramo is what comes after the cloud-forest in high elevations of the tropics below the snow line.

When we get to Turrialba we have a real treat planned for everyone. You will be staying in a hotel called Casa Turire. This is a great spot surrounded by nature. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)

Day 6  ----------- Community Service in Sitio de Mata Village (Homestays)


The homestays are only 15 minutes from the hotel which will give us plenty of time to spend doing a morning of service working on a project we have planned. We will arrive to a simple rural mountain village which is a little different than Park City but just as exciting a place. We will spend a full day and night filled with cultural activities and allow for time to be spent with the homestays enjoying some of the best food of the trip.  We will have activities planned  getting kids involved with the cultural side of rural Costa Rica. There will also be a very fun soccer game planned for the kids with the locals. In the evening it is a full out salsa and merengue dancing as the locals put on a show for us and we will be testing our salsa skills also. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)

Day 7  ------------ Enter Pacuare River (Camp Pacuare)

Today the kids will enjoy what we consider the best adventure in all of Costa Rica. This is the Pacuare River which is filled with some of the county's best rapids and most scenic canyons and waterfalls This is a great way to save the best for last and make it a day of fun on the river. After we spend the day rafting we will be camping in the virgin rainforest alongside what National Geographic has as one of their top five scenic rivers on the planet. This is an amazing experience and a chance to have a full day and night of adventure and nature. We will be camping in a beautiful area where all meals and lodging are prepared. Excellent accommodations in above ground tents, bamboo showers, bathrooms, and a community dining area.  (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)




Day 8 ------------ Raft & Travel to San Jose (Airport Hotel)

Camping Pacuare River

Today we will raft the eight miles we have left on the Pacuare and then make our way back to the San Jose hotel. This is a great day of rafting and it's often voted the best three hours of the whole trip considering  the big rapids are on the second day which the kids always seem to love. After we take out of the river we will all be pretty tired and make our way to the final destination a hotel that is close to the San Jose airport for your last night in Costa Rica. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)





Day 9 ------------- Fly Home!


Today we will make the transfer to the airport and get you safely on your way to Park City! (Meals: Breakfast)