Day 1
ARRIVAL IN SAN JOSE
You will be met at the airport and transferred to the Hotel El Refugio de los Artistas. Located just 15 minutes from the airport in the lush rolling green hills, this lovely B&B offers spacious comfortable rooms set among terraces, pool and exquisite art galleries.

Day 2
TRANSFER TO PUERTO VIEJO DE SARAPIQUI
After breakfast at the hotel we will be met by our guide and driver. After a short introductory meeting, we will travel the road to Sarapiqui through the Cloud and Rain forests with a stop at La Paz Waterfall Gardens, allowing us to see the diversity of plant and animal life and more than 20 butterfly species. We will stay at the Selva Verde Lodge, a complex of covered walkways in the lowland rain forest reserve that blends in with the natural landscape and provides myriad birding opportunities.

Day 3
LA SELVA BIRDING ACTIVITIES
Various nature/birding activities in the area. Options: Horseback Riding, Rafting

Day 4
SARAPIQUI/SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN AREA
Early morning birding and optional half-day outdoors activities combining tubing, horseback riding, canopy in Sarapiqui. After lunch we will transfer to the Caribbean area. Bird watching activities.

Day 5
Birding activities
Hawk Migration observations
Options: Snorkeling and Beach

Day 6
Following the Falcons
From one of only three sites in the world where more than 1 million raptors are counted each season, we will observe the amazing migration spectacle as raptors travel to wintering grounds through the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Beach time

Day 7
TURRIALBA AREA
After breakfast transfer to Turrialba Caribbean slope area know worldwide as a premier bird watching site. Birding activities during the day. Two nights lodging in Turrialba area.

Day 8
Full day of bird watching activities

Day 9
SAN GERARDO DE DOTA - TALAMANCA MOUNTAINS.
After breakfast we will transfer to the San Gerardo de Doto mountains, — a narrow, pristine, mountain valley in the Talamanca Mountains that has become a mecca for birders (home of Resplendent Quetzal), hikers, and trout fishers.

Day 10
Bird Watching activities.
Options - Horseback Riding

Day 11
RETURN TO SAN JOSE AREA
After breakfast we will return to the San Jose area for our Farewell Dinner.

Day 12
TRANSFER TO AIRPORT OR TRIP EXTENSIONS TO OSA PENINSULA OR TORTUGUERO.

For more information, contact:
Sandra Pollack
journeyweavers@aol.com

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