Activities Itinerary

Tuesday 2/28 (Arrive at our hotel approximately 11am)

Activity: Hot Springs

Info: Purchase a Day Pass to Tabacon Grand Spa Thermal Resort that includes dinner.  http://www.tabacon.com/info-day-pass-entrance-with-lunch-or-dinner-thermal-springs-one-day-passes-package-18-1-48.html .  Can purchase spa treatments if you’d like.  http://www.tabacon.com/costa-rica-resort-the-grand-spa-5.html  (Note: we also have a spa at our hotel).  Day Spa Pass option is $175 http://www.tabacon.com/info-day-spa-package-special-packages-package-24-6.html

Cost: $85 includes entrance to hot springs and dinner OR $175 includes 60 minutes of spa treatments

Participants: Everyone

Wednesday 2/29

Activities: Canyoneering and Waterfall hike

Info: The canyoneering tour is a half day tour and can be done at 7:30 am or 10 am on the 29th.  Since Lost Iguana is a ways out of town, the 10 am tour might work best for you as you wouldn’t have to get up so early.  After the canyoneering tour, before taking you back to Lost Iguana we could take you to the La Fortuna Waterfall for an hour before taking you back to Lost Iguana.  In the price included below for the waterfall I only included transportation (guide and trail entrance fee not included) because the waterfall is pretty self explanatory (basically hiking down the well marked trail to the falls, taking pictures and perhaps swimming in the pool downstream from the waterfall [no swimming in the waterfall pool itself]) and most people prefer not to pay extra for a guide.

Cost : $81 for canyoneering, $10 entrance fee to waterfall, $70 transportation fee (total, not per person)

Participants: Me, Kelly, Pez, Todd, Laur, Marites, Damien, Niki, Brian, Matt

Thursday 3/1

Activities: Hanging bridges, sky tram and zip line

Info: Sky Walk hanging bridges at 9 am with a break of about 1 ½ hours during which you could get lunch at Chill Out (the Sky Trek restaurant) before taking the Sky Tram up the mountain at 2 pm and take the Sky Trek (zip line) back down before heading back to Lost Iguana.

Cost: $96 (includes transportation, hanging bridges, sky tram and zip line)  Hanging bridges and sky tram only (no zip line): $72 with transportation

Participants for everything including zip line: Me, Kelly, Pez, Todd, Laur, Marites, Damien, Niki, Matt

Participants for bridges and tram only: Brian, Tom, Kate (Kate, I wasn’t sure where you stood on this since I’ve only talked to Tom ~ please let me know if you want to do the zip line)

MANUEL ANTONIO

We decided to definitely book the catamaran and national park tour in advance.  People are interested in other activities (kayaking, mountain biking, mangrove tours, surfing, etc), but we decided to play those by ear & possibly book once we’re there.

Friday 3/2

Activity: Drive from Arenal to Manuel Antonio

Info: I’m estimating we’ll arrive in MA around 3pm.  We decided to leave this afternoon free since we don’t know exactly when we’ll be arriving.

Saturday 3/3

Activity: FREE MORNING. Need to be back to house around 1pm.  2p-6pm: Sunset Catamaran cruise

Info: Includes:  Transfer, lunch or dinner, snacks, drinks (soda, cocktails and beer), snorkel gear, sailing down the pristine coastline of Manuel Antonio. Start from Quepos Marina and sail down to National Park with a stop at Playa Biesanz cove for snorkeling.

Cost: $87.50

Participants: Everyone

Sunday 3/4

Activity: National Park guided tour, followed by some beach time.  FREE AFTERNOON.  Kelly’s big 4-0 birthday!!

Info: Roundtrip transportation to/from hotel, park entrance fee, professional naturalist bilingual guide with high-tech equipment, fruit and water.  2 hour guided hike then spend as much time as you want at the beach.  Want to start fairly early in the morning.

Cost: $45

Participants: Everyone

Monday 3/5

Activity: Noon checkout, transfer back to SJO area.