Pacific & Caribbean Rainforests of Costa Rica & the Panama Canal
Sample Itinerary
(subject to tailor made adjustments)
Day 1
arr San José, Costa Rica where you will be met and transferred to the El Presidente Hotel (subject to availability).
Day 2
Day to rest and acclimatize in San Jose.
Day 3
You will be collected early from your hotel and transferred from San José overland through the Brauillo Carillo National Park to the Tortuguero Canal. Here you will meet a motor canoe from where you will be taken north to your jungle lodge in the Tortuguero National.
Days 3 - 5
Explore Tortuguero National Park.
Day 5
From the Tortuguero National Park you will be transferred privately by motor canoe half way down the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica to the Pacuare Rainforest and Leatherback Turtle Reserve.
Days 5-8
Explore the rainforests, canals and coastline of la Reserva Pacuare including opportunities at night time to join researchers and volunteers patrolling the beaches for Giant leatherback Turtles. Accommodation at on-site hacienda.
Day 8
You will be transferred further south along the Tortuguero Canal to a river dock east of Matina. Here you will be met by a private vehicle and driver / guide who will take you through coastal banana plantations before ascending into the Braulio Carillo National Park. After spending a few days in lowland rainforest on the coast, here you can enjoy a privately guided trek through cooer montane forest. Later you will be transferred back to your hotel in San Jose.
Day 9
You will be collected form your hotel early and driven to the airport for your flight to the south west of Costa Rica. You will be met upon arrival and transferred overland and by boat to the Osa Peninsula.
Days 9 - 12
Explore the Corcovado National Park and the Caño Island Biological Reserve.
Day 12
You will be transferred overland and by water to Palmar Sur airport and flown back to San José. You will be met upon arrival and taken back to your hotel in San Jose.
Day 13 (Costa Rica)
You will be collected from your hotel and taken to the airport for your flight home (13 day Costa Rica programme) or for your onwards flight to Panama City.
Day 13 (Panama)
You will be met upon arrival in Panama City and driven west first to the Panama Canal, and then northwards along it into the Sobrenia National Park.
Days 13 - 16
Guided visits to the Sobrenia National Park and the Smithsonian Institute's Research Station at Barro Colorado Island in the northern Panama Canal.
Day 16
Depending upon the time opf your flight, you may have time for some natural history watching above the canopy at the Canopy Tower, or in the forests of the Sobrenia N.P.. You will then be transferred to Panama City airport for your onwards flight.
*The option to stay at Reserva Pacuare only exists during the main Leatherback and Green Turtle seasons between mid March - September.
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