Puerto Viejo Luxury Vacation Package

The Puerto Viejo custom designed vacation in this upscale hotel is an ideal option for those who want to mix luxury living with the beauty of nature. Chic, modern rooms with snow white walls, bedding, and furniture. A spa, hot tub, and gourmet restaurant round out the romantic offerings.

This trip – custom designed vacation, like all our other trips is highly customized for daily activities. The tours and activities described below is our suggestion for a most memorable vacation, but you can choose any other activity. Check our Local tours page for better understanding of what we can offer. Pura Vida!

DAY 01: Arrive to San Jose, Costa Rica. Private transfer to your hotel.

Welcome to Costa Rica!

We will be waiting outside the arrivals terminal with a sign with your names on it.

After leaving the airport, we begin the journey to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, four and a half hour drive trough the beautiful Costa Rican countryside. We will make one short stop to have lunch in the local restaurant. Upon arrival to Puerto Viejo, we will take you to your hotel, located on the beach and within the tropical forest.

This hotel offers private yoga classes, spa treatments in the ‘tree-house’ spa and much more. Enjoy the lap pool and cool water Jacuzzi, reading/lounging areas surrounded by wildlife and the lounge with its day-beds, hammocks, lounge chairs, bar and restaurant service right on Cocles Beach.

Included: Private transport, Hotel, Breakfast

DAY 02: Jaguar Rescue Center and Horseback riding

After the breakfast, we will take you to the wildlife rescue center named in honor of its original resident – The Jaguar Rescue Center.

JRC is a temporary home for rescued, injured and orphaned animals. The primary goal of the JRC is to rehabilitate animals and reintroduce them back into their native habitats.

This tour will give you the opportunity to meet and play with rescued howler monkeys, pizotes, sloths, raccoons, anteaters, and more. JRC use all the profits to help the animals.

The Jaguar Rescue Center

After the JRC, enjoy the beach, or stroll trough the town and visit many little shops, have a lunch in a local inexpensive soda restaurants serving local Caribbean food or try one of many international restaurants (we can recommend where to go) or rent a bicycle and explore the area.

In the afternoon we will pick you up and take you to a 2-1/2 hour horseback riding on the beach and trough the jungle. Get to know the Caribbean on the back of a horse and with the help of our experienced guide. There will be time for photos, animals watching and cold pipa drink on the beach.

Included: Hotel, Breakfast, Jaguar Rescue Center, Private transport
Optional: Horseback riding – $65 per person

Horseback riding

DAY 03: Gandoca-Manzanillo Jungle Hike

After the breakfast, we will take you to a Gandoca-Manzanillo Jungle Hike tour.

Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge is rainforest and wetland habitat with a coral reef. At 23,348 total acres, this vast refuge begins 3 miles south of Puerto Viejo-until it runs into the Sixaola River at the Panamanian boarder. Apart from the great variety of vegetation, you will see animals like monkeys, toucans, sloths, snakes, caimans and a wide variety of birds. Our guide knows this refuge like his own backyard, since he grew up in the jungle and the breadth and depth of his knowledge and experience are simply amazing. He knows ever plant, animal, and sign of every animal that you will encounter. It will be an experience you will never forget, fun and adventurous! The tour is approximately 4 hours. If you would like to finish the tour with some white sand beach and crystal blue water experience, it will be our pleasure to take you there J

After the tour, we will take you back to your hotel.

Included: Hotel, breakfast, Gandoca-Manzanillo tour, Private transport

DAY 04: Free day in Puerto Viejo

Enjoy the beach, or stroll trough the town and visit many little shops, or try yoga class or a spa treatment in your hotel.

And then in the evening, go out and check what the town has to offer!

Puerto Viejo Puerto Viejo’s dining scene reflects its widely-varied international population – Caribbean, Italian, Argentinean, Mexican, Asian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, North American, and of course, Costa Rican. There’s also a great selection of bars and discos to dance the night away or listen to live music.

Included: Hotel, Breakfast

Street vendor in Puerto Viejo

DAY 05: Canopy tour

If you ever wanted to fly this is as close as you can get! With over 2,500 meters of zipline cable, you will soar through the Caribbean jungle and see the world from above.

We will pick you up at your hotel and drive you to the first canopy platform. This is the cable that will carry you directly to the heart of the jungle. One of the most spectacular cable on this tour is 285 meters long and 80 meters high.

This tour includes 10 aerial platforms and 12 on land for a total of 2,760 meters of ziplining adventure.

At each platform stop your guide will explain the wonders found in this lush environment. On the last platform, you will have the choice of making a descent by rappelling, by a Tarzan swing or by a zipline cable to the ground. You will have so much fun on this tour!:-)

Afterwards a snack will be provided as well as transportation back to Puerto Viejo.

Included: Hotel , Breakfast, Canopy Tour, Private Transport

Canopy Tour

DAY 06: Cahuita Snorkeling, hiking and beach

Cahuita Nation Park has the largest system of coral reefs in Costa Rica, including 35 different coral species such as fire coral, and the red and black coral that is unique to the area. The coral reef of this park includes about 240 natural habitats.

We will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the village of Cahuita. The captain and the guide will be there to take you to a 2 hrs snorkeling adventure. You can expect to see a wide range of colorful tropical fish and an occasional harmless reef shark or sting ray.

A little break at the beach is followed by a 1 hour guided hike in this wonderful coastal forest: Encounters with monkeys, sloths, birds, dart frogs, iguanas and other animals are common. This is a truly magical experience that you will remember for a long long time:-)

At the end of the hike, we will take you back to your hotel.

Included: Hotel, Breakfast, Cahuita Snorkeling and Hike Tour, Private Transport

Cahuita snorkeling

DAY 07: Puerto Viejo Free Day

If your last day is Saturday, go and check out the Farmer’s Market in Puerto Viejo.  Here you will find a wide variety of organic vegetables, as well as organic chocolate, raw granola bars, organic juices, and fruits you have never ever seen before nor will you see after this trip.

One of the best ways to spend your last day in Puerto Viejo is to visit the Finca La Isla Botanical Gardens a kilometer or two outside of the town. They have over 150 different species of fruit, nut and spice trees, and this is one of the best places in Costa Rica to see poison dart frogs. We can provide transport to there if needed.

Included: Hotel, Breakfast

Finca la Isla

DAY 08: Drive to San José, Juan Santamaria International Airport.

The drive from Puerto Viejo to San Jose will be approximately 4 and half hours. We recommend selecting an afternoon flight back home. Alternatively, spend a rest of the day and a night in San Jose. This is your opportunity to see the capital of Costa Rica. We will provide the accommodation and the ride to the airport tomorrow morning.

Pura Vida!

We hope you had a great time and will come to visit Costa Rica again soon!

Included: Private Transport.
Optional: Hotel in San Jose, Breakfast, Transport to the airport

Deposit $500US