{"id":6603,"date":"2016-10-19T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=6603"},"modified":"2016-10-17T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T21:29:51","slug":"tour-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/tour-costa-rica","title":{"rendered":"New tour to Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this new itinerary, <span style=\"color: #f99901;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #f99901;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/educational-tours\/costa-rica-coast-to-coast.aspx\">Costa Rica: Coast to Coast<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, you&#8217;ll see Costa Rica from the Pacific to the Caribbean, and experience the highlights of this biodiverse Latin American country. Get up close and personal with the famous turtles of Tortuguero. Experience the Sarapiqui River by kayak and continue your active adventure with a thrilling mountain bike ride at the foot of a real volcano. Take some time to relax in Arenal\u2019s natural hot springs, then strap in for the ultimate rainforest experience: a zip line canopy tour in Rinc\u00f3n de La Vieja.<\/p>\n<p>See what an incredible experience this is with a recent <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/tour-diaries\/of2\/dominicanrepublichighlights-trip-08jun16\">Tour Diary<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>maintained by one of our expert tour directors.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the sample itinerary looks like (of course, with the Instant Tour Customizer tool you can add, remove and upgrade just about anything you wish!):<\/p>\n<div class=\"day\"><strong>Day\u00a01: Hola San Jos\u00e9<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6042 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica.jpg\" alt=\"Costa Rica\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"day\">\n<ul>\n<li>Meet your tour director and check into hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"day\"><strong><strong>Day\u00a02: San Jos\u00e9 to Tortuguero<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"day\">Travel to Tortuguero<\/li>\n<li class=\"day\">Tortuguero tour director-led sightseeing<\/li>\n<li class=\"day\">Caribbean Conservation Cooperation Museum visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"day\"><strong><strong>Day\u00a03: Tortuguero<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"day\">Canal tour<\/li>\n<li class=\"day\">Tortuguero National Park visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"day\"><strong><strong>Day\u00a04: Tortuguero to Sarapiqui<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"day\">Sarapiqui river kayaking tour<\/li>\n<li class=\"day\">Red-eyed tree frog night walk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"activities\"><strong><strong>Day\u00a05: Sarapiqui to Arenal<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"activity\"><span class=\"optional\">Optional\u00a0 Mountain bike tour\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"activity\">Hot springs visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"activity\"><strong><strong>Day\u00a06: Arenal to Rinc\u00f3n de la Vieja<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"activity\">Tenorio National Park visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"activity\"><strong><strong>Day\u00a07: Rinc\u00f3n de La Vieja<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"activity\">Horseback ride<\/li>\n<li class=\"activity\">Optional\u00a0 Canopy Tour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"activity\"><strong><strong>Day\u00a08: Rinc\u00f3n de la Vieja to Guanacaste<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"activity\">Travel to Guanacaste<\/li>\n<li class=\"activity\">Free time on Guanacaste Beach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"activity\">Take your students on the educational adventure of a lifetime to Costa Rica with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/contact-us.aspx\">Explorica<\/a><\/strong>!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this new itinerary, Costa Rica: Coast to Coast, you&#8217;ll see Costa Rica from the Pacific to the Caribbean, and experience the highlights of this biodiverse Latin American country. Get up close and personal with the famous turtles of Tortuguero. Experience the Sarapiqui River by kayak and continue your active adventure with a thrilling mountain <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/tour-costa-rica\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[52,410,345,58,68,59,128,86,172,425,12],"class_list":["post-6603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teachers","tag-costa-rica","tag-cultural-immersion","tag-educational-tours","tag-educational-travel","tag-latin-america","tag-student-tours","tag-student-travel","tag-student-trips","tag-teachers","tag-travel","tag-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6603"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6622,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603\/revisions\/6622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}