Costa Rice group tour
Costa Rica | Dec 16 - Dec 23, 2025

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SANTHI S.
Chicago, IL | Reviewed on Dec 25, 2025

We had a great time in Costa Rica.The Hotels that were booked were great and we had a great time at the hotels.The drivers for the first two legs of the journey were good drivers and the third one-Driver+Guide,Mr.Sergei was a wealth of information and very nice-much appreciated by the group.Adrian,our local contact was awesome with his quick responses and we felt comfortable kowing that some one was available for contact and information locally.I did not think that I would be conatcting him but I did have to do it a couple of times.It worked out perfect-Kusod to him.

I would like to mention a couple of things:
1.The itenerary needed a little more detail in term of description of activity or Hotels and duration of activity with actual times.For eg.The Selvatura tour is a whole day trip that can started anywhere between 8-12:30pm.
2.The Damas island boat tour started at 1:30pm and said Lunch was included but in practice the lunch was not served till after the tour at 5 pm.If we had details,we could have had lunch on our own and skipped their meal which was very very POOR.
3.We are new to rhe country,so exact times of pick up and drop off would have been helpful.

On the whole except for a few little twiks,the trip went well and we felt comfortable and safe with the drivers.Thanks,Elena for planning teh trip.

Hotel Reviews
Arenal Springs Resort
La Fortuna

The OT springs at the Hotel was nice added Bonus!We took full advantage of the spring

Authenticity & Character
Location
Beautiful view of Arenal
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Hilton Garden Inn Guanacaste Airport
Liberia

Conveinent for an overnight stay

Authenticity & Character
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Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Hotel & Spa Poco a Poco
Monteverde

Beautiful location in Monte Verde

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Ecotica
Manuel Antonio

Beautiful location and nice utilization of landscape

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
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Costa Rica Marriott Hotel Hacienda Belen
San José

Beautiful Premises-wished we had stayed longer

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Location
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Activity Reviews
All Day Adventure at Selvatura, including Zipline, Hanging Bridges, and Fauna Exhibitions
All Day Adventure at Selvatura, including Zipline, Hanging Bridges, and Fauna Exhibitions
Costa Rica

The safest Ziplining so far and the team of six who were with were awesome in watching for safety and helping the group move safely across teh 16 platforms.Wasa great Experience as I felt safe.

Quality of Experience
Food
We had a choice of the Menu and teh staff were curteous and attentive!
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Zipling was the safest
Transport
Damas Island Boat Tour
Damas Island Boat Tour
Manuel Antonio

The tour was called Lunch tour but they did not Provide any food till after teh trip at %pm-food was cold and very poor quality-fish and chicken were dry and rubbery

Quality of Experience
Food
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Transport
Private San José City Tour
Private San José City Tour
San José

I would have liked a planned tour of the most important places to see.He did a good job but it was a little chaotic as he requested what we wanted to see and took us around.However I think he did a great job given the traffic in San Jose!!

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Transport
Local specialist: Elena Mora