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Country: COSTA RICA
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| Global Crossroad |
8738 Quarters Lake Road
Louisiana
UNITED STATES
70809
Phone: 225-922-7854
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Program description: |
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Valle Escondido Mountain Hotel & Two Wonderful Middle Pacific Beaches. Day 1: Departure to Valle Escondido Mountain Hotel. This beautiful hotel is located in the middle of the mountains of Alajuela province. Lunch at hotel (you can choose from 3 different menu options). After lunch participants will have an activity at hotel surroundings, such as hiking or the orchids tour. ($40 extra, will allow you to have an adventure activity such as horse back riding, canyoning, canopying, etc.). Dinner at night and some other activities in the hotel like playing pool or just relaxing in the hot Jacuzzi out of the hotel.
Day 2: Breakfast at Valle Escondido Mountain Hotel and departure to San José, where you can eat lunch at a small restaurant Costa Rican style and then get ready to go to Tárcoles a totally undiscovered beautiful beach. You will arrive in the evening and later eat dinner at Doña Miriam’s House. You will spend the night at Doña Miriam’s Cabins.
Day 3: Costa Rican breakfast at Tárcoles and then we will take a river tour (to see crocodiles in their own environment and the Incredible Crocodile Man Show, a man who interacts with the crocodiles. He will feed them to let you see and know about their behavior, and you can take amazing pictures (just imagine more than 25 crocodiles per square kilometer!). After that you can go to enjoy the beach, then eat lunch Tárcoles Style at Doña Miriam’s house about 2 p.m.
During the evening you can sit down near the beach to see two wonderful spectacles at the same time, the astonishing Pacific sunset and the largest red macaw population in Costa Rica, where you will find about 35 of these beautiful birds in the same tree. You can also take a walking tour to a beautiful waterfall near Tárcoles center.
After that you will have some free time. About 7 p.m. you will eat dinner Tárcoles style again, and prepare for the FIESTA, where you can dance and sing with the karaoke music.
Day 4: About 9 a.m. we will take a 20 minutes bus trip to Jacó Beach, where you can swim, sunbathe, see the surfers or surf, or just take a walk around the community. We will eat lunch in a small restaurant and at 5 p.m. get ready to see the sunset and return to San José.
At night, we will go to San Isidro de Heredia, our host community, and enjoy a charming good bye party and Certificates Ceremony at Amistad Institute.
Departure point is Juan Santa Maria International Airport, Costa Rica. No Spanish is required for this mini-adventure program.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Travel to site: Varies
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies
Living arrangements on the program: Varies
How long does the program last?: Various Durations
What are the dates of this program: Global crossroad offers program year round. Program starts the 1st and the 15th of each month.
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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Beautiful Costa Rica has something for everybody! Although smaller than West Virginia, this country offers endless adventurous opportunities, even after a few weeks of travel. Whatever your interests - eco-tourism, bird watching, adventure, rafting, golf, or just relaxing on an unspoiled tropical beach - you'll find something exciting to do in this tropical and secure paradise.The Volunteer Costa Rica Program offers you amazing opportunities to experience one of the most exotic and undiscovered vacation destinations in the world, while volunteering in unique conservation and social projects. Global Crossroad invites you to consider this Peace Corps alternative, where you can help the children, teach indigenous peoples, and put your skills to work in grass-roots level development and conservation efforts. During your free time, explore towering and fiery volcanoes, pristine beaches, raging rivers, and virgin rain forests. Observe the abundant wildlife, or get to know the warm and hospitable people of Costa Rica.
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Cost or price of this program: |
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600-2500 USD
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Terms: |
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Throughout the year
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