After breakfast you will be pick up and driven to The Botanical Garden in la Garita, Alajuela, for your tour of the gardens and an overnight stay at Xandari Resort Hotel

Our driver will take you to Cartago, the first capital of Costa Rica, to visit the Basilica de Los Angeles. Next you will take a tour of Lankester Gardens, known for its orchid collection and tropical plants.  After lunch, you will be driven back to the hotel crossing the valley, where you can view the ruins of the first church in Cartago. 

A visit to CATIE (Center for Tropical Agriculture Research and Education). You will see tropical fruits that you probably have never seen before.  CATIE’s Botanical Garden serves as a diversity research area for scientists, students and the public in general to become more aware of the importance of protecting our natural resources that provide us medicines, food, and help with the preservation of nature. After dinner at your lodge, you will see a demonstration on preparing chocolate from the cacao bean.

You will be taken to the province of  Heredia Highlands then to Arenal. You will also visit La Paz Waterfall Gardens where you will walk to five waterfalls and through the largest butterfly garden in the world. Overnight stay at your lodge in  Arenal.

After breakfast, a visit to the Hot Springs where you will enjoy the thermal waters and a buffet dinner while catching the sight of the smoldering Arenal Volcano and its lava flow. Overnight stay at your lodge

On your transfer back to San Jose, we will stop at the church in Zarcero and the Else Kientzler Botanical Garden known for its ornamental plants.  You will also stop in Sarchi, a famous town for its range of Costa Rican crafts. Overnight stay at your hotel in San Jose.

Private transfer from your hotel in San Jose to International airport.

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