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an eight-day journey · airport to airport · private · tortuguero, arenal & guanacaste

Coast to Coast

Eight days across the whole country — the wild Caribbean, the volcano, and the Pacific — without ever doubling back.

8 days · airport to airport7 nightsPrivate — your party aloneBased in Tortuguero · Arenal · Guanacaste

The journey

Costa Rica is narrow enough to cross in a week and wild enough that it feels like three countries while you do. This journey runs you clean across it: in by the canals of the Caribbean, up through volcano country, and out on the Pacific side — each region its own world, every transfer and boat handled, no backtracking. You arrive on one coast and leave from the other, and the whole middle is ours to carry.

Tortuguero · Arenal · Guanacaste · basecamp

The ground you'll cross

Region to region, one unbroken line.

Each marker is a region you'll wake up in; the dotted line is the route that strings them together — every boat, flight and road transfer between handled for you.

  1. San José
  2. Tortuguero
  3. Arenal
  4. Guanacaste
  5. Liberia
SAN JOSÉ · GATEWAYTORTUGUEROARENALGUANACASTELIBERIA · GATEWAY
N 9°–11° · W 83°–86°···· the route

The journey, day by day

Eight days, handled.

  1. Day 01

    Into the wild Caribbean

    We meet you at the airport and head for the coast — a drive into the lowlands, then a boat through the canals into Tortuguero, a place with no roads in or out. Settle into your lodge as the jungle gets loud. Somewhere most travellers never reach, on the first afternoon.

  2. Day 02

    The canals

    A morning by boat through Tortuguero's waterways — the “Amazon of Costa Rica” — with a naturalist reading the banks: caimans, monkeys, herons, the flash of a kingfisher. In season, a night on the beach where the turtles come ashore.

  3. Day 03

    West to the volcano

    Boat out, then the drive across the northern lowlands to Arenal, with a stop along the way to break it. Jungle flat gives way to volcano country. Arrive to the hot springs, the cone glowing at dusk, and dinner at a local chef's table.

  4. Day 04

    Off the grid in Arenal

    Open with the birds at first light, then a hike to off-the-map waterfalls only locals know, with a local guide reading the forest the whole way — the wildlife you'd have walked right past. Hot springs at dusk, then back into the trees after dark, when the forest you crossed by day turns electric: a red-eyed frog, an eyelash viper, eyes flashing in the canopy. One day, dawn to full dark.

  5. Day 05

    Whitewater

    A morning on the river — private rafting through the jungle, the good kind of adrenaline. The afternoon is yours: the hot springs, or a quiet finca and a good coffee.

  6. Day 06

    Across to Guanacaste

    The drive west into Guanacaste, the land drying into open country. By afternoon you're at Rincón de la Vieja — a different volcano, with mud pots, steam vents, and hidden waterfalls deep in the dry forest, far from any crowd.

  7. Day 07

    The wild Pacific

    Down to the coast — a quiet stretch of Guanacaste shore the strip never found. Swim, ride the sand, or do nothing at all but watch the sun go down over the water. The wind-down the whole trip's been building toward.

  8. Day 08

    Out the other side

    A last morning by the Pacific, then the drive to the airport and home. One country, coast to coast, behind you.

Yours to shape. Swap the southern Caribbean for Tortuguero, add the cloud forest, or trade a beach day for more time on the volcano. Every journey is built around you.

What’s included

  • Airport pickup and drop-off
  • All transfers — the Tortuguero boats included
  • Seven nights' lodging across the three regions, in your chosen style
  • The Arenal experiences and guided days above
  • Rincón de la Vieja
  • Private guide and transport throughout
  • Hot springs
  • Rafting
  • All park and reserve fees
  • Daily breakfast

Not included

  • International flights
  • Most lunches and dinners
  • Gratuities
  • Travel insurance

The essentials

What you can count on, before a word is exchanged.

Airport to airport

Eight days, seven nights. Arrive and depart from whichever airports suit you — San José, Liberia, or one of each. We meet you and return you to the airport, and every boat and transfer between is ours to handle. The easy routing lands you in San José and flies you out of Liberia, so the journey never doubles back — but we build it around your flights either way.

Private

The journey is yours and your party's alone.

Where you stay

Entirely your choice across all three regions, from relaxed and characterful to the most exclusive addresses in the country. We build the journey around the comfort you want.

Pricing

Each journey is composed individually — priced on enquiry, never from a fixed list. Tell us who's travelling and how you like to stay, and we prepare a proposal made for you.

Season

Wonderful year-round; the drier months (December–April) are easiest on the Caribbean leg, and the Ostional turtle arribada follows its own calendar — tell us when you're hoping to travel and we'll time it.

Plan this journey

Tell us who’s travelling and how you like to stay. We build the rest.

Priced on enquiry — composed for your party, never from a fixed list. We reply personally, usually within a day.

Plan this journey