Southern Sensations: Feb 2 - 16, 2013: 15 days/14 nights
Day 1: Arrive in San Jose
Day 2: Travel to Selva Verde Lodge in the tropical lowlands of Sarapiqui.
The lodge is located at the edge of the wildlife-rich riparian zone along the banks of the Sarapiqui river.
Day 3 and 4: Spend the
next two days at La Selva Biological Station run by the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), a highlight of the tour.
Day
5: Travel to Hotel Villa Lapa, situated at the edge of the Carara Biological Reserve on the banks of the Tarcoles River
Day 6: Spend the next two days in the Carara Biological Reserve, a unique climatological zone where the ecosystem of the humid
southern coastal region joins the dry climate of the northern Pacific area.
Day 7: Travel to South along the Pacific coast where we
will spend the next day and a half at in the Dominical area, just north of the unique Ballena Marine National Park.
Day
10 & 11: Travel to Esquinas Lodge on the outskirts of Golfito where you will spend the next two days. The lodge is surrounded
by dense lowland rainforest, bordering on the the Piedras Blancas National Park.
Day 13: Spend the day exploring the
gardens
Day 14: Travel to San Jose
Day 15: Departing Flights
