UNFORGETTABLE COSTA RICA TRIP
Costa Rica | Mar 2 - Mar 10, 2024

Margaret
Margaret C.
Los Angeles, CA | Reviewed on Mar 22, 2024

AMAZING Costa Rica trip for 3 generations of my family! For my 40th birthday we took my 3 young children and my elderly parents to Costa Rica (La Fortuna, Monteverde and Playa Flamingo) for a 9 day trip. Olman at kimkim was extremely thoughtful and very knowledgeable about these places and recommended the perfect resorts/lodges and activities my family would enjoy all while considering my children's ages and my parents mobility issues.

The highlights of our trip were: seeing 3-toed sloths with Juan Carlos and Gonzalo of Amazilia Travel in La Fortuna; taking a boat cruise on Lake Arenal and learning about the volcano, seeing caiman and eating empanadas with Yeri of EcoTerra Costa Rica; we loved the night tour with Jesus at Refugio de Vida Silvestre in Monteverde (we saw a palm viper, kinkajou and 2-toed sloth!); the guys at Treetopia were amazing and we loved the hanging bridges and zip-lining; my husband LOVED fishing in Playa Flamingo with Blue Marlin Sportfishing - he caught a 90lb yellowfin tuna and we have been enjoying poke bowls ever since; my personal favorite was watching baby sea turtles hatch and crawl into the ocean at Playa Conchal with a local guide Luis and his cousin Netty.

TRULY AN UNFORGETTABLE TRIP. I cannot recommend Costa Rica as a destination or Olman at Kimkim enough.

Hotel Reviews
Arenal Springs Resort & Spa
Fortuna

AMAZING! The best parts were the hot-springs tubs piped directly into your hotel room, the gorgeous breakfast, volcano views and many hot and cool pools. 10/10 would live here if I could!

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Koora Hotel at Monteverde
Monteverde

Great views and tasty food. Restaurant is small and wait staff are not accustomed to small kids.

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Activity Reviews
Hike to La Fortuna Waterfall
Hike to La Fortuna Waterfall
Arenal/La Fortuna

We loved Juan Carols and Gonzalo sooooo much, we wanted to take them everywhere with us! My daughter was holding Gonzalo's hand and he was showing her all the birds. What a heavenly day!

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Peñas Blancas River Floating Safari Adventure by Raft
Peñas Blancas River Floating Safari Adventure by Raft
Arenal/La Fortuna

SOOOO much fun! I cant even being to count the number of animals we saw.

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Arenal Volcano National Park by Arenal Lake
Arenal Volcano National Park by Arenal Lake
Arenal/La Fortuna

Lots of great information! Yeri is clearly very highly educated!!! We all learned sooo much from her and the boat trip was very relaxing.

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Night Excursion at the Wildlife Refuge in Monteverde
Night Excursion at the Wildlife Refuge in Monteverde
Monteverde

We saw some awesome animals! Jesus showed is so many things - my son's favorite was the click beetles, but we also saw a 2-toed sloth, palm viper and kinkajou.

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Aerial Tram, Zip Lining & Hanging Bridges
Aerial Tram, Zip Lining & Hanging Bridges
Monteverde

FUN! Great wildlife guide Alex on the hanging bridges, and the fellas that did the ziplines were all so great and fun and very hard-working!

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Fishing on the North Pacific Coast
Fishing on the North Pacific Coast
Costa Rica

The hubby caught a 90lb yellowfin tuna and a large dorado, my mom and son smaller tuna. My husband had such a great time he wanted to go fishing again the next day!

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Local specialist: Olman Romero
Olman
Olman Romero
Local specialist in San Jose, Costa Rica | Replied on Mar 22, 2024

Hola Margaret,

What a great review!
I am thrilled to know your family had a terrific, but what makes this so special is that everyone got involved and enjoyed a lot every park, hotel, and tour you explored!

I am going to share your comments with the guides and my colleagues.

Thanks again for trusting in us!

Pura Vida,
Olman