Our trip to Costa Rica was fantastic!
Costa Rica
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Dec 29 - Jan 7, 2024
Our trip to Costa Rica was fantastic! Overall everything went extremely smoothly, from planning to traveling to moving around the country. The experiences were great and the guides were very helpful. Hotels were as advertised.
Hotel Reviews
Very basic rooms that are quite small. Walking distance from town is a big plus. Pool is nice.
Views were incredible, staff was extremely nice. The food was great and the grounds were great. Only downside is it's not walking distance to town.
Rooms were great and the grounds were super nice. Beautiful views. Not super close to the beach if that is important to you (need to take a shuttle to a public beach, which only runs 4 times a day). Food was good and pool was great.
Activity Reviews
Hanging bridges guides were great, helped see lots of wildlife. Got very lucky that it was sunny and you could see the volcano. Tabacon hot springs were incredible although meal was not provided. Absolutely worth the extra money for the Tabacon resort.
Everything went super smoothly, zip lining was great. Unlucky that it was too windy to do to the biggest line but definitely recommend doing the superman zip line at the end.
Guide was absolutely incredible and the chocolate part was great. Also included coffee tour for people who want to do that as well (no reason to book an extra coffee tour). Saw great and unique wildlife
Absolutely must have a guide as Manuel Antonio is a zoo (literally and figuratively). Lots of people, spend the extra time at the beach as it is not as crowded as the public beaches.
Not worth doing a private tour of the volcano hike or waterfall as these are extremely public areas to begin with. Easy to do both in a self guided fashion but our tour guide was still great and the transit was timely.