Itinerary: The Pacific Rainforest Lodge
7 Days / 6 Nights

DAY 1 Flight USA - Costa Rica. Please refer to your flight schedule. Arrival San José. You will be picked up at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Overnight San José Hotel.

DAY 2 After an early breakfast you will be picked up at your hotel around 7:00 am and transferred to the airport for the 50 minute flight to Palmar Sur on the Osa Peninsula. We will then drive to the village of Sierpe on the Pacific shoreline where a boat will be waiting to take us to the lodge. The boat ride will take about one and a half hours and we should arrive at the lodge early afternoon. Free afternoon to enjoy the beach or whatever you may choose to do. Overnight at the lodge.
(Meals: CB,L,D)

DAY 3 Today there will be a full day guided tour within the nearby reserve and Corcovado National Park. We will start with a short boat trip from to San Pedrillo Ranger Station. We will explore the beach and forest trails with our guide and with luck will see some of the wonderful wildlife that dwells here. We will return in the late afternoon to the lodge. (Meals: B,L,D)

DAY 4 This morning we will have a half-day guided tour of the Rio Claro. We will leave the lodge and walk along the lodge’s rainforest trails. Our guide will discuss interesting aspects of rainforest ecology and we will keep our eyes open for wildlife. We can expect to see many types of birds such as toucans and parrots and should see some of the several species of monkeys that occur here. Around noon the trail ends at a natural crystal clear swimming pool at the mouth of the Rio Claro. Time to relax, swim and catch some sun before the lodge’s staff arrives with a picnic lunch! We will return to the lodge in the late afternoon. (Meals: B,L,D)

DAY 5 Full day guided tour to Caño Island: this is a day to remember your beach towel and snorkeling gear (available for rent). We will leave the lodge by boat; our first stop is the rich coral reef that flank Caño Island to enjoy the ever changing underwater vista. About mid-morning we land on the island where you are at leisure to swim and soak up the sun. Following lunch, our guide will lead a short hike. Along the way notable differences between the island and mainland forest flora and fauna will be pointed out. By late afternoon we will return to the lodge, a short distance by boat but an entirely different world! (Meals: B,L,D)

DAY 6 Around 7:00am we will depart from the lodge by boat and return to Sierpe. From there it is a short ride to Palmar Sur where we will board our plane to return to San José. We should arrive in San José around 11:00 or 12:00 in the afternoon. You will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight at your San José hotel. (Meal: B)

DAY 7 We will transfer this morning to the international airport to catch our flight back to the USA. Please refer to your flight schedule. (Meal: CB)

(Meal Codes: CB = Continental Breakfast, B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner) Please note that this itinerary must be considered approximate. It may be altered due to weather or navigational considerations.

The Price includes 4 airport transfers, 2 nights at a good hotel in San José, round trip transfers from San José to the lodge by air and boat, 5 Days/ 4 nights at the lodge, meals as indicated in the itinerary, assistance of naturalists, and the three following guided tours: Corcovado National Park, Rio Claro, and Caño Island. Prices are per person. There is a 30% discount for children under 12 years old. Additional days at the lodge can be arranged if so desired.

The Pacific Rainforest Lodge and The Costa Rica Connoisseur
Many of our guests combine a visit to the Pacific Rainforest Lodge with our other trip in Costa Rica, The Costa Rica Connoisseur. The two trips are complementary in that a visit to the lodge allows you to spend a fair amount of time in the forest in a particular place, and the Explorer gives you a comprehensive look at the variety of natural environments in Costa Rica. The two trips give you the best of both worlds, the minute and the grand. We will be happy to work with you to schedule these two trips together. Give us a call for more details.