Active Costa Rica Vacations

Costa Rica offers more to visitors seeking outdoor adventures and activities than most countries 5 times bigger. If you want active travel, Costa Rica is your proper destination. CR Connection can guide you to the perfect Costa Rica adventure tour no matter what your preferred activity-or extreme sport-may be.

If you want to walk through incredible scenes, you can choose a Costa Rica hiking vacation that might include backpacking the second highest mountain in Central America (Chirripo, at 12,529 ft.) or hiking into craters of (inactive!) volcanoes (Barva, Chato, Turrialba). If you like biking, we can plan a perfect Costa Rica bicycle tour for you to match your interests and skill level, from cross-country tours to Costa Rica mountain biking down country roads from a volcano (11,260 ft. Irazu).

Make your memories with a Costa Rica fishing vacation in saltwater or freshwater, riding horseback on forest trails or a remote beach, or swinging on a canopy tour hundreds of feet above the forest floor. Choose a Costa Rica surfing vacation or scuba diving along the Pacific coast or world-famous Cocos Island. Ride the water with a Costa Rica rafting vacation on rivers from Class I through IV. People travel from all over the world for windsurfing on Lake Arenal, beneath magnificent Arenal Volcano.

There's enough to experience in Costa Rica adventure trips for several lifetimes. We can arrange these activities and more for you, but if all of this isn't enough to get your adrenaline pumping, we can also arrange a visit to a local snake farm!

Example Costa Rica Adventure Tour :             8 Days/7 nights Tropical Rafting and Beach Adventure
This trip includes three nights in San Jose. The next day enjoy two days of thrilling whitewater rafting on the Pacuare River staying at a private camp with time to relax and enjoy a rainforest hike or swim in the river falls. The next day you will raft the second section of the river, and then you will return to San Jose in the afternoon. Fly to from San Jose to Quepos, Manuel Antonio and stay 3 nights at Hotel Costa Verde or similar (Si Como No, El Parador, La Mariposa, La Mansion, Tulemar Bungalows and Makanda by the Sea are available at extra cost). While in Manuel Antonio, you have free days to enjoy the various optional activities at your own expense such as the National Park, ocean & river kayaking, etc. Return to San Jose for your last night before your return flight. Click here to see a day to day itinerary.

Example of a Costa Rica Adventure Tour:       10 Day/9 night Ultimate Multi-sport Costa Rican Adventure
This tour was designed for those seeking the most adventures in Costa Rica. After your first night in San Jose, enjoy one of the best biking routes in the country to the Orosi Valley, passing through the Ruins of the Ujarras Church, the villages of Santiago and the hydroelectric plant of Cachi and the town of Tucurrique. Stay in the town of Turrialba at Hotel Casa Turire. The following day enjoy two days of thrilling whitewater rafting on the Pacuare River. After running the first section of the Pacuare, stay at a private camp. The next day after rafting the second portion of the Pacuare, overnight in Guapiles before traveling to Tortuguero for a kayak trip from National Park on the Tortuguero River. Stay 2 nights in Tortuguero at the Mawamba Lodge with a full day of kayaking at Samay Laguna. Fly back to San José and connect with a flight to Quepos.  Stay 2 nights in Manuel Antonio while enjoying tours to Manuel Antonio National Park and the Canopy Safari. Return to San Jose stopping at Carara National Park for a guided tour. Click here to see a day to day itinerary.

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