There are so many seemingly awesome zip lines in Costa Rica. I’m having a hard time choosing which one??
I was originally thinking Sky adventures, but then I saw that apparently the zip lining in Monteverde has a better view?
I’m looking for the coolest/most memorable experience. Does anyone have any recs? It can be outside of what I mentioned.
Thanks guys!!
Hi Y’all! I’m going on a 16 day trip end of June to July after I graduate college with my old brother and also my sister and her boyfriend for half of it!
Before I start: yes, I’ve already done a lot of research and I’m just overwhelmed with the amount of options of things to do?? decision paralysis/ genuinely not knowing what the best things to do are!
Also we are renting a car. :)
I’m paying for most of it myself so I’m definitely on a budget but, I want to do cool stuff and I’m willing to splurge if it’s worth it. :)
BUT if there are cool cheaper things would love to hear about em! Let me know if you guys think we should change any of the areas we’re staying/stay somewhere longer or shorter.
And my main question is what activities should we do?
I’m gonna give you some background.. but really we just want to do cool stuff!
We are also already staying in some pretty cool places like tree, houses and ecologies but let me know if you guys have any cool recommendations! We need somewhere by San Jose to stay for the first night!
We are all pretty young and like doing a lot of different things. I will say my sister and I both get chronic migraines so we need rest days. Hence the reason we are staying at cool places! (but again if you have any cooler recommendations, please let us know.
!) I love a relaxing beach/spa/hot spring day but, I also love nature and adventure! We all love food and big foodies and I LOVE taking pictures. And we all love hiking (especially my sister and she’s there for second half of trip)
My brother is also so big on birdwatching and animals in general (me too!) and I’m a pretty big at thrillseeker! We also don’t mind driving far if it’s cool! OK, I hope that’s enough information! Here is our current location locations:
WAIT one more thing: let me know any cool stops along the way cause theres a lot of driving! (Also.. food recs!)
ONE NIGHT
San Jose
- food tour
- explore ??
ONE NIGHT
La Fortuna/Arenal Area
- drive to la palmera 3 hours
- staying treehouse!! One night
- 1 hour from La fortuna
- hot springs ON property
- activities?
THREE NIGHTS
La fortuna/arenal Area
- staying birds and breakfast!
- activities ????
-coffee/chocolate tour (idk which one)
- volcano??
- hiking??
- waterfall scaling? Or zip line/ bridges
- nature preserve?
THREE NIGHTS
Monteverde
- Drive to Monteverde 3-4 hours
- staying in pretty cabin with pretty view
- 5 min from Monteverde
- activities crowd forest and ???
ONE NIGHT
Monteverde
- fancy glass cabin!
- like 40 min from Monteverde
ONE NIGHT
Manuel Antonio
- Drive to Manuel 4-5 hours
- stopping on was to Osa peninsula
- staying hotel so we get breakfeat still cool!
- activities beach??
Here’s where is gets extra dicey:
FOUR NIGHTS
Osa peninsula
-CURRENTLY (it’s refundable) driving 4 hours
- staying as pretty nice full house in Dos Brazos staying on Puerto jimémes
- want to go to Corcovado for sure but looking for good guides/ does anyone have pricing??
- other things to do here since we’re here a while
ONE NIGHT
San Jose
- restaurant recs for breakfast/ dinner?
opinions SUPER welcome! 🫶🏼🫶🏼 thanks guys!!!