All-Inclusive Half Week of Rivers (4 days)
Class II, III & IV
Trip Highlights!
- Panoramic Mountain Lodge
- Panoramic restaurant
- Pejivalle River
- Serpentario Tour
- Lower Reventazón, FL
- Pacuare River, Top
- City tours
Package Includes*:
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Activity level 4. Experience is required for kayakers only. No experience necessary for rafters.
Packing list:
Bring a few pairs of quick drying shorts, light pans, T-shirts that are easy to dry and your bathing suit. Shirts can be short sleeved and long sleeved for protection against the sun and bugs. In general, you will normally be comfortable in shorts and T-shirts during the day, and long pants and a shirt at night. We also recommend bringing a copy of your passport, camera, binoculars, sunscreen, mosquito repellant, a small towel, hat, sandals with ankle straps, hiking tennis shoes, a strap to secure your glasses, a rain coat for rainy days and a long sleeved sweater for higher elevations.
Prices are base on double occupancy: $750 per person*
All-inclusive vacation package until 12/15/ 2009.
High Season Christmas, New Year, Easter Week: $850 per person*
Minimum age: 16 years.
*Minimum group of 2 people.
For groups of 3 or more, please contact us for special prices.
(Single Supplement $175)
Trips depart daily
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 ≈ Welcome to Costa Rica [top]
We will be waiting for you at the Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO). After you arrive and meet your Costa Rica Adventures guides, we begin your adventure to the mountain lodge, Cerro Alto, on top of mountain in Turrialba valley. It will be about a 2 ½ hour ride through small towns, beautiful coffee farms, and sugar cane fields around the mountains. We will stop for lunch or dinner on the way to the lodge. When we arrive to the lodge you will enjoy the comfortable accommodations with a wonderful view of the Turrialba valley and Turrialba Volcano. We will have a delicious Costa Rican meal served at the panoramic restaurant.
Day 2 ≈ Pejivalle River [top]
Today we will enjoy a delicious breakfast in our mountain lodge restaurant. After breakfast we will outfit you with all necessary equipment to start our first paddling day. The first river we’re going to do is class II / III on the lower section and it has about 3 rapids class IV at the upper section called Taus. This trip will be 12 miles long with spectacular jungle scenery all the way down. Lunch is prepared, riverside, by your guides. This will be a perfect river descent to warm up for the upcoming week. After paddling, we will take you for a city tour in Turrialba to go sightseeing in town for a few hours. We will then return to the lodge to relax and enjoy the beautiful view of Turrialba Valley .This evening you will enjoy a delicious dinner at the lodge restaurant.
Day 3 ≈ Top and Upper-Upper section of the Pacuare River [top]
The day begins with a healthy breakfast to get ready for this new adventure on the Pacuare River. After breakfast, we continue to the beautiful Pacuare River, which leads you through a scenic tropical jungle. We will travel about 1 ½ hours to the Pacuare River canyon. We will see lots of local birds, butterflies and local Costa Rican life along the way. The Pacuare River is one of the top five most beautiful rivers around the world in the National Geographic magazine. This section starts with nice, calm class II/III warm whitewater rapids and gets a little more difficult as we continue down this rainforest river. The rapids are very fun and exciting. There are nice play spots along the way and there are two class IV rapids. Lunch is prepared, riverside, by your guides. After paddling we will return to the lodge to relax and enjoy a delicious dinner.
Day 4 ≈ Reventazón River- Florida section [top]
After breakfast we begin preparing for the action on big water class II/III rapids. The Florida section is a 10 mile river descent with many play spots and continuous rapids. Class II/III paddlers will experience all these thrilling big water rapids and the beautiful scenery. We will stop in every play spot to have fun surfing in this tropical paradise. Lunch is prepared, riverside, by your guides. After paddling this section, we will come back to our office in Turrialba. Tonight we will enjoy a delicious dinner to celebrate the end of our fantastic trip.
Note: We can customize any itinerary to fit the number of days of your vacation.
Ask about our group and family discounts!
*Not included: Airfare to San José – Costa Rica, Airport departure tax ($26) Optional guide gratuities, and items of personal nature (souvenirs and telephone calls)
This is a sample itinerary. Activities and locations may be subject to change due to a number of reasons beyond our control (weather, water levels, safety conditions, etc.)
