Arrive at the Juan Santamaria Intl Airport in San Jose. After passing through Immigration, one of our representatives will greet you at the airport. Look for a sign that has your unique identifier along with your name. After you submit your booking request you will receive a full itinerary along with in-country descriptions, including all airport and hotel transfer instructions included in your proposal. He or she will take you to the Hotel Don Carlos or similar.

After breakfast you will be driven to Pavas Airport 30-60 mins.) for your light chartered flight* (one hour) to Carate, a mile southeast of Corcovado Lodge. Upon arrival, walk 30–45 minutes with a Corcovado Guide to the Lodge (luggage will be transported by horse cart).

After lunch at the Tent Camp, walk the Lodge's Loop Trail with a local guide. This trail winds its way through the Lodge property and illustrates different types of lowland tropical rainforest, including overgrown pasture, second growth forest and lowland primary rainforest (virgin jungle, if you will). There are views of the Pacific Ocean through vegetation that has never felt a frost. Possible wildlife encounters include Coatimundi, a relative of the raccoon), Tayras (a dark, bushy-tailed weasel), Amazon Parrots, Parrotlets, Poison Dart Frogs, Scarlet-Rumped Tanagers, several species of snakes, Agoutis (which look like a large, long-legged guinea pig), and Hermit Hummingbirds, to name a few.

Because this piece of land adjoins the larger protected Corcovado National Park, you may occasionally encounter a sign of some of the larger mammals: Tapir, Peccaries or felines such as Jaguar, Ocelot or Cougar. You also may come face to face with the monkeys common to the Osa Pennsula: Spider, White-faced and Howler. Dinner and overnight at Corcovado Lodge.

Today, in groups of up to six participants at a time, you will visit the Tree Canopy Platform. The adventure begins with a one-hour guided hike through the Corcovado Lodge Private Nature Reserve to the Canopy Platform. The platform is located in an emergent tree 120 feet above the forest floor. From here, you will have the opportunity to view the rainforest from a seldom-seen perspective. White Hawks, Howler Monkeys, Anole Lizards and Pygmy Squirrels may be sighted. Meals and overnight at Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp.

After breakfast start off on the six-hour, round- trip hike with a Corcovado Guide, through the park to Salsipuedes Bay. Corcovado National Park covers 136,347 acres and is considered to be the most biologically diverse rainforest in Central America. Walking northwest you pass through primary and secondary forests, a small stretch of mangrove and stretches of beach. This walk is renowned for sighting large flocks of Scarlet Macaws of 20 or more individuals feeding in almond trees. While by no means probable, it is possible to see Tapir at Salsipuedes. Many of our guests have had this thrilling reward for this strenuous hike. Overnight at Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp.

Walk 30-45 minutes to the Carate Airstrip with a Corcovado Guide for the chartered flight back to San Jose. Upon arrival in San Jose, we will stop for lunch and then depart for the three-hour drive to Savegre Mountain Lodge in the Talamanca Mountains in central Costa Rica. Upon arrival you will have the rest of the afternoon free to take a horseback riding tour, go trout fishing or relax. (Afternoon tours are at additional cost.) Overnight at Savegre Lodge.

After an early breakfast, depart by bus for the Cerro de la Muerte Hike. With a local guide, you will walk down the mountain, first through sub-alpine meadows then through the oak forests of the Savegre Valley. This is a 5-6 hour hike, which ends at Savegre Mountain Lodge. Picnic lunch en route. Overnight at Savegre Lodge.

Depart early from Savegre Mountain Lodge with a Spanish speaking driver to San Chir Restaurant, located in the town of Paraso in the Cartago Province. Here your Rafting Guides will be waiting to take you on the next leg of your adventure. After a quick change of luggage and breakfast, you will depart heading east to the entrance to Hacienda Tres Equis, which will take you to the put-in location on the Pacuare River. After an orientation and safety talk, proceed down river. River time: approximately 1–1/2 hours. Dinner and overnight camping on the riverbank.

The most beautiful river canyon in the tropics, the Pacuare River cuts through one of those rare pockets of wilderness left on the planet. Today you will wake to the sounds of the Pacuare River canyon and the smells of your River Guides' cooking. After an early morning breakfast, you will go on a two-hour guided hike. Upon your return to camp the rafts will be rigged and ready to continue your adventure down the Pacuare River to take-out. River time: approx. 4 hours. Mid-afternoon take out. Return to San Jose (two hours driving time). Overnight at hotel Don Carlos or similar.

Transfer to the International Airport, arriving approximately two hours before your flight's scheduled departure time.

*For your safety and convenience Costa Rica Adventure Vacation does not use either of Costa Rica's domestic, regularly scheduled airlines.