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Starting at US$5,072 per person in double occupancy (or US$634 per person per day)
Tamarindo & North Pacific Surfing
(8 Days/7 Nights)

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Overview
Stay at the Tamarindo Diria Hotel, located near the country's top surfing spots. From here, you will have access to well-known locations like the beautiful and remote Witch's Rock. With your private Surf Guide, explore Tamarindo as well as other towns with excellent breaks, including Playa Grande, Playa Negra, Avellas and Langosta.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1  Arrival / Liberia / Tamarindo

Meals Included: Dinner


Arrive at the Liberia International Airport. 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. The representative will take you to your hotel (about 1- hours), the Hotel Tamarindo Diria. The rest of your day is free to enjoy all the natural beauty and fun activites that this area has to offer such as: international restaurants, bars, casinos, shops, fishing, or golfing. All your nights will be spent in the fabulous Hotel Tamarindo Diria.


Day 2-7  Surfing Guanacaste

Meals Included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner


Tamarindo, on the country's North Pacific Coast, was once a secret among the surfing elite. Today it is a well-known surfing destination with plenty of the big waves that expert surfers live for, as well as places perfect for beginners. Blessed by consistent swells and off-shore conditions, there are six excellent surf breaks within a short walk of your hotel. While in Tamarindo you will have the services of a private Surf Guide, van and driver to take you to different breaks in the area. With your Surf Guide, plan where you’ll be surfing each day. Also included while in Tamarindo: one-day motorboat trip to Witch Rock. These are the break descriptions near Tamarindo:

Playa Tamarindo - This beach has two fun breaks: 1) El Estero, a excellent river mouth break where the Tamarindo Estuary meets the ocean; and 2) Pico Pequeno, a lava finger reef, which can get perfect with a swell. Mid-tide is best for both breaks. Go surfing any tide except dead low (usually un-surfable at low tide).

Playa Langosta (1 km south of Tamarindo) - Rights and lefts breaking over rocks and sand in front of a river mouth. Usually a little bigger than nearby breaks in Tamarindo. Very fun surfing, but not always perfect waves. Surfing is best at mid-tide, going to high.

Playa Avellanas (10 km south of Tamarindo) - About five different good reef/sand breaks with semi-hollow lefts and rights, located on a two-mile stretch of beach. Surfing is best mid to high tide. Avoid at low tide.

Playa Negra (15 km south of Tamarindo) - Epic right-hand reef/point break. Very consistent, perfect and powerful, known as one of the best breaks in Costa Rica. Playa Negra starts to really turn on when it's a couple feet overhead, and can hold almost triple overhead without closing out. Very playful and fun surfing when it’s around head high. Playa Negra can get crowded. Best at mid to high tide, getting a bit rocky and shallow on low. It begins to show the form it's famous for when it gets a few feet overhead.

Playa Grande (20 mins. north of Tamarindo) - Beach break with perfect left and right peak, holds waves up to almost double-overhead. A very consistent break, Playa Grande almost always has fun, ridable waves and usually catches more swell than Tamarindo. Surf any tide except dead low. It can go from knee-high to overhead in an hour when the water starts filling in from low tide.

Witch's Rock - One of the most famous breaks in the country. Well known for its fast hollow rights but, when it's smaller, the lefts are also good. Beautiful and remote, every surfer wants to visit Witch's. To visit, your guide will take you to Coco Beach, about 1- hours from Tamarindo, where you will take a boat to Witch's Rock. The boat will wait for you outside the break, as long as you want to surf. Having a boat also allows you to check Ollie's Point, which is often better than Witch's.

Ollie's Point - Excellent, fast, hollow right point break made famous in "The Endless Summer II." Like all the spots in the North Pacific, best on high tide. Try to avoid it during dead low tide. Accessible only by boat.


Day 8  Tamarindo / Liberia / Departure

Meals Included: Breakfast


Your van will take you to Liberia International Airport, arriving at least two hours before your flight’s scheduled departure.

"All drivers, managers, planners and facilitators were top notch."
Hi Nadya: We had a great trip, largely thanks to you and the great CR team. As you remember, we had a vacation planned at a resort that fell through (on their end). In short order, you put together a great itinerary for us and we were on our way. Suffice to say, we loved everything: the variety and diversity of the Costa Rican countryside - from the rainforest to the Caribbean Coast to volcano regions to the cloud forest. The hotels were great, luxurious enough, beautiful, clean, flowers, and with a fun "down home" beat as well. But more – the professionalism and knowledgeable "upbeat attitude" of all CR drivers, tour guides, hotel managers, etc. was phenominal. I have never been to such a happy place. I wish I had written everyone's name down to commend them individually. All our drivers were great: friendly, funny, eager to communicate, and very nice. Miquel, who transported us to Tortuguero, put on a wonderful picnic and told great stories. They all made us feel at home and welcome.

Also, as you may know, our trip was not without its challenges. A few days in, our daughter developed an ear infection, which we could not even diagnose correctly. We were in a remote place, worried - but CR came through with flying colors. In no time at all, we were scheduled for a doctor's appt in a hospital in San Jose. We saw a great doctor who spoke excellent English. We had the necessary drops and antibiotics in a half hour, and we were on our way to our next destination - not even a real break in schedule! Again, to a person, all drivers, managers, planners, and facilitators were top notch. Best we have ever come across. We had a GREAT GREAT time, and we couldn't have done it without all of you.
April 24, 2007   |   The Borzilleri family

US$5,072 per person
"All drivers, managers, planners and facilitators were top notch."
Hi Nadya: We had a great trip, largely thanks to you and the great CR team. As you remember, we had a vacation planned at a resort that fell through (on their end). In short order, you put together a great itinerary for us and we were on our way. Suffice to say, we loved everything: the variety and diversity of the Costa Rican countryside - from the rainforest to the Caribbean Coast to volcano regions to the cloud forest. The hotels were great, luxurious enough, beautiful, clean, flowers, and with a fun "down home" beat as well. But more – the professionalism and knowledgeable "upbeat attitude" of all CR drivers, tour guides, hotel managers, etc. was phenominal. I have never been to such a happy place. I wish I had written everyone's name down to commend them individually. All our drivers were great: friendly, funny, eager to communicate, and very nice. Miquel, who transported us to Tortuguero, put on a wonderful picnic and told great stories. They all made us feel at home and welcome.

Also, as you may know, our trip was not without its challenges. A few days in, our daughter developed an ear infection, which we could not even diagnose correctly. We were in a remote place, worried - but CR came through with flying colors. In no time at all, we were scheduled for a doctor's appt in a hospital in San Jose. We saw a great doctor who spoke excellent English. We had the necessary drops and antibiotics in a half hour, and we were on our way to our next destination - not even a real break in schedule! Again, to a person, all drivers, managers, planners, and facilitators were top notch. Best we have ever come across. We had a GREAT GREAT time, and we couldn't have done it without all of you.
April 24, 2007   |   The Borzilleri family