TAKES YOU TO: San José, Arenal Volcano. Monteverde Cloud Forest and Beach.
MEAL CODES: 
ITINERARY
Day 1: WELCOME TO COSTA RICA.
When you land at San José’s Juan Santamaría international airport, our own affable, bilingual driver will meet you at the arrivals gate and take you to Colours Oasis hotel, the focal point of your eleven-day, ten-night vacation package. What’s left of the day is yours to spend as you like: hang out at Colours, and then relish the rich gay night life of San José. Some spots you might want to check out: La Avispa Discotheque, Bochinche, Club Oh and Puchos Night Club. Our front desk will point you in the right direction.
Day 2: FREE DAY IN SAN JOSE
Choose a tour that turns you on! Customize your vacation with an optional tour, but we have to know in advance to make a reservation. Here are some of the tours available**.
San Jose City Tour ($53)- Pacuare River Rafting ($99)
- Arenal Volcano & Baldi Hot Springs ($133)
- Arenal Volcano & The Springs ($156)
- Arenal Volcano & Tabacon Hot Springs ($143)
- Poas Volcano & La Paz Waterfall Gardens ($129)
- Poas Volcano & Sarchi Oxcart Factory ($90)
Irazu Volcano & Orosi Valley ($76)- Coffee Tour ($77)
- Adventure combo ($126)
- Canopy San Luis ($87)
- Tortuga Island in Deluxe Catamaran ($135)
Or don’t do anything organized at all: hang out at Colours’ pool and exercise room, explore the immediate area, walk through more interesting areas of San José such as 19th century Barrio Amón. Have lunch and dinner at our restaurant. That evening you might want to hit some of the spots you didn’t make the night before, or go back to the place that really turned you on.
Day 3: MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST
After breakfast at Colours, you will be taken by Shuttle Bus to a gay-friendly hotel in the lovely Monteverde Cloud Forest area, about four hours away. The Spanish translation for Monteverde is “green mountain” – the perfect name for this peaceful, hillside community. Monteverde was founded by a Quaker community over 50 years ago, and contains an astounding amount of biodiversity: nearly 400 different types of bird species; two types of sloth, the white-faced monkey, agoutis, pizotes, kinkajous, porcupines, foxes, coyotes, armadillos, bats, reptiles, frogs and non-venomous snakes, just to name a few! The lush green Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is noted for great bird watching, especially the elusive resplendent quetzal with its crimson breast and iridescent green plumage.
The highlight is an exciting afternoon canopy tour that allows you to glide through the treetops of the cloud forest on a system of zip line cables in the cloud forest canopy.
The evening is yours to enjoy as you wish. You’ll have to look after your own lunch and dinner.
Day 4: ARENAL VOLCANO
The morning is yours to enjoy as you will, perhaps a quick jaunt through the unique Cloud Forest Reserve. After lunch you’ll take the fastest and most scenic route between the Monteverde cloud forest and the Arenal Volcano and of the unspoiled, man-made Lake Arenal: the land-water-land transfer. First it’s two-hours overland to the village of Río Chiquito, then a 30-minute boat ride across Lake Arenal to the dam, plus another half hour overland to a gay-friendly hotel in the Arenal/La Fortuna area. The majestic Arenal Volcano attracts thousands and thousands of tourists thanks to its extraordinary and never-ending volcanic activity, on clear nights roaring like a thousand lions and spewing intermittent explosions of ash and lava in a splendid display of nature’s own fireworks.
The evening is yours to enjoy as you wish. You’ll have to look after your own lunch and dinner.
Day 5: FREE DAY IN ARENAL
Choose a tour that turns you on! Customize your vacation with an optional tour, but we have to know in advance to make a reservation. Here are some of the tours available***.
- Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge ($70)
Canopy Tour ($66)- Arenal Mundo Aventura Canopy Tour. ($70)
- La Fortuna Waterfall on Horseback ($65)
- Arenal Volcano Hike ($50)
- Arenal Hanging Bridges ($60)
- Lake Arenal kayaking ($60)
- Venado Caves ($65)
- Tour Safari Peñas Blancas ($60)
- Whitewater Rafting ($99)
- Sky Tram & Nature Walk ($70)
- Sky Tram & Sky Trek ($85)
- Rio Celeste ($106)
**THIS IS AN EXTRA CHARGE. Or if nothing takes your fancy, just relax and explore on your own. The evening is yours to enjoy as you wish. You’ll have to look after your own lunch and dinner.
Day 6: MANUEL ANTONIO or other Pacific Coast or Atlantic/Caribbean Beach
After breakfast, you will be taken by private Shuttle Bus to overnight at a gay-friendly hotel on Manuel Antonio Beach, just under three hours away. Manuel Antonio is one of Costa Rica’s most visited gay destination after San José, with gay-owned and gay-friendly hotels, bars, restaurants and lovely pristine beaches. The afternoon and evening are yours to enjoy as you wish. Again you’ll have to look after your own lunch and dinner.
Day 7: MANUEL ANTONIO TOUR or other local tour when at other beach area
Choose a tour that turns you on! Customize your vacation with an optional tour, but we have to know in advance to make a reservation. Here are some of the tours available for Manuel Antonio***.
- Savegre River Rafting ($98)
- Naranjo River rafting ($79)
- Manuel Antonio Park Nature Walk ($50)
- Canopy Safari ($75)
- Sunset Sail ($75)
- Mangrove Kayaking ($65)
- Isla Damas Mangrove by Boat ($65)
- Mountain Horseback riding ($65)
- ATV FourTrax Adventure ($95)
***THIS IS AN EXTRA CHARGE. Or if nothing takes your fancy, just relax and explore on your own. The evening is yours to enjoy as you wish. You’ll have to look after your own lunch and dinner. Day 8: MANUEL ANTONIO or other beach area
The entire day is yours to spend as you please. You might want to take one of the tours on the list above, or just lounge around. You’ll have to look after your own lunch and dinner.
Day 9: MANUEL ANTONIO or other & SAN JOSE
Enjoy a free morning in Manuel Antonio. Get in a few morning hours at the beach. After lunch, the Shuttle Bus will pick you up and take you back to Colours Oasis. You will be there before dinner. What’s left of the day is yours to spend as you like: hang out at Colours for a while, enjoy a drink at our bar, dine at our restaurant and then relish the rich gay-friendly night life of San José.
Day 10: SAN JOSE
The day is all yours to do as you wish. Take one of the above San José tours that you just can’t miss while you are here, lounge around the hotel pool, use the exercise room, or see something of the city. Tonight there will be a great ‘farewell’ dinner at our restaurant included.
Day 11: FAREWELL (FOR NOW) TO COSTA RICA
Our driver will take you to Juan Santamaría international airport in time for you to board your return flight. We hope you had an enjoyable vacation. Hope to see you here again.
IMPORTANT:
- Rates are based on double occupancy in Standard Rooms at selected hotels. Upgrades and Single Supplements are available. Please ask for details and prices.
- All land transfers (except airport transfers) are by Shuttle Bus.
- You can upgrade your package with a Car Rental. Ask us for a price.
Upgrade the package with Private Transfers between hotels. Ask us for a price. - For packages arranged during Christmas, New Year and Easter Weeks, there will be at least a 10% extra charge above the regular rate. PLEASE BOOK EARLY FOR THESE PRIME TRAVEL PERIODS.
- All rates include taxes.
- No last-minute changes allowed once the program is confirmed and the clients begin the trip.