Splashes of fiery red and brilliant pink, sunny yellow and deep purple color Costa Rica’s exuberant gardens. Many of the plants conserved in botanical and home gardens are native to Central America. Others have flourished here after plant lovers brought them from other tropical regions. Richly scented and pollinated by hummingbird, bats, and even bees, Costa Rica’s plants are a feast for the senses. Clintosson Travel  welcomes amateur and expert gardeners to join us in tours of the country’s most luxuriant gardens, accompanied by an expert naturalist guide during your listed tours in your itinerary.

The Highlights for this Costa Rica Tropical Garden Tour are the following: 8days/7nights

• Orchimex or Botanical Gardens,La Garita Alajuela
• Cartago, Lankaster Gardens, Orosi Valley, Basilica de Cartago.
• Hacienda Tayutic
• CATIE
• La Paz Waterfalls Botanical Gardens
• Arenal Volcano & Hidalgo Hot Springs
• Towns of Zarcero & Sarchi
• Else Kientzler Botanical Garden

Day 1: Upon your arrival in Costa Rica, you will be greeted at the airport and transferred to your mountain hotel North of San Jose.

Day 2: After breakfast we will have a tour to Orchimex de Costa Rica or to The Botanical Garden in la Garita, Alajuela, overnight at your mountain hotel

Day 3: Our driver will take you Cartago, the first capital of Costa Rica, to visit the Basilica de Los Angeles and catch the Saturday market. Then, to Lankester Gardens, known for its orchid collection and tropical plants. After lunch, a view of Orosi Valley. Crossing the valley, the ruins of the first church.

Day 4: We will tour the beautiful Tayutic Hacienda of the Ortuño Family where they grow organic sugarcane, coffee and macadamia nuts. The tour offers a good inside view of how these products are processed, and will help you to understand their historical importance for Costa Rica. On the farm you can see a little church built in the beginning of the 20th Century and beautiful gardens.

In the afternoon, you visit CATIE (Center for Tropical Agriculture Research and Education). You will see tropical fruits that you probably have never seen before. CATIE’s Botanical Garden serves to enrich genetic diversity and help scientists, students and the public in general to become more aware of the importance of protecting our natural resources that provide us medicines, food, and the enjoyment of nature. After dinner at your lodge, you will see a demonstration on preparing chocolate from the cacao bean.

Day 5: Today we will take you to the province of Heredia Highlands and continue to Arenal. We will visit La Paz Waterfall Gardens where your naturalist guide will lead a walk to five waterfalls and through the largest butterfly garden in the world and the new aviary. In the late afternoon, overnight at your lodge in Arenal.

Day 6: After breakfast, Visit to the Hot Springs Hidalgo enjoying the thermal waters and a buffet dinner while perhaps catching the sight of the smoldering Arenal Volcano and its lava flow. Overnight at your lodge

Day 7: On your transfer back to San Jose, we will stop at the church in Zarcero and the Else Kientzler Botanical Garden known for its ornamental plants. You will also stop in Sarchi, a famous town for its range of Costa Rican crafts. Overnight at your hotel in San Jose

Day 8: You are transferred to the airport for your flight home