INCLUDES

Transportation with free refreshments on board, lunch, park entrance fee, bilingual guide.

The beauty of the area and the spectacular views of the Poas Volcano, make this the most visited National Park in Costa Rica. The park contains four major habitats: arrayans, stunted forest, cloud forest and, finally, areas with little or no vegetation. In the cloud forest look for Oak trees and Cypress 20 m. (66 feet) tall, draped with ephyphytes and moss. In other areas, acid rain from the volcano prevents anything but ferns, and other small plants from growing.

Poas Volcano Park is a birdwatcher’s paradise. The park is home to eighty or more species of birds, including sooty robins, black guans, the resplendent quetzal, green toucan and flame-throated warblers, squirrel cuckoos, great curassows, purple-throated mountain gems, golden-hooded tanagers and hummingbirds. Hikers may be treated to glimpses of tapirs, coyotes, rabbits, skunks, and various species of bats.

After visiting the crater, the guide will walk you along a trail where you will be able to enjoy and learn about the importance of the cloudforest. The vegetation at the park includes orchids, bromeliads, escalonias (bark-shedding trees) and the poor man’s umbrellas, famous for having the largest leaves of any plant in Costa Rica.

On this tour we will also visit the town of Sarchi, well known for its arts and crafts, where you will have ample opportunity to shop around.