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Best Vacations Ever – Sue & Ray’s Favorites

Map & Trip Plan - Rincon >> Tenorio Celeste >> Hermosa Beach - The Best of Both Worlds
Map & Trip Plan - Arenal Volcano >> Monteverde Cloud Forest >> Tamarindo Beach - More Fun than Humanly Possible Map & Trip Plan - Rincon >> Tenorio Celeste >> Hermosa Beach - The Best of Both Worlds Map & Trip Plan - Pacuare River >> Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean >> Tortuguero - Wooly Wet and Wilderness Map & Trip Plan - San Gerardo >> Hacienda Baru Playa Dominical >> Manuel Antonio - Peaks in the Clouds, Valley of the Waterfalls
Map & Trip Plan - Arenal Volcano >> Monteverde Cloud Forest >> Tamarindo Beach - More Fun than Humanly Possible

These are four of the best trips we’ve ever taken with friends and family and you can do any of them in 7-10 days and on any budget from $500 per person (backpacker’s & public buses) to ~ $2,100 per person (first class luxury full service travel).

Detailed descriptions, more pictures, reservations, quote requests or maps and tips for doing it on your own are available by clicking any of the itineraries above.

More Fun than Humanly Possible | Best of Both Worlds | Wooly Wet Wilderness | Peaks in the Clouds & Valley of the Waterfalls

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