
Costa Rica Self-Guided Tours and Trips
Discover the finest self-guided and independent tours in Costa Rica. We currently offer 41 Costa Rica tours and trips with flexible durations from 4 to 15 days. While self-guided exploration can be rewarding, it's important to consider the potential challenges of traveling without a guide. If you prefer more structure, explore our guided tours to Costa Rica or small group tours to Costa Rica for a balanced experience.
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Self-guided travelers rate their independent journeys through Costa Rica.
We had a great couple of weeks in Costa Rica, all planned through the travel team. Yuliana did a great job planning the trip for us, input on what to see and things we were interested in doing. We traveled from Liberia to Monteverde by private transportation and a knowledgeable guide that explained points of interest during the 3-hour drive. Highlights were the zip lines, planned tours and hikes to beautiful waterfalls. Tour guides were friendly and knowledgeable which made the trip that must more enjoyable. We learned a lot about the country, regions, culture, parks, and animals. All in all, it was a great trip, saw and did lots of things and had the right amount of downtime. Would do it again.
I wanted to start by saying thank you so much for such a thorough, comprehensive plan for our stay in your lovely country. From the start of working with you, I felt as though everything was covered. Your itinerary to us was easy to read, easy to share, and filled with enough information to get us excited about the visit. Then, the pacing of the entire trip seemed to be a perfect fit for my family. I already foresee us returning to experience Costa Rica again, based solely on the trip you crafted for us. We are quite grateful.
From start to finish working with Olman was an absolute pleasure. His extensive knowledge of Costa Rica coupled with his lovely demeanor and exquisite attention to detail all aided in us having an incredible trip. And then he provided lovely accommodation and day trip options. After we confirmed our choices he arranged everything and all we had to do was just show up. What a joy! We fell in love with beautiful Costa Rica and miss it already!
We do not normally travel with escorted tours but decided to try it for this trip due to lack of planning time. I was also slightly skeptical about booking with this travel specialist having read some not so good reviews but the itinerary and price was too good. Costa Rica was much more than I assumed. This was such a good experience! Rachel was very helpful in guiding us through our booking process and helping us prepare for the trip. Our tour manager Tony was very knowledgeable and really cared about everybody on the tour having a great experience in his country. Our Costa Rica tour group only had 14 people in it, and we were all a little family by the end of our 2 weeks together. The hotels were very nice, the food was good, and the wildlife was phenomenal. I would definitely recommend this trip to anyone considering it!
The tour was well thought out, with a nice blend between activities and relaxation. We stayed in 6 different locations and each provided something unique and enjoyable. It is hard to pick top highlights of the tour as there were so many.. which is testament to the tour and hence recommend it highly. All the were all at least good and some very nice (particularly los lacos in arenal). Transfers between the locations were efficient and takes a lot of stress off the experience.
You did a wonderful job orchestrating our trip. The transfers and activities worked seamlessly. With so many differently hotels and transfers I was pleasantly surprised that we did not encounter any issues. Thanks so much for your attention to detail and making our trip worry-free. This trip was great value for the money.
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