Costa Rica Itinerary

Costa Rica Itinerary - 6 Day

	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY 5	DAY 6
Morning	Arrive San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Airport	After breakfast, we have an orientation to our trip and photographic goals and then travel to the Arenal Volcano area.	We dedicate the early morning to photographing Montezuma oropendolas, Passerinìs tanager, green honeycreepers, red-legged honeycreepers, and emerald tanagers at the lodge feeders,	After a leisurely breakfast this morning, we depart for our next desintation, the tropical dry forests and beaches around Playa Ocotal in Guanacaste Province.	After breakfast, we enjoy a wildlife boat ride on the Tempisque River to photograph spoonbills, anhingas, kingfishers, and herons.	Return to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Airport
Day	Meet expedition guide at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) and transfer to your hotel near the capital city of San Jose.	Arenal is the countrỳs most active volcano, with continuous emissions of lava and incandescent pyroclastic flows since the beginning of the present active cycle in 1968. On clear nights, the views of incandescent avalanches are breathtaking! Hotel Buena Vista or Casa Conde, lunch en route	Mid-morning, we depart for the Snake Zoo in nearby El Castillo. The staff will help us to photograph numerous color forms of the amazing eyelash vipers, parrot snakes, vine snakes, and even red-eyed tree frogs, and poison frogs in the collection. We will photograph all of these animals on natural stages that we will set up on site. This is a great opportunity to photograph a number of species that are very difficult to find in the wild and also to work on using flash for pleasing macro lighting. We will enjoy a home-cooked lunch as well as refreshments and coffee throughout the day.	We will take our time on the drive, stopping for photos and a bite to eat.	After the boat ride, we have lunch and an opportunity to photograph the traditional pottery making in Guatil town.	Depart Afternoon TO Houston, Miami, or other destination
Afternoon	Your Expedition Wild guide will discuss the tour arrangements with you over dinner.	After a quick lunch in the town of La Fortuna, we arrive to the Arenal Observatory Lodge in late afternoon and, after check-in, photograph the sunset over Lake Arenal and the Arenal Volcano with stars and pyroclastic flows. The Arenal Observatory Lodge affords some of the areàs best photographic views of the famous Arenal volcano and offers fantastic sunset views over Lake Arenal and the surrounding hills. If the volcano is clear, we will continue working with long exposures of the active volcano and star trails.	We return to the Arenal Observatory Lodge in late afternoon to photograph the sunset and the Arenal Volcano	Upon arrival at Ocotal Beach Resort, we check-in and then set up for late afternoon and sunset photos at the beach	We return to the hotel in late afternoon for free time on the beach and sunset photo opportunities.	Final Travel Arrangements
Night	Hotel Stay at Hotel Condesa	Lodge Stay at Arenal Observatory Lodge	Lodge Stay at Arenal Observatory Lodge	Resort Stay at Ocotal Beach Resort	Resort Stay at Ocotal Beach Resort	Arrive Home