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What are the best day trips and excursions from San José, Costa Rica?
The best day trips and excursions from San José, Costa Rica are:
La Fortuna
Monteverde
Poás Volcano
Manuel Antonio
Puntarenas
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What are the best tours to do in San José, Costa Rica with kids?
The best tours to do in San José, Costa Rica with kids are:
- San Jose: Walking Nature Tour with Sloths, Birds, and Trees
- From San Jose: La Paz Waterfall Garden & Rainforest Tour
- Monteverde: Suspension Bridges, Sloths, and Butterflies
- San José: Guided City Bus Tour With Lunch & Welcome Drink
- San Jose: Sloth and Wildlife Rescue Center Tour
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What are the best outdoor activities to do in San José, Costa Rica?
The best outdoor activities to do in San José, Costa Rica are:
- San Jose: Central Market Bites and Sights Walking Tour
- San José: Tortuga Island Tour with Snorkeling and Lunch
- San Jose: Walking Nature Tour with Sloths, Birds, and Trees
- San José: Poás Volcano, La Paz Waterfall & Coffee Tasting
- San José: Guided Volcano, Waterfall & Coffee Farm Day Trip
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What are the best deals and discounts on activities and attractions in San José, Costa Rica?
These are the best deals and discounts on activities and attractions in San José, Costa Rica:
- San José: Food Culture Tour with Cooking and Cocktail Class
- Unforgettable Costa Rica Historical Tour in San Jose
- San José: Customizable Private Walking Tour
- Private Transport: San Jose to La Fortuna de Arenal
- Private Transport: San Jose to Manuel Antonio
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What are the most popular museums and exhibitions in San José, Costa Rica?
These are the most popular museums and exhibitions in San José, Costa Rica:
- San Jose: City Tour and Central Market with Local Food
- San Jose: Capital, Central Market & Local Food Exploration
- San José: Guided City Bus Tour With Lunch & Welcome Drink
- San José: Guided City Tour
- San José: Art Gallery
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I really enjoyed the day out exploring, Poas Volcano was amazing we got a really good view of the crater and some mini eruptions. La Paz waterfalls is beautiful, it is a shame you can't have a dip in the water like La Fortuna waterfalls. Our guide Alonso was lovely he had great energy, was friendly and informative. The cheese and wine tasting was an ok experience, it felt really chaotic as it was a tourist trap so was just bus loads of people being thrown around from side to side not really understanding anything. Our guide did a personal tour around Doka Plantation which was really nice and we could ask a lot of questions, the coffee tasting is in the souvenir shop so it is more of a help yourself type setup. All in all I really enjoyed the day out exploring, Poas Volcano was definitely the highlight! Thank you Alonso :)
My family and I got to Ondina Cafe early so that we could eat lunch and it was a laid back place with good food. We enjoyed our walking tour with our guide Raquel immensely. She was friendly and so informative. We could tell that she loved her job. We were all excited to see the hanging nests of the Montezuma Oropendela. And we got really lucky and found a sloth sleeping in a tree close to the walking path. Raquel also did an excellent job getting pictures of birds and sloths with the telescope. This tour was exactly what we were looking for!
The tour provided a much closer look at the wildlife than some of my other tours in Costa Rica. The sloths and birds are clearly used to the campus environment and therefore easier to photograph. The guides were really friendly and very knowledgeable.
Everything went perfectly. The guide was knowledgeable and gave us a lot of insider information. It was fun listening to him.
The guide gave us good explanations. Incredible and very interesting.
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