Overview & Highlights
Spend time at an enchanting wildlife lodge in Costa Rica before moving on to Panama, full of delightful surprises and unspoilt landscapes. After these explorations, laze on a sunlit beach on Panama’s Pacific coast.
- San José: Guided excursion to Doka, Poás vocano and La Paz waterfalls
- Puerto Jiménez: Activities at the lodge
- Boquete: Guided cloud forest safari
- Boca Chica: Activities at the beach resort
Tiny Costa Rica is a volcanic country of fertile plains, rolling hills supporting acres of coffee plantations and tropical lowlands bursting with fruit. Throughout, it has a friendly, relaxed ambiance. Arriving at the modern capital San José, you’ll be taken out into the valley surrounding the city to peer into the steaming crater of Poás volcano. Move on to a wildlife lodge in an area of the Pacific coast where exotic flora and fauna is especially prolific, and follow trails through the rainforest.
Continue to Panama, an up-and-coming destination for nature lovers with some amazingly unspoilt beaches to boot. You’ll spend time in the glorious, rugged mountain landscapes surrounding Boquete, a centre for active adventures: you’ll be very tempted to pull on your walking shoes and get out on to the wooded trails in search of quetzals.
After this, travel to the Panamanian Pacific coast for a few days’ relaxation based at an intimate boutique beach hotel in low-key Boca Chica, a fishing village at the end of the road opposite a string of tiny islets. The beaches here are powder-white, backed by coconut palms and dense, untouched forest.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in San José and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2
Guided excursion to Doka, Poás volcano and La Paz waterfalls.
Day 3
Osa Peninsula
Days 4-5
At leisure.
Day 6
By road over the border to Boquete, Panama.
Day 7
Guided cloud-forest safari.
Day 8
Transfer to Boca Chica.
Days 9-11
At leisure on the Pacific coast.
Day 12
Fly from David to Panama City.
Day 13
Transfer to Panama City for international flight home.
What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
Overall the Tangara trip was well structured, if a little hectic moving on every two nights. It achieved its main objectives and we saw fascinating parts of South America that we had long wanted to see. Our guide, was most assiduous, knew the area very well and eased our path considerably. The highlights for us on Tangara were i) The trip to Chiloe, particularly with the services of an excellent nature guide, ii) the visit to Iguazu, iii) Buenos Aries, and iv) of course Rio de Janeiro.
TE, Cirencester
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