| I, my wife and 2 children (10&15) have just | | | | service at the hotel was good and the food was |
| returned from a fantastic holiday to Costa Rica. | | | | excellent. One thing I particularly liked was the |
| We spent 10 days touring the country an then 4 | | | | fact that very anywhere in the hotel you can see |
| days at the end relaxing on the beach. I thought | | | | the volcano. We did some rafting on the Rio |
| that I better write an article about it as everyone | | | | Arenal which was fun for the kids however a little |
| should go and visit this fabulous country, it is | | | | tame for us. We later learned that the Rio Toro |
| beautiful and the people are so friendly. | | | | would have better for us however because our |
| We decided after watching a TV programme | | | | son was 10 we could not do it. We also visited |
| about Costa Rica on BBC1 to enquire about a | | | | the Tabacon Hot springs which is rather artificial |
| holiday to Costa Rica. We searched the web for | | | | ad crowded. I think the Eco-Termales would have |
| Costa Rica Holidays and found a company called | | | | been better however our Agent did say this but |
| Costa Rica Holiday who is a specialist in travel to | | | | we had a friend who went to Tabacon and we |
| Costa Rica. We discussed with them what we | | | | listened to tem over our Agent. |
| wanted and they were ale to custom design | | | | We then boated across the lake to the rainforest |
| something for us. The great thing about it was | | | | in the clouds at Monteverde. This was a great |
| however that they were based in Costa Rica and | | | | area for a couple of days but I would not suggest |
| were English. I could call a London number and | | | | more than 3 nights as with kids it can get boring. |
| speak to someone in Costa Rica at no extra | | | | We did do the best Canopy tour, we had done |
| expense. Well after revising the itinerary we finally | | | | one in Belize but this was a million times better!!! |
| booked and then we waited until our holiday!! | | | | The Tarzan swing was the best!! We also walked |
| So in July we set off from Sunny old England via | | | | the sky walk which was fun and gives a different |
| Madrid with Iberia to Costa Rica. As promised | | | | perspective on the rainforest!! |
| there was someone there from Costa Rica | | | | Our beach location was the Manuel Antonio area. |
| Holiday to meet us and they gave us a pouch | | | | Our Consultant had suggested Santa Teresa as |
| with all the information we needed in. Our first | | | | well however we felt that the activities on offer |
| night was somewhat of a blur as we were very | | | | in Manuel Antonio would better suit the kids. We |
| tired indeed. However we arose early in the AM | | | | stayed at Si Como No which is a small hotel on |
| and took transport to Tortuguero as we were | | | | the main road which had sweeping views of the |
| going to see the turtles coming onto the beaches. | | | | Ocean ad rainforest. We really just relaxed here |
| We stayed at Manatus Hotel which was a new | | | | as the kids were tired and we wanted to relax |
| luxury hotel in Tortuguero. We soon came to | | | | before we had to go back to work. |
| learn that most places are rather basic in that | | | | The end of the holiday came sooner than we |
| area and we were glad that we were staying at | | | | thought, 2 weeks went fast!! We had a great |
| Manatus. Seeing the turtles coming onto the | | | | time and the itinerary we did would be great for |
| beaches and laying their eggs however was | | | | an active family and also families wanting to see |
| fabulous, and the kids loved it. It is a must see | | | | wildlife. We would highly suggest using Holidays in |
| between July and September. | | | | Costa Rica Holidays in Costa Rica as they offered |
| From here we went to the Arenal Volcano and | | | | a great service and knew what they were talking |
| were lucky enough to see the volcano glowing at | | | | about. |
| night as the lava flowed down it. We stayed at | | | | I hope someday you al visit Costa Rica it was |
| the Lost Iguana Hotel in one of the Celebrity | | | | great!! |
| Suites and the view was jaw dropping. The | | | | |