11-Nights Best of Costa Rica & Panama from $4,678

Itinerary Details

Day 1: Arrive in San Jose

Transfer: San Jose Juan Santamaria Aptto San Jose CR

Hotel: Four Points by Sheraton Sabana San Jose (4 Star Rating)

Located in the vibrant area of La Sabana, Four Points by Sheraton Sabana, San Jose offers seamless connectivity to the city's corporate center, major highways, business districts, and top attractions including museums, theaters, and renowned dining areas. The hotel features 130 guest rooms and suites, a fitness center, swimming pool, business center, event spaces, gift shop, on-site parking, and 24/7 security. Guests can also enjoy a welcoming bar and lounge, restaurant, and tour desk services - all complemented by the signature Four Points by Sheraton experience: comfortable, uncomplicated, and genuine stays.

Pick up in the San Jose Metropolitan Area at the hotel. Breakfast at Rio Danta's restaurant located in Guapiles. After breakfast, continue to Cano Blanco dock, passing banana plantations along the way. Arrive and check in to your hotel in the early afternoon. After lunch, visit Tortuguero Town and the Caribbean Conservation Corporation's visitor center and turtle museum (about 2 hours).

Return to Manatus Hotel for dinner with the remainder of your evening at leisure.

Hotel: Manatus Hotel (4 Star Rating)

The finest accommodations surrounded by the natural beauty of Tortuguero. You deserve to elevate your vacation experience to the next level. Manutus VIP Hotel offers you a unique combination in the area: the comfort and luxury of our rooms and facilities, a delicious restaurant with an international and gourmet cuisine offering Caribbean fusion.

Meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

After breakfast at the hotel restaurant, tour one of the canals of Tortuguero National Park. Following the tour, return to the hotel for lunch. Return to the canals in the afternoon to enjoy all nature has to offer.

Return to the lodge for dinner and your evening at leisure.

Hotel: Manatus Hotel (4 Star Rating)

The finest accommodations surrounded by the natural beauty of Tortuguero. You deserve to elevate your vacation experience to the next level. Manutus VIP Hotel offers you a unique combination in the area: the comfort and luxury of our rooms and facilities, a delicious restaurant with an international and gourmet cuisine offering Caribbean fusion.

Meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Your day is at leisure in Tortuguero to enjoy your accommodation facilities and explore the surroundings.

Hotel: Manatus Hotel (4 Star Rating)

The finest accommodations surrounded by the natural beauty of Tortuguero. You deserve to elevate your vacation experience to the next level. Manutus VIP Hotel offers you a unique combination in the area: the comfort and luxury of our rooms and facilities, a delicious restaurant with an international and gourmet cuisine offering Caribbean fusion.

Meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

After breakfast, you will depart for Cano Blanco to board your bus transfer back from the canals. Stop en route for lunch at Tropical Restaurant in Guapiles, and then continue on to San Jose or connect with a transfer to your next destination.

Meal(s): Breakfast, Lunch

Hotel: Four Points by Sheraton Sabana San Jose (4 Star Rating)

Located in the vibrant area of La Sabana, Four Points by Sheraton Sabana, San Jose offers seamless connectivity to the city's corporate center, major highways, business districts, and top attractions including museums, theaters, and renowned dining areas. The hotel features 130 guest rooms and suites, a fitness center, swimming pool, business center, event spaces, gift shop, on-site parking, and 24/7 security. Guests can also enjoy a welcoming bar and lounge, restaurant, and tour desk services - all complemented by the signature Four Points by Sheraton experience: comfortable, uncomplicated, and genuine stays.

Transfer: San Jose CR to San Jose Juan Santamaria Apt

Transfer: Panama City Tocumen International Airportto Panama City - Old Town

Hotel: American Trade Hotel (5 Star Rating)

The American Trade Hotel and Hall is a boutique luxury hotel and events space combining old world elegance with clean, current design. It's located in the most desirable area in Panama City: Casco Viejo, a UNESCO World Heritage site offering the best sight-seeing, dining, nightlife, destination weddings, corporate and social events, all combined with an authentic Panamanian cultural experience.

During this half-day walking tour, which you can begin either in the morning or early afternoon, your private guide will take you to explore Panama City’s historic center, Casco Antiguo, which dates back to the late 1600's and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Step back in time as you walk through the district, surrounded by colonial houses, narrow avenues and impressive churches. Focusing on Panama’s early history, your guide will delve into the backstory of both the city and country as you explore its many sites of interest, such as The Flat Arch, the Cathedral, Las Bovedas and the French Plaza. After exploring historic Casca Antiguo, you will be returned to your hotel.

Experience the Panama Canal and its lush surroundings from a unique perspective on a privately guided boat tour introducing you to the biodiverse ecosystem of this part of the Isthmus. After an early morning pick-up from your hotel lobby, along with your naturalist guide in tow, you will head to the town of Gamboa, where the Chagres River meets the Panama Canal. Here you will board a boat and start a jungle expedition across Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal. Pass by the giant cargo ships transiting the waterway and notice the sharp contrast they cast against the natural tropical surroundings. Along the way, watch out for the plethora of resident wildlife, including three toed sloths resting on tree branches, ospreys hunting for peacock basses, snail kites, keel-billed toucans, and many others. Your boat tour will circle several rainforest-clad islands on Gatun Lake in search for a variety of primates, such as the white-faced capuchin and mantled howler monkey. Your day continues as you visit Panama Canal’s Miraflores Locks where large ships transit the canal. Learn about the history of the Canal, marvel at the workings of this feat of human engineering and break for a tasty lunch. The tour then continues to the Panama Canal area, stopping by the town of Balboa, a former part of the Panama Canal Zone, and ends in the afternoon with a private transfer back to your hotel.

Transfer: Panama City - Old Town to Panama City Albrook Marcos A Gelabert Intl Airport

Hotel: La Coralina Island House (5 Star Rating)

Sitting on an entire bay and one of Bocas del Toro’s finest white sand beaches, La Coralina Island House offers the idyllic island escape of days gone by. To a soundtrack of whispering coconut palms and the sigh of the turquoise Caribbean Sea, our house provides spectacular views, seclusion, and the balance of indoor/outdoor living with exceptional private villas and rooms, magical gardens, world class restaurants and bars, and a holistic wellness spa. Home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Panama's first National Marine Park, Bocas del Toro has become one of Panama's most visited eco-tourism destinations. Considered the Galapagos of the Caribbean, the archipelago of Bocas del Toro is also one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth.

Naturally, the best things to do in Bocas del Toro include being in, around, and on the water. On this shared tour you will have the opportunity to see many of the beautiful beaches and reefs of Bocas del Toro in one day. You will start by boat, heading directly to Dolphin Bay. This quiet bay is located about 15-20 minutes from the main island, Isla Colon. The abundance of fish and crustaceans in these waters make Dolphin Bay the perfect place for their habitat within the archipelago. If you are lucky, you may observe these friendly dolphins jump, swim and play in pairs and groups of five to six. Around noon the boat heads towards Coral Cay, a nice area for snorkeling. As you float weightlessly surrounded in the turquoise sea, witness hundreds of reef fish go about their daily business. This is also the place where you can delight in exquisite Caribbean dishes, offered by a panoramic restaurant on the sea. The menu varies depending on the day's catch, and is to be paid for locally (lunch not included). After lunch, you'll visit one of the islands of the famous Zapatilla Keys, named after their shoe-like shape. These two islands are within the Bastimentos Island Marine National Park, and are surrounded by a coral reef teeming with marine life. The islands are covered with mangroves and fine white sand and palm trees. Enjoy this unique paradise, walk along the shore, relax in the shade of a palm tree or explore the rich coral reef. If you choose to do the latter, the current can get a bit strong at times, so be careful as you approach the reef.