Itineraries

Chirripó & Corcovado National Park expedition, Costa Rica

Day 1 Arrival at San José airport, Costa Rica
Transfer to l Los Crestones hotel**, San Isidro (3 hours)
Reunion with the guides
Day 2 We leave at 4h30 AM in 4x4 till we reach San Gerardo de Rivas (1,300 m)
Walk to Los Crestones base camp, Chirripó National Park (3,372 m), 8 hours
Day 3 Discovery of Costa Rica's highest peak (3,821 m)
Walk up to Mount Terbi (3,760 m)
Return and sleep at the base camp Los Crestones
Day 4 Walk through the Valley of the Lions to the Ventisqueros mountains(3,812 m)
Again return to the base camp at Los Crestones
Day 5 Walk back down to San Gerardo de Rivas and transfer to Los Crestones** hotel , San Isidro
Day 6 Journey to the magnificent beach of Dominical
Back to Los Crestones** hotel, San Isidro
Day 7 We leave very early in the morning for La Palma de Osa
Transfer by tractor or horseback to Cerro de Oro
Night out camping
Day 8 Guaymi Indigenous Reserve Tour
Night out camping
Day 9 Trek from Cerro de Oro to the outpost of Los Patos, then to the outpost of Sirena (8 hours)
Night out camping at Sirena Biological Station
Day 10 Sirena Biological Station visit and surroundings
Night out camping at Sirena Biological Station
Day 11 Trek from Sirena to San Pedrillo (8 hours)
Night out camping at San Pedrillo Biological Station
Day 12 Transfer out by boat to Isla del Caño
Snorkeling at Isla Del Caño
Transfer to Bahia Drake again by boat (no other way)
Mirador Lodge for the night
Day 13 Transfer by boat to Sierpe de Osa going through the mangrove of Terraba
Transfer by bus from Sierpe to San José
Night at Tennis Club hotel de Costa Rica***
Day 14 Irazu National Park visit
Lunch at Café Britt
Coffee plantation visit at Café Britt
Return to Tennis Club hotel de Costa Rica***
Day 15 Transfer to airport for return flight home.

North American Representation
Richard Vinet
219 Chemin Park, Hudson, Québec, J0P 1H0, Canada
Telephone: (450) 807-0824
E-mail: richard@ecoaventura.co.cr

Mesoamerica
Olivier Chassot
PO Box 228-6150 Santa Ana, Costa Rica, CA
Ph./fax: (506) 203-6773; Mobile: (506) 822-0226
E-mail: olivier@ecoaventura.co.cr