The journey catalogue
Every route below is a real itinerary we run — each one reshaped around your dates, your pace and the lodges you prefer.
15 of 15 journeys
I
The classic traverse, done quietly
Volcano mornings and cloud forest afternoons, linked by the boat crossing over Lake Arenal rather than the long road around it. The introduction to Costa Rica most people should have.
II
The most biologically intense place on earth
The Osa Peninsula on its own terms — Sirena station, Caño Island, and the stretch of lowland rainforest National Geographic called the most biologically intense place on the planet.
III
Caribbean morning, Pacific evening
The trip that proves the country's whole argument: two coastlines with entirely different food, music and light, close enough to hold in one week.
IV
Canals, and the oldest journey on the beach
The Caribbean canal country reachable only by boat or light aircraft, timed to the green turtle nesting season on the beach at Tortuguero.
V
Nine days, one suitcase, no alarms
Nosara and Santa Teresa at the pace they were built for. Surf if you want it, yoga if you want it, and long unstructured afternoons if you want neither.
VI
Chocolate as meditation
A cacao farm immersion in the hills — tree-to-bar tasting, forest walks and ceremonial cacao, with the option to stay a night or come for the day.
VII
Eleven days, six habitats, one list
Highland oak forest to Caribbean lowland to dry-forest wetland, built around the elevation gradient that gives this country more species per square kilometre than almost anywhere.
VIII
Built for travelling with children
Ten days paced for families — short drives, a pool at the end of every day, and the wildlife encounters children actually remember.
IX
Two humpback seasons, one coastline
Uvita and the Ballena marine park, where humpbacks from both hemispheres arrive in different months — the longest whale season anywhere on earth.
X
The Guanacaste nobody books
Mud pots, fumaroles and the tropical dry forest of the far north — a landscape that looks nothing like the Costa Rica on the postcards.
XI
The country's other export, taken seriously
Central Valley micro-mills, the Orosi colonial route and the Turrialba volcano — a short journey built around the crop that made this country.
XII
A boat, a coastline, and nobody else
The northern Pacific by sea — private catamaran days, empty beaches reachable only from the water, and evenings back on the peninsula.
XIII
Seven days in one of the five
The Nicoya Peninsula is one of the world's five Blue Zones. This journey takes that seriously — movement, food, sleep and the people who live it, rather than a spa menu.
XIV
The months everyone avoids, which is the point
Built for May to November, when the rivers are full, the forest is at its loudest, and the country costs a third less. Mornings are clear; the rain arrives when you want a nap anyway.
XV
For people considering more than a holiday
A working week for anyone weighing a move or a purchase — regions compared honestly, properties viewed, and the lawyers, notaries and bankers met in person.
Included in every journey
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On price
Indicative from-prices, per person, based on two travelling together. Every journey is priced individually once we know your dates, pace and the lodges you prefer.