Rainforest Inca Trail OceanFun

February - April 2023

An adventure through Costa Rica, Machu Picchu, and an Oceania Cruise via Panama Canal. Read more

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- Feb 25, 2023, 8:59am
- ☁️ -17 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Canada Quebec Dorval Trudeau Montréal-Trudeau Airport 45.459167, -73.75766745°27’33” N 73°45’28” W
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Day 1 The Next Chapter Begins!
February 25, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ -17 °C
Yesterday we left our business of 22 years for the last time as owners! Today we kick off our retirement with excited and motivated hearts to start the next chapter of this crazy fun life❣️🍾✈️🏝️
Traveler We are sooo happy for you both happy trails to you❤️❤️
2/25/23Reply
Traveler Congratulations….. let the fun begin 🥂❤️!
2/25/23Reply
Traveler Woohoo!
2/25/23Reply
Traveler The best is yet to come for the best parents out there!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
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- Feb 26, 2023
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 62 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Alajuela La Perla Quebrada Pajuila 10.457017, -84.52102710°27’25” N 84°31’16” W
Day 2
Winding roads bring us to Arenal
February 26, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Waking up this morning in Arenal. Our base for the next 3 days Los Lagos resort, is at the base of this stunning volcano. Almost always hidden in clouds; we're somewhere around 2500 ft ASV. We had our first taste of the rain forest on a Safari float on the Penas Blancas River and our first sloth and howler monkey sightings. We're told there will be many more. This weather is so interesting. Just surrounding the volcano, its hot and humid one minute... then the clouds dump buckets of rain for a minute or two and then the sun shines again. 5 minutes away from here, it's all sun. The volcano seems to have its own weather.Read more
Traveler Well that’s an awesome day one 🤗
2/26/23Reply
Traveler Great pics😊
2/27/23Reply
Traveler Looks pretty amazing
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- Feb 27, 2023, 8:35am
- Altitude: 147 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Alajuela La Fortuna Tanque Quebrada Habana 10.471255, -84.60076210°28’17” N 84°36’3” W
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SLOTHs!!!
February 27, 2023 in Costa Rica
An early morning start let us see these crazy cute and shy creatures. We trekked a little way into the reserve behind our eagle eye guides! It's unbelievable how they can spot the sloths and different birds and creatures amongst all the vegetation. All the portrayals of sloths are true.. they move very slowly and are mostly seen curled up into hairy balls. We were really lucky to see this one big guy hanging around, all stretched out. We had a nice lunch in La Fortuna, then back to Los Lagos to the hot springs for the afternoon. This is my kind of "swim up bar" in the hot springs! Only 104 degrees! Finally made it to dinner out! ( first 2 nights were room service and sleep!) taking a couple nights to catch up on all the biz, motion and commotion!) 🤪Read more
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Traveler Oh my what an amazing place
2/28/23Reply
Traveler Wonderful day! Love that “pool”
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- Feb 28, 2023
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 398 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Alajuela La Fortuna Palma 10.487502, -84.6861810°29’15” N 84°41’10” W
Day 4
Volcano Trek and Toucan Hunt
February 28, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
The beautiful Toucans were waiting to say good morning! They are just the most fun bird ! Their beaks are more than a third of their body size. We already know their sound and can pick them out when we hear the chirps. We hiked up to the Volcano look out. This ancient ruins for past worship of the volcano felt very real and symbolic. We could imagine past worshippers sitting here praying to the gods of the
Volcano. The hot springs were a great way to enjoy the afternoon before heading back to La Fortuna for drinks and dinner. Ooh La Forchetta was an amazing Italian restaurant! It was a great last day in La Fortuna at Los Lagos.Read more
Traveler What an amazing experience❤️❤️
3/1/23Reply
Traveler That church ruin!
3/1/23Reply
Traveler Now I need to add toucans to the must see list 🤗
3/1/23Reply
Traveler Isn’t is so beautiful and green with lots of coloured flowers and the air is so lovely. Thanks so much for sharing.
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- Mar 1, 2023
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 1,365 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Puntarenas Monte Verde 10.305688, -84.81463610°18’20” N 84°48’53” W
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Lake Crossing to MonteVerde
March 1, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We travelled through so much weather today! It started with a 30 min lake crossing, some fog and choppy water. Once on the other side we had a 1.5 hour drive up through the thickest clouds to about 4600 ft ASV. Then we broke through the clouds and into the beautiful sunny MonteVerde range. The weather around these mountain ranges is just incredible! They all seem to have their own systems. We spent the afternoon strolling around the cute little town, had lunch in a "treehouse" and opted into a rain forest night walk. The biodiversity of these forests is immense, and quite serious business!Read more
Traveler Wow a very different weather experience stunning sun
3/2/23Reply
Traveler OMG!!!
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Traveler Literally a tree house ❤️
3/2/23Reply
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- Mar 1, 2023
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 1,431 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Puntarenas Cerro Plano 10.318508, -84.81887810°19’7” N 84°49’8” W
Day 5
Ocotea In Monte Verde
March 1, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Pretty little hotel way up on a hill.
Traveler Beautiful
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- Mar 2, 2023
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 1,431 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Puntarenas Cerro Plano 10.31834, -84.81900310°19’6” N 84°49’8” W
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Day 6
Cloud Forest, Coffee & Cacao
March 2, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Another early start in the cloud forest this morning. This was mostly to learn about the various climates and sub cultures living in this very diverse eco system. It's beautiful and I wished I could bottle the scents coming from the different fauna here! The hummingbirds were such a nice surprise. We enjoyed a really interesting tour in the afternoon; all about coffee production, cacao and sugar cane. I made molasses candy that is so good, it's alot like maple taffy. Monte Verde has some great spots for lunch and dinner, another full day!Read more
Traveler Sugar Cane... looks like a corn field 😄
3/3/23Reply
Traveler Coffee Beans
3/3/23Reply
Traveler Another great day
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- Mar 3, 2023, 9:23am
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,261 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Guanacaste Tilarán Nubes Quebrada San Bosco 10.373328, -84.82483710°22’24” N 84°49’29” W
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Day 7
El Tigre Waterfalls and a Horse!
March 3, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
What a hike! 8km's up down and all around a canyon, with 7 stunning waterfalls, a few (undisclosed 😉) hanging bridges, amazing vegetation and then a horseback ride... It's been a long time since either of us were on a horse. We strolled around Monte Verde for our last afternoon here, capped it off with a delicious local rice dish and rooftop sunset at the hotel! Feeling very PURA Vida❣️Read more
Traveler dad and I like our feet on the GROUND
3/4/23Reply
Traveler Looks stunning but keep Lawrence on the flat ground🥰
3/4/23Reply
Traveler See the people under these giant plants!! These are called "poor man's umbrella" 😁
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- Mar 4, 2023, 1:04pm
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 124 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Puntarenas Quepos Manuel Antonio Quebrada Bureo 9.4036, -84.1531759°24’13” N 84°9’11” W
Day 8
Off the Mountains, Onto the Coast
March 4, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We drove four hours today to reach the coast, traveling for a bit on the PanAmerica highway. What a beautiful site to see the ocean, and feel the extreme heat here! We just relaxed by the pool and had a nice dinner at our new spot for the next 4 nights. The Falls at Manuel Antonio.Read more
Traveler It all looks so beautiful ! Enjoy
3/5/23Reply
Traveler Looks like an amazing place so different there
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Traveler So pretty! Enjoy it
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- Mar 5, 2023
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Costa Rica Provincia de Puntarenas Quebrada Azul Quebrada Camaronera 9.386495, -84.1466229°23’11” N 84°8’48” W
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Day 9
Monkeys and Beaches
March 5, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
It's so fun to walk in a new little town, but especially when it has monkeys! We just explored this morning along the beach wall and walked the National Park in the afternoon. It is very steamy, and part of the park walk is a dip in one of the beautiful protected beaches. We saw more monkeys and sloths, and the most beautiful gigantic plants. There are so many spots to choose from for dinner, this is the toughest decision of the day.Read more
Traveler This old war plane landed here and they built a restaurant around it!
3/6/23Reply
Traveler That's inside the airplane
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Traveler Oh what a beautiful quaint place beautiful
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