Red-eyed frog on a ginger flower, Costa Rica

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Arenal volcano, Costa Rica

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Jaco Beach, Costa Rica

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Pensive sloth, Costa Rica

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Costa Rica holidays

We create exciting tailor-made holidays in Costa Rica with all the highlights you want: beaches, volcanoes, thrilling activities, birds and wildlife . . .

Tailor-made Costa Rica holidays

Costa Rica has an embarrassment of riches: beautiful, diverse landscapes from volcanoes to rainforest to beaches, incredible birds and wildlife, friendly people, and exciting activities. With our help, a tailor-made holiday to Costa Rica can be exactly what you want it to be!

We loved the friendly people. Everyone had time to offer advice and chat. A really amazing, varied country, from hot dry pacific beaches to damp cool cloudforests, everything was a pleasure. We felt so comfortable and at home, and always felt safe.

Wonderful things to do in Costa Rica

Costa Rica will make you smile whether you’re a nature-lover looking for wildlife and beautiful landscapes, a beach-lover wanting to escape, or an adrenalin-junkie who loves rafting, riding or zip-lining. Here are some of our favourite things to do in Costa Rica.

Beaches of Costa Rica

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Costa Rica Coffee Tour

Coffee is one of Costa Rica's biggest exports. Visit a farm and see how it evolves from the humble coffee bean to a delicious cup of coffee.

When to go to Costa Rica

The best time to go to Costa Rica for most visitors is when it is drier. Rain can fall in any month, but it’s less wet from December to May. Heaviest rains are mostly September and October. Good prices and fewer people are the reasons we still recommend travel to Costa Rica in June to August and November, as long as you don’t mind tropical downpours interrupting your sunshine!

Featured Holiday

Costa Rica Coast to Coast

12 days from £2495pp plus international flights.

Traversing this small country you'll be amazed by the richness and variety of the scenery and wildlife.

Watch for white-faced and howler monkeys in Cahuita
Laze on a sandy Caribbean beach
Take a boat ride in the waterways of Tortuguero
Walk across hanging bridges at Arenal Volcano
Enjoy views over Culebra Bay and the Gulf of Papagayo

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Places to go in Costa Rica

Read about the highlights of this incredible country in our short summary guides to the main places to go.

Arenal Volcano

Arenal Volcano is an iconic sight with exciting nearby activities such as hanging bridges and ziplines.

Osa Peninsula, Corcovado & Golfo Dulce

For the very best of Costa Rica’s wildlife.

Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Manuel Antonio & the south Pacific

Wildlife-filled rainforest reaches down to beautiful beaches

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

Explore the mist-enveloped cloudforest with its lush vegetation, exotic birds, monkeys and sloths as you cross hanging bridges high above the forest floor.

Places we love to stay in Costa Rica

Here you’ll find a small collection of our favourite places to stay in Costa Rica, though as an independent tour operator specialising in tailor-made holidays, we actually sell a much wider choice of Costa Rican properties than we show.

Andaz Bay View King room, Hyatt Andaz Papagayo, Costa Rica

Hyatt Andaz Costa Rica Resort at Peninsula Papagayo

Papagayo Peninsula

Nayara Springs

Arenal

Corcovado Wilderness Lodge

Corcovado, Osa Peninsula

Hotel Capitan Suizo

Tamarindo

Facts and information

Flight time

The flying time is about 12 hours from the UK. There are now direct flights from the UK using British Airways. We work with all the major airlines and can offer flights from the UK or via the USA, Panama or a European hub. With the connection times you are looking at around 15 or 16 hours.

Language

Spanish is the official language. English is widely spoken throughout Costa Rica

Time

GMT -6 hours

Visas

Not required for British travellers. Other nationalities should obtain advice from their embassy.

Health

There are no compulsory vaccinations.