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Tour Information and Disclaimer:
Tour details as described below are subject to change at any time. Costa Rica is a changing country and Moto Tours Costa Rica reserves the right to remain flexible in order to offer you the most and best tour for your money as is possible.
Tour price as described is $2295 per person, double occupancy. Single occupancy, if requested, is an additional $400 per person. This price includes guide, bike, gas, tolls, rooms, breakfast, and lunch daily. Dinner is on you, allowing you to be versatile in experiencing the local cuisine as you see fit. Our luggage and support truck is included with groups of 4 riders or more. Groups of 3 riders or less can purchase the luggage and support truck for a fee of $175 daily, to be divided evenly between the total number of riders.
Other options may be available on a tour by tour basis and will be priced upon request.
Tours of one, two, three, or any number of days can be custom designed upon request. Please feel free to contact Moto Tours Costa Rica with any special requests.
Tour Recommended for:
This tour is recommended for the more hard core rider. It is long, approximately 650 miles, and is mostly hot, dry, and dusty. It’s a great tour designed to cover as much of Costa Rica as possible in six days of dual sport riding. You will be tired each day and exhausted at the end, but you will have seen a large part of the most popular spots in the country and will have done so traveling through parts of Costa Rica you could only experience from the seat of a motorcycle.
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Arrival Day (typically Saturday):
Arrive at the Juan Santamari International Airport, near San Jose. After checking through immigration and customs obtain a taxi and head out on what is approximately a 30 minute ride to Atenas, the home base for Moto Tours Costa Rica. You'll get settled in, maybe take a dip in the pool, and relax after your day of traveling. Time and motorcycle availability permitting you may be able to take a short tour around Atenas and view the local countryside.
First Day (normally Sunday):
Today is the day you get adjusted and become familiar with your motorcycle. We take a leisurely, but interesting ride, with our objective, the active Volcano, Arenal. This day can consist of both paved and dirt road riding and possibly even some trails if you like. This is a very flexible tour day and can be easily customized to fit any time constraints and rider preferences. Along the way you will visit San Ramon, stopping in at a Cuban family's cigar store. Here you can learn the art of rolling your own cigar as you are invited into their lives as if they have known you for a lifetime. As you continue on from San Ramon you will traverse stunningly beautiful scenery along twisty mountain roads. As you arrive at La Fortuna you may see and/or hear the Volcano, Arenal, and if you are lucky you may even be able to hear it rumble or at night possibly see lava flowing from its top. We normally arrive fairly early so there may be time, if you wish to take a hike, observing the diverse wildlife, ride some trails, visit a nearby zip line, or even visit the natural hot springs to relax.
Second Day:
After breakfast, as we skirt the edges of Lake Arenal you may have the opportunity to view Costa Rican wildlife of nearly all species. As we begin to approach the upper edges of the lake you will notice the wind begins to pick up. This area is one of the premier windsurfing locations in the world, and in keeping with that theme you will witness many electricity generating windmills dotting the countryside. At this point you will begin a long trek toward the Pacific coast, experiencing dual sport riding at its finest. There will be ample dirt roads, hills, creek crossings, rocks, etc. to keep the off-road in you happy. Off in the distance you may see a geothermal power facility built on the slopes of the volcano Miravalles. One possible route could lead you to a very interesting ride over roads of compressed volcanic ash. From there we continue on in our journey to reach our destination on the beautifully rugged Pacific Coast in the Tamarindo area.
Third Day:
We travel the Pacific coastline experiencing a long travel day in our quest to reach the Mal Pais or Montezuma area. This is a particularly long day of dirt roads and local scenery with varying levels of creek and river crossings. Generally just a good day of riding with an ample amount of dust thrown in during the dry season.
Fourth Day:
You will be up early heading for the ferry at Paguera, crossing the Gulf of Nicoya, into Puntarenas. This section contains some very enjoyable pavement riding. We skirt through Puntarenas in our quest to reach the beach town of Jaco. Jaco is a bustling little town where you can relax in the pool, on the beach, or visit the sidewalks to shop for memorabilia or souvenirs. Here you will find a very robust nightlife with many restaurants and clubs nearby.
Fifth Day:
We can leave a little later this morning and head into the mountains for an interesting day of riding through jungle, river crossings, and just good dirt roads in general. Along the way, our most popular route heads through a teak forest and a large banana plantation. Our destination is the beautiful beach area of Manuel Antonio, one of Costa Rica’s gems.
Sixth Day:
All tour days are good, but this is one of our favorites. It's a very long day over and through the mountains, back to Atenas, as you travel through many towns and villages along the way. You will see coffee plantations amid the mountaintops like you may never have imagined, and breathtaking views of the Pacific coast as you gain altitude. Upward, downward, twisting through the mountains for hours and hours, a ride to remember. Atenas will be a welcome site by the end of the day.
Seventh Day (normally Saturday):
Sadly, this is departure day. This is a good time to begin planning your next trip back to Costa Rica.
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Page last updated on 2/16/08.
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