10 Days from $995 Costa Rica Natural Paradise

Dear Traveler, Welcome to a great vacation at an affordable price. Your Caravan Latin America tour includes all meals in Latin America, all activities, all hotels, a great itinerary, all airport transfers, all transportation and excursions. A professional tour director accompanies you for the entire tour. Purified water at meals. Free bottled water on motor coach. Join the smart shoppers and experienced travelers who have chosen Caravan for more than 50 years.  
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Begins and Ends: San Jose, Costa Rica

Costa Rica All-Inclusive Vacations

Include A Resort & Hotel Package

Caravan’s all-inclusive Costa Rica vacations include two (& sometimes 3) night stopovers at some of the finest hotels and resorts in Costa Rica, on both the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines.

Travel Costa Rica with Caravan and enjoy a fully escorted tour that follows an unhurried itinerary and includes frequent stops.

Our Costa Rica Tours feature carefully selected restaurants and meals plus free bottled water. Caravan carefully chooses hotels, resorts and lodges for their location, ambience, service and décor.

Costa Rica Discount Travel Packages Include The Following Resorts & Hotels:

Barcelo Palacio, San Jose 1, 2 & 9

 (or Costa Rica’s  Aurola Hotel) Nights

 Located close to the Braulio Carrillo National Park in a quiet residential area of the capital San Jose, Barcelo Palacio is the first and perhaps the finest, air-conditioned hotel in your Costa Rica accommodation package – here you will spend 3 nights (day 1, 2 & 9).

Tortuguero Laguna Lodge Nights 3 & 4

 (or Costa Rica’s Pachira Lodge  or Green Turtle Lodge)

Located near Tortuguero National Park on the Caribbean coast, Laguna Lodge is the Northeastern-most Costa Rica resort. Spend nights 3 & 4 surrounded by more than 12 acres of lush tropical rainforests and the nearby open butterfly garden. Tortuguero Beach is also home to famed nesting site for the Atlantic green sea turtle. (Optional hotels include the Pachira or the Green Turtle Lodge)

Las Cabañitas Resort & Spa, Fortuna Nights 5 & 6

 (or Costa Rica’s Lomas del Volcan Resort, Arenal Springs Lodge  or Lavas Tacotal Hotel)

Your Costa Rica hotel package includes nights 5 & 6 in Fortuna at Las Cabanitas Resort & Spa. At night, marvel at the magnificent natural fireworks of the Arenal Volcano, only 20 minutes away, then rise each morning to spectacular sunrises.

Barcelo Amapola, Jaco Nights 7 & 8

 (or Costa Rica’s Terrazas del Pacifico Hotel)

 Spend nights 7 & 8 on the Pacific coast in Jaco, Costa Rica. The newly air-conditioned Barcelo Amapola resort has extensive gardens plus a private beach and is located near Carara Biological Reserve.

Since 1952 Caravan Tours has been offering escorted travel tour packages under the same family ownership and management.

To make RESERVATIONS for any of our all-inclusive Costa Rica vacations (which include a resort hotel package) please call Caravan Tours Toll Free at 1-800-227-2826 or 312-321-9800. To learn more about our Costa Rica tours visit our Costa Rica Vacations page.

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2008 Departure Dates

Jan   1*, 2*, 3*, 4*, 5*, 6*, 8*, 9*, 10*, 11*, 12*, 13*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 22*, 23*, 24*, 25*, 26*, 27*, 29*, 30*, 31*
Feb   1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29
Mar   1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Apr   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30
May   2*, 9*, 16*, 23*, 30*
Jun   1*, 6*, 8*, 13*, 15*, 20*, 22*, 27*, 29*
Jul   4*, 6*, 11*, 13*, 18*, 20*, 25*, 27*
Aug   1*, 8*, 15*, 22*, 29*
Sep   5*, 12*, 19*, 26*
Oct   3*, 10*, 17*, 24*, 31*
Nov   2*, 7*, 9*, 14*, 16*, 21*, 23*, 28*, 30*
Dec   3*, 5*, 7*, 10*, 12*, 14*, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31

*indicates Super Value date.


Other Departures

Please phone the Caravan office
at 1-800-Caravan (227-2826) or 312-321-9800 for itinerary and dates.

Price Per Person - $U.S.


Occupancy: 		Super
Value 		Great
Value
Double $ 995 $ 1,095
Triple 955 1,055
Single 1,195 1,295
Plus Taxes and Fees:
Twin $159; Triple $149; Single $189

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How to Reserve Space

Call 1-800-Caravan. You can reserve space free for up to 7 days, then a $300 deposit per person is due. Full payment due 60 days prior to departure.

In Latin America, Caravan transfers you between the airport and hotel on the starting and ending dates of your tour.

Airfare is not included or sold by Caravan. Here is a list of some of the airlines that service this tour.

All Meals Included
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner

Birdwatching in Costa Rica

General Info

Pay by

Master Card Master Card, Visa Visa, or  Check check.

Travel Protection Plan

Caravan’s very reasonably priced travel protection plan offers peace of mind if you cancel for any reason prior to departure of the tour and also includes comprehensive medical air and baggage insurance. Caravan strongly recommends purchasing this plan. The cost is $99. Find out more

Back to Top About Caravan Tours

Caravan’s Proud History

Caravan Tours began selling fully escorted tours in 1952. We have been under the same management and ownership ever since. In 1965, Roger Mudd hosted a two hour CBS TV special on Caravan Tours. This TV production took about one month to make and was so successful it inspired the 1968 romantic comedy movie “If it’s Tuesday this must be Belgium.” In the early 50’s the Mayor of Dublin presented Caravan with the Key to Dublin for bringing the first American tour to the city after WWII. Since then Caravan has been recognized as a pioneer in travel. More recently, Caravan was awarded the Sierra Madre Explora award for our positive effect on Mexico’s Copper Canyon region!

Great Value, Book Early

Caravan’s strong buying power gives you great vacations at prices much lower than you can find anywhere. Last year many of our tours sold out quickly. Book early for the date you prefer and the best air fare.

Trade Association Memberships

ASTA, NTA, CLIA, ACTACaravan Tours is a member of ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents), NTA (National Tour Association), CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association), and an allied member of ACTA (Alliance of Canadian Travel Agencies).

How does Caravan Tours sell these tours for such a low cost?

Caravan delivers volume to our suppliers, who in turn reward us with their very best prices, we in turn pass these savings on to you, and you reward us by buying our tours. As volume continues to rise, we then receive even better prices from our suppliers, and we pass even greater savings on to you. This year our tours are better than ever.

How satisfied are Caravan clients?

The short answer is “very.” Our surveys are uniformly very positive. However we continually strive to improve our tours, (they are often updated several times in the course of one year), we study all client surveys and suggestions for improvement very carefully.

Pitch-Free Travel

Caravan includes all activities listed in the tour itinerary page. Caravan does not sell any optional activities which can add hundreds of dollars to your tour price. Your free time is scheduled in great settings where there is no need to buy additional expensive activities.