March 3-10, 2001 (Spring Break) (8 days)

$2117 - age 25 and under (triple or quad room)

$2338 - over age 25 (double room)

Led by Linda & Fred Verceles

 
SCHEDULE OF TRAVEL AND VISITS:

Tabacon Falls, Costa Rica

 
  • Day 1: SAN JOSE   Departure from the U.S.A. Arrive in the capital of Costa Rica and check-in to your hotel

 

  • Day 2: SAN JOSE   Sightseeing with your tour manager includes the National Museum, with its impressive exhibits of natural history and pre-Columbian art and artifacts, and the University of Costa Rica. You also visit the Teatro Nacional. Modeled after the Paris Opera House, the theater was built from coffee taxes. Tonight enjoy a folklore dinner.

 
  • Day 3: POAS VOLCANO- MONTEVERDE   Drive to the magnificent Poas Volcano, which is one of the most accessible active volcanoes in the world. You can stand at the edge of its crater and look down 1000 feet to the geyser like eruptions. Continue to the spectacular, world renowned reserve of Monteverde.

 
  • Day 4: MONTEVERDE   A full day to explore this beautiful cloud forest. Founded in the 1950's by a group of Quakers from Alabama, Monteverde Cloud Forest is home to more than 400 species of birds, 100 species of mammals and 2500 species of plants.

 
  • Day 5: CARARA - JACO BEACH   Journey to the Carara Biological Reserve, the unique point where the dry tropical forest meets the northern, greener forest. Continue along the Pacific coast to Jaco Beach.

 
  • Day 6: MANUEL ANTONIO - JACO BEACH   Today there is a full day excursion to Manuel Antonio National Park to enjoy the beautiful beaches and tropical vegetation. Your guide takes you through some of the trails of the forest, stopping for a swim on the way. Relax on the white sand beaches that are shaded by the trees of the jungle. Return to Jaco Beach for the evening and overnight.

 
  • Day 7: SAN JOSE   Enjoy a free morning on the black sand beach of Jaco. In the afternoon drive to San Jose for your last night in this beautiful country.

 
  • Day 8: Departure for the U.S.A.

 

* = Prices include transportation and accommodations, most meals, entrance fees, tour guide services and an insurance package.

 

For registration and detailed itinerary information contact Kathy Clifton at Edison Community College.
Office: 309 1-800-922-3722 (Ext. 331)