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Costa Rica Orchid Tours

April 27, 2010

For those who love orchids and travel, there are specialized tours you can take that are all about the orchids! We’ve found a few that go to Costa Rica, a country known for its wealth of natural beauty and diversity and for their sustainable tourism industry.


Plant Adventures.com
has a trip organized around the National Orchid Exposition in March 2010. Their fully escorted tour means transportation is provided and the price includes all admissions fees to the parks and gardens. It also hotel accommodation with breakfast.

Highlights include:
  • 9 Days and 8 Nights including roundtrip Airfare from Miami to San Jose, Costa Rica
  • Three & Four Star hotels with daily breakfasts and all hotel taxes
  • Entrance to the National Orchid Exposition
  • La Paz Waterfall Gardens
  • Volcan Arenal
  • Tabacon Resort Thermal Hot Springs with Buffet
  • Monteverde Cloud Forest
  • Manual Antonio National Park
  • Jardin Botanico Lankester
  • Sarchi Artesian Village
  • Zarcero Topiary Garden and Famous Church

However, if you didn't make it in March, you can take a Costa Rica Orchid Safari! Not only will you be able to explore the rich orchid diversity of Costa Rica, but you can also discover the secrets of the Cerro Coyote preserve.

Here’s a list of sample activities:
  • Visit local orchid growers - 2 hours
  • 2 hours touring dry areas in and around the Cerro Coyote preserve
  • 4 hours touring around Cerro Azahar cloud forest trails
  • 4 hours in Los Angeles Cloud Forest and the drier San Lorenzo area

Participants will be exposed to lowland hot dry climate orchids, intermediate dry climate orchids, elfin forest orchids, cloud forest orchids, Atlantic slope tropical rainforest, as well as hot moist lowland orchids and your visit will include time spent learning about orchid cultivation techniques!