Vacation Packages
Endorsements
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How
to Get to Guaria de Osa?
- Domestic air flight to and from the Osa Peninsula:
When we send you your reservation confirmation, you will then
receive instructions how to pay Nature Air directly.
- Taxi transfers in San Jose:
Our taxi staff will meet you at Juan Santamaria International
& Tobias Bolaños Domestic Airport and drive you to
your designated hotel (if you need a hotel). Please pay our taxi
staff directly.
Note: Feel free to ask our taxi staff to service
you before and/or after your visit to Guaria de Osa.
- Hotel in San Jose:
A cozy, affordable, and conveniently located hotel within the
appealing attractions of the capital city. Please pay hotel directly.
- Osa Peninsula Transfers include:
an ocean boat ride and a safari jeep land trip (coming in and going out)
Note:
Please go to Getting to Guaria
for Entry & Departure Options and a detailed map.
Our
Preferred Scenic Entry Route: Day 1
Our
Preferred Scenic Departure Route: Last Day
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Important
Notes
- International Flight Itinerary to Costa Rica
Because of the domestic airlines schedules to and from the Osa
Peninsula, will you please let us know before you purchase your international
flight what your international itinerary will look like?
- Vacation Packages are to be paid in full at the time dates are reserved.
Each additional night is $100/adult/night for lodging and meals.
- How to Pay
Mailing in the USA:
Please purchase a Receipt for Certified Mail (which requires Dahlia to sign for it)
Mail to:
Sentient Experientials @ Guaria de Osa
c/o Dahlia Miller
PO Box 1004
El Cerrito, California, 94530
USA
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Fees
on Vacation Packages Do Not Include
San Jose Expenses including
- Costa Rican domestic air flight to and from Guaria de Osa
- San Jose hotel or taxi service
We will give you directions how to directly pay your domestic flight, hotel, and taxi service. Thank you.
Gratuity: We gratefully accept the customary tip/gratuity
of $10/adult/night for our service rendered with quality awareness.
Please give your appreciation for our attentive assistance to the
administrator who, in turn, will distribute to Guaria’s staff
- both “on stage” and those “behind the curtain.”
We thank you in advance.
How to Pay for Extra Fees for Extra Activities at Guaria de Osa?
Costa Rican Colones • US Dollars • Paypal • Bank Wire
Extra Fees for additional adventures, tours
and activities, cultural events, and wellness services, please
click on:
What
We Offer
Tropical
Nature Experiences
Wellness
Modalities
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Fees
on Vacation Packages Include
Osa Peninsula Transfers: an ocean boat ride and a safari jeep land trip to and from the Osa Peninsula
Lodging at Guaria de Osa has clean linens, light
blankets, towels, pillows, and orthopedic mattresses.
Meals: Delicious, wholesome, gourmet meals served
daily! Vegetarian options are available. A variety of teas, organic
coffee, and hot chocolate are available all day.
Adventures: Rainforest, Beach and Ocean Experiences
– as described in each Journey Itinerary below.
The
New Ethnobotany
An interpretative Plant Talk and Walk through our Ethnobotanical
Gardens – illuminating the use, application, and mythology
of the plants (offered most of the year).
An evening presentation on “Ethnobotany, Cultural and Biological
Diversity” (offered most of the year).
10% - 20% of proceeds are donated to Guaria de Osa's non-profit,
Grupo Osanimi / The Osa Foundation.
Thus your stay supports our Marine Turtle Rescue and Rainforest
Conservation Projects on the Osa Peninsula, also known as the "Little
Amazon" of Costa Rica endorsed by National Geographic as "the
most biologically intense place on Earth!"
In addition, your fees, in part, are also channelled to support
our Biodiversity Conservation and Cultural Heritage undertaking
since 1994 among Indigenous minorities in the Ecuadorian Amazon
and Andes.
Please read more about Grupo Osanimi's Council for Cultural and
Biological Diversity at www.guariadeosa.com/osa.html and www.4biodiversity.net
13% Costa Rica Tourism Tax
Porter service on the Osa Peninsula to and from Guaria de Osa.
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JOURNEY
ITINERARY
8 days/7 nights
US$1200/adult
Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount.
Younger than two years, children come gratis when sleeping with parent(s).
In addition to Fees
on Vacation Packages Include
This Itinerary has
Seven Nature Experiences
1) Rio
Claro (Clear River) – a beach and forest
hike to a rainforest jade-green river with fresh water where
you can canoe and swim and bathe in its waterfalls.
2) St.
Joseph’s Ridge Trail – a ‘path
not taken’ – leads to an epic panoramic vista of
the Pacific Ocean while, along the way, this trek teems with
flora and fauna!
3) An interpretative Plant
Talk and Walk through our Ethnobotanical Gardens
– illuminating the use, application, and mythology of
the plants (offered most of the year).
4) An evening presentation on “Ethnobotany,
Cultural and Biological Diversity” (offered
most of the year).
5) A nocturnal beach and rainforest forest
walk.
6) A sunrise walk to a bat cave and waterfall.
7) Our
Preferred Scenic Departure Route
An ocean and riverboat journey through the mouth of the Sierpe
River via the Terraba Sierpe Mangrove Estuary to witness the
largest and most intact mangrove reserve in tropical America!
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JOURNEY
ITINERARY
5 days/4 nights
US$800/adult
Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount.
Younger than two years, children come gratis when sleeping with parent(s).
In addition to Fees
on Vacation Packages Include
This Itinerary has
Six Nature Experiences
1) Rio
Claro (Clear River) – a beach and forest
hike to a rainforest jade-green river with fresh water where
you can canoe and swim and bathe in its waterfalls.
2) St.
Joseph’s Ridge Trail – a ‘path
not taken’ – leads to an epic panoramic vista of
the Pacific Ocean while, along the way, this trek teems with
flora and fauna!
3) An interpretative Plant Talk and Walk through
our Ethnobotanical Gardens – illuminating the use, application,
and mythology of the plants (offered most of the year).
4) An evening presentation on “Ethnobotany,
Cultural and Biological Diversity” (offered
most of the year).
5) Please choose:
- A nocturnal beach and rainforest forest
walk
- A sunrise walk at 4:30 am to a bat cave
and waterfall.
6) Our
Preferred Scenic Departure Route
An ocean and riverboat journey through the mouth of the Sierpe
River via the Terraba Sierpe Mangrove Estuary to witness the
largest and most intact mangrove reserve in tropical America!
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JOURNEY
ITINERARY
4 days/ 3 nights
US$650/adult
Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount.
Younger than two years, children come gratis when sleeping with parent(s).
In addition to Fees
on Vacation Packages Include
This Itinerary has
Three Nature Experiences
1) Rio
Claro (Clear River) – a beach and forest
hike to a rainforest jade-green river with fresh water where
you can canoe and swim and bathe in its waterfalls.
2) St.
Joseph’s Ridge Trail – a ‘path
not taken’ – leads to an epic panoramic vista of
the Pacific Ocean while, along the way, this trek teems with
flora and fauna!
3) Our
Preferred Scenic Departure Route
An ocean and riverboat journey through the mouth of the Sierpe
River via the Terraba Sierpe Mangrove Estuary to witness the
largest and most intact mangrove reserve in tropical America!
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JOURNEY
ITINERARY
3 days/ 2 nights
US$500/adult
Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount.
Younger than two years, children come gratis when sleeping with parent(s).
In addition to Fees
on Vacation Packages Include
This Itinerary has
Two Nature Experiences
1) Either Rio
Claro – or - St.
Joseph’s Ridge Trail.
3) Our
Preferred Scenic Departure Route
An ocean and riverboat journey through the mouth of the Sierpe
River via the Terraba Sierpe Mangrove Estuary to witness the
largest and most intact mangrove reserve in tropical America!
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Why
Come to Guaria de Osa?
Coming to Guaria de Osa is a vacation
with a purpose,
dedicated to sanity and sustainability.
An experiential education at your fingertips
with coconut palm, scarlet macaw laden paradise beaches,
while taking profound pleasure in rest and relaxation.
“May the flight of the birds not be detained.”
We thank you for the privilege of sharing
Guaria de Osa with you
where primary Rainforest kisses the sparkling Pacific Ocean
in the “Little Amazon by the Sea.”
Pura Vida! (as said in Costa Rica!)
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