Costa Rica 🦥 at $692 RT

Premium Deal Alert: 12 May 2025

Costa Rica is one of my favourite places on the planet. I've travelled there more than any other country, and each time I visit, I explore a new part of the country.

I'll be heading back this winter, and crossing off the final item on my Costa Rica bucket list: Barra Honda (subterranean) National Park!

Read on below for my bucket list of the coolest places to see in the country :-)

After you land...

Costa Rica Bucket List:

Live (for a week) in a treehouse
Visit the Caribbean coast for some wilder scenery - and much more flavourful food ;-)
Catch a scuba diving liveabord out to Cocos Island to swim with schools of hammerheads
Float in the bathtub-warm waters of Playa Ballena
Learn kite-boarding with other newbies in windy Bahia Salinas
Hike on Arenal's still-smoking volcano. Or for a bolder experience, Poas Volcano is the closest you can get to a live crater in the world.
Soak in a bubbling mud pot in Rincon de la Vieja National Park
Play tug-of-war with rehabilitated jaguars
Spot wild sloths in screensaver-picture-perfect Manual Antonio National Park
Get woken up by Howler Monkey alarm clocks
Learn to surf near Jaco. And then treat yourself to a well-deserved mango con leche batido at the TacoBar.
Zip (and plunge) down natural rock waterslides
Frolic with the whales in Drake Bay
Witness a mass sea turtle nesting event with tens of thousands of turtles in the Nicoya Peninsula
Spot a shy, iridescent quetzal in the wild
And, as mentioned above, spelunking the caves of Barra Honda National Park!

Taking off

Routes

To:

San Jose, CR (SJO) - $692

From:

Edmonton (YEG)

Details

Travel Dates

November & January-March

Airline

United

Standard Fare

$1,000+

Bags & Fees

Carry-on is included. Checked bag is $80 RT.

Book by

At least a few days.

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