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Poas Volcano, Grecia, Sarchi and Toro Waterfall Combination Day Tour. $110/person*

7:30 am to 5:00 pm

Due to ever changing road conditions of the mountain pass leading to the Toro Waterfall, that might make us omit the waterfall or choose a substitute Tour combined with Poas would have to replace this tour, if need be.
Other Poas Combination Tours.

A Combination of 4 Tours in ONE DAY!
7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

SEE "ALL IN A DAY FROM SAN JOSE . .

·  POAS VOLCANO CLOUD FOREST National Park. Bring light rain gear.
·  COFFEE PLANTATION and Shop visit.
· SCENIC DRIVES though quaint colorful towns and farm land.
· Town of Grecia with the BElgium steel church
· Sarchi Oxcart Factory and Souvenir shopping town
·  BEAUTIFUL TORO WATERFALL with Rainforest. Subject to road conditions
·  INCLUDES DELICIOUS LUNCH in a clean typical restaurant.
· REFRESHMENTS of sodas, bottled water, fruit & Beer at no cost.
·  FREE PICK-UP & DROP-OFF in comfortable late model, 9 pass.
   4x4 van w/3 A/Cs.
·  American Owned & operated by Master of Science with
   Costa Rican Background and 30 yrs in Costa Rica.

SCENIC DRIVE TO POAS: After a 7:30 am pick-up from your hotel we’ll travel 11 miles on the Pan American Highway to the provincial capital of Alajuela to see 2 points of interest your knowledgeable guide will tell you about. From here our scenic drive towards the Poás Volcano Cloud Forest National Park takes us up the slopes of the Central Volcanic Mountain Range through beautiful landscape adorned with coffee, dairy, strawberry, flower and fern farms in addition to quaint typical small towns with well-kept homes.

POAS VOLCANO: At approximately 9:00 a.m. we’ll enter the cloud forest of the Poás Volcano National Park where we'll walk 500 scenic yards on a flat paved pathway to the crater, located at a cool 8,900 ft. above sea level. Your guide will show you the beautiful giant leaves of the “Poor Man’s Umbrella” plant, epiphytes (air plants) and other plant species unique to the lush tropical cloud forest ecosystem that lines the walk to the crater. From the crater’s rim you’ll have the unique experience of looking down 1,000 ft. into an active volcano crater that's nearly 1 mile in diameter and constantly emitting sulfur fumes and steam. The crater's array of colorful rock strata, aqua green colored acid lake surrounded by tropical could forest and barren old lava floe rock formations together with the spectacular views of the surrounding landscape, gives your experienced professional guide plenty to tell you about.

VIEW STOPS: After leaving Poás around 10:30 a.m. we'll make brief stops with a fantastic high view of the central valley below.

Grecia & Sarchi Towns: About an hour or so after leaving Poas we'll stop for lunch in or after the town of Grecia (Greece) with a steel church imported from Belguim in 1894 before continuing on for a quick stop at the town of Sarchi famous for its oxcart factory and souvenir shops.

Grecia's Steel Church

Zarcero's Topiary Garden Park

Sarchí Oxcart Factory and Shop

WATERFALL: Later by way of a scenic mountain road and hidden valley we'll visit the spectacular "Toro" (“Bull") waterfall,. This impressive waterfall cascades some 500 ft down an extinct volcanic crater to continue as a pristine river towards the northern plains.

A 1.5 hour drive will get us back to your San José area Hotel around 5:30 pm.

Price: From $110/person*. All inclusive; Coffee Farm shop, Poás Volcano entrance fees, quick visit of Grecia's Steel Church, Sarchi, waterfall, lunch, refreshments all day, hotel pick-up & drop-off all included. Family & group discounts. Clean restrooms are available at Poás and throughout the tour. Reserve now with a 50% deposit or pay in full at our payment page now: PAY/RESERVE PAGE * See Prices & Policy Page.

Best to email us at least 24 hrs or a couple days before requesting a tour.
But if you prefer or with short notice call us in Costa Rica via our
U.S. Telephone #s: 1-352-505-4001
or 1-352-505-2636
Free of International Charges from the U.S. and Canada!
And for calls from other countries, only charges to the U.S. apply.
We'll do our best to arrange same day tours with calls in the early morning,
but best to call (and also email) us at least the day before, if not much sooner, to increase your chances of us being able to help you.

If you are in Costa Rica or need a tour with short notice it's
best to call (and also email) hopefully at least the day before or sooner, to increase your chances of us being able to help you,
our Local C.R. Telephone #s :
2215-2162 or 2215-2163.
IF you must dial our Local C.R. Tel. #s from outside C.R. first dial your
International Access Code (011 in U.S. & Canada), then C.R.'s Country Code 506, then our number.
There are no area codes in Costa Rica.
Example dial from U.S. or Canada to C.R. dial: 011 (506) 2215-2162.
Of course from U.S. or Canada try our US Tel. #s above first.
We'll do our best to arrange same day tours with calls in the early morning,
but best to call (and also email) at least the day before, if not much sooner.

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Toro Waterfall view and Heliconia Flower at Coffee Farm shop.