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from la paz to monteverde is 3.5 - 4 hours. figure dark at around 6 pm.

whether you skip poas and go to arenal is up to you. keep in mind that in monteverde, you are no closer to arenal because it takes 3 - 3.5 hours from arenal to monteverde.

from bijagua to san jose is about 4 hours - about 3.5 hours to the airport.

this should help you: http://www.yourtravelmap.com for distances and travel times

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note to previous post: if you are looking for times and distances to various places from bijagua, use canas instead of bijagua. canas is 45 minutes to an hour from bijagua so that will give you a good idea.

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another question, which zip line/sky walk area is better, Arenal or Monte Verde?

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thanks for the info, going from Monte Verde to Bijagua to stay at La Carolina Lodge and thought we could do a day trip to Arenal from there.
Wondering what zip line/sky walk is better and which volcano is better..too many things to see, not enough time. :)

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noonoonoo. no day trip to arenal from either monteverde or bijagua. it's not less than three hours one way, no matter how you cut it.

If it were me, I would forget both poas and la paz and just go to monteverde, arenal and bijagua. you will need a minimum of two days in each place. it's much better to spend more time in arenal as there are so many things to do. if you decide that your time is too short, you CAN do a day trip to the tenorio national park for the hike to the rio celeste from arenal.

yeah, i know.... too many choices....not enough time.

not sure what you mean about "which volcano is better." the volcanoes are all different and have their own pluses and minuses. poas you can see the crater and the lake in it. tenorio is mostly covered by rainforest. as for zip line, i am no expert but you can look at these websites: http://www.monteverdeinfo.com and http://www.arenal.net where you can find information about the various zip lines.

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La Paz to Monteverde, 4 hours at least...

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La Paz to Monteverde involves returning to Alajuela and you will enter the Panamerican Highway (1)at the big intersection by the airport and drive all the way to one of the roads to Momteverde http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/northwest_cr.htm Each road from the highway to Santa Elena has it's proponents but the public bus takes the middle route ( at the big gas station after Sardinal) which is probably the shortest.

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MoNteverde. Why does Thorn Tree not enable the edit feature so one can correct simple mistakes ?

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i agree with you jirijiri. maybe they are trying to make us actually read our posts before clicking on "post message." lol... but that doesn't help when after you have posted a message, you think of something important that you should have added.

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According to the Report Bugs Here, the EDIT function is the next feature to be restored, that was a week ago, This is especially important for me...hehe