Hi!
My partner and I are planning at 10-12 day trip to Costa Rica for September 2017. We know that the time is quite short- but we are keen on visiting the waterfalls, parks, forests. We are not that interested in a beach holiday (keep it limited to 1 day). We haven't booked flights yet- but we will probably fly into San Jose (coming from the US). Can anyone please provide a tentative itinerary on the must-sees and dos for this time? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Rheeda
Hi,
Since there are few forums in the Netherlands about Costa Rica I will ask my questions here and hopefully you can help me.
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