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How to Get to Guaria de Osa?
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Fees Do Not Include
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8 days / 7 nights
5 days / 4 nights
4 days / 3 nights
3 days / 2 nights
Why come to Guaria de Osa?
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Vacation Packages

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How to Get to Guaria de Osa?

We make the following round-trip reservations to get you to Guaria de Osa effortlessly!

  1. 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.
  2. Taxi transfers in San Jose:
    Our taxi staff will meet you at Juan Santamaria International & Tobias Bolaños Domestic Airport and drive you to our 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.
  3. Hotel in San Jose:
    A cozy, affordable, and conveniently located hotel within the appealing attractions of the capital city. Please pay hotel directly.
  4. Osa Peninsula Transfers:
    3 transfers are included in all Vacation Packages.

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.
  • How to Pay
    Please write check payable to: Sentient Experientials
    Mail check and 3 Travel Documents to Mail to:
    Sentient Experientials @ Guaria de Osa
    PO Box 1004
    El Cerrito, CA 94530
  • beach tentaloos accommodate two people. We can provide a double bed or two individual beds – please let us know your preference.
  • For a description on Indoor and Outdoor Lodging, click on Accommodations.
  • 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 Do Not Include

Any San Jose Expenses including

  • Costa Rican domestic air flight nor land transportation to and from Guaria de Osa
  • San Jose Hotel or taxi service
  • Please pay directly your domestic flight, hotel, and taxi service. Thank you.

Gratuity: We gratefully accept the customary tip/gratuity of $10/person/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 • American Express Travelers Checks • Paypal

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Fees on Vacation Packages Include

Osa Peninsula Transfers:

  • Round trip boat transfers
  • Taxi transfer at Drake Bay

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).

20% of your 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.rainforestconservationprojects.org

Wait! Wait! There’s more!

  • 16.4% Costa Rica Tourism Tax
  • Porter service from boat transfer to Guaria de Osa & vice versa
  • Use of surfboards and snorkeling equipment
  • Limited laundry service
  • Live Marimba music

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    JOURNEY ITINERARY
    8 days/7 nights

    Indoor with bath
    $995/person for 3 or more guests
    $1242/person for 1 to 2 guests

    beach tentaloo w/outdoor bath
    $1097/person for 1 to 2 guests

    Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount. Younger than two years, children stay 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

    Indoor with bath
    $647/person for 3 or more guests
    $770/person for 1 to 2 guests

    beach tentaloos w/outdoor bath
    $687/person for 1 to 2 guests

    Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount. Younger than two years, children stay 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

    Indoor with bath
    $459/person for 3 or more guests
    $612/person for 1 to 2 guests

    beach tentaloos w/outdoor bath
    $549/person for 1 to 2 guests

    Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount. Younger than two years, children stay 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

    Indoor with bath
    $395/person for 3 or more guests
    $488/person for 1 to 2 guests

    beach camp w/outdoor bath
    $446/person for 1 to 2 guests

    Children ages 2 to 10 receive a 50% discount. Younger than two years, children stay 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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rainforest - paradise beaches - bird watching - scuba diving - surfing - ethno botanical gardens - yoga
massage - trekking - chi gong - meditation - tai chi - rainforest projects - original architecture