PROGRAMS & SERVICES
	FREE PASS WITH INTERBUS It's a daily, weekly or monthly pass which allows you to travel on all our routes of private shuttle that every day reach all the touristic areas of Costa Rica. For reservations you just have to call Interbus or Viajes sin Fronteras office. In both cases you must call as latest a day before the trip, and communicate where and when you want to travel. If you prefer, you can also decide your itinerary before leaving your country of origin. FREE PASS WITH A RENTED CAR Due to the great success this program has had, our company has been able to negotiate the best Car Rental rates in Costa Rica. With companies like Adobe, Budget and Poás rent a car. With Adobe Rent a Car, we offer you on these rates: mechanic assistance places all over the country, places where you can check your E-mails for free, plus a cellular telephone for local calls Also, when you rent a car with ADOBE car rental you have their support branch offices at the following places: International Juan Santamaría and Liberia’s airports, Tamarindo Beach, Quepos City (next to Manuel Antonio), Quesada City ( by the Arenal area) , and hop point for pick up or drop off cars in the Caribbean area. Our FREE PASS system permits you to choose among different types of cars: Cedan, 4 Wheel Drive or minivan for those who travel in family groups. For periods of 7, 14 and 21 days; with or without basic insurance. OUR HOTELS The perfect combination to travel in Costa Rica!!. Our hotels, more than 50, are located in or near the most visited touristic sites in Costa Rica. Most of these hotels are categorized 3 Stars hotels, however, some of these are 4 Stars hotels. You can book them in advance as you need. Before arriving in the country or 48 hours in advance. For hotel reservations you must call our office or directly to the hotel. Also, Hotel cancelations must be within 48hours prior to your arrival time. Viajes sin Fronteras gives assistance to you 24hours all year long. Our representative at the airport will welcome and give you all the vouchers and travel documents and a briefing about your itinerary
	COSTA RICA FREE PASS ONE FLAT RATE ALL YEAR LONG!!!
	HOTELS OF YOUR CHOICE:
	All the hotels are located in tourist places and offer the possibility to take excursions with bilingual guides (Spanish – English). They are 3 or 4 stars Hotels: cleanness, hospitality and good balance between quality and price, most of them have swimming pool. Breakfast is included in the majority of the hotel rates.
	Hotel Location Availabre Transportation Hotel Location Availabre Transportation SAN JOSE / CENTRAL VALLEY CENTRAL PACIFIC Country Inn & Suites San Jose Interbus & Car Villa Teca Manuel Antonio Interbus & Car Vesuvio San Jose Interbus & Car California Manuel Antonio Interbus & Car Britannia San Jose Interbus & Car Tres Banderas Manuel Antonio Interbus & Car Gran Hotel CR San Jose Interbus & Car Rancho Casa Grande Manuel Antonio Interbus & Car San Gildar San Jose Interbus & Car Balcon del Mar Jacó   Interbus & Car Tennis Club San Jose Interbus & Car  Terrazas del Pacif Playa Hermosa, Jacó Interbus & Car Centro Colon San Jose Interbus & Car       Fleur de Lys San Jose Interbus & Car Taylor Inn Bed San Jose InterInterbus & Car SOUTHERN PACIFIC 1492 Jade y Oro San Jose Interbus & Car Villas Gaia Tortuga Car Balmoral San Jose Interbus & Car Villas Río Mar * Dominical Car Colonial San Jose Interbus & Car La Cusinga Lodge Uvita Car Del Sur Perez Zeledón Car CARIBE Savegre Lodge San Gerardo,Dota Car Suerre Caribe Punta Uva Interbus & Car       Atlantida Lodge Cahuita Interbus & Car     Villas del Caribe Playa Chiquita Interbus & Car Villas Itaitá Punta Uva Interbus & Car Escape Caribeño Punta Cocles Interbus & Car NORTHERN PACIFIC         SARAPIQUI & GUAPILES Playa Hermosa Bosque del Mar Papagayo Interbus & Car El Bambu Sarapiqui Interbus & Car El Milagro Tamarindo   Interbus & Car Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiqui Interbus & Car Bahía Esmeralda  Playa Potrero Interbus & Car Est. Biol. La Selva Sarapiqui Interbus & Car Eco Playa Bahia Salina Car Suerre Guápiles Guápiles Interbus & Car Mirador Samara Samara    Interbus & Car Río Palmas Guácimo Interbus & Car Giada Samara Interbus & Car       LA FORTUNA Arenal Paraíso La Fortuna Interbus & Car Volcano Lodge La Fortuna Interbus & Car GUANACASTE MOUNTAINS AND LIBERIA Lomas del Volcan La Fortuna Interbus & Car Rincon de la Vieja Rincon de la Vieja Interbus & Car Arenal Springs La Fortuna Interbus & Car Hda Guachipelin Rincon de la Vieja Interbus & Car Lavas de Tacotal La Fortuna Interbus & Car Buena Vista Rincon de la Vieja Interbus & Carr La Garza Platanar Interbus & Car Canon de la Vieja Lodge Rincon de la Vieja Interbus & Car Gran Arenal La Fortuna Interbus & Car Las Espuelas Liberia Interbus & Car La Pradera  La Fortuna Interbus & Car San Bosco La Fortuna Interbus & Car   Arenal Rossi La Fortuna Interbus & Car MONTEVERDE Cataratas Resort La Fortuna Interbus & Car Claro de Luna Monteverde Interbus & Car Lago Arenal Nuevo Arenal Car Heliconia Monteverde Interbus & Car Hotel Arenal Carmela La Fortuna Interbus & Car Cloud Forest Lodge  Monteverde Interbus & Car Mirador Lodge Monteverde Interbus & Car   Poco a Poco Monteverde Interbus & Car OTRAS REGIONES       Estación Biológica Las Cruces San Vito, Coto Brus Car       Estación Biológica Palo Verde Palo Verde Car
	Rates are per person in US Dollars, per night, with taxes and breakfast included except the ones with * Rates valid until November 30th,2008 Single    Double     Triple     Child–Ander 12 years old 70.00     35.00     30.00      20.00 - Hotel list will vary - Black out dates from December20th,2008 to January06,2009
	COSTA RICA REGIONS:
	CENTRAL VALLEY:
	SAN JOSE: Main entryway to the country and point of start of most of the travelers. The Central Valley houses seven of Costa Rica’s National Parks, including Arenal National Park in the border with the Northern Plains Region. San Jose is a good base for visitors interested on going to Poas Volcano, to practice white-water rafting and on visiting the best museums in the country. San Jose also has good shopping areas.
	SAN RAMON, ALAJUELA: If you are definitely not the big city-type person Alajuela is an option for when you are arriving or leaving Costa Rica. It’s located about ½ hour northwest to San Jose International Airport and can serve you as a base for your trips to Poas Volcano, white-water rafting or as a starting point for your trip to the other regions of the country.
	LA FORTUNA (ARENAL AREA): In the border with the Central Valley Region, La Fortuna proudly houses Arenal Volcano, one of the most visited sites in the country. Arenal last big eruption happened in 1968 but the lava still constantly flows. The main attractions in the area, besides the volcano, are thermal waters, Arenal Lake and hiking trips in the local forests.
	SARAPIQUI AND GUAPILES: Located in the Central Valley, not far from San Jose, this area is the base mainly for visitors on their way to Braulio Carillo National Park’s largest segment. The main attractions in this area are: the national park itself, a rain forest aerial tram, La Selva Biogolical Station and the Neotropico Center (museum, botanical garden and archeological site). The national parks in the area were created with the main function of preserving the nature around the volcanoes of the region.
	CARIBE:
	PUNTA UVA, PLAYA CHIQUITA, PUNTA COCLES: High quality beaches allows adventure and natural history activities which definitely compliment with culture, gastronomy and music. Stand out the reefs, multicolor-sanded beaches (from black to yellow and gray), coastal vegetation and medium-high forest. Green turtle’s nesting (seasonable) on Tortuguero National Park and bass ‘s, shad’s and other species’s sport fishing at Barra del Colorado National Wild Life Refugee represent the main attraction of the region. It is complimented with the river channel’s system, wich connects Moin Port with Barra del Colorado, and has become a singular attraction and the only way of transportation.
	CENTRAL PACIFIC:
	MANUEL ANTONIO AND JACO BEACH: Most popular beach destination in the country due to its proximity with San Jose and also to Manuel Antonio National Park, Jaco quickly became one of the hot spots in Costa Rica. The region’s main attractions are its coast and the protected wilderness areas. Also worthy of note is the scenic drive along the coastal highway that links Quepos to Manuel Antonio. Manuel Antonio National Park is one of country’s most visited parks and has an astonishing variety of sceneries and wildlife. Surrounded by lush and tropical wet forest, the park’s trails offer sightings of white-faced monkeys, coatis, raccoons, squirrels and innumerous bird species. The park also protects 12 islands that serve as refuge for several seabirds species.
	SOUTHERN PACIFIC:
	TORTUGA, OSA PENINSULA, DOMINICAL, PUNTA UVA: The main activities include beach enjoyment and marine resources, such as whales and dolphin’s observation (both seasonable), as well as mangrove swamp’s, landscapes, reptilian, sport fishing, surfing, hiking through the National Park’s paths, professional diving, the energetic walks to the Chirripo’s summit, botanical gardens, protected areas’ impressive waterfalls… Ecotourism features as the main product, especially the one that is carried out among the Humedal Sierpe-Térraba; the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, the Ballena Marine National Park, the Isla del Caño Biological Preserve and the Corcovado National Park.
	SAN VITO, COTO BRUS: Located in the South of the country, in the border with Panama, this region is used as a base for trips to the National Parks in the area. It’s a more secluded area, not laying by the ocean like nearby Manuel Antonio and Quepos. Road conditions can be rough during the rainy season.
	NORTHERN PACIFIC:
	TAMARINDO, TAMBOR, SAMARA AND THE BEACHES: There are beaches of white sands and a peaceful sea qualified by intense blue, especially the ones located inside Papagayo’s Gulf (Nacascolo, Virador, Iguanita and Panama). The main resources of the unit are the beaches. It has a extended potential for the development of beach combined products and natural resources such as the spectacular arriving of the turtles Lora in the Wild Life National Refuge Ostional and the estuary and mangrove swamps of the south side, specially those who divide the beaches of Islita, Bejuco, San Miguel, Coyote and Guiones. The mangrove swamp are excellent conserved and are ideal sites for the bird sight and other type of fauna as well as the practice of light sports as the “kayaking”. Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast is also well-known by international surfers who come from around the world to catch the perfect wave.
	PALO VERDE: Palo Verde occupies an area made up of floodplains and saltwater and freshwater lagoons and marshes, habitat for the greatest concentration of aquatic birds in Costa Rica. Species that can be observed here include jabirus, black-bellied whistling ducks, Muscovy ducks, herons, blue-winged teals, ibises and great blue herons. Close to 300 bird species have been identified in this national park, which is thought to be one of the best bird-watching areas in Central America.
	NORTHERN PLAINS
	RINCON DE LA VIEJA AND LIBERIA: Rincon de la Vieja National Park comprises nine volcanic cones and one lake, La Jilgueros. It’s an excellent spot for hiking and waterfalls, coldwater springs and the volcanic craters can be reached by foot. Nearby Liberia is Costa Rica’s second city is a typical flatland town with wide streets and colonial constructions. The city has managed to combine old edifices, customs and traditions with modernism and new buildings, including malls and various services. More recently Liberia is also operating an international airport with direct flights from/to the U.S. and can be an option if you want to start and finish your trip in different spots (trips around the country usually start and end in San Jose).
	MONTEVERDE:
	MONTEVERDE: The Monteverde tourism zone is known around the world for its conservation efforts and lifestyle centered around respect for nature. Though its main attraction is the Monteverde Biological Preserve, the region also features a variety of natural places, picturesque paths, flora- and fauna-watching opportunities, natural landscapes and more. At Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve visitors will contemplate approximately 400 different species of birds, 490 of butterflies, more than 100 species of mammals and more than 2,500 different species of plants (500 of them are orchids).
	SAMPLE DRIVING TIMES FROM SAN JOSE: To: Driving Time: THE CARIBBEAN (Limon) 3,5 hours SARAPIQUI 2,5 hours LA FORTUNA (Arenal) 3,5 hours CENTRAL PACIFIC (Jaco) 2,5 hours SOUTH PACIFIC (TORTUGA) 7,0 hours NORTH PACIFIC (TAMARINDO) 5,0 hours LIBERIA 3,5 hours MONTEVERDE 4,5 hours
	NOTES: Prices are per person based on DBL; hotel room upgrade may be available upon request; car insurance is not included; subject to availability. Penalties may apply in case of changes or cancellation. Changes have to be requested at least four days prior to arrival. Price above does not include airfares. Below you’ll find some add-ons from sample cities in the U.S. Flights from other points are also available. Prices are subject to availability and to changes without notice. Price below does not include airport and governmental taxes. Please contact us for details.
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