Tag: voyage avec enfants costa rica

Day 8: Pacific beaches, Playa Carrillo

Today is a good day to have a great day! Playa Carrillo After a short stop at the La Fortuna house at the foot of the Arenal volcano, we continue our journey to the Pacific beaches. This is a much-awaited stop for the girls, as Carrillo beach is particularly child-friendly. It will take us almost 4.5 hours to reach Carrillo. Repairs to the road leading to Naranjo have slowed us down considerably. Puente La Amistad bridge We decided to take the "Puente La Amistad" bridge, because at the junction of...

Day 6: La Fortuna

La Fortuna is a special stop for our family, as we have our own house there. For us, this is the stage of least interest (I'm talking about discovery, of course), but it has the enormous advantage of being able to stock up on clean clothes! The kids can also take advantage of this two-day stopover to get some rest. Casa Terraza Colonial Our absence didn't seem to bother our friends the locusts. The mascaradas This morning, however, there's a strange hustle and bustle in the center of La Fortuna. The town is hosting a festival of Masacaradas today. It...

Day 2: Visit to the village of Tortuguero

Day 2: Visit to the village of Tortuguero Daddy, Mommy, we can hear the monkeys! Yes, in Tortuguero it's very common to be woken by howler monkeys, usually heard at dawn and dusk. We were on our way to the lodge's restaurant when a member of staff pointed out a caiman that had come to visit the lodge's guests a few metres from the restaurant. Comfortably seated in the bed of a small river, a caiman of respectable size has come to greet us and observe attentively all the people seated at the table in...