Friday, September 23, 2011

OUR FEATURED HOTEL IN LANGOSTA BEACH “BOUTIQUE HOTEL & VILLAS CALA LUNA”

Cala Luna is unveiling new luxurious changes!!! You will quickly fall in love with the remodeled and improved. “New reopening October 15th, 2011”

Cala Luna Boutique Hotel, Villas & Spa, a private getaway surrounded by nature is at a short distance from the brilliant white-sand beaches or a couple of minutes from the luxurious foliage of the jungles. Nestled in Tamarindo, Playa Langosta is just 2 miles away from Tamarindo Town. Featuring some of the most beautiful and unscathed areas of the country, this region is abundant with wildlife and sea life. The nearby Playa Langosta, (Langosta Beach) boasts pure white sand beaches sprinkled with multicolored shells.
The tropical hardwood construction blends marvelously with the luxuriant exoticplants in a manner where elegance harmonizes with nature. Between this wonderful view in the heart of Playa Langosta Beach we offer 20 deluxe hotel rooms.

All of our hotel rooms offer a patio terrace, a/c, fans, fully equipped bathroom with hairdryer, satellite TV, telephone, private safe and breakfast. Winding paths weave through Cala Luna’s lush tropical vegetation, connecting charming, spread-out villas — each enjoying a private pool — to the hotel rooms, the property’s Cala Moresca Restaurant and La Caletta Sushi Lounge, and the hotel lobby.
   
The extensive property unfolds like an Edenic garden as a short path takes you from the hotel’s restaurants and main swimming pool to one of the Pacific’s most beautiful and exclusive beach points, where soft, white sand dip gently into warm tropical waters. The freeform pool is one of the finest in the area, and our staff at the La Caletta pool bar will be happy to provide you with refreshing drinks and snacks.  La Caletta is also a superb place to take in a glorious sunset for pre-dinner drinks — enjoy the daily ritual of watching the sun sink low at La Caletta, as you sip on an exotic fresh fruit cocktail while listening to the crash of the evening waves.

Here is the perfect vantage point for Costa Rica’s most spectacular sunsets, visible year-round, and so breathtaking even the local wildlife pauses to watch it sink golden into the rippling sea. The natural wonders of the region offer no end of adventure, romance, discovery and relaxation for families and couples. Langosta Beach has long been the favored setting for innumerable Costa Rica weddings and honeymoons, and the staff at our four-star boutique hotel takes the utmost pride and attention to detail in creating you The hotel itself is located just minutes from beginner and advanced surfing breaks, inshore and offshore sport-fishing (featuring prize catches from sailfish and marlin to roosterfish and tuna), world class golfing, and some of the Pacific’s most renowned snorkeling and scuba diving. Easy-to-access daily activities will have you enjoying yoga and dance lessons, playing tennis, kayaking through one of the nearby lagoons, mountain biking, horseback riding, zipping along on a thrilling ATV or canopy tour, relaxing during a massage, or taking part in the area’s various nature and bird watching tours, while an experienced guide unveils the many highlights that make Costa Rica an international biodiversity hotspotr unforgettable special occasion.





Wednesday, September 21, 2011

GUANACASTE ONE DAY TOUR HIGHLIGHT

Combine adrenaline with adventure and prepare for an unforgettable experience on one of the most popular one day tour in Guanacaste. You’ll explore Costa Rica’s…

PALO VERDE AUTHENTIC RIDE: We will across three rivers to arrive to Sardinal, and then we will continue to San Blas.  At this point we will go direct to the DIQUE driving next to the river.  We will be able to see iguanas, monkeys, crocodiles, and birds. 

At the end of the DIQUE we arrive at the Fábrica de Melones and  the Melón plantations.  At the same time we will encounter plantations of sugar cane where we show how this crop is harvest and we will be able to task the original flavor of the sugar cane.


We finally arrive at Bolson Town where we will stop at Heaven of Dalila Restaurant. We can use the restrooms and drink a coffee or refreshment before continuing 10 more minutes to arrive to the river Tempisque.  We will enter the Palo Verde National Park which is an estuary for birds, monkeys, crocodiles, iguanas and flora of the tropical dry Forest.  We will board a boat that will take us around the Tempisque for one and half hours.  After this trip we go back to the Restaurant for an authentic lunch.  After lunch we will go back to the hotels. What to Bring:  Camera, light clothing, sun block, hat and sun glasses. What’s Included: Transportation, guide, lunch and entrance fee.

CANOPY TOUR BUENA VISTA: This is the time to see the forest like you have never seen it before. From the top of these ancestral trees and by mixing yourself with the incredible life of the tropical forest your adventure will begin.  There are 840 meters of cable in the forest from tree to tree where you will hang as a monkey with harness and safety equipment discovering the forest from a totally different point of view. This is a 100% adrenaline experience worth to discovering. Approx Pick Up Time: 8:00 am. What to Bring: Long pants or shorts, camera, light jacket, swimsuit, towel, binoculars, walking shoes. What’s Included: Transportation and tour guide.

TAMARINDO MANGROVES: Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge protects a large estuary, mangrove forest and tropical dry forest in an area covering almost 400 hectares. The boat trip into the estuary offers an opportunity to observe rare and abundant wildlife – including dozens of bird species and two species of monkeys, crocodiles, iguanas. What to Bring:  Long pants, hiking shoes, camera, binocular, during the rain season bring raincoat. What’s Included: Transportation and tour guide.









Monday, September 19, 2011

ANOTHER TYPE OF TOURISM

Ecotourism, sustainable tourism, responsible tourism… all those words are very much in fashion.
In Costa Rica like elsewhere in the world it is sometimes hard to distinguish green washing from real commitment. Actually, Costa Rica can be seen as a laboratory where new forms of ecotourism are experimented: a large number of projects and developments are carried out by field associations, rural communities and cooperatives demonstrating a formidable dynamism. These initiatives are usually a great link between an economic tourism project and the conservation of the local wildlife: preservation of a nature reserve, of a primary forest…

They prove that another type of tourism is possible, authentic, with a humanistic approach, in tune with the local life. This rural and community tourism is fighting for survival. If some projects have good support, others, in spite of their quality find themselves threatened by the economic pressure through lack of marketing or visitors.
Caminando Costa Rica favours the collaboration with those alternative tourism actors: local cooperatives, small producers, indigenous communities, rural tourism accommodations, local guides…
Whenever possible, our guided tours go and meet them. A modest but active and sustainable support.