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Lucky you to live in beautiful Costa Rica and what a wonderful memory to have walked parts of the Camino de Costa Rica in its planning days. Our guide, Juancho also was a part of the blazing and planning of the original trail which is one of the reasons we chose his company, Urri Trek. There...
Funny thing is I can actually fly to Costa Rica for less than I can fly from Florida to Bangor, Maine. I hope you can find a reasonable flight and make it work. Once in Costa Rica, Urri Trek can really customize it to whatever level of expense works best for you. We opted for some extras and...
The guide... yes, he truly enhanced the trip and we have learned that it can work both ways so we did our research before we chose him and Urritrek! He beyond enhanced it, along with his partner, who exceeded all expectations along the way with their accommodation choices, food, connections...
We are both having terrible post Camino blues. Can't even begin to tell you how life changing it is for both of us. Not to mention, we made a forever friend and will go back for sure!
Yes, I too just looked at UrriTrek link and the costs are less than I thought. We added 3 days to our Camino ( white water rafting, thermal pool day and Quepos, so our costs were different.
It really depends on the level of accommodation you want and probably the number of people. One reason we chose UrriTrek was we could customize the accommodation and in the end, we wanted to go alone which they were able to do. They also included moving our main duffle bag so we could hike...
No, it really does need to be done with a guide for a couple of reasons. First, when you go through the indigenous territory, they require an indigenous guide to travel through their territory. Second, the trail is not very well marked. Third, because so many of the accommodations are arranged...
My husband and I just completed the El Camino de Costa Rica. It was mind blowing! An approximate 16 day trek from the Atlantic to the Pacific through 5 ecosystems and 16 stages approx 280 KM.... a little of everything including coastline, jungle, rainforest, cloud forest. The El Camino de...
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