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The trip starts in San Jose and finishes in Santa Teresa. 

Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO). 

The tour ends in Santa Teresa, the nearest airport is Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Jose (SJO.) There is a shuttle bus that goes form Santa Teresa to San Jose (SJO) airport. This costs around $50. The Shuttle runs from 06:45am arriving at 2pm and at 2.45pm arriving at 9.30pm. Therefore we recommend not booking a flight earlier than 5pm. Alternatively, while on tour we can provide links to suppliers who can provide a private transfer. Please contact the sales team if you have any questions or talk to your tour leader nearer the time for advice on how to book this bus.

A mixture of twin bedrooms and 6-bed dormitories.

Costa Rican Colón. 

Depending on where you're travelling from it's likely that you won't need a visa to enter Costa Rica. However this is guidance only and is subject to change. Make sure to check visa requirements before you travel!

Most of the people that join us on tour are 18-thirtysomethings! We have no strict upper age limit on our tours but all of our tours are specifically designed for those of this age group which is worth noting when browsing through our website.

Yes! Let us know when you are booking your trip about any requirements you might have we can plan ahead and make sure this doesn’t affect your trip!

Yes, the majority of our travellers will be travelling on their own! Roughly 65% of our TruTravellers come solo! We have designed our trips specifically with solo travellers in mind, so you can be assured you’ll meet lots of others travelling alone like yourself along the way. This of course doesn’t mean our trips are only for solo travellers, but it does mean that you don’t need to worry you’ll be surrounded by a group that already knows each other.