8 Day Costa Rica Itineraries

a clear itinerary and organised all transports within the country for us. They were available when called and helpful with questions. Called to ensure we were enjoyong our trip at the halfway point. Overall, very professional.Having a company plan transport in a country where we did not speak the language meant we did not have to worry about getting to different activities and meant we could relax and enjoy our vacation. Costa Rica was beautiful, with varied climates and activities, and I would recommend it to anyone. I think our 8 day trip was a little too short, and felt slightly rushed,  so would recommend 10 days at a minimum. Of all the places we visited Manuel Antonio was our favourite, and whitewater rafting as well as sea kayaking were highlights.

travel agency. They provided a great itinerary that exceeded our expectations! 

detail for our trip in Costa Rica according to our expressed interests and budget limit.  Most impressively, when we wanted to change resorts, they very quickly made the arrangements and helped manage the financial aspects to our satisfaction. We highly recommend this team as part of your Costa Rica portfolio of travel agencies. I could give them 7 stars on your 5 star scale!

company in costa rica. We were amazed to see how they managed to take care of every small detail in our tour and made it memorable for us. I will definitely recommend their service to my friends and family who want to visit costa rica.

not hesitate to use them again and recommend them for others visiting Costa Rica

the initial ideas/inspirations of where to travel in Costa Rica thru booking hotels accommodations, meals & pre-arranged private tours. I would 100% give them a huge thumbs up on professionalism, knowledge and delivery! Well done to the travel planner & her team.Pura VidaSafe travelsLeigh B

the entire Costa Rica experience. From helping us figure out what areas to visit activities to do they were not hesitant to be available and answer any question, no matter how big or small. Everywhere we stayed and everything we did was amazing. I could not have created this memorable trip without them.

to Costa Rica - from the initial planning stages through the end of our trip. Everything flowed very smoothly and we were very happy with all aspects of our trip.

had such a wonderful time and have wonderful family memories.

place and the people are wonderful. There were a lot of good things about our trip. There were some things that I would have expected to be better using a travel agent. This was our second trip using Zicasso.Our travel planner is a nice lady who lives in Costa Rica so that is a plus. She has great connections with people. The people she chose for transportation were all wonderful. They were on time, spoke good English (our Spanish is weak) and were very friendly.Communication is an area for improvement. We were sent a detailed itinerary when the trip was booked, then vouchers were provided for each hotel, transportation event, tour etc. The problem was that the itinerary was not updated so it did not match the vouchers, some of the times were different etc. so I had to keep texting our planner on the App for clarification. She responded quickly. The only time we had trouble was when we couldn't find our driver at the airport and she was not available as she was flying at the time. It got worked out but started things off a little stressful as I am a single woman traveling with my college age daughter. In one instance, the tour she booked said on the itinerary was for 5 hours and then after the first segment of the tour we were headed back after 2 hours and the transportation to the next town was scheduled for hours later. We had to check out of the hotel early in the morning for the rafting tour and it would have left us with nothing to do for hours at the resort in the rain. The travel planner was great in that she changed the transportation to a private van to take us earlier, but the stress would have have been needed if there hadn't been a mistake about the tour. We were also told it was much warmer in Monteverde than it was and we were not well advised how cold and wet it would truly be in the cloud forest, so we had to opt out of the afternoon hike to the hanging bridges because we were soaked and cold. We had rain jackets but nothing close to what gear we needed because of insufficient advice.I chose this agency over the other one Zicasso offers because it was more budget friendly. The first two hotels were good, actually the one in Monteverde was phenomenal. The last stop was a beach resort in Guanacaste, at Playa Hermosa. The hotel was a huge miss. The bad vibes started with a hard sell on condos and trying to get us to visit a sister resort promising freebies and then not taking no for an answer. The rooms were not only dated but also in disrepair and the bed was super uncomfortable. The AC didn't work in the sitting room and even after calling no one came to fix it.  I was very surprised it was chosen especially since she said she had been there recently. Again the planner did an amazing job the next day moving us to another hotel which was truly phenomenal. Bottom line is, when we told her about a problem she did a great job fixing it but I felt like they could have been avoided. At one point she told us she was super busy and I understand it was high season but if you need help you should get it rather than telling people who have traveled abroad how busy you are.

to what we were looking for, and every detail was perfectly planned.  I would definitely recommend them for a trip to Costa Rica.

I nor the friends we traveled with can give them anything but the utmost praise.  Never have we been treated like such 'royalty' for a trip that didn't come with a 'royal' price.  The level of personal service and caring for our needs was unsurpassed.  (Not exaggerating)  Our itinerary was planned down to the last detail and then some.  All of our accommodations were top-notch.  They were all chosen and secured for us by our travel planner in San José, Costa Rica.  She also arranged all of our activities according to our needs and desires, down to the smallest detail.  Our travel planner was a God-send...even when one in our party was ill, she went into immediate action to aid the situation.  Not to mention she is one of the nicest people I've ever met.I would also like to mention our driver and tour guide for the long trip from San José to Arenal, who went above and beyond to make every aspect of our trip the most interesting and exciting possible (as did our travel planner).  He even stayed with us in Arenal long after he should have left for the drive back to San José, in order to help us (along with our travel planner) with a hotel room snafu (not the hotel's fault).All the tour guides and drivers were outstanding...too many to name!  But they all took a personal interest in us and did their very best to make each day fun, informative, and exciting.I would not hesitate to recommend to any and all whom I know who are planning a trip to Costa Rica to use this company!P.S.  If I didn't make it clear, our travel planner and driver are stars in your company!