If your passion is scuba diving, this is the tour for you! During 10 days you will visit Costa Rica and its main scuba diving spots in the North and South Pacific. You will swim with sharks, turtles, rays and many tropical fish in your dives to Isla Murciélago, Islas Catalinas or Isla del Caño! Whether your are PADI certified or any other international scuba diving certification, you can join our group to explore the underwater of Costa Rica!
Starts at $1960 per person
Our guide meets you at the airport and welcomes you to Costa Rica. He will give you a little briefing, while escorting you to the hotel, and help you check-in. Then you will have a welcome dinner in San José.
Night: San José
You’ll have an early start in order to visit Poás Volcano National Park, an enormous active crater with a sulfur lake and fumaroles, considered as one of the biggest and most enchanting craters of the world. Poás has breath taking views over the Central Valley, and its beautiful craters are all surrounded by Tropical Cloud Forest vegetation. Then you’ll transfer to the North Pacific shore where you will spend the next three nights.
Night: Coco Beach
Your dive master will introduce you to the North Pacific Ocean, its current status and some of the environmental issues it faces today. You will explore today the incredible Murciélago Islands or Bat Islands, located inside the marine area of Santa Rosa National Park. These islands are influenced by both a cold open ocean current and warm coastal currents, creating a wildlife variety beyond compare in the area. Strong currents and surges are common. These dives allow for encounters with Bull Sharks, Black Tips and Tiger Sharks, and a chance to see turtles mating, flying fish, flipping rays, and often Orcas, Humpback whales and dolphins.
Night: Coco Beach
Catalina Island is a volcanic rock formation along with almost 30 other great dive spots near it. It provides home to a large variety of underwater species like Giant Manta Rays, Bat Rays, Bull’s-eye Stingrays as well as barracudas, white tip and tiger sharks, moray eels and sea turtles!
Night: Coco Beach
You will leave the dry forest of the north and will head to the transition forest of the Central Pacific. On your way you will make a quick stop to zip line over the canopy of the forest. Some adrenaline before heading to Manuel Antonio for a quick break from scuba! Finally you will go to the Manuel Antonio area,known for its beautiful beaches and abundant fauna.
Night: Manuel Antonio
After breakfast, you will be back on the road to reach Sierpe River: here you will go back to the water as your boat takes out through the mangrove and into the ocean. You will spend the night in Drake Bay in Osa Península. National Geographic named the Corcovado National Park on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula “one of the most biologically intense places on Earth. Drake Bay used to be a port used by Sir Francis Drake in the 16th century and the location of one of the British pirate’s mythical hidden treasures. There are many kilometers of beautiful coastline with rocky crags and sandy coves that extend from the village of Bahía Drake to the boundary of Corcovado National Park about 20km to the south.
Night: Drake Bay
Your dive master will introduce you to the South Pacific Ocean, its current status and some of the environmental issues it faces today. Isla de Caño is located 15 Km off shore and is a fully protected biological reserve, surrounded on all sides by a beautiful reef. With ocean depths ranging from 5 to 25 meters, its reefs offer a rich diversity of fish and underwater fauna, including mantas, stingrays, white fin sharks, shark-whales and king snake eels. The water is warm and the visibility ranges between 15 to 25 meters. One of the best spots in Costa Rica for scuba diving!
Night: Drake Bay
Another day to explore the many incredible spots of this reserve; from the cave of the sharks, the arc – a breathtaking unique rock formation, the devils rock that attracts a huge number of species, or the coral gardens… you will be busy for the entire day!
Night: Drake Bay
Transfer out of the South Pacific, to return to the capital city for your last night of your scuba diving tour in Costa Rica.
Night: San José
Farewell to Costa Rica. Transfer out to Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, say good bye to your new friends, and…. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!! HAVE A GOOD FLIGHT HOME!!!
