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Costa Rica Travel Guide
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flickr cc Armando Maynez
Are you planning to spend your next holidays in Costa Rica and you want to leave your itinerary in the hands of an expert? With a local English speaking guide, this service is fully available for individuals or in a group with a local agency. We'll tell you more about the guided visits in Costa Rica.
Costa Rice deserves careful organization of which places to visit. There are several types of services to discover this Central American country. The most common is the driver guide. Some of these are independent whilst other are recommended in collaboration with the local agencies. They are available to allow you to visit Costa Rica following a route over one day or over several days during your trip, according to your preferences.
It is also the more comfortable option if you wish to remain in more privacy during your trips. The car with a driver actually allows you to avoid mixing in with groups and even to alter your route if you want, without worrying about bothering the people who are with you.
Finally, if the idea of visiting Costa Rica with a group of a dozen people excites you, several local agencies also offer this service.
It goes without saying that Costa Rica is a highly in demand destination with tourists from all over. That's why it is strongly recommended to reserve your guide enough in advance, even before your trip. The local agencies can be contacted from abroad and can offer you several routes: it's up to you to choose and to reserve the one or ones which excite you the most.
It is also possible to reserve a guide on site, on an ad hoc basis (for a one day route or for a visit to one site in particular, for example).
The English speaking guides in Costa Rica are, for the most part, expats from North America or even from the UK. Certain English speaking Costa Ricans also offer their services to allow you to discover their country. In any case, favour the guides recognized by the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism or any other official institution, and make sure that the local agency that you are using really knows the destination.
A final piece of advice: the Costa Rican weather tends to change rapidly. It could be that it's not the ideal conditions to follow your Costa Rican itinerary. You can, in this case, negotiate with your local agency or with your driver. However, modifying your route usually incurs an extra charge in most cases.
