Costa Rica at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Tours run year-round · dry season December–April
- Janpeak
- Febpeak
- Marpeak
- Aprpeak
- Maysailing
- Junsailing
- Julsailing
- Augsailing
- Sepsailing
- Octsailing
- Novsailing
- Decpeak
G Adventures dates the dry season December 1 to April 30. May to November is the green season: wetter, and Nat Geo warns of rain and cooler days June to November, especially around San José.
Every Costa Rica place we map
7 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 1
Overnight stops 5
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
San José → Tortuguero → La Fortuna & Arenal → Monteverde → Manuel Antonio → San José · 14 days
Run by National Geographic Journeys
San José → Manuel Antonio → Monteverde → La Fortuna & Arenal → Sarapiquí → Tortuguero → San José · 16 days
Run by G Adventures
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
Costa Rica map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the Costa Rica map?
7: 1 day highlights, 5 overnight stops, 1 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the Costa Rica season?
Tours run year-round · dry season December–April. G Adventures dates the dry season December 1 to April 30. May to November is the green season: wetter, and Nat Geo warns of rain and cooler days June to November, especially around San José.
Who runs tours in Costa Rica?
G Adventures, National Geographic Journeys, Trafalgar, Contiki use places on this map.
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