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One Day Tours from Dominical

Tours From Dominical:

 

Famous 5 colones bill!

Allegory to Coffee and Bananas - Aleardo Villa - National Theatre - Costa Rica

The most famous painting of the theater is an allegory to the two most important export products of the country, coffee and bananas. Aleardo Villa ( italian painter ) was not very familiar with our country, so he made a few technical mistakes that made the painting funny and unique. The bananas in the bunch are up side down. The coffee plantations are painted at sea level, what is wrong. The coffee bushes are too small and the women are typical shobby, very elegant nord italian ladies, very different from our coffee pickers. The oxen have the yoke on their necks. Imagine the poor oxen strangled by pulling all that weight. Normally the yoke is tied up to the horns and head. Although he made some mistakes, it is a nice painting and was chosen as a motif for our 5 colones bill. The bill is out of circulation but it can be purchased outside as a collection item.

Snorkeling in Caño Island

San Jose
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Central Park - San Jose City Central Park - San Jose City Metropolitan Cathedral - Saint Joseph - Costa Rica Melico Salazar Theatre - San Jose City National Theatre - San Jose City Metallic Building - San Jose City
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Historical Building - Grand Hotel Costa Rica - San Jose City New National Stadium - La Sabana Metropolitan Park - San Jose City Main Auditorium - National Theatre - San Jose City Main Auditorium - National Theatre - San Jose City Tomas Povedano´s Medalllions - Paintings - National Theatre 5 colones bill painting - Aleardo Villa - National Theatre
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Snorkeling in Caño Island

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We depart early in the morning in our comfortable transportation from Dominical, taking the Costanera Highway along the Pacific Ocean for about 90 minutes to Sierpe Town. We will stop there to have breakfast at the Oleaje Sereno Restaurant ( not included ). Please bring money for the breakfast as it is not provided as part of the tour.

We will then take a comfortable 90 minutes boat ride through the largest area of mangrove swamps in Central America and then by the ocean to Caño Island. The Mangroves are inhabited by crocodiles, snakes, four species of monkeys, and a great variety of birds. Once through the Sierpe River Mouth we'll boat past two of the most scenic areas in the country, Drake Bay and the Marenco Biological Reserve. Along the beautiful coast we'll keep an eye out for dolphins as well as Humpback, Pilot and Killer Whales.

After arriving at the island we will snorkel for an hour in the crystal clear waters, followed by a tasty picnic lunch.

We offer several options for the second part of the trip:

1) Hike up the trails to the archeological cemetery where your professional guide will tell you about the meaning of the stone spheres.
2) Another session of great snorkeling
3) Stay on beach; as you prefer.

Finally, we’ll start heading back to Dominical, returning you to your hotel.

Departure time: 6:00 a.m.
Return time: 6:30 p.m.

What to Bring: Comfortable clothing, strap sandals, hiking or sneakers shoes, mosquito repellent, sunblock, sunglasses, raincoat or poncho, binoculars, camera, plastic bags, extra water bottle, set of extra clothes, and atowel. And don’t forget your prescribed medicine if you take any.

Transportation, guide, entrance fees to the Gold Museum and the National Theatre.

Insect repellent
Rain coat
Binoculars
Camera
Swim suits
Towel

From 0 to 2 years old are complimentary. From 3 to 8 years old there is a children rate.

Duration: 4 hours

Language: Spanish and English

Operates: Daily

Frecuency: In the morning only.

Pick up: Aprox. at 8:00 a.m.

Drop off: 1:00 p.m.

 
   
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