The second tour we took while in the area near Manuel Antonio National Park was a night jungle tour with Jade Tours. This was one of the tours listed at our resort that could be booked for us and since we were in the area for just a short amount of time, we decided to take advantage of the opportunity. The tour was $55+ tax per person. I felt that the price was appropriate since it offered an experience we couldn’t have on our own but my husband thought it could have been about 10 dollars less each since it was a shorter tour. The tour including bringing us to…

I wanted to book a couple of adventures while we were in Quepos and Tulemar Resort made that booking ridiculously easy! They have a list of possible tours with descriptions and prices and the concierge assigned to you on your stay books the tours for you. You pay for them before you check out. You can communicate with your concierge in the weeks prior to your stay to set this up and ask any questions. One of the tours we chose was the ATV tour with Real Adventure. We were picked up at the entrance of the resort in a little van which picked up a few other people on…

When we booked our 2 nights at Tulemar Resort, one of the things that drew my attention apart from the nice accomodations and the pretty scenery (jungle and beach) was the opportunity to more than likely see animals living in their natural habitat. It is one thing to observe animals at a zoo or rescue center but completely different to observe those animals living in the trees and bushes around you. So when I woke up early the first morning I went on a walk by myself as my husband wanted to sleep in a little longer. The first animal I came accross was an agouti which is a large…

When we decided to stay near Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, I looked at different hotel options on Tripadvisor. I was looking for something with pretty views, not overly expensive or inexpensive and read some reviews. After looking at options around $100-150 per night, I came upon Tulemar resort which was a little more expensive but not outragious. The price per night was around $230, the views and environment looked gorgeous and the amenities looked amazing. All of the reviews were great and once my husband saw it, he said “that was the one”. It appeared that Tulemar resort would give us a jungle experience while giving us…

Welcome to the first of many posts sharing my 2oth anniversary trip to Costa Rica with my husband! I figured I would write these post kind of like a journal sharing some travel tips along the way. We were able to use Delta Sky miles for this trip (just paying fees and taxes) and spent 2 nights in a Hilton Hotel in San Jose (using hotel points which included free breakfast and free happy hour). Saving money in these ways, we were able to spend a little more than our usual for 2 nights at Tulemar Resort which was still not crazy expensive (about $230 for our room which had…