In this section of our web, we will try to provide most of the information you would need or would like to know.  Just remember, mere words cannot capture the fun and excitement of the real thing.  You have to experience a Sippin Safari Tour to Costa Rica.   A typical  day with Sippin Safaris at the Parador Hotel:   During the touring portion of your trip: 6:30 am - Awaken to the tropical sounds of monkeys and exotic birds of the rain forest 7:30a.m. - Full American Buffet Breakfast in the Parador Hotel, out on the patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean. OPTIONS:  WHEN YOU ARE AT THE PARADOR HOTEL; Manuel Antonio Rain Forrest/Manuel Antonio National Park One of the finest Rain forests preserves in Costa Rica, with various ecosystems, numerous plant and animal species. The area is inundated with coves, beaches, palm trees and many animals, including birds, monkeys, Sloth’s, Iguanas, butterflies and others  Lunch  around 1 to 2 PM. Around 3:00 p.m., your bus  will take you back to the Parador Hotel.   You will go to your room, get cleaned, showered and get your bathing suit on. You will come out to the giant pool, which looks out over the Pacific Ocean. It has a built in Jacuzzi and bar for cocktails.  The views there of the Pacific Ocean are awesome.  After you are finished with swimming or lounging by the pool, you can go back to your room, get changed and make your own arrangements for dinner.  There are patios all around the hotel where you can have your cocktails, dinner and Cuban cigars.  This hotel also has pool tables, exercise equipment, a spa, a mini golf course, and tennis courts.  It also has a beach that you can walk down to should you so desire.  And, of course, magnificent dinners - whatever you want, beef, fowl or fish.   OPTIONS;  WHEN YOU ARE IN SAN JOSE AT THE IRAZE BEST WESTERN HOTEL: The Coffee Tour de Café Britt (A classic, since 1991) The tour that started it all!  Since 1991, more than half a million visitors have joined us in Heredia, Costa Rica, making this tour one of the most visited tours in the country. As songbirds chirp overhead, you’ll brush up against and touch real coffee bushes, in a real coffee plantation.  Savor the sweet taste of a ripe coffee cherry and breathe in the analyzing aroma of freshly roasted Arabica coffee beans.  The production cycle from the seed to the roasting plant comes alive before your very eyes!                 Features: ·         Organic coffee plantation ·         Roastery ·         Coffee cupping demonstration ·         Barista cappuccino preparation exhibition ·         Buffet lunch.  Don Prospero on site restaurant     OPTIONS;  WHEN YOU ARE AT THE IRAZU BEST WESTERN HOTEL;   Waterfall Garden Park TOUR ;   Leave The Irazu Best Western Hotel early to take advantage of the best time of day.  Head north through Heredia, driving basically uphill which will lead you up the interior mountain slopes past coffee plantations and thousands of acres of ornamental flowers that are exported all over the world. It is a pleasant drive, passing little villages splashed over the landscape, each with views down into the Central Valley, and the Escazu Mountains beyond.  Six kilometers past the Village of Varablanca you will see La Paz Waterfall Garden Park on the left side.  They claim to have the world's largest butterfly farm, an orchids garden with a sampling of the fourteen hundred indigenous species to Costa Rica, and a funny hummingbird station with all sorts of the little guys zipping in and out sampling the sugar water. From the bus, you will see the La Paz waterfalls at the bottom of the park. Step out and take your Photos and maybe walk behind the falls.    INCLUDED IN TOUR;   The Central Pacific Coast Your drive and tour will take you from The Irazu Best Western Hotel in San Jose to the 4 Star Double Tree Resort in Puntarenas. You will pass through  Coffee Plantations with beatifull views of the Pacific ocean.  We will stop at the Tarcoles River Bridge, under which you will see as many as 30 Crocodiles, some over 16 feet long. This area with the crocodiles was featured on T.V. by The National Geographic Magazine.  The region’s main attractions are its coast and protected wilderness areas.  The coast is made up of numerous beautiful beaches.  With regard to wilderness areas, the regions features wildlife refuges, national parks and biological preserves.   Also worthy of note is the scenic beauty along the coastal highway that connects the Caldera area with the Quepos and Manuel Antonio region.       NOT INCLUDED: All other food on the trip, tips, alcohol, personal items, airport tax and R/T transportation to Costa Rica. GROUP SIZE - MAXIMUM 22 persons each timeframe.