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| Stephen
Ahearn Thank you Sandra for arranging my trip details so perfectly. When I decided last October to visit Costa Rica this spring, I was unaware of all the craziness around Easter week. When I did find out much later about all the problems surrounding travel during Semana Santa, I tried to make a few plans on my own--from the U.S.--but without much success. I don't like to plan my travel, I usually like to just get off the plane or train or boat and then make it up as I go along, but it was obvious that I needed help this time.
I really appreciated your advice about not trying to squeeze too
much into the days I had, and your recommendations for day trips
worked out great. The intimate little hotels you set up for me were
much more to my liking than the resort-style places I was finding
on expedia.com and elsewhere. And Juan Carlos going out of his way
to pick me up at my last hotel and bring me over near the airport
was fantastic first-class beyond-the-call-of-duty service. Thanks
again, and I will be recommending Green Tropical to my friends and
associates when they make their travel plans to your country. Hasta
la proxima vez Stephen
Ahearn |
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Javier Pons Solo queria darte las gracias por el viaje tan maravilloso que nos organizaste. Asimismo, te agardezco de verdad que nos pusieras en contacto con el doctor y tus constantes atenciones con nosotros durante el viaje. Como te comente, sere un fiel "embajador" de Costa Rica y de vuestra agencia en particular para todos nuestros familiares y amigos. Gracias otra vez. Javier
Pons |
| Karen
& Don Schneider March 2005 U.S.A  We
wanted to thank you for making our visit to Costa Rica a very memorable
time. Veronika did an excellent job of planning our trip and everyone
we worked with from Green Tropical Tours was very friendly and helpful.
All of our accommodations were comfortable and each was special
in its own way. We especially enjoyed the three days when Juan Carlos
was our driver/guide. So many times one visits a country and sees
the sights, but never comes to know its people. Being with Juan
Carlos made us feel that we had a friend in Costa Rica. His help
was greatly appreciated when our traveling companions lost their
credit card. We hope you will share the attached picture with him.
We had a wonderful introduction to Costa Rica and hope to return in the near future. When we do, we will be sure to contact Green Tropical Tours again. Until then, we will recommend your services to any friends who travel to Costa Rica. I have posted a message about your company on fodors.com travel forum. Sincerely, Karen and Don |
| Francoise
& Claude Wolkowicz
We look forward to seeing you in France Warmest regards Francoise & Claude Wolkowicz |
We
have been in Paris (cold) for already one week, and we think it
is quite time to write and express the pleasure we had travelling
in beautiful Costa Rica and enjoying the beauties of your country.
We thank you warmly for the professional preparation of our itinerary,
and the quality of our guide Juan-Carlos. We were pleased to meet
with your beautiful family. We will recommend all our friends to
go to CR and use Green Tropical!
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Alejandro y Lourdes Diez Queríamos agradeceros el haber hecho inolvidable nuestra estancia en Costa Rica. Gracias porque la organización del viaje fue perfecta y disfrutamos al máximo nuestro tiempo. Gracias porque con vuestra ayuda nos hemos traído una amplia visión del país y de su gente. Hemos aprendido mucho. Guardamos
un agradable recuerdo en nuestra mente y en nuestro corazón. Un
abrazo, El
otro día oímos una frase que describe la biodiversidad
de Costa Rica: "... si realmente Noé cargó hace
miles de años una barca donde recogió todas las especies
animales y vegetales del planeta, sin duda desembarcó en
Costa Rica". |
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Naomi and Stuart and Rachel
Naomi Goldman, Stuart Goldman and Rachel Goldman |
We
got home safely and with no mishaps. We would like to thank you
for a vacation of a lifetime. Thank you for everything.
Becky Duncan Thanks for Making Our Vacation So Great! Hi Constanza, We
arrived home safely on Saturday inspite of the hurricane Charlie
running over Florida. D'Orsay and I had a wonderful time on vacation
and wanted to thank you for setting up the arrangements. I must
say that everyone we met from your country was wonderfully helpful
and kind. We appreciated having Mauricio serve as our guide for
the volcano Poaz, La Paz waterfall, and volcano Arenal portions
of the trip. It got us off to a great start. We were also glad that we had a chance to meet other people traveling the country as we took the boat and bus ride to Moneteverde. We actually saw some of the same people in the national park and on the street in Manuel Antonio! One restaurant you should mention to others while they are in Monteverde is "Sophia." The food is excellent and the owner very nice. She stopped by to talk to us briefly while we were there. There also is a good pizzaria in Santa Elena that has good food too! We liked the local beer--Pilsen and Imperial, and cheese. The pace of the trip was just right and the trip to Talacon Hot Springs after whitewater rafting was the perfect end to a fun day. We loved the massages we scheduled and got to take the last bus out with all the locals so that was a fun way to end the day and get back to the hotel.
We managed to see the sunset while we were in Manual Antonio. The tour through the National Park was very enjoyable. We saw a lot of wildlife (monkeys, sloths, iguanas, crabs, snakes, birds etc.) and walked up to the lookout before taking a swim. I can see why people want to stay for weeks on end.
Thanks. --Becky |
The
canopy tour and zipline runs were great. We overcame our fear of
dangling from a wire and by the end of the 11th run decided we could
do this all day! The walking and exercise were just enough for us.
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Steve and Sandy Rendig We're still thinking about, and talking about, our incredible vacation! Thanks so much for your efforts that made this vacation possible.
Best regards, |
We
knew we wanted to go to Costa Rica to experience the rainforest
environments and see the diverse flora and fauna. We knew we wanted
to go to Tortuguero, Arenal volcano, and Monteverde Cloud Forest.
We contacted Green Tropical with our sketchy plans and they put
together a tour that included those locations, as well as Manuel
Antonio and La Selva Biological Reserve. The latter turned out to
be one of the best tours of the trip. Our guide from Green Tropical,
Maurice, was a 'birding' expert who was also enjoyable to travel
with. All our travel/tour connections were punctual, and our lodging
was super. We cannot say enough about the extra effort that Sandra
and Juan Carlos made to make our trip enjoyable, including having
to shift all our reservations back one day at the last minute because
of a flight delay and a missed connection. We highly recommend their
excellent tour service.
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Pam Wright
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I
can't recommend Green Tropical Tours highly enough! Our itinerary
and accommodations were exactly right and prices were excellent,
while our local guide was knowledgeable, personable and added many
"extras" to our experience both in the forests and on
the road. Thanks to them, we saw birds, flowers and vistas we'd
never have appreciated on our own.
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Craig Purchase I am writing to say thank you to Green Tropical Tours for a great trip to Costa Rica and to provide some information to others as to why I was so impressed.
Through more than a dozen emails, Sandra and I came up with a tour that I was happy with. It required no back tracking, no downtime, and for me seemed to get the most bang for the buck in terms on hitting the hotspots that most people want to see. I and a friend, arrived in San Jose on Nov 28. Sandra came to the airport to pick us up. The next morning we were to go white water rafting on the Pacure River. The rafting company picked us up and brought us to the river, but after a long night of rain it was too dangerous to go on the water. We were dropped off in our hotel in Guapiles where it was arranged that we were being picked up the next morning. I was quite dissappointed, as the rafting trip was $95 each, and we had lost a whole day. Sandra from Green Tropical called us at the hotel that night, and ensured us that we would get our money back from the tour. This seem too good to be true, as we had been taken on a 1.5 hour bus ride, and fed a buffet breakfast.
For our last week, we went to Rincon de la Vieja national park for 2 nights, El Coco for one night, and Tamarindo for 2 nights. The interbus picked us up at Tamarindo and brought us back to San Jose a day early to try the rafting trip again. It was cancelled again because of high water. We flew back to Toronto on Dec 12. The night before we left, Sandra came to see us off, and even gave us a christmas present. Wonderful lady. We did get a full refund on our rafting trip, and had no problems at all during our two weeks in Costa Rica. I would recommend Green Tropical Tours to anyone. Craig
Purchase, Ph.D. |
I
don't speak any Spanish and so wanted to take the first part of
my two week vacation in Costa Rica with a tour company. I researched
50 companies (I am not kidding); all but two had things in their
tours that I didn't want to pay money for (I didn't need a tour
guide to sit on the beach). I was 28 years old and was also a little
concerned the there would be no one close to my age on these trips.
I ended up choosing Green Tropical Tours.
From
Guapiles we went to Tortuguero NP for 2 nights, then to Arenal for
1 night, and Monteverde for 2 nights. That ended our organized tour,
but we still had the trip back to San Jose, and our last night in
hotel paid for. Sandra arranged things such that our last night
in Costa Rica would be covered whenever we decided to leave, and
our trip back to San Jose would be taken care of (all we had to
do is call and give one day notice of where we were).
