JUNGLE TARPON LODGE - TRIP DESCRIPTION
Your trip begins with your arrival in San Jose, Costa Rica. We will take care of you from there. You will be met by at the airport and taken to 
your hotel in San Jose. You will stay in San Jose that evening. You will be in the downtown area and there are lots of shops, some casinos, a beautiful restored theater and lots of things to do.
Depending on your itinerary at you will be flying to Parismina or taking the 3 hour van ride through the rainforest and then boat your way to Jungle Tarpon Lodge, your home for the next few days. It is about a 30 minute flight to the airstripou have if y. Either way we start at 7am for the trip to the municipal airport or the drive/boat scenic route. The scenic route will take you through the Cloud forest and ride the aerial tram up through around and back into the canopy of the rain forest. You will visit the butterfly farm and get a close up look at some banana plantations. It is about a 3 hour drive to the town of freeman where you will board a river boat for the last 20 minute ride to the Jungle Tarpon Lodge.
Once we get you settled into your room you will head out for a half day of fishing. Some of the best fishing is just minutes away.
Meals are served in the dining room ( palapa) and are cooked fresh every day. We import fresh vegetables for all meals and I promise you will never go hungry! Breakfast is served at 5:30 am for the fishers in the group so we can get out early and fish. You will have no trouble knowing when it is time to get up because the howler monkeys will be in full voice at dawn! It is an other worldly sound! Breakfast will always include fruit and juice every day, with bacon or sausage, eggs, French toast or pancakes. Did I mention the Costa Rican Coffee? Mmmmm.. Depending on the day we can opt to stay out through lunch and come back in mid afternoon or fish in 2 sessions one morning from 6 till 11:30, eat lunch at 12:30 or so. A little siesta till 2 and its back out on the water till dusk. That is one of my favorite ways to do it as you hit both ends of the day which can be the best. You will get a full day in each and every day. We are here to fish. If that isn't enough fishing you can get out in the surf and cast as long as you want! Dinner is served around 6:30 each evening. Full dinners are served with chicken, pork, seafood the main fare, complete with salad, vegetables, and the Costa Rican staple; rice and beans and of course dessert.
Those going on an eco tour will follow a more relaxed schedule that you determine in advance with your tour guide. The next days activity is always discussed at dinner. Perhaps the fishing has been better very early or later in the day, Carlos the head guide will make his recommendations for the next day. The eco tour guides will schedule th
e next days adventure over dinner as well. The Jungle Tarpon Lodge
is small enough that this kind of personal attention is standard practice. You don't have to hunt around for the head guide or tour director, they are there with you. Our reputation is based on providing exactly what you want on your trip to Costa Rica. It may be the biggest tarpon of your life or the spine tingling awe of the jungle and nature at work. This spectacular coast has it all.
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