11 days in Monteverde, Manuel Antonio & Drake Bay Itinerary

Monteverde is known for adventure, parks, and nightlife. Your trip includes some of its best attractions: stroll through Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, get to know the resident critters at The Bat Jungle, kick your exploration up a notch at some of the top local zipline courses and adventure parks, and explore the galleries of Arte Jaguar Gallery.

To see more things to do, traveler tips, and other tourist information, go to the Monteverde trip planner.

Mont Tremblant, Canada to Monteverde is an approximately 19.5-hour combination of flight and car. You can also do a combination of flight and car. The time zone difference moving from Eastern Standard Time (EST) to Central Standard Time (CST) is minus 1 hour. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 7th (Sun) to allow time to drive to Manuel Antonio.

Venture out of the city with trips to Jaco (Aurora Yoga & Canyoning & Rappelling Tours). The adventure continues: enjoy the sand and surf at Playa Manuel Antonio, get a dose of the wild on a nature and wildlife tour, find your balance on the water with some of the best stand-up paddleboarding in the area, and see Off-Road Tours.

To see photos, other places to visit, reviews, and more tourist information, go to the Manuel Antonio holiday planner.

Getting from Monteverde to Manuel Antonio by car takes about 4 hours. Other options: take a bus. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 10th (Wed) early enough to drive to Drake Bay.

Spend a day of island exploring on the 12th (Fri) at Cano Island. Spend the 13th (Sat) wandering through the wild on a nature and wildlife tour.

To see where to stay, reviews, traveler tips, and tourist information, use the Drake Bay sightseeing planner.

You can drive from Manuel Antonio to Drake Bay in 4 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of bus and ferry; or take a bus. Finish your sightseeing early on the 13th (Sat) to allow enough time to travel back home.