Award-winning family adventures, away from the crowds
Embark on an unforgettable family adventure in the tropical paradise of Costa Rica! Our Costa Rica Family trips are designed to cater to the diverse interests of every family member, offering a perfect blend of excitement, relaxation, and cultural immersion. Create lifelong memories as you explore this destination together as a family.
Immerse yourselves in the beauty of tropical rainforests, pristine beaches, and fascinating wildlife. From exhilarating outdoor activities like river rafting to educational nature tours and cultural experiences, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
Let our experienced guides take care of all the details as they lead you on thrilling expeditions through dense jungles, where you can spot monkeys, sloths, and exotic birds.
Your holiday can be easily tailored to your needs (and your kids’ needs too, of course...). We're only an email away if you have any queries or any specific things you'd love to include.
Travelling with one of the first travel companies to be certified B Corp means your vacation, according to Which?, meets "the highest standards of social and environmental performance".
Beautifully Local
Vacations away from the crowds, crafted to give you a more authentic, local experience. Small-scale accommodation, exceptional guides & in-depth local knowledge.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Costa Rica a good place for a family vacation?
"Costa Rica remains one of the world's great family vacation destinations. Immersive activities, vast landscapes, exotic wildlife all around and an infectious thirst for life are the hallmarks of a memorable family adventure."
Costa Rica might even be the very best place for a family vaction.
Amazing activities you can all enjoy together, exotic wildlife and unchecked nature all around, miles and miles of unspoilt beaches and some truly memorable places to stay and soak it all in. If you were to invent an ideal destination for active families, it would look an awful lot like Costa Rica...
Sharing Costa Rica with our own kids
Costa Rica family vacations are therefore ubiquitous and the vast majority on offer may look remarkably similar. So we’d like to give you a bit of a flavour of how approach them, based on our own experiences with our children, happy and privileged guinea pigs, to judge if we’re right for you.
Pura Vida – the joy of life – is a big thing here, you no doubt already know. It’s also not a bad philosophy for any Costa Rica trip, not least when there are active children and teenagers involved. It sets a course for your trip, encouraging you to go with the flow, with the weather, with your energy levels and with how you're all feeling. Anything too rigid and regimented would be a bit incongruous in Costa Rica.
So, our approach is to add structure where it adds value, but also know when to back off so that you can be independent. Sometimes you just want to fill up the fridge and be self-contained for a few days, with the space to slow down and the flexibility to change plans or book things on the day.
The structure we do add comes in many forms, from the regions you visit and the places you stay, to the activities you want and the local support you need. That’s all part of the planning process – getting the vacation right for you all, individually and as a family.
Zip lining in the northern forests
Activities also come in many forms and, for us, the sweet spots are always the ones you enjoy together, laughing and giggling and getting wet and sharing the moment, no compromises or negotiations.
For the high-octane moments, that could be rafting, rappelling, zip lining and mountain biking. For the gentler moments its kayaking through mangroves, snorkelling off a tropical island, horse riding along the beach or hiking up through the forest.
Then there’s the wildlife. No matter what anyone says, toucans, sloths and monkeys are cool at any age. Coming across them in their natural habitat, wild and free, is just going to make you all smile.
Better yet, there’s nothing quite like a troop of monkeys barrelling through the canopy in the morning to get a teenager out of bed. Add in the empty 7km stretch of sand that’s a short stroll away from your beach house and there’ll be no problems getting the day kick-started. Likewise, phone screens are not quite so interesting when someone has seen a sloth in your lodge’s garden, or when you come across a young puma stalking a group of deer by the roadside.
Stay in your very own beach house
That’s the Costa Rica we love – the bits you go out to find with your guides, and the unexpected moments that come to you, when you’re not looking for them. Our experience, direct connections and knowledge enable us to share lesser-known corners, at the right times and with the right people.
So if you only take the kids to Costa Rica once, let’s make it count.
Do I drive or travel by private transfers?
For most trips, you can do either.
Costa Rica has good roads and is a very safe country to drive around. Modern 4x4 vehicles are provided should you wish to drive yourself.
We also offer comfortable private transfers to the majority of destinations should you wish to travel without driving.
When is the best time to go to Costa Rica?
Costa Rica manages to pack an unbelievable amount of weather into a small area. That's why most people are confused as to when to plan their visit.
Essentially, the country has a tall spine of mountains running down the middle so there is near total separation of the Caribbean from the Pacific sides.
The upside is that Costa Rica is pretty much a year-round destination, and even if you're there in a wetter season then that likely means warm days with a few showers and storms, rather than day-long drizzle.