A six days Trekking Tour, beginning at Cerro de la Muerte (3,492m), the third highest peak in Costa Rica. The Tour descends by the ‘Rio Savegre Watershed’, of which eighty percent is covered by forest going through four different types of Life Zones in the Savegre Watershed, this tour ends at the coast. (Playa El Rey)
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Program: 
Day 1
Cerro de la Muerte – San Gerardo de Dota
14 km, 5 hours, without luggage
Early in the morning you will be transferred up to the mountains south of San Jose to the Cerro de la Muerte at 3400m.
Here starts the first challenge: your hiking tour!
We will start in Páramo and partly it is going steeply downhill to a height of 2300 m, through Cloud Forests full of bromelia. We are heading towards San Gerardo, known for the mythical Quetzal and for its apple production – unique in Costa Rica!
Accomodation in the Suria-Lodge.
Day 2
Quetzal - Providencia de Dota
12 km, 4-5 hours, without luggage (optional) Before breakfast you will be taken on an early-bird walk to find the quetzal.
After that we will go on a smooth hiking tour towards Providencia, where we come through one of the best coffee growing areas. After tasting some coffee and getting settled in our new accommodation we have the opportunity to visit an ecological coffee production unit of a local cooperative that takes part in Transfair Trade (Beneficio).
Day 3
Organic Finca – La Chaqueta
25 km, 8 hours, with luggage
Today we’ll enjoy breakfast at Finca Mora, an ecological ranch. The Finca is producing 110 kinds of vegetables and fruits in an organic way and is recycling the village’s garbage.
After a hearty breakfast we start the toughest hiking tour to La Chaqueta with 1500m height difference and immense changes in the vegetation.
We spend the night in rustic cottages made of wood in a warm climate in about 700m height, far away from any “civilisation”: this place is a former settling of Brunca-Indians.
Day 4
Piedras Blancas – El Brujo
25 km, 8 hours, with luggage
After a refreshing swim in the river we’ll drive towards El Brujo with a stop in Piedras Blancas (425m), where we will have a typical lunch at the home of the Granados family.
In the afternoon we’ll hike through teak plantations and reach the village El Brujo (‘The Magician’) at 250m, where we spend the night in a comfortable tent camp. After dinner we’ll have the chance to enjoy a cultural performance of students of the local school.
Day 5
San Cristobal – El Silencio
15 km, 5 hours, with luggageIn the morning we will cover the last difficult part of our hiking tour, the crossing of the mountain range of San Cristobal (569m).
In the village of San Cristobal we can cool down under the waterfall of El Chorro, take a typical lunch and relax.
From here it is just 45 more minutes towards our accommodation, the Albergue El Silencio, which is also an agricultural cooperative.
After getting settled in our bamboo cottages we can visit the wildlife-rescue-centre, before having dinner in the restaurant.
Day 6
Silencio – Playa El Rey – San José
8 km, 2,5 hours, without luggage
Being lucky we can observe, while having breakfast, the Scarlet Macaw.
Then we will start our last hiking kilometres on an 8 km long trail through oil palm plantation. We will again cross the Río Savegre and reach Playa El Rey in the National Park Manuel Antonio, to rush into the Pacific Ocean.
After enjoying an extensive swim we will have a farewell-picnic to celebrate our victory.
What to bring:
Hiking boots, mosquito repellent, sun screen, rain coat or poncho, camera, long and short pants, if you are allergic bring your medicines, bring at least one sweater, hat or cap, flashlight, total weight 30 to 35 pounds back-pack.
This tour may be extended with a stay on the beach!
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