The Cole Burrell Pura Vida Tour
Gardens, Birds, and Adventure

Main Trip:  January 10 – 20, 2011

All-inclusive Air, Hotel & Tour Package:   $3,665.00 per person, double occupancy

Extension to Tiskita:  January 20-24, 2011

All-inclusive Air, Hotel & Tour Package:  $1,110.00 per person, double occupancy

Escape the cold and snow this winter and rejuvenate your senses by joining C. Colston Burrell and Robin Fox on a trip to Costa Rica. This loaded, all-inclusive tour combines gardens, birding and soft adventure into a memorable travel journey. Costa Rica is a botanically-rich environment with more than twenty-five percent of its land protected as national parks and preserves. In the gardens and forests of this eco-paradise are an unbelievable array of orchids, flowers, animals and birds. Costa Rica boasts over 820 species of birds; more than in all of North America. This diversity is due to its incredible variation in topography, vegetation and rainfall patterns. 

In order to experience the best of the best of Costa Rica, the tour will include stops to:

• San Jose
• Cloud Forests of the Tilaran Mountains:  Monteverde and Santa Elena
• Caribbean Lowlands
• Central Highlands

Tour Highlights:

• Cloud Forests of the Tilaran Mountains:  Monteverde and Santa Elena
• The private gardens of Illeana de Teran
• The Gold Museum
• Monteverde Orchid Gardens
• Else Kientzler Botanical Garden
• Organization for Tropical Studies Biological Station at La Selva
• Selva Verde Ecological Reserve
• A boat excursion on the Rio Sarapiqui
• Las Cusingas Botanical Garden
• Costa Flores Nursery
• CATIE, one of three tropical agriculture institutes in Latin America
• Guayabo National Monument

This itinerary allows you to experience a vast array of gardens and biological reserves as well as species of birds.

Be sure to pack your binoculars and cameras, as this trip will be a photographer’s dream.   Since all air, hotel, and land arrangements have been made for you, expert guides will be at your side throughout the trip and delicious meals are included—all you need to do is enjoy!

About the Tour Expert

Cole Burrell has devoted a lifetime to studying native plants in the wild and in gardens. He is a noted author, lecturer and received his M.S. in Horticulture and a MLA from the University of Minnesota, where he was also an instructor.

About your Macy’s Travel Escort

Robin Fox has brought garden enthusiast and travelers of all interests, around the world for more than two decades. Her travel expertise means travelers are assured an amazing journey at the best value available. 

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Registrations must be received by November 1, 2010

Join the journey today.  For registration and complete tour information, call Robin Fox at Macy’s Travel: 612-375-3639.