Costa Rica family trip-TA

[dazedx3]

What kind of activities are there to do if someone is not able to do the more physical activities but still likes to keep busy? My daughter has been there 2x, but she was on a medical relief trip, so they only really only had 1-2 days to be tourists.

 

[dakcp2001]

Is Arenal no longer 'flowing'. We were there for our honeymoon (12 years in June) and it was so nice to watch the lava flow at night.

It's not active anymore. When I was there in 2001-2003 ish it was my favorite part if the trip. We just sat out in the porch watching the lava. It was beautiful.

 

[rnorwo1]

Our youngest was 4 and had his birthday on our trip, turning 5. He is very small for his age. The tour companies are great about accommodating kids. He ziplined with a guide & absolutely loved it. We did a tubing trip at the Springs hotel and they took him in an inflatable kayak with the guides because he was nervous to be on his own tube. The only thing he couldn't do was the waterfall rapelling. Not because of his age, but because he had a feeding tube in his stomach and they were afraid the harness would catch on it. They gave us a guide to go through the jungle with and my husband and I just switched off on each of the rappels. Overall, they are so great about dealing with young kids.

I think the only issue you might have is river rafting. I know a lot of the rafting is pretty challenging, so much of it has an age limit of 12 I think. However, there is so much for kids to do in CR that I wouldn't let that deter you from taking a younger child. My only hesitation would be if they are not adventurous kids. My kids seem to have no fear so they love adventure trips. (unlike me, who has a lot of fears!)

Thanks! My youngest is the most adventurous, it's my middle child who usually sidelines us!