Costa Rica 15 January – 22 February 2024

Days: 39
Travel days: 15* / 38%
Non-travel days: 24* / 62%
Total kms: 1935* km
Avg km/day: 50 km
Travel day kms: 1935 km
Avg km/travel day: 129 km
Fuel used: 55.79 L (Michael)
Fuel economy: 2.88 L/100km (Michael)
* Gloria and Adam came to visit us; we rented a car and toured with them for ten days. We didn’t count this as “travel” days, the mileage we logged isn’t included either.

Average cost / day:
Angela: CAD$87.36
Michael: CAD$133.07 (Michael eats more food, burns more fuel. Michael did a lot of scuba diving.)

Where we slept:
Airbnb – 18%
Bunk-a-Biker – 5%
Friend – 5%
Hotel – 72%

Weather:
Cold/dry – 0%
Cold/wet – 0%
Cool/dry – 3%
Cool/wet – 5%
Warm/dry – 5%
Warm/wet – 0%
Hot/dry – 80%
Hot/wet – 7%
(Wet defined as riding in rain enough to have put on rain gear; if it rained and we weren’t riding in it, the day is listed as dry)

Road surface:
Paved – 95%
Rock – 0%
Dirt/gravel – 5%
Sand – 0%

Things we enjoyed:

Playa Coco – very touristy
Tamarindo – very touristy
La Leona Waterfall tour – great experience
La Fortuna
– North Fields Coffee Tour – great experience learning and tasting coffee, cacao and sugar cane
– Sloth’s Territory – good tour
– Night tours in this area are overpriced and not great value
Catarata del Toro – nice hike in, beautiful waterfalls
Blue Falls of Costa Rica – same location, different hike; best if it hasn’t been raining
Templo Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes – unique church worth a short visit
Crocodile Bridge – good place to look down on crocodiles; crocodile tours in the area are okay, but not fantastic
Crocodile Man Tour – boat tour up the river to look at crocs and other fauna; we saw some crazy big crocodiles
Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio – great place to walk through; fantastic beaches and lots of wildlife to see
San Isidro De El General – stay with Garry and Evelyn here (listed on Bunk-a-Biker); they provide great support to the ADV community
Sierpe – the start of a great ride leading to Drake Bay, including a short ferry ride
Golfito – there’s a great little dive shop here; Bob does a truly fantastic job of instruction; if you’re looking to learn to dive or get advanced certification, talk to Bob