Agencia Destino Tropical is a travel agent and tour operator located in La Fortuna de San Carlos, Costa Rica.
This is a family project run by Karla Picado and Mario Cordero. Both of us have worked many years in the tourism industry; first in hotels, later as white water rafting and bike tour guides in Costa Rica and Europe. More recently as country coordinators for an international tour operator. In 2003 we took a six month long training at the National Institute of Biodiversity (INBIO) and obtained our Licenses as Costa Rica Naturalist Guides. We have both organized and guided many tours since then: groups, couples, families, students and many bikers.
Five years ago, we got engaged and decided we did not want to live in San Jose anymore. The quality of life in the city was unbearable for these two runners, bikers, birdwatchers, and all around hyperactive souls. We looked for a better place all over the country, and then looked again. La Fortuna, at the base of Arenal Volcano was the ideal location with lots of good roads for biking, lots of rainforest for bird watching and a growing tourism industry. We also thought this was a safe and quiet place to raise a family.
Our goal is to create authentic travel experiences that value the traditional culture and ways of living of our country and that contribute to the sustainability of our natural and social environments.
You choose the dates; you choose the places and the activities. The advantages of a custom itinerary are flexibility and privacy.
We provide guidance and work out the logistics, such as transportation, road conditions, meals and activities. We choose the local guides that can make a difference in your experience.
Work with us in planning your ideal Costa Rica Vacation.
This site is just beginning and perhaps the information you need is still not here. So we ask you to please write to us. We still respond to all email every day and will answer all of your questions. If we don’t have an answer, I’m sure we know where to find it. And if you are ever visiting Arenal Volcano and La Fortuna, we’d love say hello and show you around.
In the afternoons, after school, they use some of our computers to learn basic English and play games to develop their math and logical thinking...
