“Costa Rica Family Adventure”

7 days, 6 nights in June, July & Dec. 2015. Children meet local children. Highlights: San José/hike Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, home to tapirs, sloths, howler monkeys/near Monteverde, visit coffee plantation, dine in tree house/in Guanacaste Province, see big cats up close at Las Pumas Rescue Center and float on Corobici River/in canyons around Rio Blanco, rappel, zip-line, and swim in thermal pools/kids meet future penpals in Colonia Libertad. Land, ppdo, $3,990 adult or $3,890 child (7-17). Single supp., $800. National Geographic Expeditions (Washington, DC; 888/966-8687, www.ngs.org).