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Costa Rica Hotel
See Costa Rica through the eyes of Costa Ricans
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Las Cruces Biological Station
| Valid January 01, 2008 - November 30, 2008
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| Prices in US$, local taxes not included |
| Standar Room/High Season 15dic- 30 April |
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$ 135.00 |
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Db |
$ 135.00 |
| Trp |
$ 160.00 |
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Quad |
N/A |
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| Standar Room /Green Season 1 may - 14 dic |
| Sng |
$ 120.00 |
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Db |
$ 120.00 |
| Trp |
$ 145.00 |
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Quad |
N/A |
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| Junior Superior/High Season 15dic- 30 April |
| Sng |
$ 155.00 |
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Db |
$ 155.00 |
| Trp |
$ 180.00 |
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Quad |
N/A |
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| Junior Superior/Green Season 1 may - 14 dic |
| Sng |
$ 140.00 |
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Db |
$ 140.00 |
| Trp |
$ 165.00 |
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Quad |
N/A |
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| Junior Suites/High Season 15dic- 30 April |
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| Junior Suites /Green Season 1 may - 14 dic |
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| Master Suite /Green Season 1 may - 14 dic |
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$ 330.00 |
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Db |
$ 330.00 |
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N/A |
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Quad |
N/A |
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| Master Suite /Green Season 1 may - 14 dic |
| Sng |
$ 290.00 |
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Db |
$ 290.00 |
| Trp |
$ 345.00 |
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Quad |
N/A |
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* Children under 8 years have addtional charge of $20.00.
* Breakfast included.
* Prices plus 16.39% taxes. |
Las Cruces Biological Station
A mid- elevation site, the Station's  borders extend through an elevational range of 1,000 to 1,385 meters and encompass over 250 hectares of premontane rain forest.
This Station is home to the Wilson Botanical Garden featuring beautifully diverse plantings of tropical and subtropical ornamentals, representatives of unusual plant families and rare and endangered plants from Costa Rica and elsewhere. Particularly well represented are ferns, aroids, bromeliads, gingers, heliconias, marantas, and palms. More than 1,000 genera in 212 plants families can be seen along trails that wind around palm-covered hillsides, through agave and lily beds, under rain forest canopy, through banana and heliconia groves, or to strategic overlooks on the rolling grounds.
Fodor's.com Review:
The compelling tourist draw here is the world-renowned Wilson Botanical Garden, a must-see for gardeners and bird-watchers and enchanting even for those who are neither. Paths through the extensive grounds are lined with exotic plants and shaded by avenues of palm trees and 50-foot-high bamboo stalks. In 1961 U.S. landscapers Robert and Catherine Wilson bought 30 acres of coffee plantation and started planting tropical species, including palms, orchids, bromeliads, and heliconias. Today the property extends over 635 acres, and the gardens hold around 2,000 native and more than 3,000 exotic species. The palm collection -- more than 700 species -- is the second largest in the world. Fantastically shaped and colored bromeliads, which usually live in the tops of trees, have been brought down to ground in impressive mass plantings, providing one of many photo opportunities. The property was transferred to the Organization for Tropical Studies in 1973, and in 1983 it became part of Amistad Biosphere Reserve. Under the name Las Cruces Biological Station, Wilson functions as a research and educational center, so there is a constant supply of expert botanists and biologists to take visitors on natural-history tours in the garden and the adjoining forest trails. If you spend a night at the garden lodge, you have the garden all to yourself in the late afternoon and early morning, when wildlife is most active.
Reserve Form Las Cruces Biological Station
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Gallery Las Cruces Biological Station
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