The Itinerary Costa Rica and Panama itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Costa Rica and Panama, each 12 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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Planning a trip to Costa Rica and Panama
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Dec–Apr — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 12 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 650 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Two sets of rules on this trip, and both have to be sorted before you fly.
- Costa Rica: Embassy or consulate in advance. Certain US visas can stand in.
- Panama: Embassy or consulate in advance. Certain multi-entry US, UK, Canadian or EU visas can stand in.
Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with each embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: San José · Arenal · Monteverde · Manuel Antonio · Boquete · Panama City · San Blas.
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Best for: Cloud forest and volcanoes, then the canal and an autonomous archipelago
Costa Rica and Panama in 12 days: Arenal, Monteverde, Boquete and the Canal
San José → Arenal → Monteverde → Manuel Antonio → Boquete → Panama City → San Blas
Two countries on the same isthmus that went opposite ways — one sold its forests to the world as national parks, the other cut itself in half for shipping. Quetzals and hanging bridges, then ships climbing a staircase of locks.
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