Think Central America for a budget pleasing vacation

Here, in Costa Rica and Panama your travel dollar will go a lot further and you can often stay in a luxury hotel for the price of a moderate hotel at home. Both Costa Rica and Panama offer several upscale all inclusive resorts as well which means you won't have the added cost of meals.

Hawaii Hawaii

There is lots to do here that won't add much to the cost of your vacation. More adventurous sorts can bungee jump off a bridge, fly over the ocean, hike fiery craters, scuba dive with sharks, kayak through fierce currents and meet wild animals face to face all for the price of a tour. Culture lovers will find indigenous people living as their ancestors did thousands of years ago and fascinating Mayan ruins to explore. Everyone will enjoy the totally free but priceless peace and quiet of walks through rainforests, bird watching tours and miles and miles of sandy, uncrowded beaches.

Mother Nature has blessed these countries with wildlife and diversity that can't be found anywhere else in the world. The ecological magnificence stretches from the Caribbean to the Pacific and can all be enjoyed in a matter of days as these countries are small and compact, rich and dense. Each of them has its own special gifts to share as well.

Hawaii Hawaii

Known as Central America's jewel, Costa Rica is one of the best places to experience the tropics. It's also mostly coastline, which means great surfing, beaches galore and a fabulous climate. The lush jungles are home to playful monkeys, languid sloths, crocodiles, countless lizards, poison-dart frogs and a mind-boggling assortment of exotic birds, insects and butterflies, while the endangered sea turtles nest on both coasts and cloud forests protect elusive birds and jungle cats. If you want adventure here you can fly through forests on ziplines (one of the highlights of my last trip), peer into boiling volcanoes, surf oversized waves and dive with dolphins and whales - all in the course of a normal day. Or you can just chill out while lounging in a hammock, sunbathe on the beach and enjoy the pure life, or pura vida - a national expression that sums life in Costa Rica, a definite hassle free existence.

Absolutely fascinating and coming into its own as a travel destination, Panama is one the world's most historical and beautiful countries. It borders both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and boasts over 100 miles of fabulous white and sandy beaches and more than 1500 islands. Cloud forests, tropical rain forests and meandering rivers punctuate the two mountain ranges that form the interior of this small country. Such geographical diversity has created an amazing variety of ecological zones that are home to more than 960 species of birds, 220 of mammals, 240 of reptiles and over 10,000 species of plants making this a real paradise for nature lovers.

So come and discover the real Central America! I will put together the perfect and personal adventure of your dreams, tailored to your expectations and your budget. I can provide your air reservations, your tours. accommodations and rental car or private transfers. For more information please refer to our web site at www.incrediblejourney.net

I will be there for you from the planning stages until you have returned home from your own Incredible Journey.

Vicki Sanders
Your Central America Travel Consultant
vs@incrediblejourney.net