Costa Rica Uncovered is a unique blending of people and talents rarely seen in a Travel Tour operator. Our tour operator Adventure Tours in Costa Rica is licensed by the ITC and has been serving travelers in Costa Rica since 1984. Management has a combined 67 years of experience in the Costa Rican and Central American travel industry. We don't sell or recommend tours, hotels or fishing expeditions just because of hype or fancy brochures. On the contrary our focus is to uncover the best that Costa Rica has to offer through firsthand knowledge.
1. Price. Because we provide hotels , car rental companies, deep sea fishing captains and other tour companies such as zip line canopy tours with volume the give us greatly discounted prices that allow us to make and sell packages at a much lower price than available to the public.
2.Convenience. A typical 7 day tour may involve several dozen phone calls, confirmation faxes, hotel deposits and guarantees, scheduling of guides, airport pickups and departure transfers, and possibly car rental arrangements. Our staff in San Jose handles all of that for our clients at a price that is well below the published prices on say the hotel websites.
3. Local knowledge. We live and work in Costa Rica. Nothing can be substituted for first hand experience. Consider how many times a travel agent may have actually visited Costa Rica? Even if they lead a tour once or twice a year, they still cant compare to our depth of understanding of new products, hotels, or specials.
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Mike has been coming to Central America and Costa Rica since 1984 until finally settling permanently. An expert on Latin America, Mike has traveled on business to most countries in both South and Central America. He is a graduate from the Loyola University School of Law and aside from being an attorney he is also a light aircraft pilot and boating enthusiast. Mike is an experienced businessmen and he has run a variety of companies successfully for more than two decades.
Anna Fields
Anna Fields, one of the innovators of modern tourism in Costa Rica. Anita and her late husband Archie Fields founded the famous Rio Colorado Tarpon Fishing Lodge, Green Earth Adventures Tours in Costa Rica as well as promoting the famous Jungle train as a tour until 1991 when a powerful earthquake caused landslides that swept away large parts of the line. Although semi-retired, she comes into the office a couple days a week to make sure everything is on track. When not in the office she can be found on her farm outside San Jose tending her fruit trees, or visiting her daughter in the states.
Richard Leonardi - Vice President, Product development expert
A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard has been managing our sister company Tours Nicaragua operations since 1996. His responsibilities in Costa Rica focus on designing new tours and discovering unique destinations off the beaten path. Richard is a graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California and the author of the Europe's best selling non-fiction book on Nicaragua: Footprint Nicaragua (Bath, England 2005), now in its second edition. Richard is a documentary photographer and his images have been published in Europe, Latin America and the United States.
Wendy Pineer- Tour coordinator - Customer service
Born in Pearl Lagoon Nicaragua, and raised in the costal town of Blue Fields, Wendy is a highly prized member of our staff. Her organizational skills and quick responses to customer inquiries about various tours and knowledge of Costa Rica is second to none. When she is not working on tour itineraries she enjoys reading, exercise and spending time with her eight year old daughter.
