Envision Festival 2013 Costa Rica Travel Packages

Pre-Festival Tour (Feb 20-26)/ Envision Festival (Feb 27-March 3) / Post-Festival Retreat (March 4-6)

Costa Rica

Highlights:Dance, Play and Connect with Like-minded Socially Conscious People

at the 3rd Annual Envision Festival (6 Days/5 Nights)

Immerse Yourself around Diverse Flora & Fauna(Costa Rica is one of the most bio-diverse regions in the World and home to over 700 bird species)

Visit National Parks and Tropical Rainforests & Jungles

Zipline through the Rainforest Canopy

Experience Country-living and Working Organic Farms

Learn how to Make Chocolate and Fresh Cheese

Meet Friendly and Hospitable Local Ticos & Expats

Nourish Yourself with Fresh Organic Foods and Drink Delicious Coffee, Fresh Mountain Spring Water and Tropical Fruit Drinks

Learn Spanish & Costa Rican Culture

Learn about Real Estate Investments, Rental Income Properties,and Retirement and Relocation Opportunities (visit properties for sale at

La EcoVilla, Buenaventura, and other eco-communities in Costa Rica)

About EnvisionAs a celebration dedicated to awakening our human potential,  Envision provides a platform for different cultures to co-exist in sustainable community, as well as a forum in which to create and explore new paradigms by inspiring one another through art, spirituality, yoga,  music,  dance, performance, education, sustainability and our fundamental connection with nature.

Envision offers an opportunity for people to come together in community to share, dance, play, celebrate, love, learn, teach, co-create, co-inspire and together transform our individual and collective consciousness.  We hope that Envision changes people, and that they leave with a desire to continue to grow and evolve in their relations with one another and with the world. - Source: Envision Festival

2013 MUSIC LINE-UP:

EOTO, Emancipator, Alex Grey & Allison Grey, Envision Orchestra, Midnite, Quixotic Fusion, Karsh Kale, Random Rab, The Earth Harp, GAUDI, The Polish Ambassador, Andreilien (Heyoka), Phuturprimitive, Love & Light, Govinda, David Starfire, and more..

For Full Music Line-up, Workshops Schedule and more info, please visit: www.envisionfestival.com

Travel Package #1: (13 Days / 12 Nights)

1. Pre-Festival Tour (Feb 20 - 26) (7 Nights)2. Envision Festival (Feb 27 - March 3) (5 Nights)Package starts at: $1,095 USD per person

Travel Package #2: (9 Days / 8 Nights)

1. Envision Festival (Feb 27 - March 3) (5 Nights)2. Post-Festival Retreat at Buenaventura (March 4 - 6) (3 Nights) Package starts at: $444 USD per person* Option to Extend 3 more nights for a Eco-Real Estate Guided Tour

Travel Package #3: (16 Days / 15 Nights)

1. Pre-Festival Tour (Feb 20 - 26) (7 Nights)2. Envision Festival (Feb 27 - March 3) (5 Nights)3. Post-Festival Retreat at Buenaventura (March 4 - 6) (3 Nights) Package starts at: $1,335 USD per person * Option to Extend 3 more nights for a Eco-Real Estate Guided Tour

* Upgrades to Hotels or Private House rentals during Envision Festival are available. Hotels range in price from $40 - $150 per night (Double Occupancy) and Private House rentals range in price from $150-$500 per night (most houses sleep between 6-12 people)

Envision FestivalTRavel PackageS

Dates: February 20 - March 3, 2013 (13 Days/12 Nights)

Travel Package #1:

* Pre-Festival Tour (Feb 20 - 26) (7 Nights)* Envision Festival (Feb 27 - March 3) (5 Nights)

Two Pre-Festival Tours to Choose from:

Tour #1: Envision: A Magical and Sustainable Journey through Costa RicaPackage Cost: $1,095 before Jan 1st, 2013 / $1,195 after Jan 1st, 2013

Tour #2: Envision: An Incredible Journey of Yoga and Surfing through Costa RicaPackage Cost: $1,195 before Jan 1st, 2013 / $1,295 after Jan 1st, 2013

* Prices based on two people per hotel room during Pre-Festival Tour. For Private Rooms during Pre-Festival Tour, please add $395.

* Upgrades to Hotels or Private House rentals during Envision Festival are available. Hotels range in price from $40 - $150 per night (Double Occupancy) and Private House rentals range in price from $150-$500 per night (most houses sleep between 6-12 people)

More information on each Pre-tour can be found online at: http://www.2013.envisionfestival.com/index.php/travel/pre-envision-tours

Travel Package #1

What’s Included in Travel Package #1: Pre-Festival Tour (Tour #1 or #2): * 7 Nights Lodging at hotels during Pre-Festival Tour* All Ground Transfers during Pre-Festival Tour* All tours mentioned in Pre-Festival Tour Itineraries* Most Meals (70% of meals included) (Rafting, Surfing, Yoga, Canopy Ziplines, Hiking, etc)* Envision Festival Tour Guides

Envision Festival:* 5 Day Full Festival Pass and Camping at Envision Festival

What’s Not Included: International Airfare, Some meals during Pre-Tour and No Meals during Envision Festival, Tips, Airport Exit Tax.

Dates: February 27 - March 6, 2013 (9 Days/8 Nights)

Travel Package #2:

* Envision Festival (Feb 27 - March 3) (5 Nights)* Post-Festival Retreat at Buenaventura & Three Seeds (March 4 - 6) (3 Nights)

Package Costs are based on Lodging Options at Buenaventura:

* Do-it-Yourself Tent Camping (bring your own tent and mat/sleeping bag)Package Cost: $444 USD per person

* Turn-Key Tent Camping (BV provides tent, mattress and bedding)Package Cost: $474 USD per person

* Shared or Private Rooms in Buenaventura’s River-front Main LodgePackage Cost: $519 USD per person (Add $150 for Private Room)

* Private River-front Cabins (Casita SalvaDanta and Cabina del Rio)Package Cost: $669 USD Single Occupancy (Add $369 for 2 people)

* Upgrades to Hotels or Private House rentals during Envision Festival are available. Hotels range in price from $40 - $150 per night (Double Occupancy) and Private House rentals range in price from $150-$500 per night (most houses sleep between 6-12 people)

Travel Package #2

What’s Included in Travel Package #2: Envision Festival:* 5 Day Full Festival Pass and Camping at Envision Festival

Post-Festival Retreat at Buenaventura & Three Seeds: * 3 Nights Lodging (Tent Camping or Shared/Private Rooms)* 8 Organic Home-Grown/Home Cooked Hearty Meals * Edible Food Forest & Farm Tour at Three Seeds Organic Farm* Avatar Adventure Hiking Tour to Waterfalls & Blue Clay Mud Baths* ZenZu Jungle Party (with local drink elixirs)

What’s Not Included: International Airfare, Airport Transfers, Meals during Envision Festival, Transfers to/from Buenaventura, Additional Tours/Workshops at Buenaventura & Three Seeds, Tips, Airport Exit Tax.

Dates: February 20 - March 6, 2013 (16 Days/15 Nights)

Travel Package #3:

* Pre-Festival Tour (Feb 20 - Feb 26) (7 Nights) * Envision Festival (Feb 27 - March 3) (5 Nights)* Post-Festival Retreat at Buenaventura & Three Seeds (March 4 - 6) (3 Nights)

Package Costs are based on Pre-Festival Tour and Lodging Options at Buenaventura:

* Do-it-Yourself Tent Camping (bring your own tent and mat/sleeping bag)Package Cost: $1,335 USD (Pre-Tour #1) or $1,435 USD (Pre-Tour #2)

* Turn-Key Tent Camping (BV provides tent, mattress and bedding)Package Cost: $1,365 USD (Pre-Tour #1) or $1,465 USD (Pre-Tour #2)

* Shared or Private Rooms in Buenaventura’s River-front Main LodgePackage Cost: $1,410 USD (Pre-Tour #1) or $1,510 USD (Pre-Tour #2)(Add $150 for Private Room for Single Occupancy at Buenaventura )

* Private River-front Cabins (Casita SalvaDanta and Cabina del Rio)Package Cost: $1,560 USD (Pre-Tour #1) or $1,660 USD (Pre-Tour #2)(Add $165 for 2 people staying in the same Private Cabin at Buenaventura)

* Upgrades to Hotels or Private House rentals during Envision Festival are available.

Travel Package #3

What’s Included in Travel Package #3: Pre-Festival Tour (Tour #1 or #2): See Package #1 for what’s included

Envision Festival:* 5 Day Full Festival Pass and Camping at Envision Festival

Post-Festival Retreat at Buenaventura & Three Seeds: See Package #2 for what’s included

What’s Not Included: International Airfare, Airport Transfers, Some Meals during Pre-Tour and No Meals during Envision Festival, Transfers to/from Buenaventura, Additional Tours/Workshops at Buenaventura & Three Seeds, Tips, Airport Exit Tax.

Dates: March 7 - 9, 2013 (4 Days / 3 Nights)

Extend Your Trip: Eco-Real Estate Guided Tour If you’ve been interested in making real estate investments in Costa Rica, here’s your opportunity to take a guided Eco-Real Estate Tour with Harlow Newton, a Costa Rica travel and real estate specialist. Harlow partners with realty companies including Coldwell Banker, Green Leaf Realty, Chirripo Realty and local land owners and developers to show his clients properties based on their investment objectives, goals and budgets.

Harlow has been buying and selling real estate in Costa Rica for over 10 years, and has been leading Real Estate tours in Costa Rica, Colombia, Uruguay and Argentina showing a wide range of properties including Turn-Key Vacation Rental Income Properties, Eco-Villages & Communities, Food, Livestock and Timber Farms and Raw Land Ocean View/River-front Lots.

The Eco-Real Estate Guided Tour schedule is as follows:

March 7: Visit Properties in Savegre River Valley & Tinamastes River ValleyMarch 8: Visit Properties in Platanillo, Dominical and UvitaMarch 9: Visit Properties in Manuel Antonio and La EcoVilla development

Cost for Eco-Real Estate Guided Tour: $699 USD p/person (Dble Occ)

Eco-Real estate Tour

What’s Included in Eco-Real Estate Tour: * Guided Tour of Properties in Costa Rica * Introduction to Brokers and Realtors at Local Realty Firms * Introduction to land owners and developers * 3 Nights Lodging in B&Bs in Dominical and Atenas * All Ground Transfers (from Buenaventura to San Jose)

What’s Not Included: International Airfare, Airport Transfers, Meals, Tips, Airport Exit Tax. Hotels included are B&Bs, upgrades available.

FROM SAN FRANCISCO (SFO):TACA/LACSA Airlines (stop in El Salvador): $604 USD Round-tripFRONTIER Airlines (stop in Denver): $772 USD Round-trip

FROM LOS ANGELES (LAX):TACA Airlines (Non-stop or stop in Guatemala): $622 USD Round-trip Spirit Airlines (Stop in Ft. Lauderdale): $577 USD Round-trip

FROM SEATTLE (SEA):FRONTIER Airlines (stop in Denver): $717 USD Round-trip United/Continental Airlines (stop in Houston): $683 USD Round-tripUS Airways (stop in Phoenix): $776 USD Round-trip

FROM DENVER (DEN):FRONTIER Airlines (Non-stop flights): $558 USD Round-trip

FROM NEW YORK (JFK):TACA/LASCA Airlines (Non-Stop): $522 USD Round-tripAmerican Airlines (Stop in Miami on return): $529 USD Round-trip JetBlue (Stop in Orlando): $740 USD Round-Trip

FROM HOUSTON (IAH):United/Continental Airlines (Non-stop Flights): $672 USD Round-trip

FROM MIAMI (MIA):Spirit Airlines (Non-stop Flights): $349 USD Round-trip TACA/LACSA Airlines (Non-stop Flights): $472 USD Round-trip American Airlines (Non-stop Flights): $442 USD Round-trip

* Above Fares are based on Feb 20 - March 8, 2013 Travel Dates Fares are subject to change at any time

Recommended Airlines

Tico Guide Travel can assist you with booking your International Flights through our travel agency partner Americas Travel, based in San Francisco, California. Please call Cesar Privat at 415-703-9955 or e-mail: cesar@americastravel.net and mention that you are going to Envision Festival to get the lowest possible fare. Bookings can be made over the phone with a Debit/Credit Card and e-tickets are issued.

post-festival retreat

About the Post-Festival Retreat at Buenaventura & Three Seeds

Buenaventura & Three SeedsPost-Envision Festival

Eco-Adventure Rainforest Retreat & ZenZu Jungle Party

March 4th – 7th, 2013 (4 Days/3 Nights)

You’re Invited to come experience pristine nature and serenity and to rejuvenate yourself after Envision Festival at Buenaventura & Three Seeds Eco-Education Rainforest Camp.

Post-Festival Retreat Cost (Per Person):

We understand everyone has different budgets, so we're offering tiered pricing on our 3 Night Retreat Packages:

Tier 1: Do-It-Yourself Tent Camping ($240 USD - 3 nights)Tier 2: Turn-Key "We set up your Camp" Tent Camping ($270 USD - 3 nights)Tier 3: Lodging in shared bedrooms at Posada de Sueños Lodge ($315 USD - 3 nights)Tier 4: Lodging in one of our 3 Private Cabins ($465 USD - 3 nights)

For More Information on the Post-Festival Retreat, please download our Invitation at: www.buenaventuracr.com/PostEnvisionFestivalRetreat2013.pdf

View Photos from last year’s Post-Festival Retreat on Facebook at:www.facebook.com/BuenaventuraRainforestRetreat

Post-Festival Retreat Includes Camping or Lodging plus:

* Orientation Tour of Buenaventura Grounds including Old-Growth Tree Forest Park (on March 4th)

* Orientation Tour of Finca Three Seeds Eco-Education Rainforest Camp (Organic Farm/Restaurant) (on March 5th)

* Avatar Adventure Rainforest & Toucan Rock Waterfall Hiking Tour with Do-it-Yourself Full-Body Skin Exfoliations & Mud Baths with Blue & Orange Natural Clays from the rainforest (on March 6th)

* 5-8 Organic home grown/home cooked meal self-serve Family Buffet Style (5 meals for 2 nights / 8 meals for 3 nights)

* Morning Yoga Classes with Amber Zuckswert (Private Classes also available during retreat)

* Visit and see Buenaventura’s 160-acre Eco-Adventure Park & Wildlife Reserve with campgrounds, hiking trails, waterfalls and swimming holes along the river. (on March 6th)

* ZenZu Jungle Party with Music, Dancing and Local Drinks & Organic Fruit Elixirs! (on March 6th)

* Lots of Free Activities, use of Yoga mats, River-front Ranchito & Hammocks, Access to Buenaventura’s 160 acre Eco-Adventure Park & Wildlife Reserve, Swimming in the River, Additional Skin & Body Mud Baths

* Showing of River-front Rental Income Investment Properties for Sale in Buenaventura’s Pueblo Nuevo Eco-Village river-front development ranging from $40k to $195k

* Learn how our guests and visitors help Three Seeds support and fund their Eco-Education Program (A Bilingual Language & Permaculture Learning Home-School for local and low-income kids and adults) and Buenaventura’s Give-Back Program donates 5% of its net profit to a local fund that’s used to award grants for improvements to our environment and natural resources, local neighboring schools, low-income family homes and community-used facilities (church, soccer field, salon)

* Optional Gardening Workshops and Cooking Classes At Three Seeds Eco-Education Rainforest Camp (from $5-$15 per workshop/class). Take gardening workshops and cooking classes to learn how to make chocolate, fresh cheese, tamales, pupusas, chorriadas, and learn how to plant, grow and harvest your own food, compost and reuse materials.

Buenaventura Rainforest ReTreat

About Buenaventura Rainforest Retreat Buenaventura is a private retreat destination with a River-front Mountain Lodge & Eco-Village, Health & Wellness Rejuvenation Retreat & Learning Center, Eco-Adventure Wilderness Rainforest Park & Camp Grounds & Private Wildlife Reserve located in a serene and hidden valley within the greater Savegre River Valley of Costa Rica. If Costa Rica has a Pandora, this is where you’ll find it! Buenaventura’s Old-Growth Tree Forest Park is home to La Ceiba Sagrada, a 200+ year old Sacred Ceiba Tree that greets and grounds our guests into Buenaventura.

Buenaventura welcomes groups, couples, families and individuals seeking a remote, private and isolated destination for eco-adventure activities, rainforest retreats, and to experience Costa Rica's local culture & rural country living.

With almost a mile of riverfront, Buenaventura's 160 acres of mountainous rainforest property are located along the north side of River Division, with 40% of the property within the southern border of the Los Santos Forest Reserve, an area north of Buenaventura with over 150,000 acres of protected primary and secondary Tropical Cloud Forests and Humid Rain Forests and where many endangered animals (like Jaguars, Tapirs, Sloths, etc.) and plant species live on the western valleys and foothills of the Talamanca Corridor.

To learn more about Buenaventura, please visit:http://www.buenaventuracr.com

View Photos from last year’s Post-Festival Retreat on Facebook at:http://www.facebook.com/BuenaventuraRainforestRetreat

Three Seeds Eco-Education Rainforest Camp

About Three Seeds Eco-Education Rainforest CampLocated next to Buenaventura, Three Seeds is a working organic family farm and educational center located on the border of a 150,000-acre primary rainforest reserve. The Saenz-Newton family grows most of their own food organically using a combination of local indigenous knowledge and progressive Permaculture techniques, and they host families or groups to practice their Spanish with locals, experience life on a rainforest farm, and take workshops and classes on organic farming and cooking classes. And the homegrown organic meals served at Three Seeds are unforgettable!

Three Seeds is owned and operated by Tamara and Gerardo Saenz Newton and their three children (three seeds), Judah, Maryabla and little Salvador.

To learn more about Three Seeds, please visit:www.experiencecostarica.org

About Amber Zuckswert

About our Post-Festival Retreat Yoga Instructor

Amber Zuckswert is an online and International pilates, yoga and dance instructor, holistic nutrition lifestyle coach, professional dancer, and raw vegan super foodie. She's the founder of EpicSelf.com virtual wellness studio where she offers online programs, products, free how to videos and articles. San Francisco is her home base where she teaches for Sports Club LA, Yoga Works and The Informed Body Studio. Amber's insatiable love for life and travel keeps her busy offering workshops and retreats worldwide including Australia, Bali and Mexico. She teaches every 3rd week of the month at Rancho La Puerta, the worlds #1 destination spa and runs the largest organic health meet up group in San Francisco with over 950 active members.

Amber will be offering Morning Yoga Classes as part of the Buenaventura Post-Festival Retreat Package (included in the price). She will also be offering Private Yoga Classes and Holistic Nutrition Lifestyle Coaching in the afternoons and her rates are available upon request.

Discover her passionate work on Epicself.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/amberzuckswertTwitter: @epicselfInstagram: @epicselfRead her entire bio here: http://epicself.com/about/amber-zuckswert-biography/

How To Book:

Please contact Harlow Salvador Newton at Tico Guide Travel to book one of the Travel Packages or customize your trip with Tico Guide Travel’s Trip Planning Services.

The best way to contact Harlow is by email at harlow@ticoguidetravel.com or by phone at 415-970-0794 (please leave a message) or 506-8-720-9616 (CR cell phone) or contact Harlow via Skype at: harlow.newton

Payments can be made by cash, check or credit card. If paying by credit card, please add a 3% surcharge to cover credit card processing fees. We will send you payment instructions depending on your payment method.

We can also assist you in booking your International Airline Flights, hotels or private home rentals, car rentals or ground transfers and any other travel bookings or logistics you made need. Depending on your departure city, we will recommend flights based on lowest fares and convenient flight times.

If you have any questions about the Envision Festival Travel Packages, please feel free to send your questions to Harlow at Tico Guide Travel by e-mail.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at Envision!

Harlow NewtonTico Guide Travel and Buenaventura Rainforest Retreat

How to Book A Travel Package

About Tico guide travel

Tico Guide Travel specializes in planning and facilitating unique, personally-tailored experiences and trips to Costa Rica & Latin America, for individuals and families (FITs), couples & honeymooners, real estate investors and corporate/incentive groups.

TGT also leads and works with group leaders (yoga teachers, professors and educators, fitness and sports trainers, family leaders) to plan, facilitate and lead custom-tailored Eco-Adventure Sports and Activities trips, Yoga & Healing Retreats, Real Estate Discovery Trips, R&R and Family trips, Conservation & Ecology trips, and Arts & Culture trips.

TGT is owned and operated by Harlow "Salvador " Newton, a bilingual Costa Rica & Latin America travel and real estate specialist who has spent most of his life living and traveling in Latin America. Harlow’s personal knowledge and insight of Costa Rica and specific destinations in Latin America provides his clients with suggested routes, destinations, lodging recommendations, travel tips, and personal contacts, based on their travel lifestyle and types of activities they're looking to experience.

Since 1998, Harlow has personally traveled, researched and lead groups to Costa Rica and Latin America on over 50 trips, and has provided travel planning and consulting services to hundreds of individuals, couples, families and groups and dozens of real estate investors and buyers.

Harlow has also provided professional travel consultation to leading travel magazines including Travel + Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, and to corporate clients including Global Business Network and United Nations World Creative Youth Forum. His travel photography has been published in Outside Traveler Magazine and dozens of travel brochures and websites. Harlow was also featured in 7x7 Magazine May 2010 Travel Issue as SF’s “The Adventurer” traveler.

With offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Costa Rica, Tico Guide Travel and our local in-country Tour Operator partners provide our clients with turn-key unique, memorable experiences when visiting Costa Rica and other Latin American countries.

Costa Rica & Latin America Travel Specialists since 1998

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ServicesTico Guide Travel specializes in planning and facilitating Eco-Adventures, Rejuvenation Retreats, Honeymoons and Real Estate Discovery Trips to Costa Rica & Latin America for individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Services include:

* Full-Service A-Z Travel Planner & Facilitator Service (For Individuals, Friends & Families, and Honeymoon Couples - With Trip Kits)

* Organize & Facilitate (and Lead) Guided Group Trips & Retreats (Yoga Retreats, Destination Weddings, Investor Trips, Family & Boomer Trips, etc.)

* Turn-key Travel Packages (From our In-country Tour Operator partners)

* Latin America Travel & Real Estate Consulting Services (For travelers, investors and travel-industry businesses & media)

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