Trips that start in San Jose
52 small-group trips for 18–35s begin in San Jose, run by 12 different operators. Every price and departure date below comes from the feeds we track daily — book direct with the operator, we never take payment.
Why start a trip in San Jose?
San Jose is one of the busiest departure points in Costa Rica for 18–35 group travel — 12 operators run 52 trips out of the city, which means genuine choice on route, pace and price rather than one company's catalogue. The median works out at roughly £138 per person per day across a typical 10-day trip, before flights and most meals. Because so many trips leave from here, departures cluster — if one is sold out or the dates don't work, there is almost always another within a fortnight. Most travellers fly in a day early, sleep off the jet lag, and meet the group at the welcome briefing that evening.
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Who runs trips out of San Jose
Counted from the 52 trips we track starting here — the operators with the deepest San Jose programme first.
Where to stay the night before
Group trips from San Jose normally start with an evening briefing, so almost everyone books a night beforehand — flights rarely land at a civilised hour, and arriving on the morning of day one is how people miss the start. These search the real availability for that night.
Where to stay
A night before your tour in San Jose · 19 Aug – 20 Aug
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Trip counts, prices and departure dates on this page are computed from live operator feeds each time it refreshes — they are not hand-written and cannot go stale. Prices are per person in GBP and exclude flights and most meals. Accommodation links are affiliate links; they never change what we show you or the order we show it in.