You will need to reserve transport to the Hot Springs and those times are limited so plan that right away.

There is internet access in the rooms. I have two middle school boys that would have been crazy if there wasn’t. But they were able to be on their devices with good service.

I would reach out to the hotel/s directly - the gear is built for adults and the canopy stuff is very dangerous for anyone too small for the equipment. This is a 3rd world country (and I lived for 22 years in 8 different countries) so believe me, the safety standards are no where near what the USA of Western Europe has. After 4 trips to Costa Rica I finally cliff climbed and zip lined and it was a blast (but I have climbed since my teens). A much more kid friendly hot springs resort with Dinasour Park , plus horse riding tours, and lots of nice hot springs pools owned by resort within minutes from guest rooms is Blue River Resort and Spa -- we often got large hot spring pools to ourselves for ours since the resort has about 5 or 6 large pools on site - one for kids has a water slide in it (a much longer drive that includes dirt roads and drives through areas where most people still ride on horse). The drive is about 1 hr 45 min to Blue Spring versus 45 min to Hacienda from Liberia Airport (Hacienda and Blue Springs are BOTH worth visiting). Hacienda has a MUCH better breakfast for the money. Hacienda has REALLY nice hot springs but you have to catch a shuttle to the hots springs. Blue River is equally wonderful and my wife loves it. We just discovered Hacienda. What makes Blue River a better value is when you use a Groupon! We actually landed 2 Free outdoor activities with Groupon for Blue River. Hacienda is a MUCH larger and busier operation that has day visit packages to their hot springs for locals plus bus tours galore coming in so can get crowded whereas Blue River is a more remote, scenic drive around to the back side of the Volcano and it is higher up and much cooler altitude. We rented a car on most trips but if you are going to be there for a week like we were then it may be cheaper to higher a driver (because car rentals advertise $30 a day but the MANDATORY Costa Rican insurance is about $50 per day! ) Liberia Airport is new and modern and easy to get in and out of: you are 30 min to the beach on the Pacific (Playa Hermosa is very close and nice) Contact info: 1. Hacienda: info at guachepelin 888-730-3840 / it is a fully operational cattle ranch and milk operation on top of a large number of rooms and top flight restaurant. 2. Blue River Resort and Spa: (ask for Kevin to be your guide - he is an amazing zip line guide) the Zip Line tour, Twin Falls swim, and the Angel Falls (long hot hike plus short cliff climb down to Blue River and spectacular Cathedral Falls) the Drive to zip line often allows you to spot hard to see Sloths! Reservations at bluerivercr / whats app: 630-973-30 * Blue River is kid friendly and they have a nice restaurant and bar but the village is small - there are some small mom and pop shops in the village that provide local hand made gifts and the home made food for dinner is excellent but reserve in advance so that they can prepare - all organic, locally sourced meals for abt $15 to $20 per plate in town (the best one is on your left across from the school). 3. Beach: Playa Hermosa (Roberto's Restaurant is on the beach): awesome views sunset dinner - reserve early - most seating is outside so only good for sunny days - delicious seafood and drinks - fun beach for the kids.

The outlets accepted my type A American style, two prong chargers. I don’t recall if they were type B or not (and would accept the full three prong cords). Not having those types of cords, I didn’t pay specific attention. Hope that helps a little. Have a blast!!

Tubing is not recommended in Costa Rica - we had to help one family get to a doctor on one CR trip we were on. The tubing can get rough and there is often no open clinic with miles or even hours. The mom got a bad cut on a rock and there was no doctor/nurse in town on duty so we had to drive them back to Liberia which cut their vacation short. Fortunately my wife is a nurse. I recommend zip lining at Blue River Resort and spa (get 2 free zip line trips if you book a room for 2 on Groupon). Beautiful site in a remote jungle on Volcano - they own their own hot springs. I recommend tubing in the ocean! I have river guided and life guarded in the USA and done olympic level rivers so it's just a matter of your vacation getting ruined. And these rivers in CR can be fast and treacherous by US standards and the young local guides don't speak enough English to be able to exlplain. I've lived in jungle settings in the Phillipines, India, Indonesia etc for 8 years and believe me, 3rd world countries do not have the same access to health or concept of what is safe like we do. River Tube at your own risk.