Absolute Perfection!!! Perfection! I don’t think I can come up with enough positive accolades for just how much we enjoyed our 2-week trip to Costa Rica in April. My husband and I were traveling with another couple and between the 4 of us we have traveled to or lived in almost every country on 6 continents. When I say that Melanie and Kathleen (Dive the Americas) are the absolute best travel planners we’ve ever had, there truly is no higher praise or recommendation. They planned an amazing trip and thought of absolutely everything, varying modes of travel, cultural and wildlife experiences, and even a WhatsApp chat group so that we could contact each other throughout our trip. With all of our travels, we have never had that ease of contact and communication with the travel agents. We visited 4 different areas: Baja del Toro cloud forest, Arenal, Manuel Antonio, and Drake Bay/Osa Peninsula with some sort or tour or activity each day. The hotels/lodges they chose were amazing and vastly different from each other so we received a unique experience at each, but all were similar in that customer service and attention to detail was exceptional. ALL of the tours, which were handpicked by DTA were some of the best that we have ever had. Some of our favorite experiences were 1. Having the gorgeous 100ft sailboat Brisa Elegante all to ourselves for the afternoon of snorkeling and water sports. 2. Amazing wildlife viewings: tapirs, scarlet Macaws, Toucans, Eyelash viper, hundreds of hummingbirds, poison dart frogs 3. Many sloths, but the most precious juvenile 3-toed sloth just outside our door eating his leaves. Our room was in the canopy of the trees eye-level with him. We could have touched him if we wanted to…he was that close! 4. All 4 monkey groups. Howlers waking us up each morning, White-face/Capuchins being sneaky and taking dips in our plunge pool, Squirrel and Spider monkeys swinging in the trees and playing with their babies. 5. And so much more that I could go on and on! I have no doubt that we could blindly trust Melanie and Kathleen to send us on another magical trip with nothing more than a budget, range of dates, and a surprise me with the location…and it would be perfection!

Look no further when planning a dive trip I am quite the experienced diver and traveler, so I was pretty skeptical working with an agency that “specializes in dive trips” since I already had my own groove for planning. What a breath of fresh air Dive the Americas brought to my planning process! They are true locals to the area with years of experience working in tourism and you can tell. They are fairly new to the dive world but know the best providers and really listen to what is important for you. You can tell they are really passionate about what they do and that is what drew me to give them a chance. I cannot wait to book my next trip with them!

They are amazing!! I'm so happy I came across Kathleen and DTAs while trying to figure out my trip to Costa Rica -- they were absolutely amazing to work with. I was overwhelmed trying to plan my itinerary myself, with so many areas, tours and options, and they took all the stress out of that. Their suggestions from budget, to locations, hotels, rentals, tours, etc., were so helpful and we never had to worry whats next. Plus they're so incredibly nice and friendly, and in-country so it was reassuring to know we could easily reach out with any issues. We had a super fun trip and 100% plan to use them again in the future! Thank you ladies!