Included social events and excursions are in white. Optional Excursions are show in grey. Email manager@amspc.org to add a tour to your existing registration. |
AMSPC Registration & Networking
MONDAY 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Join us in the lobby to check in for your room and pick up your name badge, agenda and other materials. Enjoy a refreshing welcome drink while you wait!
AMSPC Welcome Reception
MONDAY 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Join us for a casual welcome reception on the terrace overlooking the lush lawn and pool
We'll enjoy cocktails & dinner while reconnecting with old and new colleagues!
Included in registration fee for attendees & social guests
Social Guest Program
TUESDAY MORNING (2 hours) Included for registered social guests
Get to know the other AMSPC social guests at this casual meet up. We'll plan a fun activity, you just bring yourself! More details to be posted soon.
Additional activities will be available at the hotel during the week; we will have a sign up sheet at the Registration to help facilitate connecting with other social guests.
Group Tour: La Paz Waterfall Gardens w/Lunch
TUESDAY 12:30 - 5:30 pm Included in registration fee for attendees & social guestsThis tour takes us across coffee plantations and scenic vistas. As we ascend the terrain, we will notice a change in temperature and vegetation; we will see coffee plantations, as well as fern, flower and strawberry farms along the way, creating a beautiful array of colors and textures. As we arrive at La Paz Waterfall Gardens, we will enjoy a scrumptious lunch before heading towards the rain and cloud forest for a hike that will reveal five waterfalls: Templo, Magia Blanca, Encantada, Escondida and La Paz. For those looking for a more relaxed stroll, enjoy a walk through a trail leading to the gardens, visit the aviary, hummingbird gallery, butterfly garden, serpentarium, and the frog’s exhibit to be enjoyed by those of all ages.
- Must bring: comfortable walking shoes, jacket, poncho, rain gear, insect repellent, binoculars, camera.
- Included: transportation, tour guide, entrance fee to La Paz, lunch w/non-alcoholic drink & guide gratuities.
Poaz Volcano & Doka Coffee Plantation
WEDNESDAY 12:30 - 5:30 PM $140PP Min. 10ppl.
Poas volcano’s active crater is one of the largest in the world measuring 1.5 km (1 mile), and the sight of the smoking fumaroles and greenish-turquoise sulfurous lake at the bottom is breathtaking. Anyone peering into the enormous crater with its boiling, sulfurous lake is reminded of the great power of nature.
- Bring: comfortable clothing, walking shoes, insect repellent, binoculars, camera, jacket, rain gear. *Higher elevation gets cool; rain jacket or poncho to protect clothing.
- Included: transportation, tour guide, lunch and entrance fee to national park.
- Not included: Guide gratuities at your discretion
San Jose Gold Museum & City Tour
THURSDAY 1:15 - 5:15 PM $110PP Min. 10ppl.
- Bring: comfortable clothing, walking shoes, camera.
- Included: transportation, lunch, tour guide, museum admission fee.
- Not included: Guide gratuities at your discretion
Farewell "Pura Vida" Dinner
THURSDAY 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Join your colleagues for the final farewell dinner at the Marriott as we say goodbye to each other and farewell to "La Pura Vida"!
Included in registration fee for attendees and social guests
Pacuare River Rafting Trip
FRIDAY 6:00 AM - 4:00 PM Estimate $150pp; Final cost depends on # participants
Paddle your way through one of Costa Rica's most picturesque river gorges, looking out for native wildlife between rapid runs, on an exciting day trip that would depart early morning and return to the hotel in the late afternoon. We would strongly recommend booking an additional hotel night to do this trip, rather than trying to make it back in time to fly home the same day.
If you are interested in participating in a post-meeting full day rafting trip on the Pacuare River, please contact Karen Gottlieb for more information.