Yeah, that's fair. It is expensive, I'm not going to deny that. However, I feel the experience you get there (with all the other stuff) is pretty unique and for me it was totally worth the price. We had a beautiful disabled lady in our group who would never have been able to go to the jungle. In fact, I was pretty reluctant to go to the jungle even though one could claim it's more authentic.I like what you want to do though so I hope you can follow through with that. I would definitely be interested in coming there. Costa Rica is one of my favourite countries and you're just over the border so it's easy for me to get to.