Hey costaricasujatha!

This is a really great question! 🙂

You’re absolutely correct–Mistico Park doesn’t label the group between adults and children as “students,” they label them as “teens/adolescents.” Most other tour operators call the group “students” as opposed to “adolescents/teens,” which is why our website is designed to show the same, but to account for the Mistico Park’s unique preference, we note on their tour listing pages on our website that the “student” rate only applies to individuals up to the age of 18. For example, on the tour listing page for our student discount for Mistico Park’s Natural History Walk (https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/arenal-hanging-bridges-tour-student-la-fortuna-mistico-arenal-hanging-bridges-park/), just under the discounted price, we state that the “Age group(s) that receive the student rate for this activity: 11-18 years”, and similarly, on the tour listing page for our adult discount for the same tour (https://puravidaeh.ca/discounts/arenal-hanging-bridges-tour-adult-la-fortuna-mistico-arenal-hanging-bridges-park/), we state that the “Age group(s) that receive the adult rate for this activity: 19+ years.” So, to confirm for the 21-year-old in your group, this individual would qualify for the “adult” discount (applicable to individuals age 19 and older) even though they’re technically a student.

To confirm, this situation is unique to the Mistico Park. Other tour operators may have different policies that would accept a different outcome. For example, Sky Adventures applies their student rate to individuals up to the age of 24 years, so for any of their tours, the 21-year-old in your group would qualify for the student discount. 🙂

Pura vida!