It's truly remarkable how much this small Central American country packs in, from shimmering beaches to live volcanoes to mysterious cloud forests. Despite pockets of overdevelopment, it's still an eco-tourism wonder. As they say in CR, "¡pura vida!"
Cover photo: rob Stoeltje
Hugh Lansdown The sun had set and the stars above seemed brighter than I’ve ever seen them before. Floating in the warm waters of the Golfo Dulce, in Costa Rica‘s remote Osa Peninsula. tiny, bright green balls of light swirled around me – bioluminescent algae. Grinning uncontrollably and feeling like a twelve-year-old, I finally ran from the water and through the warm sprinklers of a nearby beach resort just off shore. It was my third time in two weeks visiting this hidden strip of beach in…
Read more…Keith Kellett A 2½-hour drive from capital San José, this a 769-square-kilometre (297-sq.-mile) national park on the country´s Caribbean coast boasts a variety of ecosystems, including rainforest, mangrove forest, swamps, beaches, and lagoons. The main way to get around (and reach its is by boat along its many waterways - including reaching its more than one dozen eco lodges and wildlife spotting.read post
Read more…Matthew Paulsen Beginning in the 1990s, this small Central American country essentially pioneered the ecotourism boom that has spread across the globe. Besides its vaunted Pacific and Caribbean beaches, packed into just 19,730 square miles - a good bit smaller than West Virginia and a bit over twice the size of Wales - Costa Rica boasts 29 national parks, 19 wildlife refuges, eight biological reserves, and an additional slew of protected areas. And here are a dozen of its most prized eco…
Read more…Florent MECHAIN/Travelmag.com The last 18 miles of the road leading to the Monteverde is full of ruts and potholes by design, and takes over an hour and a half to bump your way in. The locals like it that way, and they choose not to fix it because then it would be a little too easy then for tourists to visit. That may not sound all that hospitable, but it illustrates the emphasis Costa Ricans place on conservation. And the cloud forest, which I visited prior to Covid as part of an Overseas…
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Rainy time in Costa Rica and the grounds are colored in beautiful green all over. At the beach, every morning is always sunny, some rain in the afternoon... fresh&cool.
If your vacation time is planned in Costa Rica then include in your schedule to visit Tamarindo Beach, Arenal Volcano and Monteverde Cloud Forest.
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