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Wildlife Reserves and More along the Costa de Pájaros
A scarlet macaw. Photo © Adalberto H. Vega, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Guanacaste and the NorthwestAt San Gerardo, on the Pan-American Highway, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Puntarenas, a paved road leads west to Punta Morales and the Golfo de Nicoya. There’s fabulous bird-wat
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Gay San José, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica has an abundance of nightlife opportunities for LGBT travelers. Photo © Armando Maynez, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
You gotta hand it to Costa Rica’s gays: They run some of the best dance clubs in San José. They’re straight-friendly too, which explains why there are
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Costa Rica's Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge
Along the shore at the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge. Photo © Mercedea, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
The Caribbean CoastThe 9,446-hectare Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Gandoca-Manzanillo (Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge) protects a beautiful brown-sand, palm-fr
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Where to Volunteer in Latin America
Choosing where to volunteer is as important as the type of volunteer work you want to do, and will probably require the same amount of research if not a little more. Encompassing 20 nations, 4 dependencies, 600 million people, and roughly 8 million square miles, Latin America is a big place with m
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Volunteering in Costa Rica with Sea Turtle Conservancy
Tortuguero Research Station Grounds. Photo © David Godfrey, courtesy of Sea Turtle Conservancy.
Founded in 1959 by renowned expert Dr. Archie Carr, the Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC; formerly known as the Caribbean Conservation Corporation) is the world’s oldest sea turtle research and conserv
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LGBT Life in Costa Rica
Gay life in Costa Rica is fairly similar to life in the U.S. in that it varies from region to region, city to city, even neighborhood to neighborhood. Legally speaking, homosexual activity is not a crime between consenting adults (over age 18), and there have been court rulings prohibiting police
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Costa Rica Travel Handbook
Moon Costa Rica
By Christopher P. Baker
Tenth Edition, December 2015
Pages: 624
Print
Price: $22.99 USD
ISBN: 9781631211393
About the Book
Author Bio
Buy this Book
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Costa Rica's Best Surf Spots
For many, the search for the perfect wave has ended in Costa Rica, the “Hawaii of Latin American surf.” You’re spoiled for choice, with dozens of world-class venues and no shortage of surf camps, surf schools, and rental outlets.
Surfing in Costa Rica. Photo © José Pablo Orozco Marín, licensed Cre
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Itinerary: The Best of Costa Rica in Two Weeks
Few visitors have time to explore Costa Rica from tip to toe, but the following itinerary takes in half a dozen of the best national parks, a potpourri of active adventures, and many of the best sights.
A hanging bridge in the Monteverde Cloudforest. Photo © Focus on Nature Photography.
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Visit Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica
The 12,016-hectare (29,692-acre) Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal (tel. 506/8775-2943 or 506/2461-8499, 8am-4pm daily, last entrance at 3pm except with local guide, $10) lies within the 204,000-hectare (500,000-acre) Arenal Conservation Area, a polyglot assemblage protecting 16 reserves in the region
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Costa Rica's Must-See Destinations
Costa Rica is a wildly diverse landscape. Similarly, its must-see destinations run the gamut from museums to national parks to exceptional communities to explore. Depending on the length of your visit, it might be impossible to see them all; here’s a quick summary to help you choose which on
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Where to Go in Costa Rica
To relax, unwind, and adventure, Costa Rica truly offers something for everyone. Each region has its own speciality of sorts, such as the thriving nightlife of San José, the crisp, cool cloud forests of Monteverde, or the white-sand beaches of the Nicoya Peninsula, and while it’s not terribl
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Best Adventure Travel in Costa Rica
Hiking, white-water rafting, and zip-line canopy tours—here are the best of the countless adrenaline-charged experiences in Costa Rica, from A to Z.
Autogiro
Worth the trip to Playa Sámara, in Nicoya, an open-cockpit flight in an autogiro at Flying Crocodile Flying Center is the ultimate high. Hov
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Discover San José, Costa Rica
San José, the nation’s capital, squats on the floor of the Meseta Central, a fertile upland basin 1,150 meters (3,773 feet) above sea level in the heart of Costa Rica. Surrounded by mountains, it’s a magnificent setting. The city’s central position makes it an ideal base for forays into the countr
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The Endangered Wild Cats of Costa Rica
Costa Rica boasts six endangered members of the cat family. All are active by day and night but are rarely seen. Cats are primarily solitary and nocturnal and spend the greater part of the day sleeping or hidden in dense vegetation. Although they are legally protected, hunting of cats still occurs
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Family Fun in Costa Rica
Combining educational options with fun keeps children (and parents) enthralled.
Birds and Butterflies
Kids helped create the Bosque Eterno de Los Niños, the largest private reserve in Central America.In San José, more than 30 species flit about in Spirogyra Butterfly Garden.
A visit to La Paz Wate
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Costa Rican Society and Identity
Most Costa Ricans—Los Costarricense, or Ticos—insist that their country is a “classless democracy.” There is considerable social mobility, and no race problem. A so-called middle-class mentality runs deep, including a belief in the Costa Rican equivalent of the American conviction that through ind
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Recreational Tours in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has scores of tour operators offering a complete range of options. I recommend Costa Rica Expeditions (tel. 506/2257-0766), a pioneer in natural history and adventure travel in Costa Rica; it has a complete range of tour packages. Other recommended tour operators include Costa Rica Sun
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Costa Rica's Best Wildlife Watching Spots
National parks, wildlife refuges, and biological reserves are found throughout the country. They range from swampy wetlands to dry-forest environments and from lowland rainforests to high-mountain cloud forests. Sign up for guided natural-history excursions or hire a local naturalist guide. You’ll
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Costa Rica's Landscape
Travelers moving south overland through Central America gradually have their choice of routes whittled away until they finally reach the end of the road in the swamps and forests of Darien, in Panamá, where the tenuous land bridge separating the two great American continents is nearly pinched out
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