Everybody who knows anything about Costa Rica knows about Manuel Antonio National Park. Yes it is the smallest of Costa Rica’s national parks. Yes it is the most popular and most visited. But apart from those two things, here are 10 Manuel Antonio National Park facts you probably didn’t know… The Birth of the Park […]
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A while back I had the opportunity to do a boat tour of the Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge located not far from the Nicaraguan border near Los Chiles. My agency, Package Costa Rica, has sent many customers on this tour, but I had never before experienced it myself. If you’re interested in Costa Rican wildlife, this vast […]
So hiking Chirripo, Costa Rica’s tallest mountain, is on your bucket list? If not, it should be! The hike to the summit of Chirripo is one of my favorite Costa Rica adventures. And an adventure it truly is! First of all, plan on at least two days to do it. I have done it twice and […]
I can remember it just like it was yesterday. I was living in a little cottage on the island of Holden Beach, North Carolina. One day dad pulls up in the jeep with a monstrosity of a surfboard. It must have been 12 feet long and weighed about three times what I did. I was seven […]
If you’re going to spend some time in and around the San Jose area, you really should check out the Orosi Valley area, near Cartago. Towering above the valley to the west are the beginnings of the Cordillera Talamanca, the tallest mountain range of the country and on the east side, the active Irazu and Turrialba volcanoes of the Cordillera […]
Cocos Island versus Isla del Caño Costa Rica has many tiny islands that tourists can visit, but the two most important and larger of the Costa Rica islands are Cocos and Isla del Caño. I hope to write about the former one day (Cocos). A few years ago it was in the running for being one of […]
I need to inform you that there’s this new eBook called 100 Cool Things to Do in Costa Rica. It’s free, it’s cool and it is chock full of stuff to do in all the cool Costa Rica places. Costa Rica is a touristic juggernaut (how’z that for a hype?). Really though, virtually every nook […]
I’ll start with a funny story about yours truly. When I first came to Costa Rica back in 2001, the month after 9-11 occurred actually, I knew about as little Spanish as you would expect a Carolina red-neck to have. I came down on a fairly highfalutin (that’s red-neck talk and means “significant”) business deal. […]
Just returned from my second 2-day long ordeal to reach the top of Costa Rica, Cerro Chirripo. First a few facts about this sacred mountain (sacred to me because of the blood, sweat and tears, yes tears, I have shed upon its rocky flanks)…. highest mountain in Costa Rica, with an elevation of 3,820 meters (12,533 ft) 38th most prominent peak in the world […]
Living in the southern zone of Costa Rica opens up a world of adventure for a nature-lover like myself. While Costa Rica abounds in stunning biodiversity and natural beauty in almost every part, the southern zone stands out as being one of the most untamed and untarnished. This week I had the pleasure of visiting […]
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