Costa Rica Vacations

Wildlife in Costa Rica

Partly thanks to its affluence and political stability, Costa Rica has done an excellent job of protecting its natural beauty and wildlife.  National parks and nature reserves cover more than a quarter of the land area.  This small country has a huge variety of different climates and ecosystems, and the parks have been planned to [...]

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The Switzerland of Central America

This nickname was coined because of Costa Rica’s relative affluence and lack of political violence, but it could also refer to the vast variety of terrain in such a small area (or, perhaps, the number of Swiss expatriates living in the country). In a region that includes some of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nations, Costa Rica’s [...]

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The Central Valley of Costa Rica

The Central Valley is a green patchwork of coffee plantations, tropical forests and well-ordered farms, dotted with small cities.  It’s here that most of the population, and almost all of the industry, is concentrated.  There are numerous things of interest for tourists within the Central Valley, including volcanoes, waterfalls, whitewater rafting, coffee plantations, rain forest [...]

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The Capital City of San Jose

Although there are a few things of interest in the capital city of San Jose, the best things for visitors to Costa Rica are found outside the cities.  Even though it lacks the worst of third-world slums and poverty, San Jose is basically an unattractive city with few tourist diversions.  Since most flights from North [...]

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