Costa Rica Vacations

Braulio Carillo National Park, Volcan Barva

With two volcanoes and miles of tropical cloud forest, Braulio Carillo National Forest is close to San Jose (12 miles), but ususally overlooked by tourists in a hurry to get to Monteverde and the “crowd forest”.  If you have driven from San Jose to the Caribbean coast along the main route, you may remember passing [...]

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Centro Neotropico SarapiquiS

Yes, the name of this place does have a capital ‘S’ at the end of its name!  This research and educational center is run by a Belgian nonprofit organization, and includes a jungle lodge and three interesting attractions.  The botanical garden has over 400 native plants, all neatly labeled, including epiphytes, orchids, ferns and various [...]

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Poas Volcano National Park

Just outside of town, Poas Volcano National Park is easy to get to, and well worth a look.  The 2,708-meter volcano is quite active, although the last major erruption took place in 1954.  This is probably Costa Rica’s most easily accessible volcano.  You can drive almost to the rim itself and walk the rest of the [...]

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