Top 5 Costa Rica Vacation Spots
Planing in visiting Costa Rica? Here we give you some suggestions if you want to experience paradise to the fullest.
Drake’s Bay
Located in the Osa Peninsula in the Southern Pacific, is one of the most innacesable spots in the country. Discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake, Drake’s bay is the gateway to Corcovado Rain Forrest National Park.
Only accesible by boat or air, the eco-lodges are powered by solar power plants to preserve intact the ecosystem of the area. Most of lodges offer boat pick up at Sierpe.
The most popular activities are hiking, fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling, sea kayaking, sunbathing, and if the time is right you can take a tour to watch the whales who swim to warmer seas to give birth.
La Fortuna — Arenal Volcano
In the Northern Region La Fortuna is a friendly town where it’s main attraction is Arenal Volcano, the most active volcano in Costa Rica (t10th in the world) with over 39 years of activity (first eruption 1968), thousands of turists catch the night expeditions to see the pouring lava from the north crater of Arenal Volcano.
Because of it’s proximity to San Jose it is one of the most visited places in Costa Rica, by car is a very nice drive.
Hot springs, waterfalls, rafting and the classic Costa Rica canopy tour are also part of what you can do in La Fortuna.
Papagayo
Near the Liberia International Airport, in Guanacaste, is located Papagayo a place of exhuberant beauty and luxury. Known for it’s natural beauties was a destination for bird watchers and nature lovers, now it’s luxurious all-inclusive hotels have made it a destination for the most demanding traveler who seaks relaxation and peace.
Costa Rica’s government is dedicated to sustainable progress in the Papagayo Gulf. This growth will preserve the environment while allowing for increased real estate development and tourism. The Papagayo Tourist Project monitors expansion.
Tortugero
This National Park was founded 26 years ago with an extension of 176000 acres is one of the areas with more flora and fauna diversity in the country, including over 309 species of birds, crocodiles, 3 different species of monkeys, frogs among others.
It’s located in the Caribbean Region in the Limon coast, it’s an easy 3 hours drive from San Jose, but you can also get there by plane it will take you 30 minutes to get there.
Most part of the park consists on canals and lagoon networks very easy to navigate, and the beach is the most important site in the occidental half of the Caribbean for the nesting of the Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) that occurs between July and September.
Here is a little video I found about Tortuguero Canals
Coco’s Island
And last but no least Coco’s Island National Park, scuba diving paradise, located 300 miles from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica added in th Unesco’s World Heritage List in 1997.
Tourists are allowed ashore only with permission of island rangers, and are not permitted to camp or sleep on the island, so you are asking why I put it on the list? Because it’s one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Hammerhead sharks, rays, dolphins and birds are the main attractions on the island.
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