Top 9 Activities for an Awesome Vacation in Manuel Antonio
Manuel Antonio, located on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is a beautiful and popular tourist destination. With its stunning beaches, lush rainforest, and abundant wildlife, there are endless opportunities for adventure and relaxation in this area. Here are the top 9 things to do on a v…
Top 10 Things to do in Ojochal, Costa Rica
Ojochal is a small town located in the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is known for its beautiful beaches, lush rainforests, and diverse wildlife. We’ve put together this list of the ‘Top 10 Things to do in Ojochal, Costa Rica” to make planning your trip easier. Let our full-time Concie…
Top 10 Activities in Uvita Costa Rica
Uvita is a small town located in the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is a hidden gem with a lot of natural beauty and plenty of things to do. If you’re planning a trip to Uvita, here are top 10 activities in Uvita to add to your itinerary.
Activities in Uvita
Visit Marino Ballena…
United Airlines adds Seasonal Flights to Costa Rica
United Airlines Adds Two Nonstop Flights to Costa Rica
Source: The Tico Times
The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) in July reported that U.S. carrier United Airlines will open two seasonal flights between Denver and Costa Rica from December to April.
One of the flights will arrive at Juan Santam…
Lapa Photographed at Casa Lapa
The photograph below was taken by Nick Halverson in May 2015 from the backyard of Casa Lapa using a Nikon D5000 with a Nikkor 18-140 mm lens. It is of a scarlet macaw (or a lapa as they are known in Costa Rica).
There were four lapas eating the ripening almonds from the almond tree in the early m…
Costa Rica is the Happiest Country in the World…again
Costa Rica is the Happiest Country in the World
Costa Rica has once again been judged to be the “Happiest Country in the World” by the Happy Planet Index. The rankings are based on the following three components, and each is given a traffic-light score
based on thresholds for good (green), middli…
Costa Rica Most Popular National Parks
Costa Rica Most Popular National Parks
There are currently 50 national parks in Costa Rica, spread across the country, on both coasts and are varying in type as in the number of national parks. Some have volcanoes, others mountain peaks, while many are located on the coasts housing amazing wildl…
Costa Rica Tourism Up in 2014
Enjoying a drink at Tortilla Flats, Dominical, Osa, Costa Rica. International travel in Costa Rica increased 6.4% in 2014 (up by over 103,000 travelers compared to 2013).
The number of travelers traveling through Costa Rica’…
We made a terrific choice!
We made a terrific choice!
The Madrigal family from San Jose, Costa Rica, recently spent a week in Las Villas de San Buenas. After their stay they wrote the following review of their stay.
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We decided to go south Costa Rica for our year end vacation. We’re from San Jose and we all dec…
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights to Costa Rica increasing
Original source: The Tico Times
Southwest Airlines could start offering service to San José, Costa Rica, from Houston, Texas, as early as October 2015, according to a statement from the company on Thursday. San José is among six destinations for which the airline is seeking permission to serve …
Southwest Airlines starts daily service to Costa Rica in March
Original source: The Tico Times
Southwest Airlines Costa Rica
Southwest Airlines and the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) confirmed that the discount carrier will start daily service to Juan Santamaría International Airport outside San José from Baltimore, effective March 7, according to officia…
Diquís spheres to be declared UNESCO World Heritage site
Diquís spheres to be declared UNESCO World Heritage site — The Tico Times.
Pre-Columbian spheres of Costa Rica
Finca 6 in Palmar Norte is one of the four archeological sites in the Osa municipality in Costa Rica’s south Pacific that will be added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The de…