Discovering The Costa Rican Cloud Forest

My husband and I wanted to go on a long weekend with our 6 year old son. We wanted to leave the cities and stress behind but we didn’t want to have a long drive. So we decided to stay in Costa Rica’s Central Valley.

Reasons Why Maybe It Is Time For A Vacation

Ever day-dream about how you could potentially visit costa rica and be hanging out on the beach on this magical spot that millions dream of visiting one day? ? That identical thought has occurred to a lot of people.Lots of people have also had the same idea. Some have even taken action to help make that happen. For most it is just a passing speculation, not really a serious thought, so they just dismiss the idea. Sometimes it is because they have got an excess of inertia to get going. Other times it is because there are so many unknowns. Still other times it’s because they think they cannot do it.

13 Exciting Adventures Monteverde

1. Canopy Tour: It is an exciting adventure that will take you along zip lines on the forest’s canopy. This is the thing to do in Costa Rica.

My First Time In The Nicoya Peninsula In Costa Rica

This time we decided that our family vacation would take place in the biggest peninsula of Costa Rica, the Nicoya Peninsula for the first time ever since we moved there. This is an area famous for its huge waves that attract a huge amount of surfers and tourists. The hotel we chose Florblanca. It is a beautiful beachfront hotel located in the colorful town of Santa Teresa.

Visiting The Poas Volcano National Park, Costa Rica

My family and I were traveling through Alajuela, Costa Rica, and wanted to do something exciting so we decided to go on a day trip to Poas Volcano National Park. After we got picked up we drove through coffee plantations, strawberry fields and lush green slopes filled with cattle and enjoyed the beautiful scenery that this area has to offer. After we got there but before the actual tour started we saw a beautiful, scale model of the Poas Volcano and took some time to enjoy a hot cup of authentic Costa Rican coffee at the visitor’s center.

Fun Facts About Magnificent Frigate Birds

The frigate birds are a family of seabirds and are also called frigate pelicans. It can be found breeding along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and in the Corcovado National Park.

A Sports Fishing Adventure In Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica

A friend of mine and her husband own Tropic Fins Adventures in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica, one day they invited us to join them on an exciting In-shore fishing trip. I was a bit nervous since Iam not a fisherman and my husband had about as much experience as I did. So none of us knew what to expect.

Adventure In The Osa Peninsula

Just to try something new my husband and I decided to head off to the Osa Peninsula. But to be honest we didn’t know what to expect. That was because I had heard stories about how remote yet interesting this area was. After thinking a lot about that comment we finally decided to fin out what the Osa Peninsula really was and off we went.

Fun Facts About Cattle Egrets

The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron. The non-breeding adult has mainly white feathers, a yellow bill and grayish-yellow legs. During the breeding season, adults of the western subspecies develop orange-buff plumes on the back, breast and crown. These guys are found all over Central America and in Costa Rica they can be found in the Manuel Antonio National Park.

Fun Facts About Green Herons

The Green Heron is a small bird (44 cm.) that likes to stalk it’s pray. Native populations can be found all over Costa Rica as well as in most of Central America. Adults have a glossy, greenish-black cap, a greenish back and wings that are grey-black grading into green or blue, a chestnut neck with a white line down the front, grey under parts and short yellow legs. The bill is dark with a long, sharp point. These birds appear in their breeding ranges at the same time they did 100 years ago. They are quite common in habitats that go along water bodies such as mangroves, beaches and rivers.

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