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The leatherback sea turtle is the world’s largest sea turtle and is in danger of becoming extinct. In Costa Rica, it nests on the beaches of Tortuguero National Park during the months of March through May. One can go with a park ranger at night [...]
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Lagarta Lodge is a small hotel sitting in the mist of a private nature reserve and with views to the beautiful blue green waters of the Pacific Ocean. So if you are planning on a vacation to Costa Rica and want a place “off the beaten path”. A place with a great beach plus opportunities [...]
What is so special about Hacienda Pinilla? Is it tranquility? The beautiful jewel blue-green Pacific waters? The most gorgeous sunsets? Golfing with a view to the ocean? Riding a horse on a Sunday afternoon along the long stretch of unspoiled beach? Experience a dry tropical forest filled with wildlife-howler monkeys, toucans, and green parrots?
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Cabo Blanco National park is the first national park to be established in Costa Rica. It is a beautiful 1,172-hectare Nature Reserve, located on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula in Puntarenas province. Two immigrant, Nils Olof Wessberg and his wife Karen Morgenson donated the area to Costa Rica before the national park [...]
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Tamarind is a tropical fruit tree native to Africa. It grows in tropical climates and can survive without a lot of rainfall, such as the NW Pacific areas of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. Its tree itself is often planted for a shade tree and it’s fruit contains an acidic pulp, dark red in color. [...]
The Pacific and Caribbean beaches of Costa Rica are Very different, one from the other. The Caribbean Beaches are very rainy and lush. The jungle ecosystem is wild and sparsely populated. We see sloths, monkeys, and colorful toucan seemingly everywhere. . Beaches are lined with palm trees swaying in the tropical breeze. The beaches [...]
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Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge covers about 400 hectaries (a very large area) was created to protect the vast Mangrove swamps in the area, at the request of the locals who saw the large high rise developments going up near Tamarindo and were afraid that this would continue on up to the [...]
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Surfing Costa Rica . Jaco Beach , one of Costa Rica’s top ten beaches with it’s black sand and big waves attracts surfers from around the world. Generally, it is known for it’s laid back lifestyle, a small sleepy beach town where locals hang out with tourists to enjoy a cold Imperial “cerveza”, Costa Rica’s [...]
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Let’s vacation Costa Rica and experience the great outdoors of tropical beauty. Yes, everywhere you look is green and 1000 shades of green. From the rain forest of Monteverde and Corcovado to the savannas of Guanacaste. And beaches! The northwest pacific has some of the world’s most beautiful white sandy beaches.
Tamarindo beach, Costa Rica located [...]
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