SPEAK FOR THESE CREATURES WHICH CAN NOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

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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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. [...]

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leatherback turtle Grande Beach Costa Rica

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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Ann on January 20th, 2009

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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