The Community named Monteverde was settled by eleven Quakers families from Alabama in the early 1950s. They left the United States and came to Costa Rica looking for a new home, because they had a strong belief against the military system of the US . Costa Rica, in 1948 permanently abolished it’s army, and known [...]
Tortuguero Canals
Rancho Margot
While working many years as a travel agent specializing in Costa Rica, I have had the opportunity to explore most of this small unique country , now on the forefront of “World Ecotourism”
I have my special places which I feel are the most Unique ecotourism destinations for the nature lover traveling to Costa [...]
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Rancho Margot Bungalow
Let’s travel to Costa Rica to the Arenal volcano area and visit Rancho Margot. Rancho Margot is a self sustaining organic farm located near the Arenal Lake with great views of the Arenal volcano. This is indeed a unique experience for tourist in Costa Rica. It is 400 acres of rain forest and [...]
Pacuare Nature Reserve in Costa Rica is all about green turtle nesting. It is hundreds of acres of pristine lowland rainforest and six kilometers of deserted beaches. It is located between Tortuguero canals and the Caribbean Sea, about 25 km north of the Atlantic port city of Limon. Pacuare Nature reserve is an important [...]
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Let’s visit unique place in Costa Rica, settled by the Quakers in the 1950’s. A bone-shaking road leads up to Monteverde from the Inter-American Highway 1. Only about 35 miles but takes around two hours to drive. It is unpaved and rocky and winds around the mountain up 3,500 [...]
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Travel Costa Rica to the sloth refuge named Aviaros del Caribe sloth refuge . Go 30 miles south of Limon, Costa Rica. It is easy to see the route on a Costa Rican map. It’s the only main road going south as you leave Limon . You will see the sign on [...]
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