How Did Finca Luna Nueva Lodge In Costa Rica's Rainforest Get It's Start? The Brattleboro, Vt. based Health supplement company "New Chapter" founders, Paul and Barbi Schulick made it their commitment to sustainable sourcing for their products. They traveled to Costa Rica in 1994 where they met Steven Farrell, an organic farmer. Their lives...
My friends Jessica and Grevin and I headed out of Alajuela. Our destination: Finca Luna Nueva Lodge. (FARM OF THE NEW MOON). We stayed for 2 nights and really that was not long enough! This is a rain forest Lodge located around 1 hour from San Ramon, Costa Rica on the road to La Fortuna and the Arenal Volcano. This area gets a lot of rainfall a...
Which area of Costa Rica has the most rain? The area of Costa Rica which has the most rainfall is the Caribbean side. Rain falls here all year round and can rain up to 300 inches in a year. The Caribbean side of Costa Rica has a very large number of tourist. They come to see the Tortuguero Canals with its rich biodiversity. Monkeys, cro...
You can use your smart phone or IPad in Costa Rica by doing the following: At both international airports- Juan Santa Maria, San Jose and also Liberia international airport: After you pass thru customs where your suit cases are checked , you will see a small desk with big green signs ICE Kolbi Here is where you purchase a Prepaid "SIM" card....
What Months are Best to Visit Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica? What months are the best times to visit Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica. If you want more sunshine and less rainfall then mid December through late March are the best months to visit. If you want to see the most migratory birds then late November through mid Mar...
[caption id="attachment_3496" align="alignleft" width="300"] Green Iguana with his friends the Llanos birds[/caption] Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica- Birds, crocodiles, monkeys, iguanas Costa Rica Learn Adventure Vacation Planning offers you Palo Verde National Park, a wildlife sanctuary, located in central Costa Rica in the provinc...
HOW TO RENT A CAR IN COSTA RICA So what are the condition of the roads? Costa Rica is a mountainous country so to get most anywhere you have to drive over, thru, or around a mountain. So the going is slow. The roads are curvy and not very wide…..although now a days the roads in C Rica are good…still we encounter potholes (due to h...
Abounding Natural Beauty of Arenal Volcano and Arenal Lake Area. First is the rainforest-verdant and green. The weather in the Arenal Volcano is rainy, therefore everything is always one hundred shades of green. Hundreds of flowering plants are always in bloom. Tropical birds are always singing. Black howler monkeys are always howling. Th...
[caption id="attachment_4479" align="alignleft" width="300"] Blue Morpho Butterfly of Tortuguero[/caption] Costa Rica Butterflies Costa Rica is home to 1,200 different species of butterflies. Best places to see Butterflies in Costa Rica Central Valley www.waterfallgardens.com Arenal www.butterflyconservatory.org Northern Zone-Rincon d...
Las Tortugas Hotel located on Playa Grande in NW Guanacaste, Costa Rica ANN'S FAVORITE SMALL BEACH HOTELS This is a small hotel located "right on the beach" of Playa Grande, one of the prettiest beaches in Costa Rica. Playa Grande is a very long stretch of beige sand with strong to mild surf. People come here to enjoy the waters of the Pa...