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A spider monkey swinging acrobatically through the trees at Corcovado National Park on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Manuel Antonio National Park (closed on Mondays) contains three beautiful beaches, casual forest trails, and a dense rainforest teaming with animal life. In 2011, it was named by Forbes as one of the world’s most beautiful parks.

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Costa Rica: Carate – Finca Exotica Eco Lodge

The community of Carate is located in a remote part of Osa Peninsula, bordering on the incredible Corvocado National Park. It is a hard place to get to and when you get there it is largely undeveloped.

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Costa Rica: Finca 6 Sphere Museum

The exact purpose and natue of the near perfectly spherical pre-Colombian Diquis stones is not known but they are undoubtedly an important part of Costa Rican culture. They largely disappeared, hidden from site buried under soil, until they were rediscovered during the clearing of land for banana plantations. Many spheres were damaged and had to be restored before being preserved for posterity.

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Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Drake Bay

Drake Bay is a small community located on the beautiful and remote Osa Peninsula on the southern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Its name came about after, as legend has it, Sir Francis Drake the great English sea captain from the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

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Costa Rica: Manuel Antonio – Peace of Paradise

Peace of Paradise is a small hotel loctated in a small community on the outskirts of the small town of Quepos, between the main centre of the town and the stunning and popular Manuel Antonio National Park.

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Costa Rica: Puntarenas Province – Manuel Antonio National Park

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Costa Rica: Puntarenas – NATUWA Wildlife Sanctuary

NATUWA Wildlife Sanctuary provides refuge and protection to the wild animals that have been victimized by human actions, such as hunting, removal from their environments, and deforestation.

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Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Monteverde; Don Juan Coffee Tour

The climate in the central mountains of Costa Rica is ideal for growing coffee, so there are numerous coffee plantations scattered around the area, many of them small holdings.

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Costa Rica: Monteverde – Jaguarundi Lodge

Jaguarundi Lodge is located outside the main town area of the small town of Santa Elena, the gateway to the cloud forests, but is close to the central bus station and a small shopping mall that has a supermarket, a bank, shops and some cafes and restaurants.

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Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Monteverde Cloud Forest

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve was established in 1972 and initially covered some 810 acres (328 ha) of forested land. Nowadays, its protective reach extends over 35,089 acres (14,200 ha) and encompasses eight life zones atop the Continental Divide.

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Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Monteverde; ziplines and hanging bridges

One of the most popular activities in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica is to enjoy the rain forests by exploring the canopies by crossing hanging bridges or zip lining. There are several adventure parks in the area that make this possible.

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Costa Rica: Alajuela – Ten great things to do in La Fortuna

La Fortuna is about 2.5 hours from San Jose. It’s known as a gateway to Arenal Volcano National Park, comprising 2 volcanoes. Active Arenal Volcano is still laced with lava flows. Hot springs dot the foot of the volcano, on the thermal Tabacón River.

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Costa Rica: Alajuela – The Best Hot Springs in La Fortuna / Arenal

The Arenal Volcano eruption of 1968 changed the topography of the area around La Fortuna / Arenal. It created a new natural resource for the town of La Fortuna: thermal hot springs. There are dozens of hot springs in La Fortuna, which range from luxury to completely free.

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Costa Rica: La Fortuna – Hotel Arenal Xilopalo

Costa Rica's Central Mountains are a tourist haven with stunning scenery, beautiful rainforests, lakes and volcanos. We decided to base ourselves in the town of La Fortuna during our stay in the area.

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Costa Rica: Alajuela – Volcan Arenal

Located 15 kilometres from Fortuna between the foothills of the Cordillera de Tilaran mountain range and the San Carlos plains, Arenal Volcano National Park covers 12,124-hectare and is one of the most visited destinations in the Northern Zone.

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Costa Rica: Tortuguero – Buddha Home

There are not a lot of options of where to stay in Tortuguero, but after a bit of research we settled on the Buddha Home, which is located in the heart of the village on the main thoroughfare.

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Costa Rica: Limon Province – Tortuguero National Park

Created in 1975, Tortuguero National Park is the most important green sea turtle nesting ground in the Western Hemisphere. Each year between June and October, tens of thousands of green sea turtles returned to the dark sand beach to lay their eggs.

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Costa Rica: Limon Province – Ara Manzanillo

Once prevalent throughout the entire Costa Rican Caribbean, Great Green Macaw populations have declined alarmingly in recent decades. The Ara Manzanillo project is one of the programmes aiming to reverse the decline of these beautiful birds.

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Costa Rica: The Jaguar Rescue Centre

The Jaguar Rescue Centre covers an area of approximately 22,000 square meters and is capable of housing up to around 160 animals temporarily. Tours are run daily at 9:30 am and 11:00 and last for about 90-minutes.

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Costa Rica: Limon Province – Moin to Tortuguero National Park

Getting to Tortuguero National Park on Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica is not easy as you cannot drive there. Most people travel by boat from La Pavona, but we decided the longer, 3.5 hour route from Moin further down Costa Rica's Carribbean coast. It was an adventure in its own right!

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Costa Rica: Limon Province – Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

Puerto Viejo de Talamanca is a small town in southeast Costa Rica, on the Caribbean coast. It’s known for the Salsa Brava surf break and beaches like black-sand Playa Negra.

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Costa Rica: Puerto Viejo de Talamanca – Villas del Caribe

Villas del Caribe is a hotel at the south end of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, near the border with Panama. The property is made up of 2 storey buildings that have rooms that look out across beautifully landscaped gardens to the sea.

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Costa Rica: Limon Province – Cauhita National Park

Cahuita National Park was established in 1970 to protect a large coral reef off the Caribbean coast. Unfortunately, the reef is struggling for survival. An earthquake in 1991 lifted a large portion of the coral by about three metres (10 feet), exposing it to the air and sun at low tide making it rapidly perish.

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Costa Rica: Parque Nacional de Irazú

Located in Central Costa Rica, Irazú is an active volcano. Its maximum elevation is 11260 feet (3432 m) above sea level making it the highest volcano in Costa Rica. It used to have a spectacularly blue lake at the bottom of its crater, but an earthquake several years ago reorganized the mountain's plumbing and it drained away.