Just off the coast of Costa Rica’s picturesque Caribbean sea and nestled in the Cahuita National Park lies an animal sanctuary dedicated to protecting the much-maligned sloth. The site is a popular attraction for swarms of tourists keen to catch a glimpse of the curious-looking mammals. Volunteers at the refuge work around the clock to [...]
So there I was about to go over the ledge at the top of a 210-foot waterfall in a place called Lost Canyon near an active volcano, when I began to have doubts about Costa Rica’s hottest new eco-adventure craze. The guide standing a few feet above urged me to release my grip on the rope. Within [...]
This critter was ready for its closeup! A sloth with impeccable timing poked its head directly in front of a camera lens as the device snapped an image, creating what may be the world’s cutest “photobomb.” “Photobomb” is the word used to describe a photograph in which someone – or something – unexpectedly jumps into [...]
Departure place: San Jose International Airport. Trip duration: 10 days / 9 nights Vacation theme: Nature Number of tours: 4 Regions visited: 4 Inclusions of this vacation package: Private transfer from San Jose International Airport to Don Carlos Hotel One night lodging at Don Carlos Hotel in a Standard Room, with breakfast included Transportation from Don Carlos Hotel to Pachira [...]
Most tourists excitedly Google ‘weather’ when looking to book a holiday. Even more so when it comes to Costa Rica. The country’s weather has always been a mystery to first time holidaymakers. Boasting a tropical clime that is sometimes hard to categorise, experts have done their best to classify it into two categories. The dry [...]
Among tropical rainforest countries, Costa Rica has one of the most ambitious turtle conservation programs, but there is always a shortage of volunteers to assist in the fight against turtle egg poaching. BikeHike Adventures (www.bikehike.com) offers eco-conscious travellers a chance to help researchers gather and relocate endangered turtle eggs to protect them. April and May [...]
There’s an upside-down world in a sleepy corner of Costa Rica, Central America, where laziness is a virtue, not a sin: a sanctuary – the only one in the world – devoted to saving orphaned and injured sloths. For the past year I’ve been making a documentary about the residents of this idle idyll for Animal Planet. But far from being a somnolent sort of [...]
An exciting challenge awaiting all Costa Rican visitors and transplants is learning the names of the flora and fauna of their adopted country. The difference between kinkajous and olingos, antbirds and antthrushes, lowland and highland life zones – Costa Rica is a country with an inexhaustible supply of interesting natural history for the eager student. [...]
Costa Rica – (AP) — The simulated rainforest at Miller Park Zoo is fun to visit, but nothing beats the real thing. Once every two years, zoo education specialist Shannon Reedy leads about a dozen high-school-aged members of the wildly popular junior zookeeper program to the rainforest of Costa Rica. The latest group visited the [...]
The nesting of sea turtles is one of nature’s most amazing spectacles. Green Turtles nest along the beaches of Tortuguero National Park from July to October. The Leatherback Turtle is without a doubt the most important attraction at the Marino Las Baulas National Park, in fact this specie was the main reason for the creation [...]
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