Situated in the central part of the American Continent, Costa Rica is one of the most important countries in terms of ecotourism. This has a large number of national parks and attractions including diverse forests and national reserves.
Given the fact that it received more than 2 million foreign visitors in 2008, Costa Rica is now considered one of the most visited nations in the Central America region. Its name translates “Rich Coast” which refers to the large number of regional and foreign species of birds, reptiles, sea life, and vegetation.
These are some of the most important attractions of the country:
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca – This location is perfect for tourists willing to enjoy the beaches of the Caribbean Sea. Here, visitors can enjoy different sea food like fish dishes, coconut curries, cheese, and bread. This spot also has a wide variety of birds, sea life, monkeys, and sloths.
Cerro Chirripo – People who visit this place trek around different ecosystems that help them discover the natural history of the nation.
Monteverde – This is a private reserve wherein visitors can easily access to the cloud forests. Things like cold, wet, mud, and wind are some of the common elements that join the strenuous trip to the mountains. This park has good touristic infrastructures including tourist guides.
Moreover, there are different national parks such as the Palo Verde, Tortuguero, Corcovado, Manuel Antonio, and Santa Rosa National Park. These parks include a wide variety of dry and rain forests, wild and exotic animals, and aquatic life. Some of the most common activities in these places are trekking, climbing, camping, horse riding, swimming in thermal waters, and animal observation.
Visitors planning to visit some of these places should consider the kind of transportation they are going to use. For example, it would be handy to rent a compact car to get to the Central Valley area. If visitors plan to visit Monteverde Cloud Forest then they will have to rent a 4×4 truck. It is quite important to be prepared in advance because some roads in Costa Rica are difficult to cross even more if there is rainy weather. Sometimes, it would be more useful to opt for regional transportation such as taxis and buses. The cost for these transportation services including car rental are significantly cheap as compared with other places in America and Europe.
These are some airlines that provide regular flights to Costa Rica:
Europe: Martinair, Iberia, and Condor. Some of these flights include connection flights in America.
America: American Airlines, Continental, Delta, US air, Spirit Air, Frontier, and Taca. Most of these flights arrive to two of the most important airports in Costa Rica, Liberia and San Jose Airport.