If you are looking for a great, fun and educational vacations with your family then you should definitely visit Costa Rica. If you are considering Costa Rica, then here are few places you must include in your Costa Rica Educational tour.
One of the most popular places to visit in Costa Rica is The Costa Rican Jade Museum (Museo Costarricense de Jade). This museum can be located at the “Instituto Nacional de Seguros” (INS) in San Jose Downtown. As the name implies, the museum displays a large collection of jade art forms. This stone has many different colors and it’s one of the rarest stones in the world. In fact, there are only 6 quarries that mine jade in the world.
The National Museum or the “Museo Nacional”, is located at the Bellavista Army Barracks. The barracks is the real thing, in fact all the tourists who visit it can attest that it is the same barracks in the civil war of 1948 as there are a lot bullet holes in the building.
This museum in Costa Rica tackles many topics including detailed account of how the indigenous of Costa Rica decreased in number and almost got extinct. If on the other hand, you are more inclined to the performing arts, you can visit the National Theater or the “Teatro Nacional”. The architecture in itself is worth the trip. The theater stages a variety of plays and musicals all year round.
If you want to immerse yourself with the current culture of Costa Rica, then the best place to go during your vacations is the Central Market as it is the best place to experience first hand the ways of living in Costa Rica. There are a lot of finds in the market; there are fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, wild flowers, local cheese, leather items, souvenirs and gifts that you can bring home.
If the nature and science are more your field, then you can visit the Arenal Volcano. The Arenal Volcano is the country’s most active volcano. In fact, it is erupting daily, so any day is a good day to observe the volcano.
You can also go for vacations to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve which is quite near the Arenal National Park. If you are fan of the great outdoors then you will surely enjoy this part. Bird watchers and nature fans enjoy this place as it is full of lush greens and exotic wildlife.
To get a better view of the birds and other wildlife, you can try the canopy tours and zip lines. You can also go horseback riding and hiking, and coffee tours trough the plantations. You can also explore it by foot by walking around the many suspended bridges in the forest.
There are a lot of ways to enjoy the forest reserve and I am pretty sure that you will find one that will definitely suit your interests.
