Activities and tours Costa Rica

Sitting in a beautiful area of the Cartago mountainside is the mysterious Finca Sanatorio Duran. Many people who visit Irazu Volcano drive right past it thinking it’s another abandoned farm when in reality, it was an important hospital back in the 1910’s – 1920’s for tuberculosis patients. Since the hospital closed in the 1960’s, it […]

“Wow, this is beautiful,” I thought to myself as we approached the viewpoint. Despite Arenal Volcano hiding behind some clouds, the view was breathtaking. Deep green forest stretched in front of us for miles and miles. A slight mist hung quietly over the top of the trees and birds sang cheerily in the distance. It […]

Do you love snorkeling and don’t have your scuba diving certification? Try snuba! We did snuba in Costa Rica for the very first time and it was amazing. So if you want to do something more than snorkeling but don’t have your certification, go snubaing! Snuba in Costa Rica What is snuba exactly? Just imagine […]

If you love coffee, then you must take a coffee tour in Costa Rica. Costa Rica produces some of the world’s highest quality coffee and countries like Japan, South Korea and United States purchase hundreds of thousands of pounds of Costa Rican coffee every year. So if you are a coffee lover, you have to […]

The national theater in San Jose is one of the most beautiful buildings in Costa Rica with great importance to the cultural and historical aspect of the country. It opened in 1897, representing Costa Rica’s high degree of fine art and is a grand display of neo-classical architecture. If you’re staying a day or two […]

The Gulf of Papagayo in Costa Rica is well known for excellent fishing. You can find mahi mahi, jack, wahoo and many other types of fish even just a couple kilometers from shore. You can go inshore or offshore fishing but I recently got into kayak fishing. It’s great exercise, a fun way to spend […]