Activities and tours Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a fairly young country with less than 200 years, so it isn’t exactly the first choice for visitors who are big history buffs, especially as the nature captures most of the spotlight. However, the Central Valley cities hold a great deal of cultural importance as they are where most of the 4.8 […]

Grecia is the perfect place for those looking to experience a small local town in the Central Valley, just 45 minutes from the country’s capital. Grecia’s location up in the mountains offers a wonderful playground full of forests, rivers and waterfalls, including these two beautiful waterfalls: the Los Chorros waterfalls. If you’re looking for a […]

Named as one of the bio-diverse spots on earth, Corcovado National Park attracts nature and wildlife lovers from around the world.  As the crown jewel of Costa Rica’s national parks, the government works hard to preserve the natural environment and maintain the lowest amount of disturbance possible while allowing visitors to hike, camp and view […]

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 […]

*Update: The company we went with no longer offers snuba but they offer snorkeling and scuba diving.* 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 […]

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 […]