Central Costa Rica Nature and Adventure

Early risers can enjoy the most beautiful view in the country . From the edge of the crater of Irazú volcano, 3432 m, which last erupted between 1963 and 1965, you will experience not just a cold wind,...

The splendor of the tropics brought together in one garden . This botanical garden, established in the 1940s by English botanist Charles Lankester, is now managed by the University of Costa Rica--and a...

Steep mountains, ravines cañonartige, rain and cloud forest: The big national park north of Heredia was founded in 1978 to protect tropical forests created when the new road from San José on Guápiles ...

With a stronghold in the wilderness Amos Bien compares his private nature reserve. At the northeast border of the Braulio Carrillo-Park, at a junction of the road to Puerto Viejo (access from Las Horq...

To the mountain from San Jose to visit, take Avenida 2 on the front of the church of La Merced, the bus to the suburb of El Llano Alajuelita and then starts the two-to three hour climb. The trail is n...

The park of the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversity in Santo Domingo de Heredia serves as a park, botanical garden, museum, research and teaching center. In two large halls, the natural wonders of the ...