Archive for June, 2007
Sunday, June 10th, 2007
Palo Verde
Palo Verde National Park
The first thing that needs to be said about this incredibly diverse national park is that it is a birders paradise. Palo Verde National Park is located at the head of the Gulf of Nicoya, 18 miles from Cañas. This bird specie plagued National Park [...]
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Saturday, June 9th, 2007
Tenorio Volcano
Tenorio Volcano National Park
This wild Costa Rica park has an area of 31 794 acres that lodge two volcanoes, numerous rivers, waterfalls, thermal hot springs, and a lagoon. Tenorio National Park is located about 3.7 miles from Cañas on the Interamericana Norte area. Tenorio Volcano is a relatively active [...]
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
Turrialba Volcano
Turrialba Volcano National Park
Turrialba Volcano National Park is 40 miles east from San Jose with an area of 3900 acres. This National Park contains the densely forested Turrialba stato volcano, which is part of the Irazu Volcano massif. Turrialba Volcano is an active volcano with three main craters. [...]
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Whitewater Rafting
If you are looking for quality whitewater rafting for your vacation, be it adventurous or more laid back, Costa Rica can offer you two great options. Pacuare River is said to be on the top five rivers for whitewater rafting in the world. A Pacuare River whitewater rafting tour will take you [...]
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Tapanti
Tapanti National Park
Costa Rica has 68 protected conservation areas; certainly some are more visited than others. The most visited National Parks and Wildlife Reserves of Costa Rica are definitely worth visiting as their popularity is well earn, such as Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Arenal Conservation Area, Tortuguero National Park, Santa Rosa National Park, Irazu Volcano [...]
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Santa Elena
Santa Elena Reserve
Santa Elena Reserve is a 765 acre community managed reserve, built in 1989 to protect a cloud forest area in Costa Rica. This cloud forest is located around four miles away from the Santa Elena Village. Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve, together with the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, the Arenal Conservation Area, and the [...]
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Rainforest of Costa Rica
It is said that about two-thirds of the species of the planet live in tropical rainforests and that a million more await their discovery inside the rainforests. Worldwide a lot of efforts are been made to protect the rainforest, not only because of the value of preserving the planet’s species and not letting them get [...]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Poas Volcano
Poas Volcano National Park
Poas Volcano is among the most active Costa Rica volcanoes and records of its continuing activity have been dated back to 1828. You will find the view of this Costa Rica volcano absolutely spectacular and the fact that it is so close to San Jose makes it a perfect one day tour [...]
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Irazu Volcano
Irazu Volcano National Park
Irazu Volcano National Park is another park that is great for a one day tour. Irazu Volcano is close to San Jose and with a paved road that leads to the crater. Irazu Volcano at 11260 feet above sea level is the highest volcano of Costa Rica. This National Park was created [...]
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Friday, June 1st, 2007
Costa Rica History
Costa Rica is colonized by the Spanish between the years of 1506 and 1562. Most books of Costa Rica history agree that the first and most significant encounter Costa Rica had with the old world dates to 1502, when Christopher Columbus arrived to Puerto Limon. Christopher Columbus was impressed by the quantity of gold decorations [...]