Archive for September, 2007
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Cano Negro National Wildlife Refuge
In the north of Costa Rica’s Province of Alajuela, all the way up to the border with Nicaragua, one of the most impressive tropical wetlands can be found. Cano Negro National Wildlife Refuge is an almost 10,000 hectares big, protected, uninhabited natural treasure. The best way to reach Cano Negro is by boat, departing form [...]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Nicoya
The city of Nicoya is not known as a tourist destination and mostly is only visited on the way to other places on the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica’s Province of Guanacaste. The town of Nicoya is one of the oldest cities, founded by the Spanish colonists. The name oif the town and the peninsula [...]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Mal Pais
The small town of Mal Pais is located on the west coast of the tip of the Nicoya Peninsula and is part of Costa Rica’s Province of Puntarenas. The way to drive to Mal Pais is to take the highway from the Central Valley to the port of Puntarenas, where a ferry leaves for [...]
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Marino Ballena National Park
On the Pacific Coast in Costa Rica’s Province of Puntarenas, close to the town of Uvita the Ballena Marine Park is situated. The park covers the beaches between the southern part of Playa Hermosa and the northern edge of Playa Pinuela and almost 10 miles of open sea westward. Inside the park are the sandy [...]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Buenos Aires
In the Province of Puntarenas, just a couple of kilometers off the Interamericana Highway, between the cities of San Isidro de El General and Palmar Sur, the town of Buenos Aires is located. In pre-Colombian times the area around Buenos Aires was inhabited by the indigenous tribes of the Borucas. That they occupied a vast [...]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
San Isidro de El General
Leaving San Jose and Cartago in the Central Valley behind and by following the Interamericana Highway you cross one of Costa Rica’s most impressive mountain ranges, the Cerro de La Muerte. Coming down in the Valley of the General River, which runs down westward from the slopes of the Talamanca mountains to the Pacific Ocean, [...]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
Playa Pavones
As far south as you can go on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, in the Province of Puntarenas in the small village of Pavones one of the world’s best surfing beaches can be found. It’s a more than 400 kilometer drive from San Jose in the Central Valley and the only way to reach [...]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge
In the north of Costa Rica’s Province of Limon, above Tortuguero National Park, the Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge is located. It consists of more than 90,000 hectares of protected rainforest and wetlands. The north boundary of the Barra del Colorado is formed by the Rio San Juan, the natural border with Nicaragua. The [...]
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Golfito
Golfito is about as south as you can go on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica’s Povince of Puntarenas. The way to reach to Golfito by car is following the Interamericana Highway from the Central Valley to the Canoas on the Panamanian border. It’s a long ride from San Jose, Costa Rica’s capital. Golfito has [...]
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Osa Peninsula
The Osa Peninsula in the south of Costa Rica’s Province of Puntarenas is one of the few areas left where you can enjoy a virgin rainforest. Most of the Osa Peninsula is formed by the National Park of Corcovado and in the northwest you find the beautiful Drake Bay. The biggest city on the Osa [...]