Is Costa Rica the new foodies’ travel destination? Chef Randy Siles takes the world by surprise showing off the creative diversity of Costa Rica food and travel. Find out just who is this rising star celebrity chef from Costa Rica. Award-winning and gaining international celebrity status in his role as Costa Rica’s Ambassador of National...Read More
Students in USA give a cross-border Valentine’s Day 2017 gift of much-needed school supplies to 52 schoolchildren in rural Caribbean Costa Rica by Veragua Rainforest. Valentine’s Day in Costa Rica is known as the “Day of Love and Friendship.” And on this Valentine’s Day 2017, students from two schools in the USA shared friendship and...Read More
The Costa Rica hotel Hacienda Guachipelin at Rincon de la Vieja Volcano kicks off the new year of 2017 with new rooms and new improvements. It’s the New Year 2017, and Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin at Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Costa Rica is celebrating with new enhancements. New Guest Rooms at Hacienda Guachipelin To...Read More
Dine off the land at sustainable Costa Rica eco-lodge, Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge, with fresh produce from their hydroponic and traditional gardens. A new hydroponic garden is being developed at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge in southern Costa Rica to grow more fresh vegetables and herbs for innovative, original meals served at the Costa Rica eco-lodge....Read More
Starting in December 2016, Costa Rica is the new hub for low-cost flights to explore other destinations in Latin America. When you live in Costa Rica, or come for an extended stay, there are so many interesting things to do and see here that you can easily spend all of your free time traveling in...Read More
Lauded by guests as their “favorite place in Costa Rica”, Hotel Tropico Latino gets rave reviews on TripAdvisor. Find out why Tropico Latino is a Top 5 Hotel in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. With more than 190 “Excellent” reviews on TripAdvisor, Hotel Tropico Latino is now rated one of the Top Five Hotels in Santa...Read More
Your eco-friendly vacation in Costa Rica starts here: at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge, awarded the prestigious TripAdvisor GreenLeaders Platinum Status. Choosing to stay at eco-friendly hotels when you travel is a great way to help the planet. Now there is a simply way to make greener travel choices. The popular travel review website TripAdvisor has...Read More
Want to know the secret to long life? Discover with us why people in Guanacaste, Costa Rica often live to well over 100 years. Everyone wants to know the secret to long life. Could it be that in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, they’ve discovered the fountain of youth? Known to be one of the world’s Blue...Read More
The newest extreme mountain biking race, and thrilling one-of-a-kind Costa Rica mountain biking tours, all happen in August 2016 at Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin by the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Looking for an exciting mountain biking vacation this summer? One of the spots on the planet you cannot afford to miss...Read More
The beautiful southern region of Costa Rica will host the annual Costa Rica National Festival of the Arts 2016 in August. Find out here festival details and where to stay. The southern region of Costa Rica will host one of the largest festivals of the arts and music in the country over 10 days in...Read More
Young, talented Costa Rica surfers like Anthony Fillingim of Santa Teresa are leading Costa Rica surfing to the top of the world surf scene. Costa Rica will host this year’s ISA 2016 World Surfing Games from August 6 to 14. With excellent surf on two ocean coastlines, Costa Rica is emerging as a powerhouse on...Read More
Sometimes it’s monkeys, or a sloth. Or maybe Scarlet Macaws or toucans. Or possibly even dolphins or a humpback whale. When travelers come to Costa Rica – the eco-capital of Latin America with nearly 6 percent of the world’s biodiversity – they often want to see certain animals. Maybe it is a favorite animal they...Read More
Culinary options in Monteverde What food are you craving? Would you like to be adventuresome and try Fusion Cuisine, or you’d like some comfort food like pasta or pizza? The Monteverde-Santa Elena area has a surprising variety of restaurants for visitors to enjoy. If you’d like some reasonably priced local fare, you can try a...Read More
If the craziness surrounding the US 2016 election has you a little anxious about the outcome, you may be looking for an easy escape route come 2017. Every election, especially a controversial one, thousands of Americans threaten to leave the United States if the “wrong” candidate becomes president. As anxieties about the outcome of 2016...Read More
Being eco-friendly is trending as a billion-dollar business approach touching everything from appliances, cars, clothing, cosmetics and cleaning products to tourism. Eco-friendly travel and green tourism continue to be the fastest growing sectors in the tourism industry worldwide. In ecotourism pioneer Costa Rica, being eco-friendly is extremely important. The Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) founded...Read More
Costa Rica has always taken pride in its efforts to rely mostly on renewable energy sources. According to the Costa Rica Electricity Institute, the Central American nation was powered 285 days in 2015 fossil fuel-free. Solar is the clean energy of the future, and more and more homes and businesses in Costa Rica are installing...Read More
For its fourth year, the intense ultra-trail running endurance race The North Face Endurance Challenge Costa Rica returns to the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. On Saturday, May 28, 2016, hundreds of runners from all over the world will challenge themselves and each other in four endurance trail-running races of 10...Read More
Many vacationers want to give back while traveling to the communities they visit. In Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, two top hotels share a heartfelt initiative that makes it easy for their guests to feel good about supporting the community there. Hotel Tropico Latino and Florblanca Hotel implement the “$5 Check Out Program” that allows their...Read More
It’s one thing to boast about having some of the greatest biodiversity in Costa Rica – a country renowned for its legendary fantastic amount of plants and animals. It’s quite another to have plenty of scientific research to back up the claim. Not only is the rainforest in the Costa Rica Talamanca Mountains around Veragua...Read More
While there may not be 70-foot point break waves like in the movies, Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast still sports some of the top surf spots in the country and will bring Costa Rica’s best surfers to the region at the end of January for the first national surf competition of the 2016 season.Read More
Come January 2016, schoolchildren in the southern Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica will hopefully breathe easy with cleaner air. Roads in front of seven elementary schools in the region, that are now unpaved dustbowls, will be the first in Costa Rica to be made of recyclable plastic, thanks to the Pave the Road initiative. The...Read More
Sometimes it’s not always easy to find real eco-friendly or sustainable tourism businesses when traveling. At least there are more possibilities for ecotourism in Costa Rica, which maintains rigorous standards. Costa Rica essentially pioneered the flourishing ecotourism trend nearly two decades ago. Since then, with the many stringent demands of its Certification for Sustainable Tourism...Read More
Following in the footsteps of the world-famous Burning Man festival, and other transformational festivals like Lucidity, Lightning in a Bottle and Wanderlust, Envision Festival returns to Costa Rica in February 2016. Coming back to the rainforest by the sea in Uvita, Costa Rica from February 25 to 28, 2016, the four day Envision Festival once...Read More
Christmas season in Costa Rica is here! There is a lot going on, so get your Santa hat and merry spirit ready, and let the rhythm of Christmas in Latin America dash you away! Christmas in Costa Rica is a fun time of Christmas parades, festivals, traditional performances and concerts, and family events. Atenas, Costa...Read More
