The Rough Guide to Costa Rica

The Rough Guide to Costa Rica

Language: English

Pages: 464

ISBN: 1409347885

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


The new Rough Guide to Costa Rica is the definitive travel guide to this incredible country, with expert information on everything from magnificent national parks to lively cultural festivals and wild beaches. An in-depth field guide with stunning color photography explores Costa Rica's incomparable wildlife, and easy-to-use maps, reliable advice on how to get around, and up-to-date reviews of the best hotels, eco-lodges, restaurants, bars, clubs and shops ensure that you won't miss a thing, no matter your budget.

Discover Costa Rica's highlights. The Rough Guide to Costa Rica includes detailed practical advice on what to see and do throughout the country, from turtle-watching in Tortuguero to surfing in Santa Teresa, hiking and zip lining through the Monteverde cloud forests to exploring the breathtaking biodiversity of the Osa Peninsula.

Make the Most of Your Time on Earth with The Rough Guide to Costa Rica.

About Rough Guides: For thirty years, adventurous travelers have turned to Rough Guides for up-to-date and intuitive information from expert authors. With opinionated and lively writing, honest reviews, and a strong cultural background, Rough Guides travel books bring more than two hundred destinations to life.

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(by humans, at least) tract of land is crossed by the Río Colorado, which meets the Caribbean sea next to the village of Barra del Colorado. The grand Río San Juan marks the park’s northern boundary, which is also the border with Nicaragua. The river continues north of the border all the way to the Lago de Nicaragua and almost all traffic in this area is by water. THE RÍO SAN JUAN AND THE NICARAGUAN BORDER Heading to or from Barra via the Sarapiquí area in the Zona Norte entails a trip along

the San Juan–La Selva Biological Corridor, which ecologically links the Reserva Biológica Indio-Maíz in Nicaragua with the Cordillera Central – great green macaws require a wide area for breeding and foraging, and the corridor acts as a vital migratory pathway. Its conservational focus is the Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Maquenque, which plays a vital role in sustaining Costa Rica’s great green macaw population, though the bird’s future depends as much on the continuity of the

shed their leaves in an effort to conserve water, and the landscape takes on a melancholy, burnt-sienna hue. In April or May, when the rains come, the whole of Guanacaste perks up and begins to look comparatively green, although the dry forest never takes on the lush look of the rainforest. The story of the demise of the tropical dry forests in Mesoamerica is one of nearly wholesale destruction. In all, only about two percent of the region’s pre-Columbian dry forest survives, and what was once a

with a conversational approach to learning, based on current affairs, and with a variety of options (3–6hr/day, 4–5 days/week). One-week (4hr/day) programme, including Latin dance and cooking classes, costs just $448 including homestay accommodation. Costa Rica Spanish Institute (COSI) 2234 1001, cosi.co.cr. Small classes in San José, as well as a “Beach and Rainforest Programme” in Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio ($50–75 extra/week). Homestays are arranged (or you can stay in an apartment or

whose restructuring policies of balancing the country’s payments deficit have raised prices. Even on a rock-bottom budget, you’re looking at spending $40 a day for lodging, three meals and the odd bus ticket. Staying in mid-range accommodation, eating in nice restaurants and taking part in the odd activity will usually cost you over $100 a day, while the sky’s the limit at the upper end, where one night in a swanky hotel can set you back over $400 in some places. And that’s not including any

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