10 Reasons Why Costa Rica makes a Great Holiday Destination

Corcovado Beach 150x150 Costa Rica has a great deal to offer.IMG 6387 2wfcm 150x150
It  can be much cheaper than you might think, if you are prepared to search for the best deals and it really is worth the effort of getting there.



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Wanna Hike from Carate to Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica?

IMG 6225 2 300x200 Wanna Hike from Carate to Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica?Walking into Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica via La Leona Station is a perfectly do-able return journey in a day. To make it  enjoyable into the bargain, a little forward planning goes an awfully long way.

Getting to Carate, – just arriving at the starting point for this walk, early enough to make the whole thing viable,  needs some thought…….   Continue reading

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Montezuma, Costa Rica.

IMG 0831 300x200 Montezuma, Costa Rica.What this little Costa Rican beach town lacks in size is amply made up for by its character. Montezuma on the Nicoya Peninsula is a gem. Continue reading

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Wanna See Scarlet Macaws in the Wild?

4537844509 04073e5e28 o 300x199 Wanna See Scarlet Macaws in the Wild?Costa Rica’s Scarlet Macaws

Now that our own brood has flown the nest, one of the main reasons, in fact THE main reason we decided to do some more serious travelling (and the photography, that, for us goes hand in hand with it), is that we still have an awful lot of ‘ wanna’s’ left to do.

For this particular Wanna, quite honestly, Macaws of any kind would have more than fitted the bill……. mmm…… excuse the pun! . But the Scarlet variety lives on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula and we were hoping to see them when we were there. Continue reading

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Visiting Arenal National Park

IMG 0123 2 199x300  Visiting Arenal National Park Costa Rica’s Arenal National Park tends to be an ‘on the way to’ kind of a place. Talk to visitors there and they will tell you that they are on the way to Tortuguero or the Caribbean beaches, or spending a couple of days on the way back to San Jose.

It’s a fact that, in a two or three week holiday, ‘attractions’ have to be allocated a slot in the schedule (if only we could all wander the world at will, with no restrictions on time!). But Arenal really does deserve a 3 night minimum and here’s why:- Continue reading

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