TOP TEN THINGS TO DO IN COSTA RICA

Rising over a mile in height, Arenal Volcano located in the northwestern region of Costa Rica, offers visitors a rare opportunity to view one of the world’s most active volcano. At night lava flows and the ejection of glowing hot rocks can provide viewers with an impressive fire works display. Arenal is famous for it’s thermal waters that spring out of the volcano. This is an attraction you can’t miss when you visit Costa Rica, it’s a nature wonder that gives you a soothing feeling and a relaxing sensation that will last for days.

Whether it's a zip-line thrill ride, gondola, or naturalist educational trip through the treetops, canopy tours have exploded in popularity in the past decade. Most of the rainforest’s life dwells in the canopy, high above ground. Consequently, there are a large number of “canopy tours” offered. It is thrilling to zip across the forest like a high-tech Tarzan, and kids love it.

A lot of beaches await you on the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean coasts. Costa Rica is best known for its number of every type, texture and color beautiful beaches and huge cattle reaches surrounded by a rich diversity of natural habitats, estuaries, posture land, dry tropical forest, marshes, rivers folklore, music, color and traditional food. They come in a variety of colors with sands that run from white to black and textures ranging from powder soft to coarse and gritty. Public beaches, isolated beaches, great surfing beaches, whatever you prefer, it’s there.

Only an hour drive from San Jose, this is one of the best things to see around San Jose. While not as impressive as Arenal, this volcano has is one of the world's largest geysers with an awesome crater, over 1.5 km. wide! The area is filled with ash so there is little vegetation near the summit for an otherworldly experience unlike any of the other Costa Rica National Parks.

Corcovado National Park is unparalleled for natural beauty, abundant wildlife, and foliage nearly pulsing with lushness. Corcovado is one of the rainiest regions in Costa Rica with records of up to 5500 mm. of rainfall on the highest peaks. Corcovado National Park is an undeniably beautiful place, considered to be one of the most important natural preserves in the Americas. It has been called "the most biologically intense place on Earth" by National Geographic.