Costa Rica Vacations

This Central American country offers the epiphany of the simple pleasures in life. Your Costa Rica vacations will not only be a sight seeing adventure but a look into natural unadulterated beauty of the natural surroundings. Rainforests, mangrove swamps, cloud forests, beaches, coral reefs and an overabundance of animal life and plant life make Costa Rica a nature lovers dream vacation spot.

With determination to protect their natural surrounding, Costa Rica has a national archaeological monument, a number of wildlife sanctuaries and refuge's, forest reserves, 20 national parks, and 26 protected forests. You can see active volcanoes such as the Volcan Arenal, Irazu, or the Poas, which erupt daily on Costa Rica vacations.

If being by the water is why you came on your Costa Rica vacations, you could go white water rafting on the Rios, Pacuare, Revenatzon, or the Parrita. Or, enjoy something a little more laid back like sunbathing on the white sand beaches of Cahuita, Drake Bay, or Pavones.

The Rincon de la Vieja with some of the best horseback riding trails in the country, allow Costa Rica visitors to explore the last remaining rainforest in Central America. It also sports some of the best surfing in the world in Santa Rosa National Park at Witches Rock on Playa Naranjo. A fresh water volcanic lagoon and boiling mud pots surround one of the active volcanoes in Costa Rica.

In Monteverde, you will find Selvatura Park. At the park you can receive canopy tours, tree top walkways, the butterfly and hummingbird gardens, and insect, reptile, and amphibian exhibitions.

No matter what you decide to see on your Costa Rica vacations, its breath taking views, fabulous sight seeing, laid back culture, or phenomenal beaches and deep turquoise waters your Costa Rica vacations will provide you with memories to last a lifetime.