Before tourism expanded in Costa Rica and biologists began to visit the country for its incredible biodiversity, the country’s indigenous peoples were the first to be experts on the area’s wildlife. This, through close observation of the animals, which resulted in great mythologies about the wildlife of Costa Rica. Beliefs are best preserved in the…
Jan Rydfors, an obstetrician-gynecologist, and co-founder of the Pregnancy Company’s application, recently gave travel advice for pregnant women, some of which were helpful in traveling with her future wife just before the birth of her first daughter. Here are some comments. What precautions should pregnant women take before traveling? Something Dr.Rydfors recommends to all his…
Costa Rica has at least 228 mammals, considering the small size of Costa Rica, this represents an awesome diversity of wildlife. For example, in Texas, four times bigger than Costa Rica, there are about 200 species of mammals. Because of the tropical complex forest, this provides numerous amount of habitat niches, many of the mammals…
Yes, there is one, and Costa Rica has the largest ox cart in the world in a little town called Sarchi. Sarchà is the famous craft center of Costa Rica. The city has more than 200 shops and small factories that work with family businesses who work wood for generations. Made of wooden bowls, tableware,…
With only 51,100 km2 (19,729 mi2), Costa Rica is considered one of the 25 most biodiverse countries on the planet. In this small territory, inhabit more than 500,000 species, this represents 6% of the world’s biodiversity. However, only 18% is known, which means that in Costa Rica there are some 91,000-species identified. As a comparison…
“Wellness Pura Vida” will be part of the promotion strategy of Costa Rica, which will focus on activities such as meditation, yoga, treatments with hot springs, and organic food. Costa Rica launched the “Pura Vida Wellness ” strategy with the aim of expanding its offer to a market that seeks more reflection, meditation, yoga, treatments…
Eight beach destinations, one mountain, and one city of Costa Rica stand out in places preferred by travelers in the world, according to the Travelers Travelers 2017 listing of a travel portal, TripAdvisor. The website that includes tourism and traveler reviews, TripAdvisor, put Nosara as the favorite destination within the country and highlighted San Jose…
In this occasion, we will give you suggestions for your trip to Costa Rica, and we also tell you a bit about us “ticos” (as they call us in Latin America). The word “tico” (masculine) “tica” (feminine), identifies us as Costa Ricans, according to a tell, we received this nickname when other countries heard us…
We live in the information age and technology gives us an incredible amount of options and tools to make our trips more comfortable and efficient. But, which App we find most useful in Costa Rica? Well, we can get the answer in this post. Tripadvisor This app offers its service to millions of travelers, with…
The week preceding Easter is known as Holy Week. It begins on Palm Sunday and is traditionally a week of reflection on the events preceding Jesus’ death: his triumphant entry into Jerusalem; his betrayal by Judas; his Last Supper with his twelve apostles; his arrest, crucifixion and death; and his burial in a tomb. In…
