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Trip PlanningManuel Antonio National Park: Tickets, Hours and TrailsManuel Antonio National Park is Costa Rica's most popular national park, and it trips up more visitors than any other. Tickets are…
National ParksHow to Get to Tortuguero: Boat, Plane and Turtle SeasonNo road goes there. You arrive by boat or small plane, and the route you pick changes the cost and the day.…
National ParksSanta Rosa National Park: Dry Forest, History and SurfSanta Rosa National Park, about 35 km north of Liberia in Guanacaste, protects one of the largest remaining stretches of tropical dry…
National ParksLomas Barbudal Biological Reserve: Trails, Fees and TipsLomas Barbudal Biological Reserve is a small, quiet tropical dry forest reserve in Guanacaste, between Liberia and Bagaces, best known for about…
National ParksCosta Rica National Park Tickets: How to Book on SINACTo buy Costa Rica national park tickets, use SINAC's official site, serviciosenlinea.sinac.go.cr. SINAC (Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación) is the agency…
National ParksCorcovado National Park: How to Visit, Costs and ToursCorcovado National Park, on the Osa Peninsula in southern Costa Rica, is the country's best park for wildlife: Baird's tapirs, all four…
National ParksGuayabo National Monument: Visiting Costa Rica’s Ancient CityGuayabo National Monument is Costa Rica's best-known archaeological site. It holds the remains of the largest pre-Columbian settlement found in the country,…
National ParksCaño Island, Costa Rica: Snorkeling, Tours and RulesCaño Island (Isla del Caño) is a small protected island about 16 km off Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, and one of the…
National ParksTapantí National Park: Trails, Fees and How to VisitTapantí National Park, officially Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte, protects wet mountain rainforest at the head of the Orosi Valley, about 1.5 to…
National ParksHow Much of Costa Rica Is Protected? A Guide to Its ParksAbout a quarter of Costa Rica is protected. The government's official map counts 152 protected wild areas covering roughly 25.5% of the…
National ParksCarara National Park: Macaws, Trails, Tickets and TipsCarara National Park is a compact rainforest park on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast, about 1.5 hours from San José and 15…
National ParksBraulio Carrillo National Park: Trails, Wildlife and TipsBraulio Carrillo National Park is a large, steep, very wet rainforest park just northeast of San José. It's split by Route 32,…
National ParksMarino Ballena National Park: Whale Tail, Fees and TipsMarino Ballena National Park protects a strip of beach and more than 5,000 hectares of ocean around Uvita, on Costa Rica's South…