Costa Rica can be truly called a “rich coast” as it was once named by Columbus for its rich variety of attractions. If we consider the fact that regardless of only a small territory its climate includes both cool wet mountain ranges, rain forests up to dry tropical forests, cloud forests and this is not the whole list. The natural life of the coast is also fabulous with its mammals, flower plants, reptiles and amphibians and especially 1200 species of orchids. Costa Rica is also home to several active volcanoes and so Arenal erupts daily every fifteen minutes or so!
If you already feel the addition of booking an airplane ticket for the spot, then the information about water related attractions and activities will make you to just fall in love with this country. Pacific and Atlantic coasts offer up some notorious surfing, while at the same time some of the places are just ideal for getting tanned. If these areas are flat and there’s a lack of waves then snorkeling and kayaking are always an option. Wind surfers will be enormously surprised with the offers of the Lake Arenal as it is believed to be one of the world’s best wind surfing places and on good days you can cruise over 25 miles across the lake.
The land attractions include horseback-riding, hiking, mountain biking, deep sea- fishing, bungee jumping, sailing, bird watching and ballooning.
But if you are a true lover of the adventures then your favorite activity list will be enlarged with repelling down through the center of waterfalls, canopy tours through the tropical trees and white water rafting.
Whether you are sailing to or from Costa Rica, this is one of the places that will become a great addition to your list of destination points.
Various points of interest, you will have the chance to drop in on interesting towns and stunning national parks as this small plot of the land is hosting various national parks and wildlife refuges. One of the most popular ones is Manuel Antonio National Park, where naturalists lead guests on a walking wildlife tour and at the same time try to impress you with a possibility of looking at a range wildlife which at first seems to be rather non-combining.
The best thing to do right after the visit to the natural life of the coast is to visit the country capital city of San Jose. Here you will witness the urban environment of the country and get surprised with the range of various activity places of rather loud music and stunning friendliness. To make you even more astonished I offer you visit the National Theatre. The National Theater offers classical music and opera performances in addition to others! And if interested with handicraft of this Central American country you better stop at the Sarchi which is a great place to visit and admire the country’s handicraft.
The population here is distinguishing with its openness and ways of welcoming the guests. Most of the time if you are thinking of booking one of the Costa cruises your docking point on the eastern side will probably be the city of Limon, at the same time the region of Puntarenas is the best docking point on the country’s west coast. Puerto Caldera is the main docking point at Puntarenas, and it is a prime location from which to start your exploration of Costa Rica.
Most cruises to Costa Rica have Panama’s Panama Canal as a major focus for the area, and as such, Costa Rica is just one stop along the way. But if you enjoyed our specifications of this wonderful land then your stay here needs to be stretched as much as possible.
