A Costa Rica vacation can be enjoyed by wildlife lovers and adventure lovers.  Find information for your Costa Rica vacation here

This small republic in Central America offers some great wildlife viewing opportunities.  It borders both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.  The republic has a land area of less than 20,000 square miles with a large portion of that being either tropical rain forest or beautiful beaches.

 A Costa Rica vacation takes you to one of the most ecologically diverse locations to be found.  The diversity here is due to the location and the geography of the area.  Your Costa Rica vacation could have you on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, or the Caribbean Sea.  You can travel through lowland rain forest, cloud forest, deciduous forest or mangrove swamp.  There are also beautiful lakes and streams and waterfalls throughout.

This mix of habitats is what leads to the varied wildlife to be viewed on a Costa Rica vacation - (view packages and order a FREE travel brochure!).  Birding is a favorite activity on a Costa Rica vacation.  The birding here is truly excellent.  Many birds here, like the Scarlet Macaw, are brightly colored and pretty easily spotted.  The raucous Scarlet Macaw is just one of over 850 bird species to be found here.

In addition to birding, there are many other wildlife viewing opportunities to be enjoyed during your Costa Rica vacation.  Jungle walks will put you in the middle of some of the most scenic places you can find.  The many orchids and other plants are lovely and even many of the insects are colorful and elegant looking.  There are plenty of small animals to be seen also.  Monkeys and sloths are some of the most popular residents and there are four types of monkeys and two types of sloths.  However, armadillos, peccaries and other mammals are also common.  There is also a huge variety of reptiles and amphibians.  Lizards and frogs can be seen nearly everywhere.  There are tropical fish that can be viewed near reefs and offshore islands too.

A Costa Rica vacation offers myriad ways to fully enjoy your trip to paradise.  Jungle walks and snorkeling are a couple ways to get closer to the wildlife.  A Costa Rica vacation offer some unique opportunities for the more adventurous individual as well.  Canopy tours are a breathtaking experience for the bold.   Canopy tours let you ride a zip-line over and through the jungle canopy.  Many of the volcanoes here can be accessed with a car or on horseback and you can look into the craters.

Rafting is another popular activity on a Costa Rica vacation and there are opportunities for rafters of all skill levels.  Tour companies offer rafting trips on slow moving tame rivers.  You can also go rafting on the world class white water of the Reventazon river.

Your Costa Rica vacation can also be planned to include annual events.  Every year, thousands of female turtles pull themselves onto the beaches to lay their eggs.  The Leatherback turtle can reach sizes of 7 feet across and over 1000 lbs.  This is just one of the many species of turtle who bury their eggs on these beaches.

A Costa Rica vacation can be enjoyed by wildlife enthusiasts of all energy levels and degrees of daring.  We hope your Costa Rica vacation is everything you dreamed.

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