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Visiting Naranjo Beach inside Costa Rica’s Santa Rosa National Park

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A trip to Naranjo Beach will have you entering Guanacaste’s Santa Rosa National Park as it is part of this grand national park. It...
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A Guide To Costa Rica’s Gandoca-Manzanillo National Refuge

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Visiting Costa Rica's Caribbean coast will leave you speechless in wonder and amazement that a place so stunning truly exists. The coast has its...
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San Lucas Island, Golden Gate become sister parks

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The two conservation areas are united by virtue of having contained legendary prisons
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Visiting Las Baulas National Marine Park Costa Rica

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Only an hour from Liberia’s Daniel Oduber Quiros International airport is Las Baulas National Marine Park, a safe haven for leatherback sea turtles.  It...
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Visiting Costa Rica’s Caño Negro National Park

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Northern Costa Rica is home to the third most important wetland in the world, Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge. It is situated in a...
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Guide to Hiking in Rincón de la Vieja National Park

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In northwestern Costa Rica is the beautiful Guanacaste province, most often talked about for its white-sand, pristine beaches. However, within this popular province is Rincón...
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Costa Rica plans infrastructure improvements to national parks

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The single greatest commitment is 850 million colones (about $1.4 million) to improve tourist facilities at Tenorio Volcano National Park.
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No single-use plastics in Costa Rica national parks starting Feb. 25

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The Health Ministry estimates Costa Rica generated 4,000 metric tons of waste each day during 2014, of which 11.5% corresponded to plastics. 
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Former Panama President Martinelli Avoids Jail, Arrives in Colombia Under Asylum

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli arrived in Colombia this Saturday under political asylum, after spending 15 months sheltered in the Nicaraguan embassy to avoid...
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Costa Rica’s Elusive River Otter: Behavior, Scat Clues, and Rare Video Evidence

Today we meet the most aquatic member of Costa Rica’s weasel family, the neotropical river otter. The neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis) is known...
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Why Costa Rica is Banning Fishing in the Gulf of Nicoya for May–July

A fishing ban in the Gulf of Nicoya, effective since May 1st and lasting until July 3rd, protects shrimp, corvina, snapper, and white mullet...
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