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Visiting Costa Rica’s Hacienda Barú National Wildlife Refuge

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Change can start with anyone. A mere thought and desire can evolve into something so beautiful if you persevere, have patience, and simply believe...
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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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Visiting Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park

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In the northeastern region of Costa Rica on its Caribbean coast is the small village of Tortuguero, meaning region of turtles. Here lies Tortuguero...
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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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The deportation of migrants detained in the United States to El Salvador and their imprisonment in a mega-prison for gang members is creating “a...
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Poás Volcano Eruptions Hurt Costa Rica Tourism Economy

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