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Golfo Dulce: The Sweet Gulf of Costa Rica
Amazing amounts of biodiversity in and around the Golfo Dulce make it a magical place.
Announcing The Tico Times’ next Deep Dive: Costa Rica’s Southern Zone
We're packing our bags again, and we want to hear from you.
Fishing in Costa Rica: Catching roosterfish in a washing machine
When we arrived at Matapalo Rock, I thought about renaming the famous landmark – at least for this one day – either Whirlpool or Maytag: it was like the spindle of a washing machine, and the water was on the agitate cycle.
Open water swimmers race through Golfo Dulce
The Cruce Aguas Abiertas Golfo Dulce event began on a sunny Saturday morning with the 1.5- and 5-kilometer races. On Sunday, swimmers will return to the water to cross the gulf in a 14-kilometer swim for the first time in the event's history.
Quake shakes southern Costa Rica
In the latest seismological event to happen in Costa Rica this week, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off the country’s southern coast at 2:37 p.m. Saturday. There were no initial reports of damage.
Whale sharks spotted off the Osa Peninsula
It's whale shark season on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, where every January, the enormous, omnivorous creatures gather for a plankton bloom. By the end...