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Manatees in Costa Rica? Apparent Sighting near Tortuguero
Local conservationists are celebrating yet another apparent confirmed sighting of manatees in Costa Rica’s Caribbean canal of Tortuguero, not far from the village of...
What are the 5 most Visited National Parks in Costa Rica?
Costa Rica's national parks are one of the country's most impressive legacies. More than one-quarter of this small country's land is protected. Their trees, flowers,...
5 of the Best National Parks in Costa Rica
With so many people visiting Costa Rica it's diverse national parks system is the main reason many people travel here. Whether you’re looking for...
Visiting Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park
In the northeastern region of Costa Rica on its Caribbean coast is the small village of Tortuguero, meaning region of turtles. Here lies Tortuguero...
Outbreaks halt economic reactivation in parts of Costa Rica
Even as the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) begins to promote domestic vacations, the orange alerts have effectively shut down that sector in several tourism-heavy towns.
We want them alive: Costa Rica’s reckoning
The waves of violence sometimes seem to lap against an indifferent shore.
On two coasts, communities mourn tourists’ deaths in Costa Rica
In Santa Teresa, on the west side of the Nicoya Peninsula, residents asked for increased police presence.
Battle over Tortuguero Road heats up again
A number of business owners are raising their voices against the project.
US man dies in boating accident in Costa Rica, marking third deadly incident this month
Thomas Russell Tomlinson, a 68-year-old U.S. citizen and Costa Rican resident, died from injures sustained when the boat he was traveling in collided with another boat near the Caribbean town of Parismina around 4:00 p.m. Thursday, according to OIJ spokeswoman Paula Madrigal.
Woman drowns in boating accident in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Benita Smith, a 58-year-old Nicaraguan woman, drowned in the event. Another woman traveling with Smith, Mirian Sambola, was injured and taken to a hospital in Guápiles.