[Updated 1/14/2020] The other day, during a conversation about the places we've traveled to and would never re-visit, we were flabbergasted when a friend suggested that a Costa Rica vacation had Keep Reading
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We’re on a boat, speeding down a river in Tortuguero National Park towards our Tortuguero hotel, Mawamba Lodge. This pristine 77,000-acre protected area is at the heart of efforts to conserve the Keep Reading
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My love affair with Costa Rica began more than 20 years ago, in the early days of ecotourism. It was only my second trip outside the US, and the first where I learned about the importance of Keep Reading
Top 15 Things to Do in Antigua, Guatemala
Having thoroughly enjoyed our time exploring Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama, taking a Guatemala vacation was high on our bucket list. So when Juan Rivera of Beast Wildlife Adventures of K'uk Keep Reading
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Located in the southwestern corner of its namesake country, Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in Central America. It's also home to one of the region’s most remarkable islands. Isla de Keep Reading
Exploring the Ancient Xunantunich Mayan Ruins of Belize
There is a private ritual I have– sacred and, until now, unspoken– that helps me connect with ancient archaeological sites such as the Xunantunich Mayan ruins in Belize on a more personal (rather than Keep Reading
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My wife Emma and I have spent the better part of the last decade in and out of Guatemala. It’s a place that we refer to as home even today, much more so than England (where she's from) or the United Keep Reading
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Located on Costa Rica's remote Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park has been referred to by National Geographic as “the most biologically intense place on Earth in terms of Keep Reading
Top 20 Things To Do In Costa Rica (for Nature & History Lovers)
I took my first trip to Costa Rica back in 1997. Back then the Central American country was still just emerging as a world-renowned ecotourism hotspot. I was just emerging as a professional Keep Reading
