[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
Las Bolas, the Stone Spheres in Costa Rica at Finca 6
[Updated 11/25/2019] By the beginning of 2014, science had found the Higgs boson (a.k.a. "the God particle), put a rover on Mars, and created a robotic hand that allows amputees to actually feel Keep Reading
The Ultimate Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica Travel Guide
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
My Stupid Mistake While Hiking Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica)
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
Protecting Whales & Dolphins in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
It was morning in Golfo Dulce, a tropical fjord in Costa's Rica's Osa Peninsula. The slight roar of the engine and the gentle waves were strangely soothing. The sun slowly rose above the green hills Keep Reading
Kurá Design Villas: Eco Luxury in Uvita, Costa Rica
The concept of "eco luxury" may seem like a new development, but its roots date back to the glamping safaris wealthy Americans and Europeans took in the early 1900s. These days, ecotourism focuses Keep Reading
Casa Corcovado Jungle Lodge: Eco Luxury in Costa Rica
With no roads, no airport, and the nearest town two hours away by boat, Corcovado National Park is about as "away from it all" as you can get in Costa Rica. Casa Corcovado Jungle Lodge, which is Keep Reading
Cano Island: Costa Rica Scuba Diving at its Finest
I feel like I'm in a scene straight out of Finding Nemo. I'm diving 50 fifty feet below the waves, at a site called "El Barco," located about 100 yards off the beach of Costa Rica's Isla del Keep Reading
Corcovado National Park: A Journey Into Remote Costa Rica
There's a change that washes over me every time we venture away from the city and into the remote wilderness of a place like Corcovado National Park. It's a feeling I've gotten every single time Keep Reading
