Costa Rica

Signature places

The places worth building a trip around — each with its story, its season, and the local operators who take you there.

Hiking

Cerro Chirripó

3,821 meters up, the sunrise belongs to you.

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Volcanoes

Arenal Volcano

The perfect cone that built a whole adventure town at its feet.

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Waterfalls

Río Celeste

Two clear rivers meet — and turn impossibly blue.

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Wildlife

Corcovado

The most biologically intense place on Earth — NatGeo's words, not ours.

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Turtles

Tortuguero

No roads in. Arrive by boat, stay for the oldest ritual on the beach.

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Surf

Witch's Rock

A lone volcanic monolith, an empty beach, and surf-film legend.

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Zipline

Monteverde Canopy

Fly through the cloud forest where ziplining was born.

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Wildlife

Manuel Antonio National Park

Rainforest ends, reef sand begins — no gap between them.

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Whitewater Rafting

Pacuare River

No road follows it. The raft is the only way in.

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Waterfalls

Nauyaca Waterfalls

Two falls, one family, forty-five meters of free fall.

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Waterfalls

La Fortuna Waterfall

Seventy meters of white water, ten minutes from town.

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Volcanoes

Poás Volcano

One of the widest active craters on the planet, and you can walk right up to the rim.

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Volcanoes

Irazú Volcano

3,432 meters up, the crater changes color with the rain.

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Whale Watching

Marino Ballena National Park

The tide draws a whale's tail, and the whales come to check it.

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Sailing & Catamaran

Isla Tortuga

One catamaran, three shades of turquoise, zero footprints but yours.

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Diving

Cahuita National Park

The reef is close, the pace is slower, and nobody's in a hurry.

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Surf

Santa Teresa

The road never got paved. The waves never stopped.

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