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Traveler Story: Costa Rica Wilderness Explorer
In the jungle after dark, we encountered an armadillo and followed tree frog calls, spotting several with gorgeous colors. Marco showed us a mud bank with a motmot nest (a 2-foot-long tunnel)...
Seabound Baby Turtles in Costa Rica
While exploring the wilderness of Costa Rica, a small group of nature travelers enjoyed the wondrous experience of being surrounded by Pacific green sea turtle hatchlings making their way to the ocean for the first time...
Top 7 Moments of the Natural Vida en Costa Rica
We had the opportunity to explore the mangroves of the Sierpe River by private river boat. While floating down the river, we experienced the many incredible sights, sounds and smells of the vast ecosystem...
Five Highlights from Costa Rica
Of all the animals we had a possibility of seeing on this trip, the one I was looking forward to the most was a sloth. Two-toed, three-toed—I didn’t care —I just wanted the chance to see one out in the wild. Fortunately, on our first full day...
11 Wild Reasons to Visit Costa Rica (in Photos)
We saw so many baby squirrel monkeys on the grounds around the Tiskita Jungle Lodge, near the Panama border in Southwestern Costa Rica. This mama and baby were on the roof of the main...