A dor­mant vol­cano. Anoth­er name for the vol­cano is Bar­ba (Span­ish: Bar­ba). It reach­es a height of 2906 meters. The ar…

The largest lake in Cos­ta Rica. The alti­tude is 600 m. The Are­nal vol­cano is near­by. The lake increased in size three…

Height: 1916 meters, Type: Stra­to­vol­ca­noes, Sta­tus: Holocene

Height: 3340 meters, Type: Stra­to­vol­cano, Sta­tus: His­tor­i­cal. The largest erup­tion occurred in 1856. The vol­cano is c…

The waters around the small Cos­ta Rican island of Cocos are teem­ing with sharks, bring­ing with them poach­ers look­ing …

The loca­tion of this unique site in Cen­tral Amer­i­ca, where Qua­ter­nary glac­i­ers have left their mark, has allowed the …

Height: 2267 meters, Type: Stra­to­vol­ca­noes, Sta­tus: Holocene

Also called the Stone Spheres of the Diquís or sim­ply “Las Balos” the Stone Spheres of Cos­ta Rica remain one of the b…

Cocos Island Nation­al Park, locat­ed 550 km off the Pacif­ic coast of Cos­ta Rica, is the only island in the trop­i­cal ea…

The Area de Con­ser­va­cion Gua­nacaste (inscribed in 1999), was extend­ed with the addi­tion of a 15,000 ha pri­vate prop­er…

One of the impres­sive active Cos­ta Rica vol­cano is the Poas Vol­cano, locat­ed just min­utes from the city of San José. …

Guanacaste’s Coast is very pop­u­lar for any beach lover, a place with white sand beach­es and crys­tal clear ocean, whic…

Found in this stun­ning nation­al park is an amaz­ing diver­si­ty of flo­ra and fau­na. So far, more than 140 species of mam…

Cos­ta Ver­da is locat­ed on a coastal rain­for­est bluff nes­tled between the lush green of Manuel Anto­nio Nation­al Park a…

Are­nal is Cos­ta Rica’s best-known vol­cano. It’s a stra­to­vol­cano – a large, sym­met­ri­cal vol­cano that’s built upon laye…

Height: 1659 meters, Type: Stra­to­vol­ca­noes, Sta­tus: Uncer­tain

Height: 2028 meters, Type: Stra­to­vol­cano, Sta­tus: His­tor­i­cal

Height: 1916 meters, Type: Com­plex vol­cano, Sta­tus: His­tor­i­cal