"It was hard to avoid a slight sense of panic in the arrivals lounge at San Jose airport. Scores of taxi touts swarmed round us, making it difficult to find our guide who was to look after us during our walking holiday. I know it’s a typical scene..."
The Best Travel Writing About Costa Rica
In addition to our collection of fabulous hotels - and their equally fabulous reviews - Travel Intelligence is built upon some of the finest travel writing on the web. So, to find a range of travel writing about Costa Rica and general Costa Rica travel tips, you just need to browse the selection of travel articles below...
Articles about Costa Rica
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A Walking Tour in Costa Rica
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Mary Novakovich
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Costa Rica
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Pacific Coast
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Where the Jungle Meets the Sea
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Alf Alderson
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Costa Rica
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Pacific Coast
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Puerto Viejo
"On the last day of our stay in Costa Rica I asked Mike, a Californian surfer we’d hooked up with on arrival, how he’d sum up his visit. “Great place, great people, great beaches - yeah, that’s about it”. Well, I suppose you might expect a classic..."
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Before You Die: Float Feet First Downstream in Costa Rica
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Linda Ballou
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Costa Rica
"Rafting the Pacuare River in Costa Rica is a must do before you die. Class III-IV rapids are spaced nicely between peaceful glides through a primordial rain forest populated with colorful birds, grunting monkeys and three-toed sloth dozing in the..."
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The Little Things That Change the World
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Mark Eveleigh
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Costa Rica
"To the uninformed eye this had looked like the perfect camping spot. We were in the far north-eastern corner of Costa Rica in a beautiful forest glade, sheltered by an ancient fig tree whose branches were so heavy that it had lowered vertical..."
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Battle of the Beachhead
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Mark Eveleigh
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Costa Rica
"The sun rose on a battlefield that was thick with flying dust. Hunched shapes lay in tortured postures, writhing on the sand. Others crawled, inch by painful inch, towards the relative cover of the waves…where sharks and crocodiles waited..."
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Hiking the Costa Rican Tropical Rain Forest
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Benjamin Ergas
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Costa Rica
"Less than 1 percent of the light that hits the rainforest canopy reaches the forest floor. Trees and bushes elbow one another to catch a glimpse of light. Epiphytes leash up along tree trunks to reach new heights, grasp for a hint of..."
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Costa Rica’s Wild Jungle And Water Adventure
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Hal Peat
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Costa Rica
"When the word "eco-travel" entered the language in the late seventies, Costa Rica also became the next horizon for adventurous travelers seeking a tropical experience that would engage all the senses. A new millennium finds this small but..."
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A Crocodile Tale
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Dea Birkett
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Costa Rica
"'No Se Bane' said the sign - Don't Go Swimming! - above the etched-out silhouette of a crocodile. I was standing on a wide bridge above the mouth of the Rio Grande de Tarcoles, on the central pacific coast of Costa Rica, starring down at a dozen..."
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