Kinda’ funny… When I started in the travel industry back in 1987, there were very few tourists in Costa Rica. We used to go on one day tours as there were very few good hotels out of town, and every now and then a birdwatcher apppeared in the buses. With their binoculars hanging and their bird…
Car renting and driving in Costa Rica gives you access to the entire country and the freedom of piloting your own vehicle allows you to pause and watch a sloth climbing on a tree on the side of the road, an old horse or ox-cart or the possibility of trating yourself with some of the delicious goodies…
Costa Rica is an extremely lucky country. Nature is condensed. In a list where giants like China, Russia, or the United States are, tiny Costa Rica is listed as the smallest most macrodiverse country, meaning that this land has more life diversity in one square mile of forest, than many other areas of the World, -including complete…
1. In San Jose you can find a lot of restaurants of all sorts. There are some Costa Rican style food courts, very good, in the “Galerias” or in the Central Market. The “galerías” are small shopping centers (You can find two in the Central Avenue boulevard on 3rd to 5th Streets, and 5th to…
Costa Rica beaches are considered some of the most beautiful and pristine in the world, they are always dynamic and sometimes deadly. A rip tide (rip current) is a frightening thought, and if you are caught in one you might not be aware of it till it’s too late. It is estimated that ninety percent…
Insurance in most cases is never used and seems to drain the money from your pockets. When it comes to travel insurance in what cases should you actually get it? For some trips, travel insurance is a virtual necessity; for others, it’s worthless. The question boils down to a matter of risk. A basic purpose…
35 useful tips, from traveler to traveler. You are planning to go somewhere…. Finally, somebody tells you about Costa Rica… and maybe your secretary or your daughters friend went last year and came back talking about it like Paradise. And you take the decisión! Costa Rica is it! And the planning starts! There is one bottom…
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Whenever you come to Costa Rica, you will find out that as you get into a restaurant, fruit juices are in order…. Real delicious fresh fruit juices… With them, a plastic straw, wrapped in a paper cover is put next to the clean glass. None thinks about it. You are in a conversation, maybe laughing,…
A Family Trip to Costa Rica is fun, learning, and unforgettable… But it should also be safe, relaxing and comfortable. For us at Camino Travel the fun of the kids is as important as the relaxation of the parents. So! Find here ten great experiences to live at a family trip, and contact us to tell you how to desing…
