Costa Rica - Ecotourism and Nature

Costa Rica Highlights

Costa Rica Highlights

From 10,000 feet in the air, nothing is what it seems. Supposedly unending rainforests are passed over in seconds, roaring rivers are hushed and immense lakes become nothing more than puddles. But changing one’s altitude does much more than minimize the landscape and its grandeur. Indeed, while soaring among the clouds, in a brief moment of suspension, something beautiful takes place. The combination of earth, vegetation and water, which from land appears so mundane, suddenly explodes into hypnotizing mosaic; reflections and distortions of sunlight, normally unavailable to the human eye, begin to produce colors and shadows that deceive while they captivate; and one gets the feeling that an another world exists at this extraordinary height - a world where birds fly, where the sun always shines and where air and wind are king.

Perhaps the most striking illustration of nature’s creative capacity is the magnificent maze of mangroves found in Costa Rica. Large areas of mangroves line the estuaries, streams and river mouths along the Pacific and Caribbean Coasts, most prominently to the east, between Limon and Tortuguero. The mangroves grow in this vague zone where freshwater meets saltwater, where the ground is neither liquid nor solid, where trees roots, paradoxically, are aerial.

But from the labyrinth of a small, serpentine stream, or perhaps even when eyed from the midst of a large lagoon, something of the mangroves is lost. To see it all - to view this “in between” world as the Frigate birds, Wood Storks and Roseate Spoonbills see it; as the Cormorants, Pelicans, Herons and Egrets see it; and as all the others birds nesting and living in the trees see it is to see it from above.

A panorama in smooth motion, a bird’s-eye view welcomes in the vivid of nature’s unique inspiration. Moving with the wind, suddenly the true scenery appears, uncovering the contrasts otherwise missed: the red of the ground stands out against green of the foliage; the pure white of the clouds belie their gray shadows that darken the land below; and ocean somehow meets horizon as the blues of the sky begin to assimilate those from the sea.

Surfing so close to the cloud’s shores, this hidden realm of wind and splendor produces a show that breaks old boundaries while creating new perspectives. In this world, colors converge and shadows dance, mountains disappear and cities fade, leaving only the air that calms, air that simplifies and air that reveals nature’s true magnificence.

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Costa Rica and its Volcanoes

2088

Volcano station

1553

In close contact with Volcano

1365

Rio Celeste: Where the sky flows the mountain

1842

Isla del Coco: Island of a thousand dreams, fantasies and treasures

3344

Arenal Volcano

2278

Coco’s Island

1511

Chirrip�

1451

An area of unique combinations and great opportunities

1341

An amazing treasure, hidden under the surface

1553

INBioparque All Nature

1449

Guanacaste: The sun’s favorite territory

1482

Easy Escapes: San Gerardo de Dota

2306

Fall into Fossil Land

5763

Manuel Antonio: From Fantasy to Nature’s Magic

1749

Corcovado

1432

Guaitil

7248

Cocos Island

1648

Costa Rica Volcanoes

1294

Po�s Volcano National Park: An Experience of Colossal Proportions

3808

White Magic Flows From The Mountains To The Forest

1577

Playa Tambor

1698

Costa Rica Caves: A look inside

1453

Witch’s Rock (Roca Bruja)

11930

The Sky-Blue River (Rio Celeste)

14500

Corobici River

2076

Manuel Antonio

1528

Arenal Area

2083

Wetlands

1918

Wonderful Corcovado

1849

Tortuguero Experience

1792

Caño Negro

1571

Arenal Lake

1605

Caribbean Canals

1566

Lowland Rivers

1495

Monteverde Cloud Forest

1984