The name Costa Rica - Spanish for "rich coast" - seems particularly apt at Manuel Antonio National Park on a sunny morning during the rainy season. As I walk through the park, its entrance a mere ...

A: If you’re planning a trip to Costa Rica–a.k.a., the unofficial adventure sports capital of the world–the hardest question of all is what not to do. Since you’ve narrowed it down to surfing, however ...

“The smoky jungle frog is Costa Rica’s largest species of frog and second largest amphibian, only rivaled in size by the giant marine toad,” Tracie emailed. “It has a voracious appetite to match its ...

Delta (0871 221 1222; www.delta.com) flies to San José via Atlanta from Heathrow from £607 return. Thomson (0871 231 4787; www.thomson.co.uk) flies from Gatwick to Liberia, Costa Rica, from £459 ...

A tropical red sun is setting over Caño Palma as we head out for our evening paddle in Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park. Vines loop across the tea-brown river, like a still from a Tarzan movie.

If it weren't for the crocodiles, we might have seen the turtles hatch and take their first wobbly steps to the sea. But to get to their remote location at Buena Vista beach on the Nicoya Peninsula ...