Costa Rica travel — cloud forests, Pacific beaches, Arenal, San José.
Monteverde, Costa Rica’s cloud-forest highlands at 1,400m: which reserve to pick (Monteverde proper, Santa Elena, Curi-Cancha), how to spot the resplendent quetzal, hanging bridges and zip-lines, where to stay by tier with verified Booking.com links, and the jeep-boat-jeep route from La Fortuna across Lake Arenal. A first-person guide with prices in colones and an honest take on what to skip.
La Fortuna is the most-visited region of Costa Rica, and it shows. A first-person guide to Arenal Volcano hikes, hot springs by tier (from Tabacon to the free Rio Chollin), the catarata, Mistico hanging bridges, Lake Arenal, day trips to Rio Celeste and Cano Negro, plus where to eat, where to stay, and how to use La Fortuna as a launching pad rather than getting stuck in the hot-springs conveyor belt.
A first-person Costa Rica travel guide from a long-time Central America traveller. Where to go (Arenal, Monteverde, Manuel Antonio, the Pacific surf coast, Corcovado, the Caribbean, Tortuguero), when, for how long, and what to skip. Real prices in colones, the food worth ordering, and an honest take on safety, rip currents and how to combine the trip with Nicaragua or Panama next door.
