Costa Rica Vacation Blog November Archive

Costa Rican Cultural Tour

By Website Introductions at 11/20/08 21:06

Costa Rica has continued developing and promoting its natural resources, culture and heritage to the world by its tourism package programs. A new tourism strategy headed by the Tropical Adventures named their newest Costa Rican tourism package as "Costa Rica: A Cultural Encounter" where as every man, woman and child can avail and enjoy the various culture and traditions of the natives of Costa Rica at the same time enjoying the beauty of Costa Rica. See the rest of it here:

Link: Adventure Travel Media Source

Costa Rica Ultimate Wildlife Eco - Tour

"Costa Rica Ultimate Wildlife Eco - Tour" is Wild Planet Adventures' most popular tour which now feature a unique and exclusive departure in Sirena which the Heart of Corcovado National Park and the most wildlife rich region in the country. It also represents about 10 percent of our planet's biodiversity with over 200 species of mammals and as well as 600 species of birds, they also have the most species of hummingbirds with 60 unique ones.

Know more about this eco-tour that Wild Planet is offering, more details on the link below.

Link: Adventure Travel Media Source

Eco Tourism Costa Rica

Costa Rica is well known to be the originator of eco tourism. It even succeeded in protecting 25% of its land area from industrial development.

As time passes, however, products of these eco tourism sites generated from Costa Rica's millions of visitors every year. It's sad news, but we can all hope that the trend stops at that point.

Link: Eco-tourism leaves print in Costa Rica

Carbon Neutral Vacation

Nowadays, travel agencies and tourism departments are making extra efforts to save the environment and promote sustainable tourism.

Here in Costa Rica, said to be the bastion of sustainable tourism, one travel tour is so sustainable that it even claims to be carbon neutral, meaning it makes no net carbon emission. How green can that be? Let's find out more here in this

Link: Claire Bidwell Smith: Costa Rica: Still Some of the Greenest Travel Around

Costa Rica's Fair Decision

Almost Every country has been feeling the kick of the global recession and economic crisis of the United States. thus making the prices goes up while tourism and other profit earning opportunities for the government and the business go down. Tourism programs is now a very effective tool to promote and persuade tourist to help the countries fight against the recession. Recently a tourism fair has been conducted that will aid Costa Rica in with their tourism promotion which can be found here:

Link: The Journal

Catch Whales in Costa Rica

Whale watching on the Pacific coasts is rapidly growing throughout Latin American countries specially in Costa Rica in which, according to Costa Rican Tourism Institute, grew by 74 percent during the past 10 years.

These large aquatic mammals, specifically the humpback whales are most common to visit Costa Rica's coast because of their migratory patterns.

Link: The Journal

Tourist Haven Community

Not far from popular tourist destination in Costa Rica, Reserva Los Campesinos ia a rural tourism co-operative located in the small village of Quebrada Arroyo. Where you could experience a different kind of tourism which nature and the natural way of living can give you.

Basic and rusty but comfortable cabins with tasty meals are offered in this place. Tourist also get to help the residents here as more than half of them relies from income coming from tourism project as guides, cooks, maids, or translators. Know more about this tourist haven on the link below.

Link: An inn with a purpose and a haven for tourists

Essay Writer goes to Costa Rica for Free

Lauren McCabe's 800-word essay gave her the chance to have a luxury vacation to Costa Rica, a trip that cost over $ 3,000 value. It was the grand prize at the recent travel writing contest which meant to evoke the spirit of travel sponsored by travel Agency Costa Rican Vacations. She spent the 6 night luxurious Costa Rican Vacation with Carla Bloomberg, her best friend for New York.

McCabe wrote about her life changing journey across the United States by train as her most memorable travel experience and successfully outshines among the 111 inspiration entries.

Link: Enjoy a Bill-Free Vacation in Costa Rica

Trip to Costa Rica without the Beaches

A group from Cove United Methodist Church in HamptonCove, in their first international mission trip, went to Costa Rica not to go the world famous beaches and breathtaking resorts but to build a facility for an orphanage project somewhere in a town called Coronado.

Their team included a doctor, engineers, airlines service reps., housewives as well as FBI agents. They dug ditches, worked with concrete from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and then go to teach at vacation Bible schools at three different churches. More on the group's adventure on the link below.

Link: COSTA RICA BREATHTAKING - al.com