Landed in San Jose, Costa Rica's capital. We rented a car at the airport and headed directly to La Fortuna.

We drove to La Fortuna through green mountains of coffee plantations. Beautiful landscapes on the way. 

Arrived in La Fortuna, a small town in the northwest part of Costa Rica. It's a beautiful town dominated by Arena Volcano. Actually, the town is a getaway to Arenal Volcano National Park.

We took the day to visit National Park Arenal. The active volcano dominates the park. There are nice hiking trails through the forest and former lava fields. Heliconias trail has a great view of the volcano. 

Headed to the Pacific Coast, in Manuel Antonio, small tourist resort with beautiful sights, exotic wildlife and fun activities. Oh, and superb beaches.

Back to Manuel Antonio resort for the night.

National Park Manuel Antonio is Costa Rica’s most visited park. You can see monkeys and all sorts of birds. There are beautiful beaches and casual forest trails.

We took a full day just to enjoy the beach.

Beautiful Costa Rica Holiday

Arrived in San Jose. Had enough time to visit around the city center: Costa Rica National Theatre, Pre-Columbian Gold Museum and Costa Rica’s Jade Museum

From the capital, we rented a car and headed to Orosi Valley through green hills and lush vegetation, along the Reventazón River. Very beautiful landscape.

We chose to spent the night at Finca Queveri. It's a super beautiful view from there and we had nice local experience.

Headed to Tortuguero, village on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, part of Tortuguero National Park.

We visited extraordinary Tortuguero National Park, which is a network of marshy islands. The best way to do it is by boat. Tortuguero means turtle catcher and the park is a protected wilderness area that shelters turtles, including endengered species of turtles.

We took a morning canoe tour in Tortuguero Rainforest

In the afternoon, we took a walk along “jaguar trail”. It follows a forest route along the beach, where you can spot turtles as well, including protected green turles.

Moved to Sarapiqui, a town in northeastern region of the contry. It's a popular tourist destination mainly among the adventure lovers and also for wildlife of the area.

We booked a rafting ride on Sarapiqui River, adrenaline experience with gorgeous landscape.

Then we visited Catarata del Toro, the biggest waterfall in Costa Rica.

And Blue Falls, another very beautiful waterfall.

At the end of the day, we arrived in La Fortuna town.

After exploring La Fortuna town a bit, we headed to beautiful Arenal National Park.

Arenal Volcano offers a super spectacular view. It's one of Costa Rica’s five active volcanoes. Thought to be dormant, the volcano awoke unexpectedly in 1968. Beside the volcano, the park has hiking trails through the forest and former lava fields.

Travel to Santa Teresa, nice beach village that was initially a fishing village. Now it becomes popular among tourists especially for its wild beautiful beaches and surf conditions.

Spent the whole day on the beaches of Santa Teresa, relaxing in a beautiful environment.

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