A May 4, 1887 was born the National Museum, located at the University of Santo Tomas and is until 1950 when it arrives at the headquarters located in Bella Vista. On May 6th the museum celebrates its 125 years with many achievements and challenges to meet, and remain as one of the places you go when [...]

Just like one who is absent from the country for a while and then returns, the tiger shark returns to show its back spotted tourists at the park rangers and researchers in Cocos Island; plenty of travel packages to costa rica will help you visit this beautiful island. After 30 years of absence, the shark returned to [...]

The Central Pacific Region is one of the most popular touristic destinations of Costa Rica, if not the most popular of all. It’s easy to access, with several routes to get there and also domestic flight availability. The distance from San José is short, within one hour in the shortest driving route, and offers many [...]

The Punta Leona Reserve is located in the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, one of the most beautiful places in the country, right in front of the Pacific Ocean. Its great geographic location, in the middle of the dry North Pacific and the humid South Pacific, make it a very rich area with transitional [...]

If you are wondering which places to visit in Costa Rica, you definitely have to include the Osa Peninsula in your Costa Rica vacation package. It is a beautiful area with untouched tropical forest and great geography, declared as one of the most biologically intense places in the world by NatGeo magazine. The Peninsula and [...]

My Costa Rica vacations continues in the South Pacific area in Puntarenas, and after visiting amazing places like Corcovado, Isla del Caño and Pavones, I’m heading to San Josecito, one of the beaches that I found in Drake Bay, in the south of Puntarenas near the Osa Peninsula. It is a remote, private beach with [...]

I’m traveling in the Southern Pacific of Puntarenas in the middle of Costa Rica vacations, visiting many amazing beaches located between the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado. I’ve been previously to other beaches in the Pacific Coast, like Jaco and Manuel Antonio, which are two of the most popular beaches in Costa Rica, and recently I’ve [...]

Tortuga Beach is a beautiful beach in the Southern Pacific of Puntarenas, very close to the small town of Ojochal, and in the middle of an area with many amazing beaches located between the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park, where my Costa Rica vacations is developing. Before Tortuga, I’ve been to some of the [...]

Tortuga Abajo is considered an exploration point or hub in the Southern Pacific of Puntarenas, due to its  closeness to many touristic attractions, like Ojochal, the Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park, Golfito, Pavones, Matapalo, Isla del Caño and the Marino Ballena National Park. It’s relatively close to the Central Pacific Area (within 1 hour) including [...]

I’m currently in Ojochal, a small town in the Southern Pacific of Puntarenas, where my Costa Rica vacations continues, and I’m visiting a lot of beautiful places located in the area between Osa Peninsula and the Panama border. I’ve been to Costa Ballena, which is a land and sea strip between Dominical and Ojochal, comprised [...]