Category: Costa Rica
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Making Coconut Candy: One of our Favorite Things to Do with Kids in Costa Rica
Looking for things to do in Costa Rica? If you want your family to experience the local culture while on vacation in Costa Rica, consider learning to make chewy coconut candy. When our friends in Puerto Jimenez offered let our kids learn to cook this local treat, we jumped at the chance. I loved watching…
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Where to Stay in Costa Rica: A Guide to Choosing Location and Accommodation for Your Trip
Are you wondering where to stay in Costa Rica? I get it! This is one of the most frequent questions I get from friends and readers. Planning a family vacation to Costa Rica for the first time can feel overwhelming. There are awesome accommodations to be found all over Costa Rica, including air-conditioned hotels, spectacular…
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Tips for an Adventurous Family Vacation to Costa Rica
Costa Rica attracts adventurous families. With its zip lines, whitewater rafting, wildlife, and hiking opportunities, it’s hard to imagine a better place to visit if you love the outdoors. If you’re planning a family vacation to Costa Rica, good for you. You could just fly there and wing it, and you’d be fine, I’m sure.…
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Seeing Wildlife in Costa Rica: A Visit to Neo Fauna
This is a story about the magic of frogs. More specifically, the magic of the frogs found in a little wildlife sanctuary in Costa Rica called Neo Fauna. The very first time my husband talked me into taking our boys to Costa Rica, my eldest son was four and his brother was just just two-years-old.…
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Zip Lining in Costa Rica with Kids: Everything You Need to Know
If hurtling through the air attached to cables strung through very, very tall trees doesn’t sound fun to you, I’m betting you just haven’t had the chance to zip line in Costa Rica yet. As the epicenter of adventure family travel, Costa Rica has zip lines everywhere. After you see your fifth or sixth billboard…
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Osa Peninsula Lodging in Costa Rica: Ecolodges, Tents, Hotels and More
Accommodations on the Osa Peninsula can be as varied as the wildlife that surrounds them. The Osa Peninsula is a rich, biodiverse paradise, a place where whales swim alongside their calves and dolphins play and turtles nest and sloths hang and jaguars prowl and insects bite your ankles. If you’re planning a vacation there, you’re…
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Top 20 Things to Do in Costa Rica with Kids
If there’s one thing we know well after all these years, it’s what to do with kids in Costa Rica. If you haven’t been to Costa Rica, it’s no secret that I think you should go. This bewitching, palm-fringed, eco-friendly Latin American paradise is our favorite family vacation destination, with plenty of activities for the…
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The Monster Guide to the Animals of Costa Rica
There are many reasons to take your kids to Costa Rica, but number one has to be the opportunity to get up close our furry, feathered, scaled, and slimy friends. The animals of Costa Rica are one of the biggest attractions in a country rich with nature’s bounty, and the more you know about the…
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Visiting Dos Brazos de Rio Tigre: A Gold Panning Tour in Costa Rica
You know what kids love? Money. And what’s the next best thing to cold hard cash? Gold. And am I willing to manipulate my children to get them excited about some form of cultural adventure on our travels? Yes, I am, and this is how our family ended up on the Gold Mining Tour in…
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Should You Take Your Kids to Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica?
Corcovado National Park is the crown jewel of Costa Rica’s extensive national park system. If you’re committed to an adventurous vacation in Costa Rica, it’s probably on your short list. Sure, you can visit Manuel Antonio National Park…but if you’re the type of person who prefers more animals and fewer people, you need to go…
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