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Costa Rica is an excellent destination to bring your kids, there is a lot to see and do. Kids will have the best of times visiting the rainforests, spotting all kinds of animals, from beautiful butterflies, to the most interesting insects, 4 species of monkeys, iguanas, coati mundis and much more.

Regarding activities, kids will have a great time doing zip linings of all kinds, swimming in rivers, playing at the beach, horseback riding, standing on the rim of a crater, white water rafting, walking on the canopy on the trees on the different hanging bridges.

Kids will be very happy in Costa Rica, they will learn a lot about nature and happy kids is happy parents.

To travel between the different locations in Costa Rica there are many options. You can rent a car and do it on your own. You can hire the services of a tour operator and they will take you from place to place on a van with one of the guides which are one of the best in the world. Also there is the option to fly with our local airlines, this will save you a lot of time, a 4 hour car ride will become a 35 minute flight. It is a matter of budget.

Costa Rica offers two main seasons:
1- The dry season, sunniest season, that goes from de second half of November to the end of April.
2- The green season, where the rains begin, everything turns green, that goes from May to the first half of November. During this green season, the standard behaviour is a sunny morning, showers in the afternoon and a clear night.

It is important to know that during the green season is where you will find the best deals and promotions.

No, not always rain in the rainforest. The months of January, February and March are very dry months and it won´t rain at all in many days in a row.

In Costa Rica animals are free on their habitats, there is no guarantee to see animals. Possibilities are very high because there are many protected forests and the biodiversity is very high. There are animals that are easier to spot, like the howler monkeys, white faced monkeys, or sloths, also the coati mundis or the agoutis, all very impressive. In Costa Rica you will learn to enjoy the beauty of many other animals like: insects, spiders, birds, caterpillars etc. But there is no guarantee, they live freely and to see them they have to cross our paths.

27% of the territory is protected under a National Park or Private Reserve.

Here are some of our recommendations :

  1. The cloud forest in Monteverde.
  2. Poas Volcano, one of the biggest active craters in the world.
  3. The Waterfall Gardens.
  4. The beautiful beaches of the North Pacific and the nesting of the sea turtles.
  5. Corcovado National Park.
  6. The whales on Costa Ballena..
  7. Turrialba Volcano and Guayabo indigenous site.
  8. The National Theater and the Jade Museum.
  9. Carara National Park.
  10. Cabo Blanco National Park.

We costarricans drink water from the faucet all the time, but for foreigners we recommend not to risk your vacation and drink bottled water.

There is always a risk in eating street food, don't risk your vacation.