10 reasons to visit Costa Rica

1. BIODIVERSITY.
  It has 58 different microclimates and holds 5% of the life forms on the planet in just 50,000 km ². Nothing strange if we remember that the isthmus linking two continents. Mammals include jaguars, monkeys, armadillos, sloths, coatis; are almost two hundred species of amphibians; more than 800 bird-watching; tropical fish, rays, sharks and even humpback whales live in its waters; are over 2000 species of trees growing in the soil; 10% of butterflies in the world are here.

2. PROTECTED NATURE.
  There are 17 national parks and biological reserves seven. It is the country with the highest percentage of territory embraced different categories of protection and management of natural areas: 25% of its total área.

3. HAPPY PLANET.
  According to the New Economics Foundation, Costa Rica ranks first in the Happy Planet Index; and is the "greenest" country in the world.

4. PACIFIC. BEACHES AND SURF.
  Not everything is jungle. There are highly recommended beaches in the Costa Rican Pacific. The Nicoya Peninsula in Guanacaste province, is the one with largest hotel infrastructure. In addition to white sand beaches and coral reefs, the coast is a favorite destination for surfers.

5. SOUTH CARIBBEAN
 The Caribbean coast holds the largest barrier reef in the country in Cahuita National Park, a must for lovers of diving. His Afro-Caribbean population and indigenous communities constitute a differential value on the rest of the country.

6. TREKKING, RAFTING AND CANOPY.
  Costa Rica is a paradise for hikers, as most of the national parks and protected areas are visited on foot.
The mountainous geography of Costa Rica, the abundance of jumps, rapids and waterfalls of crystalline rivers and rich fauna of its banks favor rafting. The Pacuare River is considered one of the best in the world for this practice.
The country also has a number of perfect places to launch in zip through a system suspended between wooden platforms arranged over the canopy of the rainforest cables. Adrenaline and unique perspective are insured. The less adventurous will find cable cars to comfortably walk the treetops.

7. A FEAST FOR LOVERS AND BOTANICAL ORNITOLOGÍA.
  It is a top destination for devotees of ornithology. Of the more than 800 species of birds include hummingbirds, macaws, toucans and striking the elusive quetzal. Welcomes thousand species of orchids, one of the abundant especially in the Reserve Monteverde Cloud Forest, habitat plus nearly half the bird species in the country's delicate and beautiful flowers on the planet.

8. A MODEL OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
  Costa Rica abolished its army in mid-twentieth century, and today there are more teachers than policemen among its officials. It is a model of democracy in Central America and continues to post strong economic and social development. The literacy rate is around 98% and up to secondary education is free. The high life expectancy and low infant mortality rate are unusual in the área.

9. CARIBBEAN THE PACIFIC IN ONE DAY.
  Its small dimensions (a space ten times smaller than that of the Iberian Peninsula) facilitate cross it in its entirety. Breakfast and dinner in the Caribbean in the Pacific is entirely feasible.

10. ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
  Seated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Costa Rica is home to more than 100 volcanoes, 10 of them still active. Next to Poas, Irazu, the Rincon de la Vieja and Turrialba, Arenal Volcano is one of the most active and the most visited.

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