Where To Go In Costa Rica: Determining The Best Places To Visit During Your Trip
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Browse our Costa Rica blogs to learn everything you need to know about Monteverde (Santa Elena) Costa Rica, including why you should visit.
Use our Costa Rica Destination Tool to filter 66 Costa Rica destination recommendations according to nearly 150 different criteria. Learn more!
Plan to travel to Costa Rica with kids? We outline the best things to do and provide child and student discounts!
Watch Nikki Solano cover 10 of the most sought-after Costa Rica destinations (and standout experiences at each) on Rick Steves’ Monday Night Travel Show.
We describe the most memorable aspects of the Monteverde Orchid Garden in Monteverde, Costa Rica, plus share photos from our visits.
We list the Costa Rica hours of operation for national parks, biological reserves, wildlife refuges, and other attractions!
We’ve explored the Treetop Walkways Hanging Bridges at the Selvatura Park for years. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your visit!
We’ve done the Monteverde Sky Trek canopy zip-lining tour a few times. Here’s everything you need to know to plan for your experience!
Our Costa Rica guidebook, Moon Costa Rica, is full of tips, recommendations, photos, maps, and itineraries. Learn more!
Our free Monteverde city guide (Santa Elena) covers everything we’ve learned from exploring Monteverde Costa Rica for years.
Everything you need to know about driving to Monteverde: possible routes, road descriptions, a distance/duration chart, and more!
Do you know that the Monteverde cloud forest and the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve are different? We compare and contrast both to help you decide which to visit!
Our free Monteverde hotel guide explores hotels we’ve stayed at in the Monteverde region.
We did the Sky Trek, Tree Tram, and Sky Walk tours at the Treetopia Park (formerly the Sky Adventures Monteverde Park). Here’s what you need to know, plus tour discounts!
We’ve been exploring the Monteverde Sky Walk hanging bridges for years. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your visit!
We’ve done the Monteverde Sky Trek canopy zip-lining tour a few times. Here’s everything you need to know to plan for your experience!
We’ve ridden the Monteverde Tree Tram Cableway (Aerial Tram) a few times. Here’s everything you need to know to plan for your experience!
We compare and contrast La Fortuna / Arenal and Monteverde, plus offer a quiz, photos, and discounts for both areas to help you decide!
Need to travel between Arenal / La Fortuna and Monteverde? We outline the best ways to get from La Fortuna to Monteverde and vice versa!
We outline three ways to make a day trip to Monteverde from La Fortuna / Arenal (or vice versa) and explain why doing so isn’t a good idea.
We compare the most popular hanging bridges in Costa Rica and offer discounts for hanging bridge tours and entrance fees!
Looking for the best zipline in Costa Rica? We compare and contrast a number here, and offer free discounts for ziplining tours!
We’ve toured the Selvatura Park several times. Here’s everything you need to know about Selvatura in Monteverde!
We compare and contrast Costa Rica highway conditions by design, terrain, pace, traffic, flow, tolls, river crossings, and 4×4 requirements.
September 2024 edition