In A Winter Funk? Time To Make Plans For Costa Rica Vacation

By Victor C. Krumm

Most of the world seems to be in a funk these days. Autumn leaves have fallen, the days are getting shorter and whiter. The Boys of Summer are freezing their bats off and nearly ready to put them away until Spring. A Costa Rica vacation may be just the ticket. Here are some great reasons to take that Costa Rica vacation now.

1. Airfares are incredibly inexpensive right now. They have not been this low for years. And, with Costa Rica tourism off by about fifteen percent this year, an informed and frugal traveler can really take advantage of the plight of hotels and resorts. Luxury resorts like the Hilton Papagayo are offering rates as low as $160.00 a night, seniors pay even less, and more budget-conscious folks who travel Costa Rica can rent very nice Costa Rica hostels (some with private rooms) for about $12.00. For the best bargains, visit between May and mid-November. Tip: ask if there is a discount for cash (“effectivo” in Spanish). Do not be shy: ask and ye shall receive!

2. Visit some of the exquisite Costa Rica beaches. Tropical, crowd free beaches on two coasts. Sandy beaches, black, white, brown, coral shell, and boulder strewn beaches. Explore the same Caribbean beach where Columbus landed six centuries ago. Fish off of Drake Bay, named after Sir Francis Drake, who visited the Costa Rica Pacific coast a decade before sinking the Spanish Armada and saving England.

3. Take romantic walks or just be lazy. Or, bring your surfboard because some of the best surfing in the world is found here. Most beaches are completely free but if you prefer to visit a very popular national beach park called Manuel Antonio, there will be a small entry fee. Wherever you are, though, you can frolic on the same Costa Rica beaches enjoyed by stars like Mel Gibson and Britney Spears.

4. Consider becoming an ecotourist. Visit Ostional National Preserve on the fabulous Gold Coast, where thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore in massive nestings, called “arribadas”, perhaps the largest spectacle of its kind in the world. Arribadas occur year-round but the biggest (sometimes involving hundreds of thousands of turtles) typically are from July through November when the moon is in its last quarter. Or, head over to the Caribbean coast and tour Tortuguero National Park, the world’s largest green sea turtle preserve.

5. Think Green. Imagine a tiny little country with nearly as many different species of birds as in the entire continental U.S., nearly 1000 in all. Here is a place with more species of butterflies than Africa—the entire continent. 10% of the species of butterflies on earth live in a place comprising just 1/10,000 of the earth’s surface.

6. If you are fit and adventurous, visit magnificent Corcovado National Park on the southern Pacific Coast, a place National Geographic calls “the most biologically intense place on earth.” Don’t expect all of the amenities of life in this sometimes rugged place that hosts the largest remaining population of scarlet macaws in all of Central America, including crocodiles, monkeys, and six kinds of wild cat, including the spectacular jaguar, not to mention some of the tallest primary forest remaining in this region of the world. Bring your camera, bandaids for blisters, and mosquito repellant.

Author Victor Krumm posts from his home in Costa Rica. Go to his acclaimed website about Costa Rica Vacations and be sure to look at the spectacular Seven Wonders of Costa Rica

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