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Travel Vacations Gloom and Doom Getting You Down, Partner? Time To Make Plans For Costa Rica Vacation
| Gloom and Doom Getting You Down, Partner? Time To Make Plans For Costa Rica Vacation |
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| Written by Victor C. Krumm |
| Saturday, 24 October 2009 08:03 |
 1. Airfares have not been this low in years. The world economic downturn has come to Costa Rica. Tourism in Costa Rica is off by at least 15% this year, presenting terrific travel deals to an informed and frugal traveler . Want affordable luxury? The Hilton Papagayo Resort is offering rooms as low as $160.00 a night. Seniors can get an extra discount. More budget-conscious folks who travel Costa Rica can stay at very nice Costa Rica hostels (some with private rooms) for about $12.00. Travel Tip: For the best bargains, visit between May and mid-November and avoid the holiday periods. Bonus Tip: always ask the hotel, resort, or hostel if there is a discount for cash ("effectivo" in Spanish). 2. With nearly 800 miles of coast visit some of the exquisite Costa Rica beaches. Sandy beaches, coral and shell beaches, and boulder strewn beaches. Fish off of Drake Bay, named after Sir Francis Drake, who visited the southern Costa Rica Pacific coast a decade before sinking the Spanish Armada and saving England in 1588. You can even walk the same Caribbean beach where Columbus named Costa Rica six centuries ago. 3. Frolic on the same Costa Rica beaches as Mel Gibson and Britney Spears. Do not forget to 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. 4. Become an ecotourist. Costa Rica ecotourism has become a booming industry and is helping to preserve endangered sea turtles, exotic macaws, and many other species while bringing in much needed revenue to local communities. Be sure to check out Ostional National Preserve on the popular Pacific Gold Coast, where thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore in massive nestings, called "arribadas", perhaps the largest remaining on the planet. Arribadas happen every month but the biggest (sometimes involving hundreds of thousands of turtles) typically are when the moon is in its last quarter during the months of July to November. 5. Called the "Switzerland of Latin America," this mountainous little country has nearly as many kinds of birds as in the entire continental U.S. and more species of butterflies than live in all of the continent of Africa. It is so diverse that one of every five animal and plant species in the world are found in this country. It even has the only butterfly that makes a sound. 6. If you are really into nature, visit magnificent Corcovado National Park on the southern Pacific Coast, a place National Geographic describes as "the most biologically intense place on earth." Though small, it is true wilderness that hosts the largest remaining population of scarlet macaws in Latin America, including sloths, tapirs, monkeys, and six kinds of wild cat, including the spectacular jaguar, not to mention some of the tallest primary forest remaining in this part of the world. Bring your camera, bandaids for blisters, and mosquito repellant. About the Author: Author Victor Krumm lives in Costa Rica. Go to his authoritative, lovely website about Costa Rica Vacations and be sure to check out the spectacular Seven Wonders of Costa Rica You can get a unique content version of this article from the Uber Article Directory. Kindly provided by MoneyHunter.org You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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