MONTEVERDE MONTEVERDE MONTEVERDE A family arrives in Monteverde after driving up a narrow winding road It is a mild humid morning in the cloud forest Colorful butterflies flit about in the many trees The family wanders through the mist of tumbling waterfalls
OTHER TOP SITES IRAZÚ VOLCANO NICOYA PENINSULA PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD MUSEUM TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK Later they join a wildlife tour at Serpentario de Monteverde They see poison dart frogs and many different snakes After a picnic lunch they go zip-lining through the mountain rain forest They fly past ferns mosses and vines A symphony of bird calls fills the air Welcome to Costa Rica
LOCATION Costa Rica is located in Central America It covers 19,730 square miles 51,100 square kilometers The nation’s capital San José lies in the central valley along with other major cities such as Alajuela and Cartago Nicaragua stretches along Costa Rica’s northern border All along the country’s east coast are the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea Panama is Costa Rica’s neighbor to the southeast The waves of the Pacific Ocean lap upon the shores of Costa Rica’s entire western coast N E W S
NICARAGUA CARIBBEAN SEA HEREDIA LIMÓN ALAJUELA CARTAGO SAN JOSÉ COSTA RICA PACIFIC OCEAN PANAMA
