Travelogues Costa Rica

At 6:15 am, I took the shuttle to Brasilito. After about 6 hours of travel (usually it takes about 4 hours, but I won't complain now 😋), I arrived at Hotel Brasilito. The hotel...

I'm still alive! I mean, among all the snakes and bullet ants, there was no internet. For many, it's a reason to survive, but for us it's a piece of cake. We used the time to...

Only 2 hours by car from La Fortuna, we found ourselves in the next national park. Here, too, there is an active volcano in close proximity - the Tenorio. Our driver parked his...

Maybe we will have baby turtles at our beach soon.

A few kilometers outside of Monteverde, the road changed and suddenly we found ourselves on a heavily eroded steep gravel road, unable to move forward or backward. I must also...

On this day, we got on the bus towards Tortuguero National Park around nine o'clock in the morning. Tortuguero National Park is located in the village of Tortuguero, where about...

Let's go to Santa Elena near Monteverde. Actually not a long distance from Liberia. According to Google, it's about a 3-hour drive by car, but we didn't know at that time that...

Finally, I have started my volunteer project in the kindergarten - translated into Spanish as 'jardín de niños.' Monday morning at 8:30, we set off; the kindergarten is about 30...

Our last trip in Costa Rica was to the Pacific coast, specifically to Playa del Coco and Playa Hermosa, which are both highly praised. On the way there and in the Liberia...

After being awakened by nature at 6:30 a.m., we left relatively early for the Arenal Volcano Observatory. 9 KM hike, doesn't Lina look forward to it? Well, at least 10 minutes...

Hey, I've been in paradise for the past few days and it was amazing ☀️ Tortuguero is actually just a small village, but it has become a tourist hotspot in the region in recent...

Today, the plan was to sleep in and then take the bus from Turrialba to Siquirres at 12 o'clock, heading east. We changed buses and continued to Liverpool. There were banana...

Hiking through Cahuita National Park

After two days in Uvita, we wanted to cross the border to Panama and travel to the next big city, David. From there, we will be heading to Bocas del Toro the next morning. There...

After about 15 hours of flying and a total travel time of 24 hours, we made it! We arrived in Costa Rica, or more specifically, in the capital city of San José. Unfortunately,...

The last two days were pure relaxation. Yesterday at the pool, today on the surrounding beaches. The room next door is occupied by Michael, an American from Houston, Texas. He...

On the morning of the second stage, we were woken up for the first time at 5 am by the calls of howler monkeys, and then a little later for the second time by the sounds of...

Today we are reporting from the mountains of Costa Rica. We would like to tell you about an experience we had in Guanacaste (the region where Playa Grande and Tamarindo are...

Today is day 7 of our journey. We have now arrived on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and are enjoying the beach, tranquility, and finally the tropical weather that we imagined...

On Sunday, 01.03.2020, I started a new adventure. With a heavy heart, I left my host family in Samarà 💔 and traveled to Montezuma as the first step. Upon my arrival at Hotel...

On the weekend, we Swiss Chicas took a trip to Tamarindo. To my surprise, the 3-hour bus ride went smoothly. We arrived in the surfer and party town around noon. After 3 weeks...

I was woken up by the howler monkeys here on Friday morning. I also encountered them on the way to school 🐒. To start off the weekend, we had to have a little party in the...

My first day of school in Samara started at 7:00. When I arrived at school, after a conversation that lasted about 10 minutes, if you can even call it a conversation with all...

So after I got off the plane, the adventure begins... I'm in a foreign city at 5 in the morning without reception, without any knowledge of Spanish, at the airport waiting for...

Costa Rica, mid-September 2018 I completed the Caribbean coast with Tortuguero. There are other interesting places but you can't always see everything. And I have already seen...

From El Salvador, I had to take a flight for the first time on this trip to get to Costa Rica, in order to skip Nicaragua. This is very unfortunate because Nicaragua is also a...

Just two more nights before heading back to Germany. When booking, I remember wanting to go to a water national park. But I was advised against it because the distance to the...

Our journey to the allegedly most beautiful national park in the world was already very interesting. After about 3 hours of driving, the first 2 hours down the mountain on...

Our first destination in Costa Rica, or the first tourist hole we drove into, was La Fortuna. The town is located at the foot of the Arenal Volcano, which with its perfect cone...

After the weather forecast reported more rain today, we decided to visit Barra Honda National Park, which is 60 km away. So we got in the car and drove for about an hour. On the...