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Bordered by Panama to the south and Nicaragua to the north, Costa Rica is a Central American country renowned for its natural beauty. Monteverde’s Cloud Rainforest and Arenal Volcano National Park are the top 2 attractions for many tourists. Here you can see many of the country’s 850 bird species, countless reptiles and snakes, and 100 mammal species, including coati, sloths, monkeys and wildcats such as ocelots, jaguars and pumas. 

Activities include canopy tours, trekking, white-water rafting, canoeing and waterfall repelling. There are 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the remote Cocos Island – possibly the best place in the world to see huge schools of hammerhead sharks, up close and personal. Elsewhere along the Pacific Coast, you can dive with giant manta rays and bull sharks, or go whale spotting.

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Travel News Costa Rica

Travel News Costa Rica

Located in Central America between Nicaragua and Panama, Costa Rica is one of the region’s most popular tourism centers. The country is most popular due to its natural beauty and in its national parks you can see coati, sloths, capuchin monkeys, ocelets, pumas and...

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Traveling to Costa Rica From Europe Has Never Been Easier

Traveling to Costa Rica From Europe Has Never Been Easier

Costa Rica, otherwise known as the ‘rich coast’ lives up to its reputation as being 'the Switzerland of Latin America'. It has proven to be a peaceful, safe, (well relatively for a country situated in the middle of South America) eco-friendly country, practicing...

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Amazing Cocos video: Argo and DeepSee submersible

Amazing Cocos video: Argo and DeepSee submersible

Have you always dreamed of going to a magical island, like something from a movie, which is surrounded by waters teeming with schools of fish and hundreds of sharks, and rays? How about exploring the depths there in a small submarine? Imagine that! Well your dreams...

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BBC cover Cocos marine protection

BBC cover Cocos marine protection

It is 1 thing to declare an area a national marine park or a marine protected area. It is quite another to enforce the rules and regulations created to protect the marine environment. Some of our most precious marine resources appear to be heavily protected, but the...

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Cocos Island Special Offers and Last Minute Deals

Cocos Island Special Offers and Last Minute Deals

Planning a dream dive vacation? Then Cocos Island should be very high on your list of options. This magical destination guarantees to deliver some of the best diving in the world. Dive The World has some great Cocos liveaboards special offers available right now and...

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Cocos Okeanos Aggressor II Angebote 2013/14

Cocos Okeanos Aggressor II Angebote 2013/14

Letzte Aktualisierung: 06 August 2013 50% Rabatt für Ihren Tauchpartner auf ausgewählten Terminen! Siehe unten. Wollen Sie sich eine unvergessliche Kreuzfahrt zu der Kokos Insel gönnen? Erklimmen Sie Ihren Tauchgipfel auf dem Okeanos Aggressor II Costa Rica...

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Tauchen Kokos – Specials & Last-Minute-Angebote

Letzte Aktualisierung: 7 August 2013 Planen Sie zur Kokos Insel zu entkommen? Sie werden spezielle Angebote, Frühbucherangebote und Last-Minute Preise auf Kokos Tauchsafaris hier finden.Wenn keine Angebote unten aufgeführt sind, gibt es leider keine im Augenblick....

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The Amazing DeepSee Submersible Tour!

Would you like to dive deeper than you've ever done before? Do you like the idea of seeing marine creatures that live at depths beyond the recreational dive limits? Well now you can at Cocos Island. Dive The World's very own Sheldon Hey was lucky enough to experience...

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