Tours & Vacation Attractions in Costa Rica

A lot of people travel yearly to Costa Rica and enjoy excellent vacation packages and tours to the best landmarks and points of interest in this Central American country. Holiday makers are drawn there by the numerous tourist attractions, amazingly beautiful beaches, unspoiled rain forests, breathtaking waterfalls, high volcano peaks and very rich wildlife. Because of the increasing popularity, to this country are offered both tour packages and vacation deals in beach resorts, but on the travel scene are also available combined trips that include visits in more Central American countries. In this region of the planet are plenty of opportunities to exercise outdoor activities like jungle safari, horseback riding, hiking, bird watching, volcano climbing, scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing and many others.

Vacation Packages to Costa Rica

Indifferently what like people to do during holidays - adventure tours, volcano hiking, bird watching, fishing, scuba diving, river rafting, or just relaxing on sandy beaches - they find in Costa Rica a great spot for that activity, so isn't surprising at all that to this Central American country planning vacations more and more tourists!

Province of Guanacaste is considered the best Costa Rican travel destination for the more active tourists due to the numerous sandy beaches, wild rivers, wonderful waterfalls and other natural attractions. A group of volcano ranges forming Cordillera de Guanacaste and Cordillera de Tilarain mountains from where spring various rivers that make up an alluvial plain drained by the river Rio Tempisque which throws up into Gulf de Nicoya. After a new international airport was opened near Liberia tourist industry in the entire Guanacaste region bloomed and today travel agencies offer various tour packages to that part of the country.

Costa Rica is often compared to Switzerland and Hawaii due to the impressive mountains and forests which cover its territory. Unlike other countries in Central and South America, Costa Rica remains attractive year-round! This is partially because it borders the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and has high mountains in the Central Plateau. This combination makes Costa Rica a unique tropical paradise with 11 climatic zones!

Agriculture was the most important activity in the past, but the tourist industry started playing an increasing role since several decades and today became the dominant economic force of the country! Ticos love to show their historical and natural attractions and know how to make tourists feeling well, so the demand for vacation tours and accommodation packages to Costa Rica is increasing continuously.