Diving Vacations & Dive Resorts in Costa Rica

This little Central American country is a tropical paradise with magnificent rain forests, exotic wildlife, majestic volcano ranges, great beaches, and many other tourist attractions. Costa Rica is also a perfect holiday spot for scuba diving and snorkeling offering excellent facilities for this outdoor activities. The best beach resorts for scuba diving in Costa Rica are located on the western coast at Pacific Ocean, in the Guanacaste region; a another great place for this activity is located south to San Jose.

The Guanacaste area is easy accessible, particularly for tourists who fly to Liberia, located in the northern region of Costa Rica. From North America (USA and Canada) are available both regular and seasonal charter flights directly to Liberia. The town Playas del Coco, where stay many vacationers and divers, is located at short distance to the airport.

In Playas del Coco are restaurants, resorts and small hotels that provide great vacation packages. Tourists find there also a few American scuba dive operators that offer special dive packages including usually diving and accommodation in one of the local lodging estates.

Not long ago Tamarindo was a quiet little village on the western coast of Costa Rica but in the last 15 years this town became a more and more popular destination to North American holiday makers. Although most of the "wild atmosphere" has gone, Tamarindo is still an excellent site for surfing, snorkeling and diving.

Scuba Diving Packages to Costa Rica

Diving in Costa Rica is very different from the usual Caribbean reef exploration. The visibility is lower and the waters are colder. The poor visibility is due to the higher quantity of plankton than in waters from Caribbean Sea. However, this is also a huge advantage because the plankton attracts larger marine animals like whales, that can be seen pretty frequently!

Numerous large marine animals such as giant sea turtles, stingrays, white sharks and whales are present in waters of Costa Rica and as result this Central American country offers very interesting moments spent in the aquatic world. Perhaps the water isn't crystal-clear, but the marine life is very rich and varied. Plus there is more! Vacation packages are very convenient, being significantly lower than in other diving resorts of the world, representing a plus motive to visit this stunning part of the planet!

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