National Parks
The national parks and reserves of Costa Rica protect over 12% of the country's territory. This represents an outstanding contribution to the preservation of the world's natural and biological resources.
Geography
Description of the topography of the country, weather patterns, and other features related to its territory.
Weather
Costa Rica's weather is influenced by its natural vegetation, and also it's rainfall and temperature patterns.
Provinces
Costa Rica is divided into seven provinces
Lonely Planet Costa Rica
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While I agree with the conservationist spirit and general distaste for overrun tourist traps expressed throughout this guidebook by Matthew Firestone (one of the book's two authors), I found his relentlessly negative tone to be extremely off-putting. While the sections written by the other author (Mara Vorhees) are more neutral, informative and generally reflect the high quality I've come to expect from the Lonely Planet series of guidebooks, Matthew Firestone's sections have fully succeeded in dampening my enthusiasm for a trip to Costa Rica before the trip has even begun.
While it may be that the beach at Playa Tamarindo "is full of blubbery North American and European holidaymakers who spe...
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Guayabo National Monument
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Manuel Antonio National Park Beach
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