COSTA RICA  |  North-Northwest, Costa Rica Travel Guide
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North-Northwest , Costa Rica

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Destinations in North-Northwest (4)

  • Arenal Area, Costa Rica

    Arenal is the most active volcano in the western hemisphere and its presence dominates the northern town of La Fortuna. If Poás and Irazú have only whetted your appetite for volcanoes, Arenal will make you drool. The farmland...

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  • Liberia, Costa Rica

    The capital of Guanacaste Province is the growing city of Liberia, now complete with an international airport that accepts occasional charter flights. Overlooked as a tourist destination, the dusty colonial town is a center for the many ranches...

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  • Monteverde, Costa Rica

    Monteverde, which in Spanish means "Green Mountain," could not have been more aptly named. For here is Costa Rica's ecotourism central, smack in the middle of one of the country's most pristine and lush regions, home to the...

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  • Northern National Parks, Costa Rica

    Nestled down in the Tempisque River Valley is one of the most important bird paradises in Costa Rica, the Palo Verde National Park. The park was once a massive ranch that was used – and still is – by the Organization for Tropical Studies to...

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