You don't at Cahuita National Park. Cahuita is located near Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica's quieter Caribbean coast. Long stretches of often-empty beaches line the edge of a lush tropical jungle ...

Two-toed sloths dangle languid from ceiba branches, amber-billed toucans fly low over forest-fringed rivers, and newborn sea turtles scurry to the ocean from Costa Rica's Caribbean shore.

The village of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca – which is located on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast near the Panama border – comes alive with reggae music, funky bamboo bars and a wild nightlife.

Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast is an entirely different experience from its Pacific counterpart, in both atmosphere and wave options. If the Pacific side is characterized by playful beachbreaks ...

Tortuguero National Park sits tucked away in the Limón province in the northeastern pocket of the Caribbean coast and is only ... Tied to Costa Rica's mainland by weaving rivers and canals ...

few offer the rich bounty of ecotourism opportunities found across Costa Rica. Equipped with a Pacific and Caribbean coast as well as vast swathes of high-altitude forest, this lush country has ...