The village of Tortuguero is a peninsula located on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. This area is only accessible by boat or plane and there are no cars in the town. In other words, it is a ...

The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is known as the pato real in Spanish. That translates to royal duck in English but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out how it earned such a moniker. I’m sure ...

Tortuguero National Park is ranked #8 out of 24 things to do in Costa Rica. See pictures and our review of Tortuguero National Park.

So we spent our first night in Costa Rica in the capital city of San Jose, waiting for our jungle adventure to start. Modesto and Francesca picked us up from the Don Carlos Hotel promptly at 6 a.m.

Tortuguero, one of the world’s best places to see nesting sea turtles, is the smallest of towns. On our first morning, we watched a short film narrated by the director of the Sea Turtle Conservancy.

If you’re planning to travel to Costa Rica, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic.

I grew up in Costa Rica, and while I’ve lived all over the U.S., I'm always drawn back home. In the northwest, a dry tropical forest stretches down the Nicoya Peninsula.

Even when I think I understand what’s being said exactly, I could easily be missing something. So when somebody tells me a duck isn’t a duck, I just brush that off. I probably missed something. But ...