Costa Rica Vacation Rentals

Costa Rica Vacation Resorts

Costa Rica has been called the Hawaii of Central America. Costa Rica has everything one could want in a tropical vacation. Visit beautiful beaches with great surf, incredible scuba diving, volcanoes, and rain forests. Getting around is easy and the people are warm and friendly. In Costa Rica, luxury vacation resorts are plentiful.

Adventurous activities await on a Costa Rica vacation; seeing abundant rare and beautiful wildlife, surfing, deep sea fishing, scuba diving, tree top (canopy) tours, four wheeling, snorkeling, shopping, hiking, river rafting, horse back riding and casinos. On a Costa Rica vacation you'll find pristine beaches, tropical jungles, clear blue skies, high mountain rain forest, and tropical sun. That's why Costa Rica was aptly named 'rich coast' by Christopher Columbus in 1502.

Almost 28% of Costa Rica's land is protected in a world-renowned system of national parks and wildlife refuges. These areas are home to staggering assortment of rare and exotic wildlife, including monkeys, languid sloth, crocodiles, frogs and butterflies. Oh the butterflies – of the 20,000 butterfly species in the world, about 5% are found in Costa Rica. Coast Rica also has 850 species of birds including the toucan, Scarlet Macaw and the Quetzal. Birdwatchers joke that they want to go to Costa Rica in heaven when they die.

Endangered sea turtles (the leatherback and green turtles) are found on both coasts. Costa Rica's Pacuare Nature Reserve was founded to protect and study the magnificent turtles that nest in the region.

Costa Rica's beaches offer some of the best surfing in the world. Professional tournaments bring masses of foreign surfers, especially to the legendary spots such as Playa Naranjo (Witch's Rock). There are plentiful vacation rental sites close by so you can jump straight from your skivvies into your wetsuit!

San Jose Costa Rica Vacation Rentals

San Jose is the capital city of Costa Rica. Nestled between volcanic mountains and green foothills, San Jose is a metropolitan city with a population of over a million. The city doesn't resemble a typical city in this region of the world as it didn't get developed until the 1800s (with a big rebuilding boom in the 1950s and 60s). The architecture style found in San Jose amongst the masses of high-rises is commonly referred to as "Caribbean Victorian". Don't worry, the rebuild didn't pave over many quaint vacation rental accommodations for travelers.

Similar to other major metropolitan areas, San Jose has a many popular destinations. The Aerial Tram (a popular tour) consists of a cable car ride above the rain forest floor at various altitudes. Horseback riding, hot hair ballooning, and tropical bungee jumping are among other favorite vacation activities. Perhaps nothing is more of an adventure then whitewater rafting down one of Costa Rica's rainforest fed rivers.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica's premier port town, was built where Columbus first anchored in 1502. Every October, Puerto Limon is host to 100,000 people who make a pilgrimage to the Dia de las Culturas, Costa Rica's version of Mardi Gras. Vacation rental accommodation is plentiful, safe and extremely inexpensive in Costa Rica. Book a dream vacation today.