Welcome to Costa Rica. 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.

This period is widely considered the best time to travel to Costa Rica, especially for outdoor activities like hiking and wildlife watching. The low season, from May to November, is characterized ...

Costa Rica has long been celebrated for its leadership in environmental policy. In 2015, Costa Rica pledged to become carbon neutral (the result of a net zero release of carbon dioxide into the ...