Central Valley Features

Central Valley Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Central Valley
  

  Avian adventures: Flock to Tapantí National Park to see emerald toucanets, resplendent quetzals (if you're lucky), and nearly every species... Read more

• Volcán Irazú
  

  The word Irazú is likely a corruption of Iztaru, a long-ago indigenous community whose name translated as "hill of thunder." The name... Read more

• Eco-Lodges in the Central Valley
  

  Suburbia oozes out with each passing year, eating up once-idyllic Central Valley land, but it's still surprisingly easy to find vast undeveloped... Read more

• Speaking Costa Rican
  

  Spanish in Costa Rica tends to be localized. This is a land where eloquent speech and creative verbal expression are highly valued. For example... Read more

• A National Hero
  

  When the Costa Ricans drove U.S. invader Walker's army from their country in 1856, they chased his troops to Rivas, Nicaragua. The army of filibusters... Read more

• La Negrita
  

  On the night of August 1 and well into the early-morning hours of August 2, the road to Cartago from San José clogs with worshippers... Read more

• White-Water Thrills
  

  You're struggling to hang on and paddle, you can't hear a thing over the roar, and you were just slammed with a mighty wall of water. Sound like... Read more

• Faith and Folklore in Costa Rica
  

  The Central Valley wears its tradition, both religious and secular, on its collective sleeve. Costa Rica's biggest annual religious festival... Read more