I flew into San Jose, took a water rafting trip down to Puerto Viejo, an awesome little town on the Caribbean coast, then traveled around by bus. The Osa Penninsula and Corcovado National Park was described as "the most biologically intense place on Earth" by Nat Geo, so if you want wildlife, that's the place to go.
If you want to stay away from Americans, avoid the towns of Manuel Antonio and Montezuma.
You can travel up to the Arenal Volcano from San Jose. It's about 4 hours I think.
DON'T do the typical tourist things. Costa Rica has tons to offer for a vacation and is an amazing experience with it's friendly locals and amazing adventures. I went in June and it was so much fun. Don't stay in San Jose too long, it's really just a typical city. You can go to Veragua rainforest where they'll give you a night tour and show you their research on bugs and nature there, and the "Original Canopy tour" is also near by, and this was the first zip-lining tour ever. http://www.veraguarainforest.com/ and while you're in "Limon" which is that province of Costa Rica, make sure you arrange white water rafting on the pacuare river, I did a 2 day course with a camp site in the middle and it was the most fun thing I have ever done http://www.costaricaextreme.com/costa_ri...
If You want to see volcanoes check out the "Arenal Volcano" which is still active! And it also has nice little hotels all around it. If you're on the carribean side, go snorkeling and you'll see sharks, fish, lobsters, tons of sea urchins and more. If you stay on the carribean side, check out Goddess Gardens hotel, which is a nice little family run hotel with very good rooms and bathrooms (a rarity there) Also check out this little rasta town called Puerto Viejo, but be warned about going there at night, people will offer you things you might not approve of. But you have to just kindly say no thank you and move along or things could get out of hand. If you want to get in touch with the natives arrange a tour at cacao trails, a charming little place near Puerto Viejo. They will teach you all about chocolate and give you a demonstration on how to make their very exclusive costa rican chocolate. The people running it A man, his wife, his father, and his daughter, all belong to a native tribe but are educating people on the importance of chocolate on their little farm now http://www.cacaotrails.com/
Whatever you do in costa rica you'll have tons of fun because it's an amazing country.
I've been to Costa Rica before, and really enjoyed it. We flew into San Jose (Costa Rica) and stayed in "Hotel Europa" for 2 days. During our time in San Jose we visited a coffee plantation, which was AWESOME, because we got to sample coffee. (Costa Rican coffee is amazing) Then we went ziplining in the cloud forest, canyoneering, and we went to a place called Tortugero, which was amazing. If you're single, and a woman, you might want to be careful walking around San Jose at night -- it's not the nicest place.
I hope you have fun, and I hope this gave you some ideas! :)
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I really want to go to Costa Rica for a week for my 30th birthday in December. I'm nearly fluent in Spanish and have traveled in Mexico, Spain and Portugal, usually with a companion but some by myself. I'd like ideas and advice on what I can do, which cities to go to, how to get around, etc. in this country. Costa Rica seems pretty safe to me, but I want to cover my bases. I like a lot of outdoor activities, so I think seeing volcanoes, going through rainforests would definitely be on my list. I'd also like to have a lot of exposure to cultural facets of the country and be in contact with a lot of natives and not Americans (ie I want to use my Spanish). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
