MuchaCostaRica.Com

How do Costa Rican's celebrate birthdays? Very sweetly! I wanted to share the impressive dessert menu from a traditional birthday celebration in Costa Rica...

Rockin´the Rainforest 09 Costa Rica will be rockin June 19, 20 and 21 as the Osa Peninsula hosts a 3 day music extravaganza. It is a benefit event to support conservation, education and regeneration of the Osa Peninsula´s endangered forests and resources...

Enter to win a FREE week in Costa Rica and help support a good cause while your at it...

I just uploaded some pics a friend shared with me: Their travels took them to the beaches in Guanacaste and to Tortuguero.

We just updated our Costa Rican Festivals, Events and Holidays page: Check it Out!

Easter in Costa Rica is not just a Sunday holiday. Costa Ricans begin to celebrate Easter on the Wednesday before Easter Sunday...

Easter in Costa Rica is a very religious holiday for many Ticos. One of the most traditional events is the Easter parade. San Joaquin's parade used to be the most popular and widely attended, but after it became too commercial, the priests decided to scale it down...

The Osa Peninsula is one of the most remote and undeveloped regions of Costa Rica...

We have had so many happy clients that we wanted to share with you what they have said about our trip planning services. Take a look at our client testimonials page

Forty five minutes off the coast of Costa Rica's mainland lies a solitary island surrounded by blue waters and entertaining marine life.  The only way to get to this island is by a tour boat for a day of beach bumming, snorkeling and diving...

At the very tip of the Osa Peninsula is a remote beach town that goes by the name of Matapalo. With hidden coves and a rocky coastline, this corner of the world is known for its untouched beauty, pristine beaches, incredible surf, and absolute tranquility...

My girlfriend and her husband own Tropic Fins Adventures a Sports Fishing outfit in Puerto Jimenez and invited us to join them on an afternoon In-shore fishing trip. I am sooo not a fisherman...

My girlfriend and her husband own Tropic Fins Adventures a Sports Fishing outfit in Puerto Jimenez and invited us to join them on an afternoon In-shore fishing trip. I am sooo not a fisherman...

An African safari in Costa Rica, are you sure? Yes I am! Located a few miles outside of Liberia, on the way to all the hottest beach destinations of the Guancaste province, is a great stopover to see exotic wildlife running freely and, if you're lucky, allowing a quick feel...

Sierpe is a great stopover if you're traveling around southern Costa Rica. You'll be truly surprised by the beauty of this river hamlet. The entire town, more or less, borders the river where the majority of activity occurs. And with all the tours leaving from here, you won't get bored...

In Tarcoles, a river close to the popular hot spot of Jaco live, over 2000 American Crocodiles. The majority of these crocs reach over twelve feet in length and can eat a dog in one gulp. They have been known to eat a cow or two from the surrounding farms...

In Tarcoles, a river close to the popular hot spot of Jaco live, over 2000 American Crocodiles. The majority of these crocs reach over twelve feet in length and can eat a dog in one gulp. They have been known to eat a cow or two from the surrounding farms...

To push my husband's adrenaline glands into overtime we signed him up for the rappel/rock climbing wall. You don't have to do both, if you want you can simply rappel down and walk back up or you can walk down and climb up. It's your call....

To push my husband's adrenaline glands into overtime we signed him up for the rappel/rock climbing wall. You don't have to do both, if you want you can simply rappel down and walk back up or you can walk down and climb up. It's your call....

Check it out! We just posted How to Plan a Family Reunion to Costa Rica

The Inside Scoop... Lots of clients ask us about buying Cuban cigars in Costa Rica. They are available at the airport... but is there a better place to buy BETTER cigars? Well today's your lucky day - we have an answer to this question...

Check it out! We just posted How to Plan a Family Reunion to Costa Rica

The Inside Scoop... Lots of clients ask us about buying Cuban cigars in Costa Rica. They are available at the airport... but is there a better place to buy BETTER cigars? Well today's your lucky day - we have an answer to this question...

Have you ever flown solo through the sky at 55 mph? Do you want to? Well if you do, here's the ride for you. The superman zip-line is one kilometer long and you literally fly through the sky at 55 mph. Wanna try? Contact me and we'll set it up for you faster than you can say Superman...

Have you ever flown solo through the sky at 55 mph? Do you want to? Well if you do, here's the ride for you. The superman zip-line is one kilometer long and you literally fly through the sky at 55 mph. Wanna try? Contact me and we'll set it up for you faster than you can say Superman...

Costa Rica is world-famous for canopy tours. There are over 120 different locations throughout the country that you can zip over the tropical rain forest. Beware, not all of them are well done or meet the correct standards for secure zip-lines...

Turu Ba Ri covers over 90 sq. hectares of tropical forest. During the intense park tour, our guide managed to explain in an entertaining manner what an orchid is, how bromeliads grow, and the importance of banana plants...

...

Turu Ba Ri covers over 90 sq. hectares of tropical forest. During the intense park tour, our guide managed to explain in an entertaining manner what an orchid is, how bromeliads grow, and the importance of banana plants...

OK, so we know about the Disney and Universal theme parks. How about a nature, adventure park where the theme is all part of Mother Nature's own design with a few embellishments and adventure zones thrown in to ignite all of our senses...

Caravan Tours is giving away an all-expense paid, 9 day trip for two to Costa Rica.  All you have to do is upload a photo of your greatest life adventure so far. This can be a picture of you skydiving, smiling under a waterfall, the birth of your first child, or your wedding day...

Mawamba Lodge was so awesome, I decided to dedicate a whole blog post to it. Even though the tour was three days and two nights long which gave me a great feel for the park and village, I could've stayed another whole week just chillin' out at the lodge...

As we were forewarned, rain and Tortuguero go hand in hand. Although, at 5:30 AM, I would have preferred that the clouds had waited just a little longer before opening up and pouring out all their contents all over us...

Mawamba Lodge was so awesome, I decided to dedicate a whole blog post to it. Even though the tour was three days and two nights long which gave me a great feel for the park and village, I could've stayed another whole week just chillin' out at the lodge...

As we were forewarned, rain and Tortuguero go hand in hand. Although, at 5:30 AM, I would have preferred that the clouds had waited just a little longer before opening up and pouring out all their contents all over us...

After a delicious buffet lunch and a quick dip in the pool, our guide gathered us around to take a quick boat ride to Tortuguero Village.  Since there were no cars, the majority of the walkways were dirt paths that took you through the whole village...

The trip to Tortuguero was so enjoyable and chock-full of fun, I couldn't possibly have written just one post about it! Mawamba Lodge picked my family and I up at seven AM from our decided location in a comfortable, air conditioned bus with an extremely knowledgeable and interesting tour guide...

JetBlue adds flights to Costa Rica - Orlando Business Journal: JetBlue Airways Corp...

So sorry it has taken so long to update this blog about the earthquake that shook San Jose a week ago... I just wanted to report that it took several days for us to realize the true impacts of the quake...

JetBlue adds flights to Costa Rica - Orlando Business Journal: JetBlue Airways Corp...

So sorry it has taken so long to update this blog about the earthquake that shook San Jose a week ago... I just wanted to report that it took several days for us to realize the true impacts of the quake...

And we're back in Action with a SHAKE, Rattle and roll... So we've been a bit absent from the site for the past month as we all took a little time off and did some traveling over the Holidays... but...

I've lived in Costa Rica for almost six years and have felt a few earthly tremors that would be categorized as mini-earthquakes...

Poas Volcano, Costa Rica My son worships my brother and his wife. It's true! My sister-in-law's name was the very first name he said when he was two years old...

Poas Volcano, Costa Rica My son worships my brother and his wife. It's true! My sister-in-law's name was the very first name he said when he was two years old...

She's kinda cute! I would not squish her!

Hey everyone, it's my weekly round-up of all the interesting blogs I follow and have met over the past week. Also I want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a lot to be thankful for, I know I do!!! ...

Some would say my husband is an adrenaline junkie. The truth is, he always indulges in sports that push him mentally, physically and spiritually...