Costa Rica

Pure Life in the Rainforest

"Pura Vida" — pure life — is more than a saying in Costa Rica. It's a philosophy, a way of being, and the perfect description of what awaits you in this small but extraordinary country. Packed into an area smaller than Nova Scotia are active volcanoes, cloud forests, Pacific and Caribbean beaches, and more biodiversity per square kilometre than almost anywhere on earth.

Costa Rica is the adventure traveler's dream — zip-lining through the jungle canopy, white-water rafting, surfing world-class breaks, and spotting sloths, toucans, and howler monkeys in the wild. But it's also a place of profound natural peace, where you can soak in a hot spring beneath a volcano and feel completely at one with the world.

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