CAPITAL SAN JOSE - POPULATION 4.1 MILLION - AREA 51,100 SQ KM -OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SPANISH
More than one million tourists end up in Costa Rica every year, ensuring this country is definitely no longer considered an undiscovered emerald. And the number of visitors is steadily on the rise. Ecotourism is very much the happening buzz phrase here, and many travelers opt for stints onboard one of Costa Rica's worthy conservation bandwagons. These include projects ranging from organic farms to jaguars, turtles and quetzals (did you even know that quetzals needed conserving?). One of the most romantically named concerns is Bosque Eternos de los Ninos (the Children's Eternal Rainforest) where you can take to the stunning rainforest trails, or simply help maintain them. Otherwise, the expanses of the Parque Nacional Los Quetzales, only inaugurated in 2005, is a stunningly good bet for escaping those trying equally hard to escape the escapees.
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