Ironman 70.3 will go down tomorrow in Carrillo, Guanacaste with the participation of over 2100 athletes, but only 13 in the category of professional triathletes; among them 2 Costa Ricans. Leonardo Chacón and Pablo Herrera are the only two “ticos” with professional license and will be competing against 4 representatives from the U.S., 2 from Colombia, and one each from UK, Australia, Guatemala ...

A group of three American tourist and their Costa Rican guide were able to capture today a video of a young tapir (Tapirus bairdii) bathing in a sector of the Celeste River in the Tenorio Volcano National Park in Guanacaste (video included at the end of the article). The tourism guide in an interview with local journalist Allan Jara, explains that the video was taken when it had just began to r...

Roca Bruja or Witch Rock in Playa Naranjo, Guanacaste is one of the best surfing spots in Costa Rica, very well-known among local surfers but not as promoted for tourists who many times come and go without ever hearing about his fantastic spot. Roca Bruja originally Peña Bruja, Playa Naranjo is part of the Santa Rosa National Park, there are no constructions here or infrastructure of any sort e...

Over 2,000 triathletes will take part in the Ironman 70.3 scheduled to take place this June 18 in Carrillo, Guanacaste. Considering the large number of participants in the famous endurance competition the area expects between 8 to 10 thousand visitors to be in the area next weekend. According to the mayor of Carillo, Guanacaste, Carlos Cantillo, the county is has prepared accordingly and ...

An engaging exposé on first sexual experiences was recently published in Costa Rica's northern regional bilingual news source, La Voz de Guanacaste - The Voice of Guanacaste. The story consists of short, poignant vignettes with sensual photos from a range of voices, including a elderly woman, a rape survivor, a gay man, and others who discuss the sexual taboos they grew up with, and their exper...

Guanacaste is without a doubt the preferred destination of tourists in Costa Rica, specially foreign tourists, the beautiful beaches along the Northern Pacific coast are, of course, the main reason for this; however, there are so many other places to visit in Guanacaste aside from the beaches, one of them is the area of Miravalles in Bagaces. Bagaces was one of the communities affected by Hurri...

After midnight Saturday, a "Breaking Chains" police operation took place in Tamarindo, Guanacaste, a popular surf town on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. The plan - called ROCA in Spanish - is a targeted attempt to rescue victims of human trafficking and is led by Costa Rica's Judicial Investigative Police (OIJ). ROCA is an inter-institutional effort which also involves Interpol police, and a ho...

The Four Seasons Hotel in the Papagayo Península, Guanacaste will close down for four months, August through November, in order to undergo a complete remodeling. This hotel was inaugurated in January of 2004 it has 139 rooms and 25 suites, spa, restaurants, bars, pools and other entertainment areas. The company will invest close to $20 million in the make over which will include all areas, f...

DHL Costa Rica recently donated bikes to 77 poor families in Guanacaste, Costa Rica’s northern Pacific coast province, reported the company. The event was designed to coincide with the recognition of 75 DHL Employee of the Year recipients, who were also featured at the bike ceremony. "Every year during the Employee of the Year celebration, we organize activities that reinforce the philosophy...

The Westin Conchal Golf Resort & Spa, on Costa Rica’s north central Pacific coast, is the first all-inclusive beach hotel in Latin America and the first Starwood chain member to qualify as carbon positive. Florida Inmobiliaria, a subsidiary of Florida Ice & Farm Co. (FIFCO), owner of the Conchal resort, set aside 40 hectares of dry forest and mangrove of the resort's some 930 hectares a...

Last night, Guanacaste police chased a car from Sámara along the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica to the district of Nicoya, also in the province of Guanacaste after being alerted by tourists that their car was robbed. After the "intense" chase, police detained the car and arrested three male suspects in the robbery by the last names Morales, Zúñiga and Prieto. After receiving the alert,...

Costa Rica's National Coast Guard officers rescued this morning an American family drifting in a kayak in Pacific waters near Penca Island, in the northern jurisdiction of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, near the Nicaraguan border. The four tourists, two adult males and two young girls, headed out in a sail kayak to enjoy the beauties of this coastal area, but didn't count on a sudden change in weather...

$400 million will be the initial investment that Sun Latin America will make for the construction of Discovery Costa Rica, a theme park that will be developed in Liberia, Guanacaste. The construction is scheduled to begin in 2018 and during this stage it could generate close to 2000 jobs, the park is expected to begin operations in 2020. The President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solís along wi...

What better place to celebrate the holiday season than on the sandy beaches of a Four Seasons resort in Costa Rica? Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo has a Book Once, Stay Twice promotion on, which offers guests who booking a stay at any one of the participating Four Seasons Resorts in Costa Rica, Mexico or the Caribbean during the festive holidays a bonus three-night vacatio...

Ortega de Balsón is a small town in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste, it is famous in Costa Rica because they have a tradition that has been celebrated every year on Good Friday ( Easter) for at least 200 years called “la lagarteada”; this phrase cannot be properly translated, but the activity consists on a group of people jumping into a croc infested river  capturing a live crocodile, preferably the larg...

Costa Rica as a country has certain characteristics that make it a magnet for real estate investment, in general, investors have turned their eye to this Central American country for quite some time now, and it has to do mainly with the country’s political and financial stability, which translates into a low-risk investment. In addition to the above, Costa Rica’s geographical position, fantasti...

A wildfire that started at 9 p.m. of Friday, April 14 has affected a large area of the mountain known as “Cerro Pelado” (Pelado Peak) in Tilarán, Guanacaste; the burn bodies of two adult men were found in a hillside, authorities will have to confirm if their death obeys to the fire or if they lost their lives under different circumstances. The windy conditions of this area and the dryness of th...

Max Machum started learning Spanish when, at age 7, he and his parents relocated to Guanacaste, in northern Costa Rica, from Alberta Canada's Rocky Mountains. By the time he was 12, the Canmore native had pioneered a local effort to eliminate plastic straws from restaurants and hotels to protect Guanacaste's Pacific beaches and wildlife from the often deadly effects of human pollution. After...

Albert and Keith Toney may seem like an ordinary gay couple. But when the Massachusetts men moved to Costa Rica’s northern Pacific coast, their new cultural surroundings held some surprises. While being interviewed and photographed recently by the regional newspaper La Voz de Guanacaste, the couple garnered reactions from passersby that spanned the spectrum from shock to warmth. “Not five...

The Costa Rican Red Cross together with the American Red Cross met last week with residents in Guanacaste to follow up on a climate change mitigation project, reported the Red Cross in a news bulletin. Community leaders from the coastal towns of Corralillos and La Guinea in the district of Filadelfia, Guanacaste province discussed their progress and advances on a project called "Actions to Redu...

With hundreds of vacationers hitting the beaches during the weeklong Easter break in Costa Rica, many got a jolt this morning just after 6 a.m. when a 4.2 magnitude quake struck near Playa Hermosa in northern Guanacaste on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, said the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (Ovsicori) at the Costa Rican National University. The 6:08 a.m. tremor was registered at a ...

Sunday, a teenage boy and his mother were brought in to the public prosecutor's office in Liberia, Guanacaste for questioning, said the judicial investigative police agency (OIJ). The youth is suspected of having raped his 14-year-old sister on three occasions between January and March of this year. The mother and son were arrested Sunday afternoon at the home of the two children and their m...

The Minister of Environment and Energy (Minae) Edgar Gutiérrez testified last week before the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly about the presence of 150 illegal wells along the coast in the district of ​​Santa Cruz, Guanacaste in the county of Nicoya. “The wells could jeopardize the water resource of the canton, since they threaten to end or contaminate the underground aquifers, leaving the com...

Tamarindo, Guanacaste: Today, Monday, April 10, the Municipal Council of Santa Cruz in the northern Costa Rican province of Guanacaste ordered a 22-day halt to the construction of a restaurant and cafeteria in the popular tourist beach town of Tamarindo. The construction of the new business came under the spotlight by local residents last month when they started building on a site the municipal...

Holy Week is here and every day more and more people choose to enjoy the holidays at the beach, the Guanacaste beaches always attract a large audience this time of the year, so we have a recommendation of two small secret and secluded beaches in Guanacaste that maybe you haven’t heard off (one ideal for the whole family and another one for the adventurous travelers) which might be a good option to...

Yesterday, in the county of Nandayure, district of Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rican Coast Guard and Police officials intervened when a 25-year-old Swedish man named Andersson wielded a machete and seemed poised for an attack. Police believe he may have been under the effect of drugs, as neighbors recounted that the Swede, machete in hand, had been shouting that he was trying to kill some pigs he...

Many foreigners fall in love with Costa Rica  during their vacation in the country, and buying a vacation home soon becomes a family goal; however, unless you are the impulsive buyer type that makes a decision at the spur of the moment, there are many aspects that should be considered before buying a vacation home in Costa Rica. The majority of the people looking to buy a vacation home in Costa...

Finding the perfect wave has been called a mystic experience by surfers, many of whom comb the world’s beaches in search of unbeatable breaks. A recent study by Sydney University economist Sam Wills and Thomas McGregor of Oxford University, good waves are a valuable commodity. “We find that surfing waves contribute approximately US$50 billion to global economic activity each year,” said the res...

Costa Rica’s northwestern county of La Cruz in the province of Guanacaste inaugurated a new road connecting various coastal communities which is the result of a novel cooperation between local businesses and government institutions. The project is expected to open further economic development in the remote, underdeveloped region. The National Roadways Council (Conavi) teamed up with Hotel Dream...

The Four Seasons Costa Rica Resort, located on the Papagayo Peninsula in the province of Guanacaste, was awarded Best Hotel in Central and South America in the 2016 Gallivanter’s Guide. Four Seasons Costa Rica is co-owned by Saudi businessman, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, through his company Kingdom Holding Company (47.5 percent); Cascade Investments (47.5 percent) which is controlled by Bill Ga...

If you have the opportunity to visit each and every corner of this magnificent country you should take it, hidden away where you least expect it you can be pleasantly surprised by the secrets of nature. This is the case with Rancho Humo Estancia and eco-boutique hotel located near Palo Verde National Park, in the Nicoya Peninsula, Rancho Humo provides adventure, wellness and relaxation all in t...

There was a time when many beaches in Costa Rica remained “undiscovered” and “secret” , hidden away from tourists and protected by nature, without access roads, signs, or anything that will give away their location. Nowadays with technology and the availability of information it is very difficult to keep anything a secret, especially when it comes to paradisaical beaches. Yet, there are a few s...

In a country riddled with waterfalls and rainforests, and bounded by sparkling oceans, the dry northern region of Guanacaste, Costa Rica which borders Nicaragua, often suffers from water shortages. The rapid growth of tourism and construction have stressed the low-lying water tables, and caused some aquifers to become salinized and the water unfit for human consumption, such as in Playa Panama....

The community of Carrillo in Guanacaste prepares to receive the visit of more than 15,000 people of 40 different countries next June as Costa Rica hosts the world famous triathlon competition Ironman 70.3 for the first time in history. Over $350 thousand dollars will be invested in total, the majority of the funds will be go to paving 3 kilometers of road that extends from the community of Sa...

Costa Rica now has its first national policy on wastewater sanitation and a funding plan that includes $520 million in infrastructure to provide long-awaited, significant improvements to the country’s public and environmental health. This policy is the result of priorities established in the National Development Plan (PND) created under the current administration. These include strengthening in...

After several years of work trying to recover the wetlands of Palo Verde National Park in Guanacaste, this park celebrates today the IV Bird Festival. This exotic bird sanctuary has been battling with the typha (typha dominguensis), an invasive plant that affects the wetlands, reducing the extension and depth of the wetlands' water mirrors, which are used by aquatic birds to feed and rest in th...

Ponderosa Adventure Park located in Liberia, Guanacaste, confirmed through a press conference that the nine Bengal tigers donated by Mexican Circus Suarez Brothers, already belong to the park and they will continue with the necessary paperwork to get them in the country as soon as possible. The tigers were part of the circus for many years, but after the laws changed in Mexico forbidding the us...

After a five-year wait, Carrillo, Guanacaste finally made the cut to host a Ironman 70.3 triathlon this year. This is the first time Costa Rica will host one of the world famous endurance competitions, and it is almost completely filled. With 2,000 competitors already filling all of the general registration spots for the June 18 event, according to the Ironman website, event organizers expect t...

—Currently a situation of rivalry between government institutions in Costa Rica hinders efforts to improve small-scale fisheries, found a case study on Costa Rica. A report released this week by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Fisheries Expert Group analyzed the role o...

The lack of adequate water supply infrastructure in the province of Guanacaste is taking its toll in the tourism sector that has to take on additional costs to be able to run their operations normally. The Guanacaste Tourism Board estimates that during the high season of 2015 and all through 2016, hotels and restaurants located in the counties of Carrillo and Santa Cruz had to incur additional ...