When it comes to planning your travel, there are several ways you can go about it. One option available to [...]

Costa Rica is a small country in Central America that boasts a lush tropical jungle and pristine beaches. Its varied [...]

Mountain bike tours are an excellent opportunity to explore the winding trails and peaks of rugged Costa Rica mountain terrain. [...]

Costa Rica’s impressive reputation for biodiversity was boosted recently when the research findings for two new plant species were published [...]

You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking to learn all about our tropical flowers and the hummingbirds that [...]

“I’ve seen enough,” said no one ever about Costa Rica’s enchanting coastal landscapes. Believing there’s no such thing as too [...]

Costa Rica is a country known for its exotic flora and fauna, beautiful beaches and lush rainforests. Some might assume [...]

Flamingo, Costa Rica, is one of sportfishing’s most legendary destinations, an idyllic laid-back beach community located in the Central American nation’s northern [...]

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The Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)   Male and female differ in size but alike in color: dominantly green with highlights [...]

Costa Rica’s jaguars are both mighty and mysterious. What we know about these unique big cats is fascinating. What we [...]

One of the most sought-after experiences in Costa Rica is watching a whale breach the surface of the Pacific. Better [...]

Unlike My Bee Farm Visit Part 1, in last month’s Howler, this story will not start with, “Owww!” That’s because [...]

Alaks Three years after opening its doors as Costa Rica’s newest premier craft brewery, Brothers Of Ale Brewing is being [...]

Paragliding pilots from around the world gathered in Rivas, Perez Zeledon, to participate in the Open Rivas 2023 Paragliding Competition, [...]

QCOSTARICA – The Guanacaste Airport began an information campaign to raise awareness among tourists who visit the country’s beaches, so [...]

Next time you are at a bird feeder in Costa Rica, or walking in the jungle, enjoy the knowledge that [...]

We’re number 1! To be a bit more specific, Costa Rica is home to this year’s winner on the annual [...]

Howler is delighted to feature this first-hand account of an 11-year-old’s journey in Costa Rica learning about bees. Part 1 [...]

There are four types of monkeys in Costa Rica, and three of them can be found in the wild in [...]

You never know what lies beneath you as you walk the grounds in Costa Rica. Or what beauty lies just [...]

Discover a “Paradise on Earth”, along the majestic, smoking, volcano, Rincon de la Vieja in northwest Costa Rica, at Blue [...]

Welcome to Peter Grob’s world, where no creature is too small to steal the big spotlight. The Switzerland native describes [...]

After living here for over three years, I was looking forward to this trip to gaze at the beauty of [...]

Diamante 10% Discount Code /Diamante Coupon - Discount Code: HOWLER: I had heard about Diamante Eco Adventure Park even before [...]

In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan, on his voyage of circumnavigation trying to discover a different route to the “Spice Islands,” sailed [...]

Howler readers are invited to tune in to the Ocho Verde Wildlife Channel on YouTube, featuring our jungle animal wildlife [...]

When you are feeling a bit blue, or in a perfectly good mood, strolling through a field of more than [...]

Playa Flamingo is famous for its crystal azul waters, gentle family-friendly surf and clean white sand. This is why it’s [...]

The Marina Flamingo development team is steadfastly committed to maintaining a clean, environmentally responsible, and safe site for the good [...]

What area of Costa Rica is right for ME?.  Based on Google data, Costa Rica ranks in the top five [...]

Looking to get away from almost all of it? The southern Caribbean region of Costa Rica just might be what [...]

It never ceases to amaze our Howler team when we consider all of our photographers and the variety of spectacular [...]

Anyone game for an adventure on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica? If you are visiting Puerto Viejo you cannot [...]

What aerial photographer Felipe Chávez initially mistook for ocean trash was actually so extraordinary that the resulting waves of international [...]

Over a five-day period, arribada nesting turtles will lay up to 10 million eggs on Ostional's beach. Have you witnessed [...]

Costa Rica's Sloth Conservation Foundation (SloCo) was founded in 2016 by sloth researcher Dr. Rebecca Cliffe and is dedicated to saving [...]

For Costa Rica's east coast visitors, October is a good time to visit (weather-wise). For our Pacific-side readers, we're usually [...]

Costa Rica is home to hundreds of wildlife species. Thanks to Guanacaste Wildlife Monitoring, you can watch dozens of the [...]

The northern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is a large drainage basin for the Reventazón, Sarapiquí and Pacuare Rivers, and [...]

If you mention El Codo del Diablo to older Costa Ricans, they hang their heads in shame. On a recent [...]

It's time to make your plans to travel … and you’ve decided to look into what Costa Rica has to [...]

Your Visit Begins Here Get your Costa Rica tour package from a reputable company Starting and ending your visit to [...]

I guess when we of a “certain age” hear the name Uganda, we think of Idi Amin and the Raid [...]

A Week is All? We’ve Got You Covered Ready to travel? Explore what Howler has in the way of articles [...]

Planning a trip to the western side of Costa Rica? After landing at Liberia’s Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, there [...]

With the high prices of fuel these days, I decided to take a look at the bus service here in [...]

My friend Randy Nelson and I decided that we would take a trip up to Ometepe,  Lake Nicaragua’s largest island. [...]

Ometepe is the largest island in Lake Nicaragua. It is also ranked as the 10th largest lake island in the [...]

One of the more sought-after prizes for birding tourists here in Costa Rica is the sunbittern (Eurypyga helias ). Found [...]

Click here for website. The options are basically unlimited: Sunset private/public cruise to a 5 day adventure.  We design the [...]

 Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year in many countries. The purpose is to bring people together to [...]

For centuries, mariners have shared ominous tales of magical bursts of green light directly above the sun as they watched [...]

I am a retired cop from New York. I started kayak fishing about 15 years ago in the Hamptons, for [...]

It turns you into an ad-hoc biologist, botanist, meteorologist and strategist. My kayak-angling story starts about five years ago, in [...]

If you are looking for somewhere really different to visit, but close to Costa Rica, the southernmost state of Chiapas, [...]

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Howler has a special treat for readers with this double feature about a Costa Rican adventure and global adventurer telling [...]

Yes, we're open to the public! Margaritaville began as a synonym for a relaxed, laid-back state of mind.  Delicious food [...]

We escaped our casa on Costa Rica’s hot and dry Pacific coastline and headed less than three hours away to [...]

Playas del Coco, known to locals as El Coco, is a beautiful seaside town located conveniently close to Liberia in [...]

Tola, in the southwestern Nicaraguan department of Rivas, is the epitome of what you’d call a “tropical paradise.” The town [...]

Colón, Panama is the capital of the province of the same name, and is usually considered to be Panama’s second [...]

Few Colombian cities offer a wider range of tourist activities than Neiva. The capital of Huila Department is located near [...]

Situated on a narrow strip of land jutting into the Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas, Costa Rica is truly a coastal [...]

Did you know Costa Rica still allows the commercial harvest of over 16,000 sailfish per year for consumption? With more [...]

Nicaragua’s San Juan del Sur is a popular coastal town for tourists and surfers, and is well-known for its pristine [...]

The beautiful city of Bucaramanga, Colombia, is full of opportunities for adventure sports and many beautiful parks. It is known [...]

The coastal city of Cartagena in Northern Colombia has long been a popular tourist destination. Its famous walled colonial city [...]

If you are thinking about traveling to Panama, you should consider Lídice as a possible destination. This close-knit rural town [...]

If you've ever been to Costa Rica, you know how beautiful it is. Yet, it can also get overcrowded with [...]

Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste -- Margaritaville is truly a state of mind, one that is discovered in the embrace of a [...]

Drum roll, please: Howler’s On the Road Again series of self-driven adventures concludes this month with the best that we’ve [...]

The Wildlife: read all our stories It’s no wonder that nature is the key reason why four in 10 international [...]

One of our planet's rarest and most secretive animal species — the bush dog (Speothos venaticus) — was recently discovered [...]

Vacation a Destination, Travel an Act Rain assaulted us as we waited for the ferry to Almirante. It wasn’t even [...]

If you want to experience the real Costa Rica — the Costa Rica many of us fell in love with [...]

BOOK YOUR COSTA RICA ADVENTURES HERE   Thanks to a new marine reform law passed in April, foreign-flagged luxury yachts [...]

What to expect on a Sunset Cruise in Costa Rica: Snorkeling, snacks, alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, and an amazing sunset. [...]

Howler’s On the Road Again series continues now with a trip through one of Costa Rica’s most captivating ”Vamos a [...]