{"id":2819,"date":"2017-04-12T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2017-04-12T10:37:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:37:37","slug":"costa-rica-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/costa-rica-highlights","title":{"rendered":"Tour Spotlight: Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reiner_Alpizar_5510fe175c313-kayakingtothevolcanoinCostaRica.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Get your heart pumping as you buzz through the canopy with the wind in your face and a gorgeous 360-degree view of Costa Rica\u2019s nature. Costa Rica is home to more than 500,000 species of animals, fungi and plants. What better way to view it than at a birds-eye view?<\/p>\n<p>No need for experience. Trained guides are with you 100% of the way assuring your safety. So sit back, relax and zing from platform to platform. You\u2019re sure to get an exhilarating chill as you soar over the lush carpet of treetops. Careful not to smile too much; no one likes bugs in their teeth.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re lucky, you may see a macaw gliding amongst the tree line or even see a sloth hugging one of the branches. In Spanish they call sloths, osos perezosos, which directly translates to lazy bear.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t had your fair share of thrill and are willing to be in the soak zone, get yourself ready for some white water rafting. Your raft mates soon become your most trusted friends as you work together paddling downstream. A couple big waves, a lot of splashes and a few screams or two, you will leave feeling <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6041 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/55a87a44d1b76-IMGP8737-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cost Rica Rain Forest \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/55a87a44d1b76-IMGP8737-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/55a87a44d1b76-IMGP8737.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>accomplished and adrenal pumped. You build a whole new appreciation for Mother Nature and her strengths.<\/p>\n<p>If this isn\u2019t quite your pace, don\u2019t worry. Costa Rica has something for you too! The Arenal hot springs are nature\u2019s own jacuzzi. Heated by the local volcano, you can soak in the soothing water leaving your body perfectly toasted and relaxed. Night or day, you can\u2019t go wrong with a trip to the hot springs.\u00a0As the Costa Ricans say, \u00a1Pura Vida! Be one with nature and have an adventure!<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at our tours to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/teachers\/select-a-tour\/latin-american-tours.aspx\">Latin America<\/a><\/strong> or call 1.888.310.7120 to design your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your heart pumping as you buzz through the canopy with the wind in your face and a gorgeous 360-degree view of Costa Rica\u2019s nature. Costa Rica is home to more than 500,000 species of animals, fungi and plants. What better way to view it than at a birds-eye view? No need for experience. Trained <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/costa-rica-highlights\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1278,52,58,68],"class_list":["post-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-adventure","tag-costa-rica","tag-educational-travel","tag-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6044,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/6044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}