May 11, 2012

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Costa Rica’s neighbors stealing the spotlight?

Granada Nicaragua

Colonial town of Granada, Nicaragua

 

With Panama coming in at #1 on the New York Times’ list of 45 Places to Go in 2012 and a jump in press coverage featuring Nicaragua (including the recent FoxNews travel special Nicaragua: The Next Costa Rica?) it seems Costa Rica’s neighbors are vying for the tourism spotlight. However, they aren’t necessarily stealing the show. Many travel agencies who have caught on to this trend are offering trips to two or three countries at a time, using Costa Rica as the home base.

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April 24, 2012

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A Whale’s Tale

March 11, 2011 was just another ordinary day at Bahía Ballena, located just south of Playa Uvita on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast. This gorgeous and fairly isolated beach is best known for its beautiful sandbar, which during low tide looks like a giant whale’s tail.

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April 20, 2012

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Celebrate Earth Day early with this Costa Rica travel promotion

With savings of up to 50% off travel to Costa Rica, you will have plenty to celebrate this Earth Day! Nature Air has partnered with Wildland Adventures and Cayuga Hotels to create three incredible Costa Rica travel itineraries available for a limited time only. Choose between a family-friendly adventure or a romantic escape to some [...]

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April 9, 2012

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Increase your chance to spot a quetzal with Nature Air and INBio

Nature Air and the Costa Rican National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) have joined forces to offer travelers one-of-a-kind vacation itineraries that promote hands-on learning and rich natural experiences. By combining INBio’s vast knowledge of biodiversity and expert field guides with Nature Air’s reputation for sustainability and excellent customer service, the small-group packages will center on biological [...]

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April 3, 2012

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A personal perspective on mingling and walking in San Jose

By Alex e. Khajavi, CEO & Founder, Nature Air Start inside the Teatro Nacional in the center of San Jose, and stand witness to the grandeur of the era of the coffee barons. Wander outside to the plaza and hear the hawkers and the pigeons, families, kids with balloons; smell the simple greatness of walk-away [...]

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March 29, 2012

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Nature Air uses safety briefing as educational tool

Nature Air, Costa Rica’s domestic airline offering flights in Costa Rica and the region, recently started promoting in-flight safety with the help of 30 students from the airline’s educational foundation NatureKids. The kids, aged 5 to 14 practiced their lines for about a month before a film crew flew down to their home town of [...]

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March 22, 2012

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Promoting a Central America “sin fronteras”

  My favorite number is seven. I have been fascinated by it ever since I was a child. The number holds a great historical and symbolic significance as the base of various ancient numerical systems, and as the most frequent combination when rolling two dice, one of the oldest games ever played by man.

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March 14, 2012

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Educating for the future: NatureKids sees record enrollment

NatureKids, a Costa Rican NGO dedicated to working and bettering the futures of low-income families, has reached a milestone this month with a record number of students now enrolled at the Drake Bay school in the Osa Peninsula.

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March 12, 2012

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Turtle conservation group launches satellite tracking program

In October 2011, a research boat owned by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) set sail from their newest location in Playa Blanca on the Osa Peninsula – a site that also includes a newly constructed sea turtle hospital. The team of researchers was off to capture the perfect Pacific Green Sea Turtle [...]

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March 9, 2012

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Protecting the Osa Peninsula for generations to come

I have always had a soft spot for the Osa Peninsula. My romantic connection with this region began when I was a young man on my first journey to the wild south – which was then still peppered with gold miners, guerillas with criss-crossed bandoleers and a thrilling sense of getting closer to the edge [...]

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