About Costa Rica

Located in Central America it has a surface of 51.100 km2 and it is a great destination for tourists. It is one of the countries with most protected areas in the world, since 25% of the nationtal territory is made up by national parks, biological reserves, both on land and marina as well as other wild areas. It has aprroximately 850 species of birds, of which 600 are resident American winter stopping in this country and later continuing their trip generally towards South America.

According to the geographical coordinates it is located between 8° 02' 26" and 11° 13' 12" North of Ecuador and 82° 33' 48" West of Greewich. Regarding its geological fromation the coutnry is part of the yourng lands of America. This means that up until the beginning of the tertiary, Cost aRica and Panama were occupied by a great marina channel that communciated the current Caribbean with teh Pacific, all of which made up a type of archipelago before a continental mass. It has been stated that the current peninsulas of Nicoya and Osa are rests of these tectonic and volcanic movemnts allowed the complete appearance of the country and te origins, throughout an area of the fracture known as the Depression of Nicaragua, of the current volcanic cordilelras of Guanacaste and Central.

However, it was in the quaternary when the Costa Rican territory was consolidated and the scenario for the location of the first natives that settled in our territory was established. This small country is big on activities since the visitor can find sun, beach, adventure, natura, and culture, all in one place.