Month: March 2022

Costa Rica: Country Lifts Sanitary Measures

  March 31, 2022           Costa Rica is on its way to the total lifting of the sanitary measures activated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Find below the sanitary measures that have …

Playa Ocotal, Guanacaste Costa Rica

Playa Ocotal is a wonderfully peaceful place to enjoy swimming, snorkeling, and relaxing in the sun. Scenic hills and cliffs hem in the beach, and the Catalina Islands sit just offshore. The quaint village of Playa Ocotal is …

Caja Costs Spike for Expats in Costa Rica

  By Laura Gutierrez of Immigration Help Costa Rica CAJA sticker shock. For those who don’t yet know, one of the requirements for residency here in Costa Rica is that you must enroll in our national healthcare system (CAJA) …

Monkey Business: Where to Find the Fab Four Primate Species in Costa Rica

Published on February 23, 2022 by Dana Kaleta The four monkey species in Costa Rica The four species of monkeys native to Costa Rica are the white-faced capuchin (mono cariblanco), spider monkey (mono colorado or mono araña), the squirrel monkey (mono …

Looking to Move to Beautiful Costa Rica? Meet Residency Expert Laura Gutierrez

By The Costa Rica Star Former tourists and foreign residents have chosen to live in Costa Rica for many good reasons, not the least of which is the breathtaking beauty, fantastic weather, and an idyllic lifestyle measurably better than …

THE MAKING OF LAKE ARENAL

The Making of Lake Arenal: Life-Changing Upheaval for Two Small Communities. Forty years ago, Costa Rica inaugurated the largest public works project in its history — damming a river and flooding a valley to create the second-largest lake in Central America …