Where is Costa Rica?

Costa Rica is much bigger than it looks

Culture, natural diversity, and scenery!

Where is Costa Rica? You have probably heard of it once or twice. Maybe you heard of Costa Rica in Jurassic Park or perhaps you’re thinking about a trip to Costa Rica. Either way, if you’re wondering where exactly Costa Rica is, you’ve come to the right place. The first thing to know is that Costa Rica is NOT an island. Costa Rica is tiny country in Central America, 9 degrees north of the Central American equator, directly south of Nicaragua and north of Panama. To the east is the Caribbean coast, to the west, the Pacific coast. It’s roughly 20000 square miles with a population density of 4.9 million. The people refer to themselves as “Ticos.”

What Costa Rica lacks in physical size, it makes up for in biodiversity. National Parks and protected areas make of 25% of the country’s land mass and over 5% of the world’s biodiversity. In other words, you’ll find more unique flora and fauna, wildlife and insect species in Costa Rica than almost any other country. Costa Rica is also made up of 12 climate zones, based on temperature and precipitation. In Costa Rica you’ll find Tropical Wet Rainforest, Tropical Dry Forests, Tropical lowlands, Cloud Forests, Mangroves, active volcanoes, beaches, waterfalls, hot springs, mountains, rivers and more.