Northwestern Costa Rica Attractions

 
This region of Costa Rica stretches north to the Nicaraguan border. The highlands of northwestern Costa Rica are made up of two mountain chains: the Cordillera de Tilarán and the Cordillera de Guanacaste. Featuring attractive towns, forests, mountains, volcanoes and parks, this is a very scenic region of Costa Rica.

Cloud forest once covered the mountains of the Cordillera de Tilarán. Today, the famous Monteverde cloud forest presents an example of this tropical environment, as well as a unique community in Costa Rica. The Arenal area, including a lake and volcano (one of the most active in the world) separates the two mountain chains.

A string of lightly active or dormant volcanoes comprises the Cordillera de Guanacaste, five of which are protected within national park boundaries. West of this massif is the Santa Elena Peninsula that includes a rare tropical dry forest descending to remote beaches on the Pacific coastline.

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Santa Rosa National Park is an important sea turtle nesting area, which is also home to large numbers of birds and animals, including monkeys. Some areas contain petroglyphs.

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Northwestern Costa Rica Surroundings

Read More Arenal Volcano National Park

Arenal Volcano National Park is home to the highly active Arenal Volcano. Lava flows down the mountains side and is an impressive sight as it glows in the darkness of night.

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Volcano letting off smoke with clouds forming above at Arenal.Arenal Volcano National Park
Rainforest of Monteverde.Monteverde
Arenal volcano.Arenal Lake
View of Arenal Volcano and clouds.Arenal Volcano National Park
Cloud covered Arenal volcano.Arenal Volcano National Park
Arenal volcano creates its own cloud.Arenal Volcano National Park
Dense brush in the Cloud Forest, Monteverde.Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Monteverde
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