What an incredible place is Costa Rica. It's one of those places you leave with the desire to come back to some day, not just to visit, but to live there. Once you arrive you discover a bustling city, much more than you expected, full of young people. The technology of the place surprises you, combined with the tradition and spirit of a booming and beautiful country, full of optimism and promise. Suddenly Costa Rica is much more than you expected. You might be arriving to learn Spanish, take your wedding vows, or find your world record catch offshore. You might be coming to find that perfect left-breaking wave, zip through the air in a sea of green, or challenge a mighty mountain river. You might just be coming to escape, stretch out, relax, and enjoy the party. You will not be disappointed. Costa Rica can offer you all that, and much much more. From beautiful laid-back beach towns to raging parties along the coast, from rich, thick rainforest to valley vistas over quaint mountain villages, Costa Rica is unlike any other country on the planet, with a rich history of stunning natural beauty, staunch human decency, progressive social democracy, and youthful education, optimism and vigor. It's not North America, and it's not South America. It's peaceful, promising, and natural. It's Pura Vida. The good life. And Costa Rica wants to share it all with you.

The rumbling never ceases beneath your feet, whether down on the ocean edge or on a mountain's top, in the depths of the capital, or a rocky riverbank. Costa Rica rumbles with life. Volcanos, surf, life, and lust. Costa Rica never stops moving. Whether it's the flutter of a billion migrating butterflies or the raging rapids surging down from a mountain rainforest, the pulse of nature never ceases. Life loves Costa Rica. And Costa Rica loves it right back.

The sounds of life fill her towering volcanos, and her deep rich waters, from the hot lava bubbling forth to the soulful song of a family of whales. From the music pounding in the cities to the monkeys fighting in the trees, Costa Rica sings with life, cherishes it, celebrates it. Costa Rica treasures its natural wonders, and fights to protect them. Her communities and people are engaging the world to build on the future of Costa Rica, the world, and her living natural treasures. Vacation, preservation, education, relaxation. That is Pura Vida.