Costa Rica´s original countryside

Costa Rica is fundamentally an agricultural country, which over the years has shifted to tourism with an emphasis in ecotourism, adventure and agro tourism. It is a small country, which has a lot to offer to its visitors. As in every tourist country, there is a part of it that is completely dedicated to tourism and offers all the services that a tourist may need when visiting the country. It includes Internet Cafes, restaurants, bars, discotheques, souvenir stores, great supermarkets, banks and ATMs, and a wide variety of tours and other tourist services. Places such as La Fortuna, are dedicated to providing a great variety of hotels, cabins, lodges, tours, travel agencies, among others, and their economy is almost entirely dedicated to these services.


There is a branch of tourism in the country that has been developed to offer the agricultural side of the country, which is agro ecotourism. In this type of tourism, tourist enjoy what would be a farmers life, showing tours such as the pineapple tour, coffee tour, the hacienda tour, and artisanal fishing, among others. However, there is another side of the country that some tourist would like to know, but that almost always is shown when the tourist stay in Costa Rica for a long time. We are referring to the original true country side, where farmers live and Ticos and Ticas develop their day by day life.


When visiting Costa Rica visitors may see scenes like the one in the picture, where a couple of cows are running freely in the roads, probably because they escape from some farm, or sightseeing of goats farms, and homemade cheese sales.


The “pulperias”, usually located close by a small town, where they sell all kinds of snacks, and sometimes even work as small supermarkets with the basics; the common wood houses, with barking dogs, and the everyday people who work to maintain the country running smoothly. Costa Rica is truly a paradise on earth, come and enjoy the wonders of this amazing country.

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Top biking places in Costa Rica

We especialize in biking tours in Costa Rica; we have operators everywhere in the country. Among the top best places to bike in Costa Rica, in no particular order are:

• Guanacaste: Samara Beach is regarded as a particularly suitable area for mountain biking and mountain biking competitions, such as the famous Tour de los Conquistadores which often ends in Samara. Around the Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Pailas sector, north Guanacaste, there is a beautiful route on single track, good for all levels of phisical condition. The route goes through pasture land, spiny cedar tree plantations, pristine jungle and different waterfalls.

• Monteverde: Go through unpaved roads, mountain views, fast heartbeats, and a very different way of seeing Monteverde.
  

• Irazu - Turrialba (White Water Rafting): This route begins on the Irazu volcano downhill and finish at Turrialba.
  

• Arenal - La Fortuna: Biking trips in this area are wonderful, because of the beautiful trail trough forest, the Arenal Volcano and the Lake Arenal.

• Sarapiqui: This is a great route that begins with three kilometers of asphalted road at "Islas del Rio" and then changes to non-asphalted one. The rides goes near the river.
  
  

There are many more routes in the country, going at the central valley, north pacific, and central pacific among others.

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Biking in Arenal, La Fortuna

One of the top places to bike in Costa Rica is Arenal, around the town of La Fortuna. La Fortuna is also a multisport adventure site where visitors can enjoy rappel, canopy, white water rafting, bungee jumping, hiking, and kayak among many others. There are trails for amateurs taking ease one day bike tours at the base of one of Costa Rica top volcanos and the most active one in the country, to hard trails for expert bikers.

Arenal Volcano - CGoodfellow Copyright

There are also multisport packages that include biking and white water rafting in Pacuare River. In the area, visitors can find hotels and accomodations for all budgets. Bikers could also made a combination of biking tour and hot springs in the area. It is truly a great site to bike. To book a trip that include multisport and biking specificly, please contact Banana Adventure Tours at www.bananaadventuretours.com.

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