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kostantin Konstantinos Tavlaridis Post Count: 1 Msg: #1 28 weeks ago, June 20th 2009 | Hi I am looking to visit Costa Rica next March but I need some recomendation. I want to go the jungle and live a different experience but also stay in a vibrant place with nightlife. So to summarize can someone help me with the following questions? | 1) Stay in San Jose and do daily trips to national parks? Are they far away from San Jose (north,south?)? 2) Where is better to stay in the capital or close to the beach? 3) How is the nightlife close to a beach place? 4) What is the cost of daily trips to national parks? Thanks a lot in advance for your assistance and apologies for my poor english. :) edaviscr Eddie Davis Post Count: 4 Msg: #2 25 weeks ago, July 12th 2009 | The national parks are not expensive. I would recommend you not stay in San Jose as it is an urban sprawl with terrible traffic. Some of the volcano national parks are close to San Jose, but the good parks to see animals are not close by. You might look at spending some time in the area of Volcan Arenal. There you will find rain forest hikes, lava hikes, cave hikes, waterfall hikes, lake tours, white water rafting, and other activities and enough night life for perhaps one or two nigth, which is the La Fortuna area. Then you could make the 2.5 hour trip from there to the beaches of Guanacaste like <snip>,<snip><snip> (Leatherback National Park), <snip>etc. Tamarindo has more night life than other places... | [Edited: 10:11 - Mell ] fabianzd Fabian ZD Post Count: 1 Msg: #3 16 weeks ago, September 9th 2009 | San Jose is a good place to start your trip to any place in Costa Rica... <snip> | [Edited: 13:04 - Mell ] oneparticularharbor Ricardo Suarez Post Count: 3 Msg: #4 13 weeks ago, September 28th 2009 | Stay away from San Jose. It's dirty and dangerous and there is nothing worth sticking around there for. You are better off heading to the Los Suenos, Jaco Beach. or Manuel Antonio areas where you will enjoy the beach, a lot of activities, great tours, great dining, great fishing, and a lot more to see , do and expereince. | Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 4 | ||||||||||||
