Handy Costa Rican links :
Costa Rica
General Information and History
www.geographia.com/costa-rica
centralamerica.com/cr/info
www.infocostarica.com
www.manuelantoniopark.com
Weather and Climate
Want to see how beautiful the weather is here in Costa Rica? We tend to have a lot of what
we call “liquid sunshine” -- light tropical rain showers in the afternoons, but for most of our
adventures like rafting and canyoneering, you get wet anyway so the rain is not a problem.
www.wunderground.com/global/CS.html
/ weather.noaa.gov/weather/CR_cc.html /
www.cnn.com/WEATHER
Airports
We have two international airports in Costa Rica: Juan Santamaria International Airport
in San José or Liberia on the Pacific coast of Guanacaste.
Currency Conversion / www.xe.com.
Convert dollars to Costa Rican colones, but keep in mind, many places such as hotels and restaurants accept US dollars and Euros.
Learn Spanish / www.yourdictionary.com, www.freetranslation.com
Get a jump start on learning Spanish before your trip. Spanish is the official language of Costa Rica,
but we have a highly-educated public and the majority of the people working in tourism have a good
level of English. But it’s also great to practice your Spanish while you’re here!
Travel Insurance
CSA / www.csatravelprotection.com
AIG Travel Guard / www.travelguard.com
American Express / www.americanexpress.com
Travelers / www.travelers.com
Getting There
American Airlines / www.aa.com / ph 800.433.7300 in the US and Canada or 248.9010 in Costa Rica. Daily flights from Los Angeles, Miami, JFK in New York, and Dallas-Fort Worth.
America West / www.americawest.com / ph 800.363.2957. Daily flights from Phoenix. Continental / www.continental.com / ph 800.525-0280. Daily flights from Houston and Newark.
Delta / www.delta.com / ph 800/241-4141. Daily flights from Atlanta. United Airlines / www.united.com / ph 800.538.2929. Flights from Washington, DC, LA, and Chicago.
US Airways / www.usairways.com / ph 800.622.1015. Direct flights from Charlotte, SC.
Grupo Taca / www.grupotaca.com / ph 800.535.8780 Direct flights from Boston, Chicago, LA,San Francisco, Houston, New Orleans, New York, Miami, and Washington.
Frontier Airlines / www.frontierairlines.com / Direct flights from Denver on M, W, F from $289.
Spirit Airlines / www.spiritair.com. Flights from Fort Lauderdale under $350 Track Your Flight / www.flightview.com / See where your flight to Costa Rica is at any given time.
