Airport: Daniel Oduber International Airport
Airport Tax: The departure tax is around US $26 per person. This is pay at the airport when leaving the country.
Distance from Airport: 13 km to Liberia, 30 min to Papagayo Gulf resorts
Tourist Season: November through April
Costa Rica is packed with national parks, private reserves and national monuments. Some people called Costa Rica the "Switzerland of Central America".
What Makes Costa Rica different to other countries is the sheer variety of wildlife they offer: quetzales here, nesting turtles there, big cats at all points of the compass. World-class whitewater rafting from Turrialba; surfing on both coasts; the eruptions of Arenal volcano and the steaming mudpools of Rincon de la vieja nearby; walking and hiking in the cloud forest of Monteverde or the rainforest of the Osa Peninsula. Other countries may offer these things, but they don't pack them into such a compact, attractive bundles as Costa Rica. And they don't do it in quite the same laid-back way as the Ticos.