Costa Rica's Arenal hot springs are fed by a real volcanic aquifer and range from world-class luxury resorts to a completely free thermal river. Here's how to find the right one for your trip and ...

Many hot springs are located in the La Fortuna area and Rincon de La Vieja Ziplining through tropical rain forests, rappelling down steep waterfall cliffs and whitewater rafting satisfy the rugged ...

Costa Rica is easy to overload on a first trip. A map makes Arenal, Monteverde, Manuel Antonio, Tortuguero, Corcovado, Nosara ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Cartago — It was the hottest tourist attraction in Costa Rica in the 1880s — an “extremely hot” spring with a centuries-old reputation as a “fountain of youth,” visited by European ...

Let me be upfront: I don’t care for hot springs. Sure, I’ll gladly go to a mountainside ryokan, but I’m really there for the food, and the onsen is just an afterthought. So when I was at the Arenal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When not abroad, travel writer John Oseid can be found in NYC or LA. And what’s a rainforest without soft, steady, warm rains, too ...

Costa Rica is seriously an incredible bucket list destination. It has mountains, beaches, rainforests, high adrenaline activities, cloud forests, sloths, adventuring, lots of wildlife, delicious food, ...

Photo courtesy of Deb Roskamp. I’ve been reveling in the warmth of my recent trip to Costa Rica, and not just because of the heat and humidity. This alluring Central American nation of five million ...

NAYARA SPRINGS RESORT, Costa Rica — My friend and I, along with our golf cart driver, creep through the bushes — flashlights in hand and breath bated. Every so often, we stop to stealthily part the ...