Corcovado National Park
Costa Rica
Corcovado is the great rainforest park on the Osa Peninsula in the far south of Costa Rica, and since 2014 everyone…
32 tickets & tours
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Best national parks in Costa Rica
8 national parks in Costa Rica, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which tour or ticket to book and when to go.
| # | Park | Country | Why it makes the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | Costa Rica | The wild Osa Peninsula, with a certified guide from Drake Bay or Puerto Jimenez. |
| 2 | Manuel Antonio National Park | Costa Rica | Guaranteed sloths and a beach swim; book the timed ticket online. |
| 3 | Tortuguero National Park | Costa Rica | Canals by boat, turtles by night in season. |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | Costa Rica | Lava trails by day, hot springs by night. |
| 5 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | Costa Rica | Mud pots and fumaroles on the Las Pailas loop. |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | Costa Rica | The sky-blue waterfall and river of Rio Celeste. |
| 7 | Poas Volcano National Park | Costa Rica | An active crater viewed from a platform, by timed ticket, early in the day. |
| 8 | Marino Ballena National Park | Costa Rica | A whale-tail sandbar and humpbacks from July to October and December to March. |
Manuel Antonio National Park
Costa Rica
Manuel Antonio is the most visited national park in Costa Rica, a small patch of rainforest and beach on the Pacific…
137 tickets & tours
Tortuguero National Park
Costa Rica
Tortuguero is the park of canals and sea turtles on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, reachable only by boat or light…
53 tickets & tours
Arenal Volcano National Park
Costa Rica
Arenal is the volcano above La Fortuna, three hours from San José, and the town has become Costa Rica's adventure…
35 tickets & tours
Rincón de la Vieja National Park
Costa Rica
Rincón de la Vieja is the volcano park an hour north of Liberia in Guanacaste, and it is sold in two different ways…
27 tickets & tours
Tenorio Volcano National Park
Costa Rica
Tenorio Volcano National Park in northern Costa Rica is, for all practical purposes, one trail to one river, the Río…
6 tickets & tours
Poas Volcano National Park
Costa Rica
Poas is an active volcano in the central highlands of Costa Rica, about fifty kilometres, an hour and a half by road,…
2 tickets & tours
Marino Ballena National Park
Costa Rica
Marino Ballena is the whale park at Uvita on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast, three and a half hours from San…
21 tickets & tours