Costa Rica Travel with Kids: The Ultimate Guide
This is your in-depth guide to Costa Rica travel with kids. Plus, download your free guide to Costa Rica family travel right here!
Our budget for five weeks in Costa Rica (2024)
Costa Rica is a fascinating, beautiful country to visit. It’s also a brilliant destination for a family holiday. But Costa Rica was the one country that seriously concerned me during the budget planning for our world trip. I knew that it definitely wouldn’t be cheap! I struggled to figure out in advance just what our…
Seeing nesting turtles in Costa Rica with kids (2024)
For all of us, but especially our David Attenborough-inspired, wildlife-mad boys, seeing turtles nesting was one of those dream bucketlist activities. Whenever I’d dreamt about a trip to Costa Rica, seeing turtles nesting was always one of the things that was at the forefront of my daydreams. Even better was the opportunity to see nesting…
Swimming in the bioluminescence in Costa Rica – a guide (2025)
Updated April 2025 We’d seen this – randomly – on an TV show with Bradley Walsh (!) and it looked magical. While we were in Costa Rica we decided we couldn’t miss the opportunity to see it for ourselves! And it turned out to be one of the best things we’ve ever done. Don’t have…
Costa Rica with kids: the Caribbean Coast (2024)
We opted to spend the last two weeks of our time in Costa Rica on the Southern Caribbean Coast, taking some time to chill have a pretty hectic first three weeks! It’s the perfect spot in Costa Rica for kicking and relaxing, even with kids! We’d learnt over the first few weeks of the trip…
La Fortuna, Costa Rica – a guide for a fun-filled family stay (2024)
La Fortuna is firmly on the list for many travellers itineraries for Costa Rica, and rightly so. It’s the base for SO many adrenaline activities, and the views of the Arenal Volcano, that looms up right next to the town, are spectacular. We based ourselves here for five days during our Costa Rica travels and…
Driving in Costa Rica – how difficult is it really? A Guide (2024)
I thought I’d add a short guide to driving to our Costa Rica collection of blog posts, with a bit of info on car hire in the country, since it was one of the things we struggled to decide on before we arrived. During the (extended) planning phase for Costa Rica I was adamant that…
Where to see sloths in Costa Rica (2024)
Top of our list in terms of animals we all wanted to see on our travels was the lovable sloth. We knew that there was a good chance of spotting a sloth or two on our trip to Costa Rica but we weren’t sure when and where this might happen! Read on for more info…
A family trip to Chilamate Eco Retreat, Costa Rica (2024)
This is one of those places – a bit like Rafiki Safari Lodge that I wrote about in an earlier post – that is more of an experience in itself rather than just a place to crash. So why should you add Chilamate to your itinerary for a family trip to Costa Rica? Our trusty…
A family trip to Rafiki Safari Lodge, Costa Rica (2024)
This place was more than just accommodation and definitely deserves a blog post to itself! If you’re planning a family trip to Costa Rica then Rafiki Safari Lodge is definitely one to consider adding to you holiday itinerary. There is a whole page in the Lonely Planet dedicated to Rafiki Safari Lodge, and from the first…