ABOUT COSTA RICA
The country:
Sport fishing is world renowned in Costa Rica as is its surfing, tropical rainforest, volcanoes, hiking, bird
watching and recently golfing. The Puntarenas Region is located in the Central Pacific Coast ……..
Costa Rica´s location allows abundance of tropical forests and many variations of altitude. This makes of Costa Rica home of a great quantity of animal species, many of them exotic and threatened. Costa Rica protects species in danger of extinction, that is why 9,3% of our total surface is protected as national parks and natural reservations period.
The country has more than 1. 000 species of orchids and 225 species of reptiles. Wild animals are plentiful, as pumas, jaguars, deers, monkeys, coyotes and armadillos. Besides our forests have 725 species of birds, among those it highlights the quetzal, the goldfinch and the hummingbird. This diversity is very appreciated by the tourist that comes in search of a natural paradise to enjoy and to rest.
Cost of living:
Taxes are very low, real estate taxes are1/4 of one percent, foreign income is not taxed and services are much less expensive than is most part of the world. Costa Rica as a country provides all the modern conveniences of home while allowing you to feel you are a world away. It also boasts excellent medical care with one of the highest life spans in the world.
Climate:
Costa Rica enjoys a tropical warm weather all year-round. Its summer and hottest months are December through May and its winter or rainy season is August through October.