Less than 30 minutes from the wedding venue, Diamante Eco Adventure park offers some of the typical tourist activities including zip lines and an animal sanctuary.
For those looking to explore the cloud forest, Monteverde is a national park approximately 3 hours from the wedding venue with great hiking trails, and also the location of Maria's bat thesis research!
Not only a fantastic beach, but Manual Antonio has an easily accessible National Park with an assortment of hiking trails that are ideal for seeing the coast and even squirrel monkeys!
One of our favorite places in Costa Rica, Rio Celeste offers outstanding hiking through a picturesque setting of a vibrant turquoise river, whose distinctive color results from suspended, microscopic aluminosilicate particles.
Arenal Volcano is a frequent destination for those visiting Costa Rica. Even though currently inactive, there is plenty to do with a number of hot springs and great hiking trails in the national park.