Tucked amidst Central America's mountain ranges and smoking volcanoes, with the crystal clear Caribbean on one side and the blue Pacific on the other, Costa Rica's heavenly climate yields giant philodendron and dieffenbachia, steamy mangrove swamps, and thick and tangled rainforests. Within this verdant landscape, howling howler monkeys swing from tree to tree and brave herons and egrets live on the edge of hungry crocodiles.

Costa Rica is bounded on the north by Nicaragua and Panama on the southeast.