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  • Sloth hanging among vines high in the rainforest canopy

    Abhi Verma

    Sloth hanging among vines high in the rainforest canopy

  • Shaggy sloth hanging upside down from a branch among glossy green leaves

    Aleksandar Popovski

    Shaggy sloth hanging upside down from a branch among glossy green leaves

  • Person relaxing in a hammock on the balcony of a green treehouse cabin in misty forest

    Ana Shuda

    Person relaxing in a hammock on the balcony of a green treehouse cabin in misty forest

  • Visitors taking photos on a long green hanging bridge through the forest canopy near Monteverde

    Angela Erick

    Visitors taking photos on a long green hanging bridge through the forest canopy near Monteverde

  • Aerial view of Manuel Antonio's forested headland, white beach and turquoise sea

    Atanas Malamov

    Aerial view of Manuel Antonio's forested headland, white beach and turquoise sea

  • Low clouds over forested ridges, with a tree fern and a small red-roofed house below

    bennoptic

    Low clouds over forested ridges, with a tree fern and a small red-roofed house below

  • Humpback whale's dark back and small dorsal fin breaking the surface off Uvita

    Bernd Dittrich

    Humpback whale's dark back and small dorsal fin breaking the surface off Uvita

  • Aerial view of the pale blue Río Celeste winding through dense rainforest canopy

    Bernd Dittrich

    Aerial view of the pale blue Río Celeste winding through dense rainforest canopy

  • Walker on a wooden hanging bridge through the Monteverde cloud forest

    César Badilla Miranda

    Walker on a wooden hanging bridge through the Monteverde cloud forest

  • Aerial view of Marino Ballena National Park's whale-tail sandbar reaching into the turquoise sea

    César Badilla Miranda

    Aerial view of Marino Ballena National Park's whale-tail sandbar reaching into the turquoise sea

  • Ripe red and unripe green coffee cherries on a branch at the Doka Estate coffee farm

    Chalo Garcia

    Ripe red and unripe green coffee cherries on a branch at the Doka Estate coffee farm

  • Mist drifting over dense highland forest near Poás Volcano

    Christina Victoria Craft

    Mist drifting over dense highland forest near Poás Volcano

  • Arenal Volcano under a cap of cloud, above green fields and forest

    Daniel Ingersoll

    Arenal Volcano under a cap of cloud, above green fields and forest

  • Sea turtle nesting on a dark sand beach in Costa Rica, with people on the shoreline behind

    Daniel Lloyd Blunk-Fernández

    Sea turtle nesting on a dark sand beach in Costa Rica, with people on the shoreline behind

  • People silhouetted on the shoreline as the sun sets over the Pacific in Guanacaste

    Eelco Böhtlingk

    People silhouetted on the shoreline as the sun sets over the Pacific in Guanacaste

  • Black volcanic rocks and turquoise water on a Manuel Antonio beach

    Etienne Delorieux

    Black volcanic rocks and turquoise water on a Manuel Antonio beach

  • Golden mist drifting over forested hills and a green pasture in Monteverde

    Frames For Your Heart

    Golden mist drifting over forested hills and a green pasture in Monteverde

  • Close-up of a red-eyed tree frog with orange feet perched on a leaf

    Geoffrey Baumbach

    Close-up of a red-eyed tree frog with orange feet perched on a leaf

  • Turquoise pool and tropical garden with Arenal Volcano rising behind under a cap of cloud

    Hongbin

    Turquoise pool and tropical garden with Arenal Volcano rising behind under a cap of cloud

  • Yellow-throated toucan perched on a branch in Manuel Antonio National Park

    Iulian Aghei

    Yellow-throated toucan perched on a branch in Manuel Antonio National Park

  • Hiker with a backpack crossing a green hanging bridge into misty rainforest near La Fortuna

    J. Amill Santiago

    Hiker with a backpack crossing a green hanging bridge into misty rainforest near La Fortuna

  • Hot spring water cascading over stone terraces beneath a softly lit footbridge at night in La Fortuna

    J. Amill Santiago

    Hot spring water cascading over stone terraces beneath a softly lit footbridge at night in La Fortuna

  • La Fortuna Waterfall plunging into a spray-filled pool below a jungle-covered cliff

    J. Amill Santiago

    La Fortuna Waterfall plunging into a spray-filled pool below a jungle-covered cliff

  • White-faced capuchin monkey resting on a branch in Manuel Antonio National Park

    Jillian Amatt

    White-faced capuchin monkey resting on a branch in Manuel Antonio National Park

  • Río Celeste waterfall spilling into a milky blue pool, with forest on both sides

    José Cuerva

    Río Celeste waterfall spilling into a milky blue pool, with forest on both sides

  • Couple standing on a rope suspension bridge, looking out over the jungle

    Lisa van Vliet

    Couple standing on a rope suspension bridge, looking out over the jungle

  • Aerial view of Playa Cocles on the Caribbean coast, with white surf along a beach backed by dense forest

    Luis Diego Aguilar

    Aerial view of Playa Cocles on the Caribbean coast, with white surf along a beach backed by dense forest

  • Woman sitting at the edge of an infinity pool, looking out over treetops to the ocean

    Morgan Alley

    Woman sitting at the edge of an infinity pool, looking out over treetops to the ocean

  • Steam rising from the Poás Volcano crater and its pale lake on an overcast day

    Natasha Ruf

    Steam rising from the Poás Volcano crater and its pale lake on an overcast day

  • Close-up of a scarlet macaw's red head, white face and curved beak against a green blur

    Omar Mena

    Close-up of a scarlet macaw's red head, white face and curved beak against a green blur

  • Rafters in helmets raising yellow paddles as their green raft splashes through a rapid

    Outward Bound Costa Rica

    Rafters in helmets raising yellow paddles as their green raft splashes through a rapid

  • Sea turtle hatchlings crawling over dark sand inside a bright blue tub

    Outward Bound Costa Rica

    Sea turtle hatchlings crawling over dark sand inside a bright blue tub

  • Man standing in a green wooden boat, steering it with a long pole along a wide rainforest river

    Robin Canfield

    Man standing in a green wooden boat, steering it with a long pole along a wide rainforest river

  • Orange sunset reflected on the wet sand of a palm-lined beach in Marino Ballena National Park

    Selina Bubendorfer

    Orange sunset reflected on the wet sand of a palm-lined beach in Marino Ballena National Park

  • Arenal Volcano's steep cone with a wisp of cloud on its summit, rising above the forest

    Sergey Gavrilyuk

    Arenal Volcano's steep cone with a wisp of cloud on its summit, rising above the forest

  • Río Celeste waterfall falling into a bright turquoise pool in Tenorio Volcano National Park

    Tom Podmore

    Río Celeste waterfall falling into a bright turquoise pool in Tenorio Volcano National Park

  • Roasted coffee beans on green leaves on a rustic wooden table at a La Fortuna coffee farm

    Vlad D

    Roasted coffee beans on green leaves on a rustic wooden table at a La Fortuna coffee farm

  • Red-eyed tree frog clinging to a mossy branch against a soft green background

    William Warby

    Red-eyed tree frog clinging to a mossy branch against a soft green background

  • Pair of scarlet macaws perched together on a branch against a clear blue sky

    Zdeněk Macháček

    Pair of scarlet macaws perched together on a branch against a clear blue sky

Pexels License

  • Riders in red helmets on a zipline, gliding over a misty forested valley

    Álvaro Arcelus

    Riders in red helmets on a zipline, gliding over a misty forested valley

  • Rincón de la Vieja Volcano under golden clouds, with a wisp of mist on its broad summit

    Jean Paul Montanaro

    Rincón de la Vieja Volcano under golden clouds, with a wisp of mist on its broad summit

  • Woman in a blue helmet gliding along a zipline through green rainforest

    Melissa Villarán

    Woman in a blue helmet gliding along a zipline through green rainforest

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  • Wide, muddy Tortuguero canal lined with dense rainforest and palms under a pale sky

    S. Rae

    Wide, muddy Tortuguero canal lined with dense rainforest and palms under a pale sky