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The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide 29 reviews
Richard Garrigues
Cornell University Press, 2007
Best Costa Rican Bird Field Guide
I purchased this book among others prior to taking a summer birding tour to Costa Rica. This is the book you will, currently, need to take with you!!! Don't even hesitate to purchase this one if you are going to be doing some serious birding.
Another nice supplemental bird book is the Hummingbirds of Costa Rica; I know it is a large book (not a field guide) but the information and photography ...
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Waterproof Travel Map of Costa Rica23 reviews
Toucan Maps
Toucan Maps, Inc., 2008
This is the Map Everyone Else Wanted
Once they saw this map, everyone on the birding trip to Costa Rica were disappointed in the maps that they brought along. More than once I heard, "This is a great map. Where did you get it?"
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Moon Living Abroad in Costa Rica (Living Abroad)35 reviews
Erin Van Rheenen
Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007
This book helped me move to Costa Rica
This wonderful, practical and well written book helped me move to Costa Rica several years ago. It covered just about everything I needed to know to make a successful transition to a new culture and society, and all the details that go with it.
It is well organized and has many useful tips, examples, and lists of contacts. It is realistic and down to earth.
I heartily recommend this book ...
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Guide to Costa Rican Spanish 11 reviews
Christopher Howard
Costa Rica Books, 2005
Speak Easy
I spoke Spanish before coming to Costa Rica, but found the people in San Jose spoke with more slang and pachuco. Chris Howard's book helped me to communicate better and with more credibility. When I moved to the coast, the dialect was even more different. People considered me snobby when I spoke like I did originally. His information was even applicable in the countryside. I give this book ...
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Costa Rican Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist - Waterford Press) 14 reviews
James Kavanagh
Waterford Press, 2001
Great for Its Intended Purpose
The guide is intended to be a quick reference guide to some of the more common and most interesting creatures of Costa Rica, as indicated on the back summary above the UPC symbol. This waterproof pamplet accomplishes this goal just fine. Pamphlet is VERY sturdy (no worries in ALL weather) and pictures 1 inch square. Captions list Latin name, size in inches and centimeters and, for some, a short ...
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Costa Rica (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) 8 reviews
DK Publishing
DK Travel, 2005
Best travel guide I've found for Costa Rica
Purchased several different guides & found this one to be more complete. Many visuals as well as coverage of most all areas of the country.
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Costa Rica (Country Guide)24 reviews
Matt Firestone, Wendy Yanagihara
Lonely Planet, 2008
As always a good help
The lonely planet helped as as always to plan our vacation. We spend only one week in this interesting country, but managed to plan an interesting and packed two day trip. Instead of booking through the hotel and spending at least $250 per person we took all the information out of the book. Besides saving some money, we had a lot of information and explored the country a lot better than with a ...
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Frommer's Costa Rica 2008 (Frommer's Complete)7 reviews
Eliot Greenspan
Frommers, 2007
Great source of information
This book is everything you need to research and book your trip to Costa Rica.
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Fodor's Costa Rica 2009 (Fodor's Gold Guides)
Fodor's
Fodor's, 2008
Fodor?s. For Choice Travel Experiences. Fodor?s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you?re at the helm, Fodor?s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It?s like having a friend in Costa Rica! ?Updated annually, Fodor?s Costa Rica provides the most accurate and ...
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Frommer's Costa Rica 2009 (Frommer's Complete)
Eliot Greenspan
Frommers, 2008
America?s #1 bestselling travel series Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer?s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. More annually updated guides than any other series 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries Dozens of detailed maps in ...
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Moon Costa Rica (Moon Handbooks)9 reviews
Christopher P. Baker
Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007
Most informative
We have three current travel books on Costa Rica - this one is by far the best. It provides a full range of options from budget to luxury. He gives detailed reccomendations,insights, and cultural background. And it just seems to provide more complete coverage than the other books.
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Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora5 reviews
Willow Zuchowski
Cornell University Press, 2007
A very handy plant guide for visitors to Costa Rica
I picked up a copy of this guide (published in San Jose by Zona Tropical) at La Selva last year and consider it a worthy addition to the small library I carry in Costa Rica. I would recommend it as the most useful single volume work on Costa Rican plants.
The guide is aimed at the amateur rather than the professional botanist: photographs are the prime means of identification, plants are ...
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A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica (Comstock Book)36 reviews
F. Gary Stiles, Alexander F. Skutch
Cornell University Press, 1990
nothing compares
Yes, it's too big for the field. Yes, it was published in 1989, and no update is imminent (presumably). But no birder traveling to Costa Rica should do so without this work (and Amazon offers a great price). It's also true that Garrigues and Dean have now offered a much more portable guide that can (and should) be carried in the field, and for that I'm especially grateful. But when puzzles ...
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Choose Costa Rica for Retirement, 8th: Information for Travel, Retirement, Investment, and Affordable Living ...6 reviews
John Howells
GPP Travel, 2006
Interesting, well written & up-to-date
I'll mention up front that this is the only book I've read on the subject of living in Costa Rica, but I can't imagine many being much better. I spent 10 weeks in Costa Rica (8 weeks in language immersion school, 4 days a week). Having two full weeks plus several 3-day weekends to travel around, I'm familiar with the basics of Costa Rican culture & geography.
Nowhere near retirement age ...
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Travellers' Wildlife Guides Costa Rica (Travellers' Wildlife Guides)8 reviews
Les Beletsky
Interlink Books, 2004
Best Costa Rica bird guide written
We are going to Costa Rica this SPring and this book has been the most helpful guide in preparing for this trip.
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Explore Costa Rica, 5th Edition (Explore Costa Rica)20 reviews
Harry S. Pariser
Manatee Press, 2006
Excellent guide for trip planning
We really found this book to be useful both in planning our trip and in traveling around Costa Rica. The background information on wildlife, history, culture, and politics was very informative and helpful. We didn't find a bus timetable in any other guide. And the beautiful color photos (of wildlife and flora) are a great addition. We found the itineraries and other information on the publisher's ...
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The Surfer's Guide to Costa Rica & SW Nicaragua14 reviews
Mike Parise
SurfPress Publishing, 2006
Necessary for any surfer going to Costa Rica
This book was a lifesaver. You gotta read it BEFORE you go out, because at one spot we hit, turned out to be alligator infested.
But this book is essential and tells spots that would normally be a mystery. Breaks on and off the beaten path.
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The Rough Guide to Costa Rica 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Jean McNeil
Rough Guides, 2008
Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Costa Rica , the definitive companion to this peaceful destination. The full-colour section introduces Costa Rica ?s highlights, from the spectacular sunsets at the Pacific coast beach of Sámara to taking a boat ride passed the luxuriant tropical vegetation and colourful wooden houses that line the Tortuguero Canal . Using informed accounts, clue-up on all the remote beaches, active ...
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The New Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica42 reviews
Christopher Howard
Costa Rica Books, 2007
Best Ever
I have lived in Costa Rica for over 12 years and have worked extensively in the areas of tourism and real estate. I recommend this book to PEOPLE OF ALL AGES with an interest learning about every possible area of LIVING and INVESTING here. I have read all of the other books about making the move and Mr. Howard seems to have a BETTER FEEL for the country than any of the other authors. Perhaps ...
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The New Key to Costa Rica25 reviews
Beatrice Blake
Ulysses Press, 2009
Excellent
[...]The 18th edition of New Key to Costa Rica improves upon a veritable classic.
2006 marks the 30th anniversary of the guidebook which guides travelers toward
tasteful family-run lodgings and communities that are actively protecting the rural environment.
Written in a style that feels like a conversation with a travel guide, the New Key provides countless insights about the culture, the ...
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