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Explore Caribbean

Costa Rica’s Caribbean region brings together coastal communities, rainforest and winding waterways. From Tortuguero to Cahuita and Puerto Viejo, discover wildlife alongside Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous cultural heritage. Explore at a thoughtful pace, respect local guidance and discover how small choices can care for both community and nature.

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Northern Forest Racer

A fine-tailed forest snake carries narrow crossmarks through the shade.

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Linnaeus’s Sipo

A long green-to-olive snake follows the paths made by forest branches.

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Puffing Snake

A large forest snake shows how much color and pattern can vary within one species.

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Helmeted Iguana

A dramatic helmet-shaped head rises above a perfectly still forest lizard.

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Yellow-marked Dwarf Gecko

A tiny forest-floor gecko shows how much wildlife can fit beneath a single leaf.

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Taylor’s Leaf-litter Lizard

An elongated lizard slips through the shaded layers of the forest floor.

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Speckled Racer

Small yellow-green speckles brighten a dark snake moving through low vegetation.

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Ecuadorian Milksnake

A banded young milksnake offers a lesson about changing colors and misleading names.

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Decorated Forest Snake

Fine lengthwise stripes help a small snake blend into forest-floor lines.

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Hoffmann’s Earth Snake

A small dark earth snake reminds us that much of forest life stays hidden.

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Striped Glasstail

A finely striped ground snake travels through damp foothill and mountain forest.

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Spotted Coffee Snake

A small dark snake lives within the quiet cover of forest leaves.

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