"Weather"
Weather and activities
Costa Rica is perfect for visitors during the entire year. It has a variety of climatic profiles in its six different regions. For this reason, with the right travel guidance and expertise, Costa Rica is a country ready to fulfill anyone's expectations and tastes. Costa Rica has a dry and a rainy season. Dry Season The dry season is from December to May and turns out to be the most common expectation when anyone decides to travel to Costa Rica. This season provides great fun for aquatic sports lovers: surfing, windsurfing, sportfishing, diving (scuba diving, snorkeling), sea and river kayaking, white water rafting, etc. It also provides great fun for nature lovers to enjoy hiking, canopy, biking, sightseeing, volcanoes, beaches, national parks, biological reserves and much more... The following are the highlights during the dry season from Costa Rica Voyage: � City Tour � Sky tour � Volcanoes (Arenal, Po�s, Iraz�, Turrialba, Miravalles, Rinc�n de la Vieja, etc) � Island cruises � Tortuguero channels � Sport fishing at Tortuguero and Southern area � Surfing (Pavones, Jac�, Tamarindo at Northern and Southern coast) � Scuba diving (Guanacaste beaches) � Snorkeling (Guanacaste, Southern and Jac� Beaches) � White water rafting (Quepos and Caribe Beaches) � Hiking � Carara Biological Reserves at Jac� Beach � Manuel Antonio National Park at Quepos � Canopy tour � Caving tour at North Pacific � Coffee tour & Butterfly farm � Golf Rainy Season From June to November the rain will be showering the entire country; However, between June and July the rain stops and the sun shines. This period is called Veranillo de San Juan" (Saint John's short summer). October usually is the time when the rain appears more frequently and for longer periods. However, in the Caribbean area the rain decreases significantly and this area becomes one of the most attractive during the month of October. This season is special for the natural observers, since in the country there are more than twenty protected areas between tropical and rain Forest. Eventhough the rain usually falls for a few hours in the afternoons, you will still be able to enjoy many aquatic activities and visit many places in the mornings. The following are the highlights during the rainy season from Costa Rica Voyage: * City tour * Island cruises * Tortuguero channels * Sport fishing at Tortuguero and Southern Pacific * Surfing (Pavones, Jac�, Tamarindo at Northern and Southern coast) * Scuba diving (Guanacaste beaches) * Snorkeling (Guanacaste, Southern and Jac� Beaches) * White water rafting (Quepos and Caribe Beaches) * Beach walking * Rain Cloud Forest at Monteverde * Rain Forest at Cerro de la Muerte and Nationals Parks * Coffee tour & Butterfly farm * Caving tour at North Pacific
