Family of three exploring jungle area by boat looking for wildlife In spite of its small size Costa Rica features greater biodiversity than Europe or North America COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Mom and daughter 9 preparing to go on zip line in jungle Zip lines were developed in different parts of Costa Rica during the 1990s to allow tourists an overhead glimpse of jungle canopy COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Landscape coastal shot of a sunset with two silhouetted island taken inside the manuel Antonio National park in Costa Rica Rincon de la Vieja

Girl 9 traversing zip line in jungle Zip lines were developed in different parts of Costa Rica during the 1990s to allow tourists an overhead glimpse of jungle canopy COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

View of NW highland area The northwest of the country the Nicoya Peninsula was the southernmost point of Nahuatl named after Nitin cultural influence when the Spanish conquerors conquistadores came in the sixteenth century COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Girl 9 traversing zip line in jungle Zip lines were developed in different parts of Costa Rica during the 1990s to allow tourists an overhead glimpse of jungle canopy COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Landscape coastal shot of a sunset with two silhouetted island taken inside the manuel Antonio National park in Costa Rica Rincon de la Vieja

Woman traversing zip line in jungle Parts of Costa Rica receive up to 300 inches of rainfall annually creating lush jungles COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Jaguar Effigy Vessel Chorotega, Costa Rica C.800-1525 A.D. Pre-Columbian Ceramic Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida

Scenic shot of a spectacular Costa Rica tropical waterfall surrounded by trees and rocks covered in green moss Rincon de la Vieja

Jaguar Effigy Vessel Costa Rica, Nicoya Area, Chorotega C.800-1200 A.D. Pre-Columbian Ceramic Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida

Landscape shot of a Costa Rica rainforest with river flowing through beautiful yellow colored rocks complimented by the lush greens of the rainforest Rincon de la Vieja

Iguana iguanidae standing on tree limb against green background The two species of lizard within the genus Iguana possesses a dewlap a row of spines running down their back to their tail and a third eye on their head COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Third crater from the summit of Irazu, highest in Costa Rica at 3432m, last erupted 1994, Parque Nacional Volcan Irazu, Cartago, Costa Rica, Central America

Family traversing cable bridge in jungl waterfall behinde Parts of Costa Rica receive up to 300 inches of rainfall annually creating lush jungles COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Harpy Eagle Costa Rica, Las Mercedes Area, Middle B Period C. 900 A.D. Pre-Columbian Ceramic Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida

Scenic shot of a spectacular Costa Rica tropical waterfall surrounded by trees and red rocks complimented by the motion blur of the rushing water Rincon de la Vieja

Scenic shot of a spectacular Costa Rica tropical waterfall surrounded by trees and rocks covered in green moss Rincon de la Vieja

White egret Ardea alba in flight The Great Egret Ardea alba also known as the Great White Egret White Heron or Common Egret is a wading egret found in most of the tropical and warmer temperate parts of the world COSTA RICA Guanacaste province