CONSEJOS para VIAJAR a COSTA RICA 🇨🇷

Hello, my name is John. And in this video I am going to give you a few tips if you are thinking of traveling to Costa Rica. I just returned from a trip to Costa Rica for a couple of weeks and the truth is that it has been one of the best trips I have ever had. done so far to know if it is a place for you. The main thing is that you know that it is a place of pure nature and pure fauna and Pura vida, one of the main points that you have to decide when you are going to travel to Costa Rica is What season are you going? to travel It is very possible that you travel on the dates that you have available, either because you can take vacations in July and August or similar, so Well, there the option is quite closed to you but if you have the option there are two main seasons in Costa Rica such as You will know that it is the dry season and the wet or rainy season. The dry season runs from December to May and the rest of the year from June to November is the wettest season and I say this because in my case I have traveled in February in the middle of the season. dry and even so there have been several days in which it has rained, not because you travel in the dry season it will not rain on any day, much less have I done so, it is very possible that I do it every day, although it generally rained for me during the nights and light rains distributed in different places but really rain rain as such I think it only happened to us two days at a time and it was not the whole day either but a few hours as it was nature as long as you go with a similar Poncho You are not going to have a problem and not only the rain but also affects the number of people who go because if you go in July August are very popular months September also a lot of people go but for example in February which is when we went there was no one there most of the hotels were empty even so there were people I mean there was movement there was atmosphere but in many places even the most touristy ones were super quiet with few people and the truth is that it is a pleasure apart obviously that is going to have an impact on what the prices are for example if you are going to rent a car or the flights themselves the accommodation all these things well obviously the price is going to be very different so for me in February which we went or March or so it is a perfect time because there is not so much humidity they are not overwhelming the atmosphere it does not rain as much it is everything much more cheap and there are few people go when you go You are going to enjoy there are two important points also one is the clothes to take to Costa Rica and another is the car to rent convent this very quickly because I have made two separate videos to comment on it the first one is already published which This is the clothing item that I advise you to take to Costa Rica. You have it on the channel. I'll leave it up here too and there I'll explain what my backpack is like, the big backpack that I carried all the clothes and important things to carry, such as the poncho. for the rain etcetera and on the other hand I have made another video Also with tips for renting a car driving around Costa Rica etcetera everything that is related to this I have also made another video that you also have it I will also leave it up here if not You have it below in the comments I leave you the playlist of Costa Rica and there you will have all the videos of both what the trip is like on a day-to-day basis and the advice that I just said, one piece of advice that I think is quite important is The schedule, what I mean by this, is the hours of light in Costa Rica. It is quite stable throughout the year and it usually dawns around 5:30 or 6 in the morning and it gets dark again around 5: 30 to 6 in the afternoon, my recommendation, which is what we did, is that you change the schedule a little. What we did was wake up every day at 5 in the morning at 5:30 and we started the day if someone woke up around 6 and We took advantage of all the hours of light until it got dark at 6 and from then on it just doesn't mean that you get up very early because it means waking up every day at 5:30, much less simply changing the schedule. So we did this later. We went to bed at 9 at night and slept 8 hours or 9 hours. With this you have the advantage that you will be able to take advantage of the hours of light much more so you will be able to see more things and at the same time few people get up early or, well, If you wake up at such an early hour, then in many more popular places, taking advantage of these hours of light will give you a great advantage in that you will be much calmer. Another important point is money in Costa Rica, not all places accept card, it is better that you change money and take Costa Rican colones to change the currency. I recommend that if you can, you change it in Spain because the exchange rate will be better than the one applied in Costa Rica. Although if not, I usually carry credit cards. These are vivid type travel cards, there are many others. But well, the one I use, the truth is that it works well for me. The final one is a wallet-type card for travel that has several advantages, one of which is that you can withdraw a certain amount of money at international ATMs. no commission in the local currency, plus it usually doesn't have printed card numbers, so they can't clone it, etc. So, well, it has some advantages that are worth it or if it gets stolen, in the end it's a wallet card and The amount that I will be able to withdraw from you will be very limited. So I recommend that you use this type of card, but apart from that, if not, if you do not have them, if your bank does not apply a very high commission, you can also withdraw money at ATMs. There, that is also something that I did throughout the country. There are areas where cards are accepted. There were many hotels that accepted cards of all kinds. For example, American Express, which many times is not accepted, they also accepted it and then there are There is a place where they accept dollars or even euros, but I recommend that whenever you can, you pay in local currency, whether you take it in cash or pay with a card because if you pay in dollars or any other currency that is not the local currency, they will to also apply an exchange rate that is detrimental to you in order to have internet connectivity throughout the country. I always tend to use when I travel to take a local SIM card once Diego, either at the arrival airport or in the city or capital itself that is close to the airport in any of these local telephone stores they usually sell tourist ones that are for x days, it can be 3 7 10 15 days with some data and some calls one gigabyte 2 gigabytes some have unlimited plans and all this Well, not with their prices. So that's usually what I usually take because it's the most convenient. And that way you can forget about roaming problems, etc. In the case of Costa Rica, there is a company at the airport, I don't know if it was clear or something similar that sells you this. the tourist SIM cards and for example I who went with Álex, he bought one of those cards and it went quite well. It is true that there were some areas where the coverage did not reach him or at some point he had to restart his cell phone And so on But in general Pretty good, in my case I got it with holafly. I had seen it on different blogs and they also recommended it because many people usually have links or affiliations with them and they give you some discount. I simply looked at it through the web but it is much more expensive I don't remember exactly how much it cost but I think it was around 40 euros or so to have internet these two weeks and I think it was about I don't remember how much it was about four or five gigabytes or so I mean it wasn't much I recommend it because It went very well for me, the truth is that I had coverage in practice for the entire trip where you can obviously have it in the middle of the jungle at the end of the country because it did not reach but it did not reach anyone but in what is the entire country more or less On roads, towns such and such, I had no problems because what these cards do, at least the Fly gave them, is that they connect with different networks depending on which one offers better coverage. So if you want to play it safe, I recommend this one, I don't recommend this one. I have no type of sponsorship or anything but it went well for me that's why I say it and if not then go to the local place at the airport because even though it could be a little worse At some moments It was quite good for Álex and it was difficult for him I think half or thereabouts so it 's something to think about and since I'm talking about prices in case you might be interested in a video on Costa Rica's budget I'm also going to make another video that if it's already published I 'll leave it for you too or on the list of reproduction of the comments where I break down everything that has been the budget of the trip, as I have told you before, we did not visit San José, which is the capital of the country, due to lack of time and also a little lack of interest Because everything we saw in different places, no one recommended visiting San José also because we have been there for a couple of weeks, if you go for a month, 40 days or similar, then you have time, so I am there. If I had had more time if I had dedicated it, But in the end, Costa Rica has so much to offer that in the end that at the beginning you are not aware of our Our objective or our attention was focused on the part of nature, fauna and living a bit of the local experience but above all of towns and areas like that and since we were not that interested so we left the idea for last It was that one on the last morning of the trip. Well, we did have time to spend two or three hours exploring the center a little and that's it, but in the end and that's because the weather was late, I 've already told you that apart from the seasons. Well, it goes It will probably be quite hot, you have to keep in mind that not the entire country is hot and humid, what the coasts are, but then there are areas, especially as you gain altitude, in which the temperature drops quite a bit as is normal and there are areas. For example, if you are going to visit the volcanoes, both the Poás, the Turrialba, the Azul, all of these, if you are going to be in high areas, the temperature drops, especially it drops more at night, so it cools down, so it is important that you bring warm clothing in quotes, for example, also in Monteverde. If you go to the Monteverde area, it gets cold here, especially during the afternoon or evening, or it depends on where you are. For example, where we were doing the zip line, it was cool. I was wearing sleeveless t-shirts and short sleeves and it was quite cold. Not quite cold, it seems like a It was a little cold during the zip lines because it was raining a little bit. So that cools you down more and then that in some volcano and so on, because at night at the hotel we were cold with the blankets they give you. So it is recommended that you take something warm too. for the plane because they also usually put on the air conditioning, etc. But then if you are on the coast, both the Caribbean coast and the Pacific coast, it is going to be very hot, as I said, and at night it is going to be hot and humid, especially for example in the Pacific part. The area of ​​Corcovado in the south is brutally hot if you are on beaches and such. No problem, for example in Corcovado, there are primary forests. It is amazing. It is a natural air conditioner. It is incredible. You know inside those forests and how dense the area is. jungle the trees are so tall They create a microclimate that cools the temperature a lot that then when you go to the part most exposed to the sun suddenly 32 degrees and it is a stable 32 degrees during which it is like this every day with a lot of humidity so Well then, keep in mind account That's why it's also very important that you wear sunscreen and to protect yourself, as a matter of hats or clothes, endless things like that. If it depends on the type of skin you have, it's going to be very good for you. I'm going to leave the video here. Anything ask, suggestion, comment. If you want to do it, you can leave it here in the comments or if there are questions and such, you can also leave it to me if you contact me on Instagram, I will be happy to assist you with anything and nothing, if you go, you will enjoy it a lot because it is an amazing country, it is a dream. and I hope to return in the future So nothing Thank you very much for coming this far and see you next time Pura vida