The Costa Rica road; An Introduction

The Costa Rica road; What is it?

First completely established in 2017, the Costa Rica road is a 174 -mile path that covers the width of Costa Rica. From Parismina, in the Caribbean Sea, to Quepos, in the Pacific Ocean.

The path is destined to be a form for foreign tourists, which otherwise spend more time in popular tourist areas, to go out to less visited places. It offers a unique way of experiencing what Costa Rica is about: incredible biodiversity, hospitality and culture.

This means that, unlike other paths to which we can be accustomed, I cannot simply walk and drop a tent anywhere you want to spend the night. Instead, I will stay at home stay or ecological accommodations along the way. I will use a walking mosaic mainly on the way and a single track path, experiencing Costa Rica through cultivation lands, mountainous cloud forests, tropical leaf jungle of lowlands and many small spotted cities.

Inspiration: Why

Now, if you have gone so far, I can only assume that the Costa Rica path is intrigued. At some point you must go wherever Podcasts listen and listen to Backpacker Radio Episode #301 with Maytal «Carrot Top» Agasi. This is where I heard for the first time on the road to Costa Rica, and it was the initial inspiration to want to make this walk.

Beyond the podcast episode, I have some other reasons to want to walk this trace:

1. I want to see a tucan. Ok, only half joking here, but once I spent two months in Colombia and Ecuador, and really wanting to see one, I didn’t arrive. This despite the temptingly listening to them on many occasions. According to everything I heard and read, I will see them on this walk.
2. This small country, with 0.03% of the total land mass of the earth, has 5% of its biodiversity. If you grew up from Nerding to Mid 2000’s Animal Planet, Discovery Channel or Natgeo shows, then, then, Well, this place fits the bill to live that childish wonder.
3. I already had a planned trip to Central America, and as a general rule, I try to follow specific regions when I travel. This, in addition to receiving free time before my next job (thanks to the seasonal guide), made it seem that this was an obvious opportunity.
4. Almost 10 years have passed since my walk, and despite having the itching to make longer paths, I have only done one more than 100 miles since then. I am excited to finally spend at least a couple of weeks in motion at 3 mph, and I hope that this is raffled to a great walk next summer.

I know that for my life changing the experience on the path of the Appalaches that the extended time walking in nature is where I am happier. A subsequent decade of outdoor work has taken me to many valuable and surprising adventures outside the long -distance backpack, but I am happy to return to life one step at a time and take my longest hiking trip since 2016.

I will do my best to share the most complicated logistics of this over-seas walk soon. In addition to sharing, among many other things, as many photos of Tucans as I can.

For more information about the path and the organization, the non -profit organization that joined it, visits; https://caminodecostarica.org

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