Kuthiwa xa uChristopher Columbus wafikayo ngo-1502 kwisiQithi iUvita, kwiikhilomitha nje ezintathu ukusuka ePuerto Limón, wamangaliswa ngumyezo weziqhamo waseCosta Rican nokutyeba kwezihombiso zabemi bawo. Mhlawumbi seso sizathu sokuba umatiloshe owaziwayo kunye nabanye boyise baseSpain babhaptize le ndawo ngegama leCosta Rica.
Nangona kunjalo, xa kuthelekiswa namanye amazwe aseLatin America afana neMexico okanye iColombia, iCosta Rica ayinazinyithi zixabisekileyo, nangona ibinomtsalane wendalo namhlanje osenze esi siqithi saba yindawo ephambili kubathandi bokhenketho.
Ipaki yeSizwe iManuel Antonio
Nokuba uhamba ngenyawo okanye ngesikhephe, ukufumana iManuel Antonio National Park kuyonwabisa. Ngomnye wemihlaba ekhangayo kuyo yonke iCosta Rica, ipaki inesanti emhlophe kunye nohlaza oluluhlaza phakathi kweentaba ezinkulu. Ime kwiphondo lasePuntarenas kwaye yeyona Park incinci yelizwe.
Apha abahloli bamazwe baya kuba nemisebenzi engapheliyo yokwenza, ukusuka ekuhambeni kwiindlela zepaki, ukuya kwiihambo ze-kayak ezijikeleze unxweme, ukukhwela ihashe okanye ukuloba. Nokuba kukhenketho lwesikhephe olujolise kwihlengethwa, ufudo lwaselwandle okanye ukubukela iminenga, kuxhomekeke kwixesha lonyaka. Yonke into yakhe wonke umntu kuManuel Antonio.
ICosta Rica, indawo oyithandayo yokundwendwela
Ngeemayile zamanxweme aselwandle amhlophe kunye namaza amakhulu, iCosta Rica iye yaba yenye yeendawo ezithandwa kakhulu ngabatyibilizi ukwenza lo mdlalo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, eli lizwe lithathwa njengendawo yesithathu edume ngokuntywila emva kweHawaii neIndonesia ngamanxweme kunye namaza, imozulu entle, amanzi ashushu, amaxabiso afanelekileyo kunye nabantu abanobuhlobo.
ICosta Rica lelinye lamazwe ambalwa apho iilwandlekazi ezimbini ezinkulu zishiyana ngeeyure ezintandathu kuphela. Oku kwenza ukuba kube lula ukusefa iPacific ekuphumeni kwelanga kunye nokuphelisa usuku lokulawula amaza eAtlantic xa kutshona ilanga. Iyamangalisa yinyani?
Imyuziyam yeGolide eSan José
Inkcubeko, uqoqosho kunye nentliziyo yezopolitiko yaseCosta Rica imi eSan José, ikomkhulu lelizwe. Ineziza ezininzi ezinomdla wokundwendwela, njengeMetropolitan Cathedral, iNational Theatre, iMyuziyam kaZwelonke yaseCosta Rica okanye i-Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, ebonisa enye yezona ngqokelela zibalulekileyo zangaphambi kweColumbian eMelika ngaphezulu kwamawaka amaqhekeza egolide abunjwe zizizwe zemveli ezazihlala kula mazwe ukusukela kunyaka ka-300 AD
I-San José iyothusa ngobume bezitalato zayo kunye nezakhiwo zayo ezintle zekoloniyali. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, kufanelekile ukuchitha iintsuku ezimbalwa kwikomkhulu ukufumanisa ubume bayo basezidolophini, i-gastronomy yayo emnandi, ubomi bayo bobusuku kunye nobugcisa bayo basesitratweni.
IPaki yeSizwe yaseTortuguero
I-Tortuguero yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zepaki eCosta Rica. Ikwabizwa ngokuba 'yiAmazon encinci' le ndawo yokugcina yeyona ndawo iphambili yokutsala ufudo oluhlaza. Ukuzalela ufudo ezindlwini sesona sizathu siphambili sokuba uninzi lutyelele iTortuguero. Nangona kunjalo, kule paki yesizwe kukho nezinye izilwanyana ezininzi ezinje ngeenkonkxi, amasele kunye neeguana eziluhlaza okanye iingwenya.
Ntsasa nganye kuyenzeka ukuba ubabone ngesibini se-binoculars kwisikhephe esingena kwimijelo yepaki kunye nemangrove. Ukongeza, phakathi kukaJulayi ukuya ku-Okthobha kukho ukhenketho lwasebusuku olukuvumela ukuba ubone indlela oofudo abaphuma ngayo elwandle kwaye bemba indlwane elunxwemeni ukuze babeke amaqanda kwenye yeendawo ezimbalwa eziseleyo zofudo lwaselwandle ehlabathini.
Kodwa i-Tortuguero ayisiyo kuphela utyani. Ukuba seCaribbean, yenye yezona ndawo zinkulu kwinkcubeko yeAfro-Caribbean kweli lizwe. Uninzi lwabemi bayo lunemvelaphi yaseJamaican kwaye igcina izithethe zayo, ezenza ukuba iTortuguero ibe yindawo enomdla kakhulu yokwazi kwinkcubeko nakwezokhenketho.
Umhlaba weentaba-mlilo
Njengengxenye ye-Pacific Ring of Fire, i-Costa Rica's volcanoes ziphakathi kwezona zimangalisayo kwihlabathi. Ngaphandle kokungabi lilizwe elibanzi kakhulu, inani leentaba-mlilo eCosta Rica lifikelela kwi-112. Ezinye zazo ziipaki zikazwelonke ezikhusela imeko enomdla yendalo.
Enye yazo yi-Arenal volcano, ithathelwa ingqalelo phakathi kweentaba-mlilo ezilishumi ezisebenzayo kwihlabathi ngoososayensi nangona kungekho mntu unokutsho ngokugweba ngeembono zoxolo kunye nengubo engqonge inkungu. Ukuqhuma okukhulu kokugqibela kwentaba-mlilo i-Arenal kwenzeka ngo-10 Imithombo yayo eshushu ngoku yenye yezona ndawo zinomtsalane kule ndawo, kunye neendawo zayo ezintle zomhlaba kunye nemisebenzi ye-adventure.
Zininzi iihotele ezinesibonelelo sokufudumeza esibalulekileyo, kodwa i-spa yeTabacón yeyona ndawo ikhoyo kwindawo yaseLa Fortuna. Ukuntywiliselwa kumanzi ashushu afudumeleyo kuba ngamava angalibalekiyo kulundwendwe kwaye ingxangxasi inomtsalane.