A Must Read for 1st Timers!

In this post, “mistakes to avoid traveling in Costa Rica” we’ll share with you some of the top things you need to prepare for for your trip to Costa Rica for a stress free vacation. We’ve made some of these ourselves so we know first hand the consequences! Here are our mistakes to avoid traveling in Costa Rica.

Not adding extra time to driving times

If you’re renting a car in Costa Rica, make sure that when it comes to driving times, don’t always take what the GPS tells you for driving times as exact. We always tell people to add at least 30 minutes to 1 hour to the estimated Google Maps driving time because driving in Costa Rica is not that straightforward or easy!

For those who have never driven internationally, you may end up driving very slowly, especially on the curvy and narrow routes (like Guanacaste to Arenal around Lake Arenal or Route 145 to Monteverde) so that will add a lot more time. Then you have those big and very slow trucks that cause congestion…