Costa Rica is the mecca for adrenaline junkies to experience the best in extreme sports with it’s lush rain forests, raging rivers and some of the best beaches in the world. This year extreme sports enthusiasts will be able to take part in one of the most strenuous competitions around the globe, The Costa Rica Adventure Race, which will take place in and around Costa Rica during from August 20th to the 28th.

This is actually a new event for Costa Rica, which was recently given the green light to host one of the 9 Adventure Race World Series Events at their annual meeting. The other 8 events are scattered around the world and include countries such as Portugal, Poland, Ecuador, Sweden, France and the ARWorld Championship which will be held in Spain in September 30 - October 2010.

The event is set up for up to 30 teams to enter and it’s open to all who can put up with rigorous conditions and are in outstanding physical shape. Some of the events include hiking, biking, kayaking, rappelling and rafting for over 310 miles in some of Costa Rica’s most beautiful and undeveloped areas. Participants are given zero guidance and must rely solely on a compass, a map pure survival instinct.

Who is able to participate in this race? Anyone is open to participate who feels they are able to take on the challenge but you must have a team of four including at least one female. Participants must also provide most of their own equipment as well as have the proper rescue and CPR training.

The race is sponsored by Costa Rica’s tourism board, ICT, and many other businesses who have expressed interest and are looking forward to cheering these teams on. So far there are three Costa Rican teams registered along with many other European teams. It’s an amazing event for Costa Rica to host and for those wanting to cheer these teams on or get involved there are also many volunteer opportunities available.

For those not feeling extreme enough to take part in the Adventure Race World Series, Costa Rica Luxury Rentals organizes many exciting tours including white water rafting, rain forest all-terrain vehicle tours, kayaking and even surfing. Just give us a call and we’ll be happy to organize your very own Costa Rica Luxury adventure package as well as accommodation.

For more information about the Adventure Race World Series you can access their site directly.

The holidays are over, it’s January again already, and you’re dreading spending another semester break back in your hometown. Instead of wasting your days just waiting for your free time to come to an end, why not spend some fun-filled days or weeks in Costa Rica? Bring your best girlfriends or your best guy friends, or a mix of both, and escape to one of today’s hottest vacation destinations.

Costa Rica is the perfect place for a spontaneous quick getaway or a longer stay during your month off. Take an easy and reasonably priced flight from your local airport and arrive at any of the country’s two international hubs—San Jose or Liberia. With a well-architected infrastructure, it’s easy to get yourself around once you arrive. Take quick flights within the country to reach your favorite places as soon as possible; rent a car and have the freedom to get up and go any time; or use the highly reliable bus system that reaches all corners of the country. Costa Rica is the safest nation in Central America, and you’ll find that the local people are friendly and accommodating, always reaching out to help new visitors and make new friends.

You and your buddies can spend days relaxing at the beach, warming up in Costa Rica’s many hot spring spots, or a hanging out at the spa and pool. Sign up for group surf lessons and learn how to ride the waves, or maybe try out kayaking or windsurfing.

Although Costa Rica is well-known for its gorgeous, seemingly endless miles of coastlines, there’s more to the country than fun in the sun. Its rainforests, exotic wildlife, and outdoor adventures provide hours of entertainment. Protected lands and national parks are a big draw for ecotourism. You and your friends can see monkeys and toucans in their natural environments, or experience your first active volcano up close at the rim. On a hike through the cloud and rainforests, a guide can teach you the names of all the indigenous vibrant flowers and vegetation.

Need to fit in some hard-core studious hours during your stay? No problem—there are a wide variety of educational and cultural-enriching opportunities to be had throughout Costa Rica as well. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced Spanish classes are offered all over the country. You can enroll in classes for a few days or weeks at a time. If you want an even more fulfilling cultural immersion, opt for a homestay while in Costa Rica. Most Spanish schools can arrange for you to live with a local family who only speaks Spanish. This way you can get in even more language-speaking time and you can learn about the culture first hand.

Ladies, take a break from your fast-paced life and escape to a Costa Rican paradise. You’ve heard about Costa Rica’s gorgeous coastline, warm waters, and tropical weather, but do you know all of the life-changing experiences that await you?

Costa Rica’s continuous temperate climate and frequent flights in and out of the country’s four international airports make it the ideal, affordable location for a quick getaway or an extended vacation any time of the year. And here at Costa Rica Luxury Rentals and Tours, we’ll help you put together a customized girls getaway package for you and your girlfriends, or all for yourself.

Renew

We understand that sometimes you just need to leave work at the office, the kids at home, and your man behind, and spend some much-needed quality time with yourself and your friends. Your worries and stresses will melt away as you sink into our bubbly jacuzzis and pools located right outside your condominium rental. Get your feet out of those heels and sink them into soft white sands and warm ocean waters, or sneak away with a good book for the day to a secluded beach tucked away below the cliffs.

You and the girls will want to take advantage of our full-service, beautifying spa treatments offered on location. Add on a professional massage or a yoga class to complete your total wellness experience. During your one-on-one private beach yoga class—held in the cooler morning or evening hours—you will be enveloped by the soothing sounds of waves and the sweet, fresh scents of local flowers and fauna as you balance your mind, body, and soul. As if you haven’t been pampered enough, imagine finishing off your evening with fine wine, an international gourmet meal, and dancing into the night to live local bands. Costa Rica provides you with it all!

Explore

Maybe you want to take a walk on the wild side while away from home. Costa Rica is also the perfect location to explore your adventurous side. You’ll have stunning views of the rainforest below as you hold on tight and soar across the trees on the countries various canopy tours. If you want to enjoy the sights from above without the adrenaline rush, many of the national parks have elaborate suspension bridge systems strung among the trees, where you can pause to take in the sights and sounds of Costa Rica’s wildlife. Yes, that is a family of monkeys in those trees!

Empower

If it’s more physical activity you and your friends crave, river rafting and volcano climbing are two of the most popular and plentiful eco-friendly activities available in the country. Whether you’re a novice rafter or expert thrill-seeker, Costa Rica is filled with rapids of all levels to conquer. And if you’ve never seen an active volcano before, you can hike or ride up on horseback, explore the crest, and see the lava flow. One of the most amazing things about Costa Rica is how in touch you

You’re finally getting a chance to get away together, no husbands, no boyfriends, just a bunch of girls enjoying themselves. This isn’t just another weekend shopping spree. This is something special. You want to do something different, go somewhere different, get away from the humdrum ordinariness of everyday life. Where is the perfect place to go? Costa Rica, with its beautiful beaches, soaring mountains, dense jungles and tropical rain forests and most of all its warm and friendly people.

Costa Rica, just far enough away, without being too far away, just different enough to be fun and exciting, but comfortable enough to make you feel right at home. And where’s the best place to go in Costa Rica? Knowledgeable travelers will tell you that it’s famous Jaco Beach and the place to be at Jaco Beach, is at the world renowned Los Suenos Resort and Marina, where it could turn into a weekend shopping spree after all, or a weeklong spree as you visit all the world class shops and fine restaurants.

But there’s a lot more to do at Los Suenos than shopping eating. That’s why it’s a resort and marina, instead of just a shopping mall. There’s swimming and surfing and boating and deep sea fishing and hiking on mountain trails to visit volcanoes, or exploring national parks and rain forests, river rafting, sightseeing, horse back, dancing, gambling in the casino and on and on.

And naturally the place to stay at the Los Suenos Resort is the five star Marriott Hotel, for the ultimate in luxury. WRONG!

How often do girls have a chance to really be together and hang out and gossip and catch up on old times? When you finally do get a chance to get away together, wouldn’t it be nice to really be together? So why not rent a luxury condominium right there at the Los Suenos Resort and Marina, right near the Marriott, but so much nicer, with access to all the resort amenities?

Relax in true luxury, with all the comforts of home and more, instead of the cramped closeness of a hotel room. Instead of having to pair off at night, each set of girls to their own small room, or pretending you’re having fun when you’re all trying to socialize in one room, you can have a real living room where you can all hang out together in comfort and then retreat to your private bedrooms when you do want to be alone.

Just imagine the giddy pleasure of knowing that there’s a whole, fully equipped gourmet kitchen right there, but no one’s going to use it, not with all those wonderful restaurants just a short walk away. There’s no men to cook for, no husbands, boyfriends, no kids, so who needs a stove? It’s there just in case, but who cares? What a wonderful, liberating feeling. It really drives home the idea that you are not just on vacation, but on the vacation of your life.

And then you step out the door and there you are, in the heart of a world-renowned luxury resort, right on one of the world’s most beautiful beaches. Girls just want to have fun and there are few places in the world like the Los Suenos resort at Jaco Beach, Costa Rica, to do it. Whatever fun means to you and your girlfriends, you’ll find it right here.

Want to do things you could never do at home? How about visiting a volcano? Or a rain forest? Or a native village? In Costa Rica, your biggest problem will be what to do first and that’s why we have a concierge to help you book tours, nature and adventure trips, or just dinner and entertainment for the evening.

Girls will be girls, right? That’s why the Los Sueno Resort and Marina offers swimming and surfing, waterskiing and horseback riding and boating and deep sea fishing and luxury spas. There’s something for everyone and more. That’s why it’s good to know that if you get exhausted from too much activity and just want some rest, you have a real home to come back to, instead of a single room with no real privacy or just room to wander around.

They say there’s no place like home for a reason, so why not have all the comforts of home and more when you go on vacation? Why settle, when instead you can take a real step up in life? This is just like being at home alright, if your home costs anywhere from half a million to three million dollars and is located right in a world-class resort at one of the world’s most celebrated beaches.

So, if you and your girlfriends are planning that special trip together, think of the Los Suenos Resort at Jaco Beach, Costa Rica and think of kicking back with the girls in your own luxury condominium. It will truly be the vacation of a lifetime, the one that you will all treasure for years.

There are a lot of great destinations possible to a group of friends who are ready to get away from the everyday for a while. While a bit off the beaten path, Costa Rica is a fantastic getaway for friends of all kinds and offers an inexpensive and relaxing background to truly enjoy.

A Costa Rica vacation is an inexpensive getaway for most American tourists as it’s relatively near the US which can keep airfare costs down. It also offers quite luxurious potential group packages at reasonable prices with hotel and condo amenities near luxurious and unbelievable ocean beaches. Costa Rica is also the safest country in South America, and while normal avenues of caution are recommended regarding personal belongings and safety, it is a safe destination to head to with a few girlfriends alone.

The country offers something for everyone. Relaxation is king on the mind of tourists, of course, and it’s to be had in spades whether down at the beach, at a spa, a natural hot spring or on a walk through some of the lush ecosystems of the countryside. Costa Rica boasts an outstanding range of flora and fauna to say nothing of an abundance of natural geographic features like forests, mountains, rivers, rainforests, tropical reefs and even active volcanoes! The Costa Ricans have had the good wisdom to protect many of these things as national parks so hopefully people for many decades to come can visit and enjoy these untouched natural treasures.

Of course, if you’re like an average group of friends probably you’re all a little different. At least one of you is going to think that going zip lining through the cloud forests sounds thrilling while another of you is going to be terrified at the thought and would prefer to go see the unbelievably cute capuchin monkeys, and that’s okay. As long as everyone can agree that spending their vacation in a balmy, tropical paradise sounds like a wonderful getaway, then there are activities enough to do in smaller groups and meet back together for a gorgeous sunset dinner and drinks. You have the opportunity in Costa Rica to do some truly amazing things, from surfing, horseback riding, kayaking, fishing, snorkeling, or swimming, to seeing over 800 species of orchids, dozens of species of animals unheard of in North America, and more unique species of bird than Europe has to offer. Or, if those beaches call you, there’s nothing to say you can’t just sit back, relax, and enjoy the view.

A Costa Rica vacation makes a lovely getaway from the boyfriends, husbands, family and kids for a time just the girls can share. It’s safe, lush, luxurious and an ideal destination to get away from it all for a few days.

From the adventurous thrill chaser to the stay at home gal pal, Costa Rica has something to offer all of your girlfriends. Here are seven must-dos to start you off with.

Girl’s Night. Really, there isn’t a place around where you can’t do a girl’s night, but Costa Rica’s lush, tropical atmosphere, gorgeous beaches and amazing sunsets give this the edge to beat out your run of the mill girl’s night for supremacy.

Arenal Volcano. This national park boasts amazing natural beauty and wildlife as well as one of the most exciting night time displays of the country. An overnight trip is recommended, with the volcanic activity at the evening balanced out with a relaxing and utterly gorgeous dip in the natural hot springs nearby.

Lankester Gardens. This garden is beautiful, huge and boasts over 800 species of orchids, bromeliads, and cacti native to Costa Rica. Enjoy the 11 miles of trails through lush garden beds and cool forests.

Manual Antonio National Park. This park is the crown jewel of nature sightseeing in Costa Rica, boasting trails winding through a variety of ecosystems surrounded by white sand beaches and clear waters. Beyond trees and local flora, opportunities abound for wildlife viewing including the three-toed sloth and the adorable capuchin monkey.

Hit the Beach! Of course, right? As you see the expanses of breathtaking beaches from your plane ride in, this will definitely be on the top of your list. Costa Rica has some amazing beaches, and if sunning and swimming aren’t enough of a thrill, get a guide and go snorkeling or take a surfing lesson!

Historical Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a small area with a lot of fascinating cultural history. Take a trip out to learn about the mysterious Cabecar Indians, or visit the Kekoldi Indian reserve and see the iguana farms, medicinal gardens and waterfalls in the area. Costa Rica also boasts a fascinating history with coffee, and if you love the beverage, a tour of the production might be something to check out!

Day at the Spa. Take it slow for a day and treat yourself to a spa day. Luxurious opportunities abound for a reasonable price in Costa Rica, and what could be more relaxing than a massage near the natural calm of a white sandy beach?