Costa Rica Vida

Name: Costa Rica Vida
Brand: Assouline
SKU: 9781649806758
Price: 52.5 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)

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Category: Books - Travel

There are places that don't just welcome you, they change you, and Costa Rica is one of them. Costa Rica Vida takes readers beneath the jungle canopy of this wild, untamed land, where biodiversity is staggering, the coastlines are unspoiled, and a "Pura Vida" philosophy permeates every aspect of daily life. Structured as a deeply personal journey, the book moves chronologically through a writer's encounter with this small but extraordinary nation, capturing the tension between its ancient wilderness and its contemporary vitality.

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Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Sebastian K. ★★★★★ Nov 11, 2026

The chapter on Monteverde’s cloud forest painted such a vivid picture I could practically feel the mist. It made me appreciate the biodiversity before I even set foot in the country.

Christopher ★★★★★ Nov 5, 2026

I read this before my trip and it genuinely changed how I moved through the country. The writing goes beneath the jungle canopy in a way that made me notice things I'd have walked right past, and the biodiversity sections are vivid without feeling like a textbook.

Violet ★★★★★ Nov 4, 2026

The biodiversity chapter alone was worth it, it goes way past the usual beach-and-zipline stuff and actually explains what's living under the canopy. I keep flipping back to the sections on frogs and birds before my trip.