We feel that Costa Rica kayaking is one of the best low impact ways to enjoy this amazing area and our sea kayak tours are designed with an educational emphasis that seeks to ensure preservation of the environment for years to come. When you kayak Costa Rica with Crystal Seas, you can be assured of a high quality kayaking vacation far from the ordinary.

Costa Rica is a small country located between Nicaragua and Panama on the tropical southern end of Central America.  Having a land area equivalent in size to West Virginia its plant and animal species exceed by far the diversity throughout all of North America. Over 200 species of mammals, 850 species of birds, and over 10,000 species of plants are known to reside here with more being added to the list every day. The fact that over 20% of the nations land is protected as either park or preserve reflects the overall high degree of importance that the people and their government place on the health of their environment.

Along with being the most environmentally oriented nation in Central America, Costa Rica also prides itself in being one of the safest places of foreign travel. A relatively well developed infrastructure has kept land and money more evenly distributed, crime rates low, and the quality of living higher than any other country in this region. In 1949 Costa Rica disbanded its national standing army and in doing so was able to direct a much greater amount of money towards education. Today Costa Rica has a higher rate of literacy than the United States and boasts that its society produces more teachers than soldiers.

A Crystal Seas sea kayaking tour in Costa Rica combines all that this country has to offer and you’ll know that you’re going the distance to make a difference environmentally. Know that you’ll be fully engaging with nature when you make a Crystal Seas kayaking tour an essential part of your next kayaking vacation!