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Written by Cuba and Costa Rica expert Christopher P. Baker, this blog will update readers on life in these two diverse and exciting countries.
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Flying Crocodile Ultralights offers a bird's-eye view of Costa Rica
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Fancy a bird's-eye view of Nicoya?
It's easily done with Flying Crocodile Ultralights.
If you're anywhere near Sámara, mid-way down the Pacific coast of the Nicoya Peninsula, it's worth the rugged 4WD journey to Playa Buena Vista, about five miles north of Sámara. Here licensed commercial pilot Guido Scheidt, from Germany, offers Ultralight trips from his Flying Crocodile Flying Center.
Choose from 20-minute to 3-day trips. You'll pay $110 for a 20-minute flight and $1,500 for a 10-hour flight that takes you as far afield as Liberia and Arenal volcano. Wow!
How cool!
Guido uses a variety of state-of-the-art, open-cockpit aircraft, which guarantee both a thrilling ride and sensational views. Guaranteed, it will be a thrill-filled trip you'll forever remember.
You can also stay here. Guido and his his artist wife rent out eight cabins, all individually styled with eclectic and whimsical touches. Some rooms are budget and almost barebones. Others verge on luxurious. One cabin is Moorish themed. And the 'Dali' suite is tastefully 21st-century modernist in inspiration. Perfect for bohemians!
For further information about travel in Costa Rica, buy Moon Costa Rica
If you're traveling only to San José and the Caribbean, buy Moon Spotlight Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast pocket guide.
If you're traveling only to the beaches of Nicoya, buy Moon Spotlight Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula pocket guide.
If you're traveling only to Arenal and/or Monteverde, buy Moon Spotlight Costa Rica's Arenal & Monteverde pocket guide.
Disclosure: I occasionally accept free or discounted travel when it coincides with my editorial goals. However, my opinion is never for sale. The opinions you see in Cuba & Costa Rica Journal are my unbiased reflection of the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Copyright © Christopher P. Baker
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