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Bajo Caliente Destination Guide

Explore Bajo Caliente in Costa Rica

Bajo Caliente in the region of Puntarenas is a town in Costa Rica - some 47 mi or ( 76 km ) North-West of San José , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Bajo Caliente

Current time in Bajo Caliente is now 01:27 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tegucigalpa, Managua, León, San Pedro, and San José. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tegucigalpa . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Bajo Caliente ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Monteverde Extremo The Tarzan Swing

0:24 min by MonteverdeExtremo
Views: 5249 Rating: 5.00

The Tarzan Swing It is the most spectacular situated in Monteverde, with a swing of 30 meters and reaching a height of about 50 meters. It has become one of the most important attractions included wit ..

Costa Rica - cloud forest and beach

5:12 min by Mattyoyo3
Views: 944 Rating: 5.00

From a trip to Costa Rica in July 2011. We visited the Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve and a couple beaches in Guanacaste. We were lucky to spend close to an hour hanging out under a troop of white-fac ..


Casita Jardin Video

1:36 min by Patrick Hewitt
Views: 482 Rating: 0.00

A short video of our little vacation home in Monteverde, Costa Rica. You can reach us via email: CostaTravl@aol.com or (800) 256-0124. You can read about our experiences in Monteverde and all over Cos ..

Montanas del Pacifico, Costa Rica Equestrian Life

1:46 min by CostaRicaVideoWeb
Views: 462 Rating: 0.00

Costa Rica has a long and rich History of Horse Culture, combining the breeds and riding styles of horses from Spain and Europe with a unique Costa Rican Western cattle ranching " flavor". MontanasDel ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Montes de Oro (canton)

Montes de Oro is the name of the fourth canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 244.76 km², and has a population of 11,806. Its capital city is Miramar. The mountainous canton lies in the Cordillera de Tilarán northeast of the city of Puntarenas. It is limited on the north by the Río Aranjuez. The Río San Miguel and Río Tiacinto delineate the southern boundary.

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Located at 10.14 -84.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica, Puntarenas Province

San Ramón (canton)

San Ramón is the name of the second canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,018.64 square kilometres, and has a population of 72,568 (estimate as of 2003). The capital city of the canton is also called San Ramón. An oddly-shaped canton, San Ramon stretches north through the eastern heights of the Cordillera de Tilarán, looking down on the Central Valley (Valle Central) to its east. The canton forms the border with the province of Guanacaste to the west.

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Located at 10.22 -84.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Alajuela Province, Cantons of Costa Rica

Sierra, Abangares

Sierra, ("Las Minas") is a district in Abangares. It is well known as the historical mining town of Costa Rica, located on the NW Pacific Region. It goes from an altitude of 210 meters to 1200 meters. It is a mountainous zone with a variety of temperatures (from 34 °C to 5 °C) and climates (from dry forest to rain forest). To the north it borders Tilarán Canton, to the south San Juan de Abangares and Las Juntas District(SW), to the east Monteverde and to the west it borders Cañas Canton.

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Located at 10.28 -84.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Populated places in Costa Rica

List of hot springs

There are hot springs on all continents and in many countries around the world. Countries that are renowned for their hot springs include, Israel, Iceland, New Zealand, Chile and Japan, but there are interesting and unique hot springs in many other places as well.

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Located at 10.28 -84.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Bathing, Geography-related lists, Hot springs

Esparza (canton)

Esparza is the name of the second canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 216.80 km², and has a population of 25,503. Its capital city is also called Esparza. The major portion of the canton lies along the coast of the Gulf of Nicoya between the mouths of Río Barranca and the Río Jesús María. An extension of the canton reaches northward from Esparza into the Cordillera de Tilarán. The canton of Esparza is subdivided into 5 distritos (districts).

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Located at 9.99 -84.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica