Bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica is a relatively small country (about the size of West Virginia), where you can experience several diverse regions of the country within a few days. Explore beautiful Pacific beaches lined with palm trees, dry savannas similar to Africa, lush tropical rain forests, cloud forests where coffee and bamboo grow in abundance, rushing rivers, and a Caribbean coast lined with coconut and banana plantations, and national parklands. Or be fascinated listening to howler monkeys.