Costa Rica

Product Description

This exquisite book of photographs brilliant in colour & enchanting in subject takes readers on a personal journey through the bejeweled treasure that is Costa Rica. Images of spacious beaches muddy river banks crystal clear waterfalls & lush jungles adorned with tropical blooms & prehistoric plants will stay in the readers mind for a long time to come. Representing 13 years of the authors field work in Costa Rica the photographs & text bring the exotic island to life. The book is organized by region
- the Central Divide Guanacaste the Central Pacific the Osa Peninsula the North Caribbean the South Caribbean
- with descriptions of wildlife botany & ecology. It closes with a discussion on conservation & responsible tourism. All of the photographs bear extended captions which like a well-informed tour guide provide interesting facts & valuable context. Highlights on the journey include Arenal one of the worlds most active volcanoes Tortuguero National Park where a lone jaguar trots across the sand giant tree ferns
- evolutionary relics that predate flowering plants
- in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve a blood-scarlet passion flower emerging through leaf litter a partially submerged crocodile its riveting stare fixed on the photographer & poison arrow frogs vividly painted in deadly reds blues & greens. Overflowing with brilliant page-filling photographs & informative text this book is as close as one can get to Costa Rica without getting on a plane.