Costa Rican family vacation is simply on the to-do list. Costa Rica is a popular Central American destination and is an extremely popular destination for eco-adventures. Families vacationing in Costa Rica can visit rain forests, active volcanoes, wild life refuges, mangrove swamps with canals you can float along, cloud forests, waterfalls and lowland jungles. A Latin American country, Costa Rica is bordered by both the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It encompasses fewer than 20,000 square miles and more than 25 percent of that is protected. Not only is the topography amazing, but you’ll also have the opportunity to see any of the more than 850 bird species, 600 butterflies and exotic mammals like giant anteaters, macaws, jungle cats, and three-toed sloths. And, if you’re there in season, you may even observe nesting turtles. Leatherbacks, which are the world’s biggest sea turtles lay their eggs in Tortuguero from February to July. Then, from July to October Loggerhead, Green and Hawksbill sea turtles lay their eggs and nest. There really aren’t too many other places on earth that your family can visit and have the same opportunity to view undisturbed natural habitats. A Costa Rica family vacation will certainly deliver on natural beauty with an abundance of things to see and do.