The Poas Volcano crater in Costa Rica is 1,050 feet deep and one of the largest craters in the world. A smaller inactive crater called Botos Lagoon is filled with fresh water and feeds into two Costa Rican rivers. La Paz Waterfall Gardens is a 70-acre property home to five waterfalls, over 3.5 km of trails, and various indigenous species like Morpho peleides butterflies and rescued white-throated capuchin monkeys. Costa Rica dedicates 25% of its national territory to parks and wildlife areas, and its people called "Ticos" have a high life expectancy of 76 years.

1. COSTA RICA
By: Vanessa Valenzuela
All Images Are Mine Unless Stated Otherwise

2. THE CRATER OF THE POAZ VOLCANO IS 1,050 FEET DEEP. IT IS AN
ACTIVE VOLCANO WITH A RANGE OF 1.6 KM GOING ACROSS. IT’S
ONE OF THE LARGEST CRATERS IN THE WORLD.

3. THE SECOND POAS VOLCANO CRATER CALLED BOTOS LAGOON
IS MUCH SMALLER AND IS FILLED WITH A BODY OF FRESH
WATER. THIS CRATER IS INACTIVE AND ITS BODY OF WATER
FEEDS INTO TWO COSTA RICA RIVERS.

4. LA PAZ WATERFALL GARDENS IS A PROPERTY SIZE OF ABOUT 70
ACRES AND IS HOME TO MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES AND FIVE
WATERFALLS AND OVER 3.5 KILOMETERS OF WALKING TRAILS
THROUGHOUT THE GARDEN.

5. THE WATERFALL GARDENS IS HOME TO MANY INDIGENOUS
SPECIES AND WE SEE THE BUTTERFLY SPECIES MORPHO
PELEIDES ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE RESCUED WHITE
THROATED CAPUCHIN ON THE LEFT SIDE.

6. 25% OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY IN COSTA RICA IS DEDICATED TO
NATIONAL PARKS OR OTHER NATURAL WILDLIFE AREAS. THE
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE REFERRED TO AS “TICOS” AND THEY
HAVE A VERY HIGH LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ABOUT 76 YEARS!