From the Restoring Our Watershed blog Guanacaste, Costa Rica, is known for its starkly contrasting seasons, alternating between six months of hot, dry weather and six months of consistent rain and humidity. This year, the first rains of the season were light sprinkles in early April. As we begin May, dark clouds are prevalent and late afternoon …

  How many developments in Costa Rica can claim a working, organic farm as one of their sustainable amenities? Well we can. Earlier this year, the Plaza Tierra Pacifica Welcome Center teamed up with Mi Tierra Organic Farm to create a marketplace for the chemical-free produce growing in our own backyard. This is an exciting …

What makes a community? At Tierra Pacifica, “community” means more than a neighborhood and roads. Tucked away in peaceful Junquillal village, our community incorporates the neighbors, support staff, wildlife, and many businesses that make living in paradise an easy choice to make and a hard place to leave. Recently, the Tierra Pacifica Homeowners Association took …

“Many potential tourists either were too scared to travel last year or didn’t have the money to go anywhere.. Even the region’s most established tourism market, Costa Rica, reported an 8 percent drop in visitors last year, following years of continuous and steady growth that appeared to be an irreversible trend. A year later, the …