Situated on the East Coast, Playa Chiquita is in the Limón province ... some of Costa Rica's exquisite marine life. If wildlife is your thing, go for a hike in the nearby Gandoca-Manzanillo ...

Two-toed sloths dangle languid from ceiba branches, amber-billed toucans fly low over forest-fringed rivers, and newborn sea turtles scurry to the ocean from Costa Rica's Caribbean shore.