With over 850 species of birds, Costa Rica is one of the two best places in the world to bird watch. Costa Rica is world famous as a environmental tourism destination. Many US patients come to Costa Rica for heart surgery and other operations. There is a large population of US retirees for whom the health care here is a big attraction. Costa Rican life expectancy is the second highest in the Americas according to the World Health Organization.
Infant mortality is comparable to the United States.
Only 2 hours and fortyfive minutes from Miami, Florida. There are many foreigners who own property here. In fact, at least half of the area of Manuel Antonio is owned by foreigners. There are some restrictions for land that is less than 200 meters from the beach, however we are not offering any land of this kind. See milla maritima, below.