Happy Trails to You

If you’re enjoying the Senderos de Nosara, we have exciting news — and an opportunity to contribute. A new working group consisting of runners, mountain bikers, and nature lovers are planning to expand the Nosara trails in the parkland between Guiones and Pelada. The principal access to this part of the trail network is next […]

The chairman of NCA’s new Nosara trails committee, Ricardo Moraga, has taken on the responsibility of cleaning and maintaining the trails. It’s a big task, and he could use your help. «Two weeks ago we cleaned the Dump trail. The stream is full of garbage. Three of us collected six giant bags of trash,» Moraga

Tuesday, February 7, marked the beginning of a series of guided walks along the Senderos de Nosara. These walks, part of the new GreenZones project, will feature naturalists pointing out key elements of our ecosystem, walks designed for kids, and guided meditation walks. Koko Niwa from the Harmony Healing Center led the first meditative walk

This month Happy Trails talks about recent developments with the biggest “trail” in town. In Nosara the horrible condition of Route 160 is a perennial topic of conversation. In 2014 a group of people formed the Comité de Caminos y Asfaltado de la Ruta 160 in attempt to do something about it, namely to repair

The Nosara trails are once again welcoming hikers, horses, and bicycles as the rainy season wanes. We hope you’ve had a chance to enjoy them. NCA’s Nosara Trails Project wants to make these trails accessible year-round. In addition to cleaning and maintaining the trails and increasing signage, the project plans to build new bridges. One

This month Happy Trails takes to the trees. Please come along! Have you noticed fewer monkeys around the beaches of Nosara? Here’s why: the rise in tourism and the construction that goes with it have depleted trees in Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada. Howler monkeys eat, sleep, and play in the trees, and they use

With the rain making our Senderos de Nosara a bit soggy, perhaps you’d like to find other trails to hike. Beyond Monteverde, Arenal and Manuel Antonio National Parks, the top three tourist destinations, here are some others that rank highly with hikers. Bajos del Toro Hidden Treasure Hike and Bajos del Toro Waterfall are accessed

NCA Public Affairs Consultant Francisco Jimenez recently took part in a workshop that holds the promise of increasing the free flow of ideas between Costa Rican organizations dedicated to natural resource conservation, such as NCA. Organized by the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), the workshop brought together representatives of SINAC’s local councils for the

Have you seen these new signs? They remind trail users not to hunt, cut trees, or remove plants from the trails. Our trails go through our parklands — the heart and lungs of Nosara — and through part of the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge. (The signs themselves are tied rather than nailed to prevent damage