Image credits
Destination covers and place photographs use the sources and licences listed on this page. We apply cropping and standard photographic adjustments without adding or removing elements. Each image’s terms of use are shown alongside its author and source.
Photographs
Photos under a CC BY-SA licence are shared under that same licence.
La Fortuna & Arenal
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistico Hanging Bridges | Peter Sheik | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| La Fortuna Waterfall | Isabella Jusková (bellaskova) | CC0 | View original |
| Baldi hot springs | John Menard | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Río Celeste and Tenorio Volcano National Park | Panegyrics of Granovetter | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
Monteverde
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | Haakon S. Krohn | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Santa Elena Reserve | Cephas | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Curi-Cancha Reserve | Cephas | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Selvatura Park: hanging bridges and canopy | Katherine Baumann | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Monteverde Butterfly Gardens | Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Hummingbird Gallery | Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
Manuel Antonio
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Antonio Beach | Bernard Gagnon | CC0 | View original |
| Espadilla Sur Beach | Rodtico21 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Playa Gemelas and Puerto Escondido viewpoint | Axxis10 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Isla Damas mangrove boat tour (day or night) | diego_cue | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
Guanacaste
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playa Flamingo | NoTalkMan | CC0 | View original |
| Llanos de Cortés Waterfall | Yricordel | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Barra Honda National Park: viewpoint and trails | Lutz Maertens | public domain | View original |
Nosara & Santa Teresa
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiones Beach | VanTucky | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Olive ridley arribadas at Ostional | Panegyrics of Granovetter | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Playa Sámara | Mark-Weiss16 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | Hans Hillewaert | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Montezuma Waterfalls | Vargob | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Isla Tortuga day trip | Johan Guatemala | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
Puerto Viejo & Cahuita
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahuita National Park | Pavel Kirillov | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Jaguar Rescue Center | Wawewo | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Punta Uva Beach | Jaimedelamata | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
Tortuguero
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortuguero National Park | KTWL | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Cerro Tortuguero | The Casual Tellurian | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Green turtle nesting tour | Los Paseos from Earth | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Tortuguero beach (daytime) | Yourface91 at English Wikipedia | public domain | View original |
| Birdwatching on the canals | Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
Osa & Corcovado
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corcovado National Park | Bernard Gagnon | CC0 | View original |
| Sirena Biological Station (Corcovado) | Bernard Gagnon | CC0 | View original |
| Caño Island (snorkelling) | Peter Andersen | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Térraba-Sierpe mangroves | Haakon S. Krohn | CC BY 3.0 | View original |
| Finca 6 Museum Site (stone spheres) | Diego Padilla Durán y Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
Uvita & Ballena
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uvita Beach (Uvita sector) | Alfarjores | CC BY 4.0 | View original |
| Humpback whale watching | Giles Laurent | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Nauyaca Waterfalls | Matthias Bethke | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
Rincón de la Vieja
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rincón de la Vieja National Park | Wilma Compton | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Santa María sector hot springs | Hans Hillewaert | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
Poás & Irazú
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poás Volcano (crater viewpoint) | Peter Andersen | CC BY 2.5 | View original |
| Irazú Volcano (Craters sector) | Bernard Gagnon | CC0 | View original |
| Turrialba Volcano | Dominic Sherony | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Rafting on the Pacuare River | Pigment-Ink | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Catarata del Toro waterfall | Steve Jurvetson | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Orosi colonial church and museum | Bernard Gagnon | CC0 | View original |
| Lankester Botanical Garden | Rquesada | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
San José
| Place | Author | License | Original |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Theatre | AndSalx95 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Pre-Columbian Gold Museum and Numismatic Museum | Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| National Museum of Costa Rica (Bellavista Barracks) | Pequeño mar | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Jade Museum (Museum of Jade and Pre-Columbian Culture) | Abel Christian Apaza Amanqui | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Central Post Office Building and Philatelic Museum | Javier Losa | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Barrio Amón | Rodtico21 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Central Market | Eric T Gunther | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
Cropped and adjusted (exposure, contrast and colour).
Destination covers
La Fortuna & Arenal
Photo: Javier Cadillo Chandler (edited photo).
Monteverde
Photo by Selina Bubendorfer on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Manuel Antonio
Photograph “Playa Manuel Antonio. Quepos. Costa Rica”, by Rodtico21 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guanacaste
Photo by Luis Diego Aguilar on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Nosara & Santa Teresa
Photograph “Fishermen at Sunset, Playa Santa Teresa, Costa Rica”, by Christopher Crouzet / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puerto Viejo & Cahuita
Photo by Jean Paul Montanaro on Pexels · Pexels License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Tortuguero
Photo by Frank Eiffert on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Osa & Corcovado
Photograph “Bahía Drake”, by José R. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
Uvita & Ballena
Photo by César Badilla Miranda on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Rincón de la Vieja
Photograph by NASA/Milan Loiacono / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain in the United States (NASA). (edited photo): cropped and given standard global photographic adjustments by asesordeviaje.
Poás & Irazú
Photo by Juliana Barquero on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
San José
Photo by César Badilla Miranda on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Sarapiquí
Photograph “Jungle stream (La Selva Biological Station)”, by Geoff Gallice / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
Panama City
Photo by Sol Cerrud on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Panama Canal & Gamboa
Photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Bocas del Toro
Photograph “Red Frog Beach Bastimentos”, by Dronepicr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
Boquete & the Chiriquí Highlands
Photograph “Volcán Barú and the mountain city of Boquete (8375649877)”, by Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
Gunayala (San Blas Islands)
Photo by Benjamín Gremler on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Coiba and Santa Catalina
Photo by Chema Photo on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Portobelo and Colón's Costa Arriba
Photograph “BOATS AND FORT RUINS AT PORTOBELO - panoramio”, by TEDBARTH / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Azuero Peninsula: Pedasí, Las Tablas & Chitré
Photo by Dimas Ruiz on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Gulf of Chiriquí and Boca Chica
Photo by Julian Schneckenburger on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
El Valle de Antón
Photo by Cristhian Carreño on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
San Salvador & surroundings
Photo by Oswaldo Martinez on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
The west: Santa Ana & Ruta de las Flores
Photo by Conor Murphy on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
The coast: La Libertad & La Paz
Photo by Yasmine Duchesne on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Centre and north: Suchitoto, Chalatenango & San Vicente
Photo by Conor Murphy on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
The east: San Miguel, Usulután, La Unión & Morazán
Photograph “San Miguel (Chaparrastique) Volcano El Salvador”, by Gump Stump / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guatemala City
Photo by Juan Carlos Pavón on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Antigua & volcanoes
Photo by mana5280 on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Atitlán & Chichicastenango
Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Quetzaltenango
Photo by Kellie Shepherd Moeller on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Petén
Photo by Timothy Cohen on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Izabal & Río Dulce
Photo by Weyden González on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Las Verapaces
Photo by Conor Murphy on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Pacific coast
Photo by Arturo Rivera on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Copán Ruinas
Photo by D-Fotografia Honduras on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Roatán
Photo by Chalo Garcia on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Tegucigalpa
Photo by McCarthy Beckan on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Comayagua
Photo by Zaca Photo on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Lake Yojoa
Photo by OSMAN ESPINOZA FRANCO on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
San Pedro Sula
Photograph by Jessica Towne / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. (edited photo): cropped and given standard global photographic adjustments by asesordeviaje.
Gracias and Celaque
Photograph “Amanecer en el Cerro Las Minas, el punto mas alto de Honduras”, by HermesLeonelVega / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Ceiba and Pico Bonito
Photograph “Pico-Bonito (12122463094)”, by Denis Fournier from Longueuil, Canada / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
Tela
Photo by Stephany Rodriguez on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Trujillo
Photo by Isabel Marin on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Cayos Cochinos
Photograph “Cayos Cochinos (Cayo Privado)”, by Dennis García / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
Managua
Photo by Roberto Zuniga on Pexels · Pexels License. (cropped photo) by asesordeviaje.
Masaya
Photo by Darya Luganskaya on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Granada
Photo by Alvison Lucas Hunter Arnuero on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
León
Photo by Austin Curtis on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Ometepe
Photo by Sophie on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
San Juan del Sur
Photo by Salvador Duarte on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Río San Juan
Photo by Gustavo Rayo Prado on Pexels · Pexels License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Matagalpa and Jinotega
Photograph “Mountain Vista outside Matagalpa - Nicaragua - 01 (31256591300)”, by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estelí and Somoto
Photograph “Cañon de Somoto”, by Zenia Nuñez / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Corn Islands
Photo by Roberto Zuniga on Pexels · Pexels License. (cropped and edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Belize City
Photograph “Swing Bridge Belize City”, by Haakon S. Krohn / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ambergris Caye
Photograph “Sunrise in Ambergris Caye, Belize (4862321334)”, by Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
Caye Caulker
Photograph “Caye Caulker Split Belize aerial (20883973771)”, by dronepicr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments.
San Ignacio
Photo by Stephanie Klepacki on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Mountain Pine Ridge
Photo by Ronald Plett on Pexels · Pexels License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Placencia
Photograph by Jim McIntosh / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. (edited photo): cropped and given standard global photographic adjustments by asesordeviaje.
Hopkins
Photograph “Almond Beach, Hopkins, Stann Creek, Belize”, by Walter Rodriguez / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. (cropped photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping, no other changes.
Toledo
Photograph by Kaldari / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. (edited photo): cropped and given standard global photographic adjustments by asesordeviaje.
Orange Walk
Photograph “Lamanai - High Temple”, by Martin Falbisoner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje: cropping and standard global photographic adjustments. Edited version under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Corozal
Photo by Maurice Rogers on Unsplash · Unsplash License. (edited photo) by asesordeviaje.
Country covers
Costa Rica
Photo: alexeys / iStock. iStock Standard licence (ID gm1142404720).
Panama
Photo: Thomas Roell / iStock. iStock Standard licence (ID gm2258127064).
El Salvador
Photo: Jaime Mejia / iStock. iStock Standard licence (ID gm835700416).
Guatemala
Photo: diegograndi / iStock. iStock Standard licence (ID gm603892394).
Honduras
Photo: Unaihuiziphotography / iStock. iStock Standard licence (ID gm1289392568).
Nicaragua
Photo: Clive Kim / Pexels. Pexels License; photo cropped by asesordeviaje.
Belize
Photo: SL_Photography / iStock. iStock Standard licence (ID gm2283786604).
Illustrative images
Illustrations still used in other sections were generated with artificial intelligence to set the scene; they are not photographs of the exact place. The destination and country covers listed on this page are real photographs.
Six of the seven country covers are photographs bought on iStock under its Standard licence; Nicaragua’s is from Pexels, under its licence. Each photographer is named on this page.
Typefaces
Text is set in Inter (The Inter Project Authors) and headings in Bricolage Grotesque (The Bricolage Grotesque Project Authors). Both are licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.