Camino de Costa Rica

Camino de Costa Rica
Hike across coffee plantations
Length	280 kilometres (170 miles)
Location	Costa Rica
Established	2018
Trailheads	Barra de Parismina to Quepos
Use	Hiking
Elevation gain/loss	19,099 feet (5,820 m) gain in, 19,068 feet (5,810 m) gain out
Highest point	El Empalme, Los Santos Zone, 7,154 ft (2,181 m)
Lowest point	3 ft (0.91 m)
Grade	Max: 17.6% - 25% Avg: 4.1% - 4.7%
Months	Year round
Sights	Indigenous territories, national parks, volcanoes, Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Surface	Dirt
Website	https://www.caminodecostarica.org
Trail map
Map of the route over Costa Rica.

The Camino de Costa Rica (Way of Costa Rica) is a 280 kilometres (170 miles) long hiking trail across Costa Rica. It runs from the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean coast), the southernmost part of the Tortuguero canals, up the mountain and through indigenous territory near the Barbilla National Park and through valleys and mountain ranges of the central region of the country, just south of the Turrialba and Irazu volcanoes and through the Los Santos coffee region down to the Pacific coast in Quepos.^[1]