We will be in the Arenal area for 4 nights and then the Osa Peninsula for 4 nights. If I can live with … Continue reading If it is an issue when you get there you can find DDT fairly easily.Just bring some insect repellent...DDT is an old insecticide...that we hardly see or use any more...toxic and bad for you...Most hotels or lodges use some insecticides...many brands to mention all of them...you just need personal insect repellent...and any bug spray that may use at your house ...alfa ciano 3 fenoxibend'cis-trans 3...about 1%With about 99% inert ingredients...meaning that is not bad bad for you or the enviroment!I once saw a bug pick up a small child and fly off into the rain forest...True Story... You will be fine, just bring some bug spray as suggested above.And whatever you do, don't use DDT. Answer 1 of 10: Hi all, I am currently thinking about visiting Costa Rica either end of July or early August.
As the moisture laden air climbs it expands and cools condensing out droplets that form clouds and eventually rain.This pattern dominates the Costa Rican wet season from May through November and July is no exception. What should we expect?I want to bring home coffee. As far a spray for the rooms... you can't get anything decent at home. What can we do? Rainfall decreases significantly for three or four weeks especially in the northern Pacific. I have lived in 5 different areas of Costa Rica for over a month at a time - some 4-6 months, and currently almost a year where we are now.
But I would like any input on how bad is the rainy season during those 2 months. Mosquitoes generally do not live above elevations of 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) so the worse areas are on the coasts. Ticos call this the As noted above out of all the rainy season months July is usually a bit drier than the rest, but occasionally it’s very wet. Bugs. (And some matches! 2007 was a record breaker with rainfalls nearly double the average in some regions of the north and northeast that washed out dozens of bridges.
There is a good selection of insect repellent here in You might want to pick up a mosquito coil - readily available at any supermarket - and if you should have trouble with mosquitoes in your room at night, this will take care of them. Three thousand feet higher around San José and the Central Valley temperatures are 5-10 degrees cooler and temperatures at high elevations (Monteverde and Chirripo) can be 20 or even 30 degrees lower. There's just too many variables to answer a general question about insects here.
Fishing boats process out to sea with a statue of the Virgen del Monte Carmelo, the patron saint of Puntarenas.
Any Helpful tips?We are avid birdwatchers.