Your Costa Rica adventure
🗽 North America
Costa Rica for Kids
Flag, capital, facts & a fun geography game.
- Capital city
- San José
- Language
- Spanish
- Famous landmark
- Arenal Volcano
- Currency
- Colón ₡
- National animal
- Sloth 🦥
- Famous food
- Gallo Pinto 🍚🫘
⭐ Costa Rica has rainforests full of monkeys and colorful frogs!
- No army here — they use the money for schools!
- 5% of all Earth's animals live in Costa Rica.
About Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a country in North America. Its capital city is San José, and most people speak Spanish. One of the most famous landmarks here is the Arenal Volcano.
Costa Rica has rainforests full of monkeys and colorful frogs! No army here — they use the money for schools!
Want to know more? Try the Costa Rica quiz, learn how to say hello in Spanish (“Hola”), or spin the 3D globe to find Costa Rica on the map.
Discover more about Costa Rica
Animals
See all animals →Three-Toed Sloth
So slow that algae grows on their fur, giving them a green camouflage.
Scarlet Macaw
Macaws can live over 60 years and pair for life.
Green Sea Turtle
Females return to the exact beach they were born on to lay their eggs.
Green Iguana
Iguanas can drop their tails to escape predators — and grow them back.
Poison Dart Frog
In the wild they carry powerful poison — but in captivity they aren't poisonous at all.
Leafcutter Ant
They're the world's first farmers — they've been farming for 60 million years.
Toucan
Its huge colourful beak helps it stay cool in the rainforest.
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