Escape to Costa Rica

Name: Escape to Costa Rica
Released: 2017-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Gaia Vince

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

Science writer and explorer Gaia Vince travels to Costa Rica to find out how this remarkable little republic has become ‘the happiest, most sustainable country in the world!’:

2017 · 1h 0m

Starring Gaia Vince

EPISODE 1

Capture a Crocodile

Gaia helps capture a rogue crocodile before travelling to Monteverde Cloud Forest and scaling a giant tree with scientists who preserve life forms. Then she meets President Luis Guillermo-Solis.
EPISODE 2

Save the River

Gaia takes a dip in a hot spring as she finds out how Costa Ricans have harnessed the power of active volcanoes. On the Pacific coast, she helps build artificial reefs from unlikely recycled materials.
EPISODE 3

Olive Ridley Turtles

In this final episode Gaia goes horse riding with a 99 year old cowboy, takes a canoe trip to meet the indigenous Bri Bri and witnesses an incredible natural phenomena - 'Arribada'