• 2017
  • 3h
Escape to Costa Rica

Summary Science writer and explorer Gaia Vince visits Costa Rica to discover how this remarkable little republic has become the happiest and most sustainable country on earth. View more details

  • 2017
  • 3h

Escape to Costa Rica

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Gaia Vince Luis Guillermo Solís

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8.4

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 29, 2017

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Channel 4

Language : English

Filming locations : Costa Rica

Production companies : Century Films

Summary Science writer and explorer Gaia Vince visits Costa Rica to discover how this remarkable little republic has become the happiest and most sustainable country on earth. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 29, 2017

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Channel 4

Language : English

Filming locations : Costa Rica

Production companies : Century Films

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Escape to Costa Rica (2017)

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Episode 1 • Apr 29, 2017
Capture a Crocodile
Gaia helps to capture a rogue crocodile before going to the Monteverde Cloud Forest and scaling a giant tree to meet scientists preserving forests and wildlife. Finally she interviews the President of Costa Rica.
Episode 2 • May 06, 2017
Save the River
Gaia white-water rafts to a remote eco-lodge where she meets locals who stopped the river being dammed. She visits hot-springs, a hydroelectric dam, an active volcano and helps build an artificial reef from unlikely recycled materials.
Episode 3 • May 13, 2017
Olive Ridley Turtles
Gaia Vince concludes her visit to Cosa Rica by meeting a 99-year-old cowboy, taking a canoe trip to meet the indigenous Bribri people and watches thousands of Olive Ridley Turtles come ashore to lay eggs.
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