Costa Rica Map For Garmin

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ReliableGPS or Sat Nav options can also be very expensive, especially as most car rental companies charge extortionate daily rates for renting the devices. Here are the average prices you can expect to pay over a 14 day trip to Costa Rica:

Getting your mobile device set up for offline navigation in Costa Rica is actually pretty straight forward. The first thing you need to do is open the Google Maps app and simply search for Costa Rica:

If you want the security of the most reliable and accurate navigation system then this is the way to go. You wont need to worry about the charge in your phone battery running out, the sometimes unreliable nature of Google Maps or Waze when trying to find more remote locations or the loss of cellular data coverage.

Although the major manufacturers of GPS / Sat Nav units (TomTom, Garmin) offer their own map software upgrades and bolt-on packages these are often vastly over priced. The good news is that you can buy third party map packages from local suppliers for a fraction of the cost and you are good to go. By buying a GPS / Sat Nav unit you also have the device for as long as it lasts and can use it wherever you go in the world!

Our recommendation is to buy an entry level device from Garmin. The Garmin devices generally have a wider choice of 3rd party maps due to better compatibility. A device such as the Garmin Drive 40LM is ideal and can be picked up on Amazon for around 79.

Either of these are a great option and will help you get around costa rica hassle free. We used the NAVSAT maps on our trip and they did not disappoint. The support offered by the company was fantastic and the installation on our Garmin device could not have been easier. GPS Travel Maps are also excellent and we have used their maps in places like Argentina with 100% satisfaction.

Top Tip - We loaded all of our main routes into the GPS unit before we left the UK so that we could just load them up on arrival, this really made things easy! After reading up about how GPS / Sat Nav systems sometimes struggle in Costa Rica we used the GPS coordinates rather than addresses to plan our routes - most hotels and tourist attractions will provide GPS coordinates on their website and actively encourage you to use them!

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