Welcome

Welcome to the Costa Rica Invest blog.

We specialise in environmentaly friendly, ethically responsible, high yield investments and our largest current project is Di Pacifico Dos. A teak plantation in Costa Rica which is zoned for future development.

Our blog is designed to keep our clients, friends and other interested parties up to date on relevant information on Costa Rica and di Pacifico Dos.

About Di Pacifico Dos:

Di Pacifico Dos is located close to the Gulf of Nicoya about 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean, on the Pan American highway. The planation is planted with Teak, Pochote and Melina trees. The teak and Melina will be ready for harvesting in 6-8 years and the Pochote will be ready for harvestnig in 4 years. The 400ha planatation has been divided into 710 lots ranging in size from 1000m2 upwards. Each plot is accessible by road and a central water and electricity source is being installed. Zoned for development our investors have a whole range of plans for their land - the majority plan to harvest the teak and then sell the land onwards, some have plans to develop villas on their plots and sell the villas on, some plan to build a villa for their personal use and one has plans for a major "eco-hotel".

About Teak

Teak is a tropical hardwood and is traded as a commodity worldwide. Currently less than 3% of the world's teak comes from plantation sources with the balance coming from jungles. Teak has increased in price at an average of 8.5% per year over the past 10 years and world demand for teak is increasing largely driven by demand from India and China. So supply of teak is falling driven largely by world opinion in regard to our natural jungles whilst demand is increasing and of course this leads to further price increases.

About Costa Rica

Costa Rica is the oldest democracy in central and South America. The army was constitutionally abolished 50 years ago and it is an American protectorate. 5% of the world's biodivirsity lives in Costa Rica and NASA describes it as having the best climate in the world. It is politically stable with a growing ecomony. With one of the highest literacy rates in the world it has attracted significant inward investment from many of the world's largest mulitnational companies (Intel, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Proctor and Gambel). Because of the safety and stability of the country combined with its incredible biodiversity, beautiul beaches and accessibility from the USA, large numbers of US and Canadian citizens are purchasing holiday homes in Costa Rica. Property prices in the area of Di Pacifico Dos increased by 40% last year alone.

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