so im heading to costa rica for three weeks and obviously bringing the mavic. ive been trying to figure out the rules there and its kind of a mess honestly. from what i can tell you need to register with the DGAC and get some kind of permit but every blog post i read is from like 2019 and i have no idea if any of that is still current.

national parks seem like a hard no which is annoying because thats literally why i want to go. anyone actually flown there recently and knows whats allowed? specifically around the arenal area and maybe the osa peninsula

went last year, the national park thing is real and they do enforce it, ranger stopped a guy in our group at corcovado before he even got the drone out of his bag. outside the parks though nobody really bothered us, we flew around la fortuna and some of the beach areas near quepos without any issues. just be smart about where you set up and dont fly over crowds

the registration thing i honestly skipped and nothing happened but im not gonna tell you to do the same lol

oh man i was just looking into this for a trip in february. the DGAC website is completely in spanish and half the links dont work so good luck figuring it out officially. i ended up emailing a local tour operator and they basically said most tourists just fly and hope for the best which is not exactly reassuring