The Valle del General is the broad agricultural valley of southern Costa Rica, ringed by the Talamanca mountains and reached over the high Cerro de la Muerte pass. It’s the gateway to Chirripó National Park and the country’s highest peaks, and a natural corridor south toward the Osa Peninsula and Drake Bay. Coffee, pineapple and river country with wide valley views and cool mountain air — a rewarding, uncrowded stop between the Central Valley and the wild South Pacific.