NORTH -PACIFIC
The driest
region in Costa Rica, this area boasts great weather year round. It has
beautiful beaches, fascinating national parks and a variety of
activities, including: world-class fishing, diving, surfing and golf.
This is the destination for fun in the sun.
Gulf of Papagayo
The Gulf
of Papagayo, to the south of that peninsula, features accessible
beaches, many of which slope down into the tranquil waters of Culebra
Bay.
That's calm and crystalline waters offer excellent conditions for
swimming, skin diving, windsurfing and other aquatic diversions. Some of
the country's newest luxury hotels overlook Culebra Bay from such
beaches as Panama.
El Coco Beach (not the same as Coco Island )
The Gulf
of Papagayo, to the south of that peninsula, features accessible
beaches, many of which slope down into the tranquil waters of Culebra
Bay.
That's calm and crystalline waters offer excellent conditions for
swimming, skin diving, windsurfing and other aquatic diversions. Some of
the country's newest luxury hotels overlook Culebra Bay from such
beaches as Panama.
Ocotal Beach
This beach is located in the district of Carrillo, Guanacaste, in a humble and colorful town of fishermen which are the main port of the area. This beach has a length of 1.5 kilometers of thin gray sand and blue water, you will enjoy also of varied vegetation, facilities such as camping zone and hotels with accessible prices for your budget.
Tamarindo Beach
Located in Guanacaste, Tamarindo is one of the most beautiful beaches in the pacific coast. With a length of 3 kilometers, its sand is thin and gray and its water is blue. It is surrounded by varied vegetation typical of the area. This area counts with all facilities, and also with all kind of hotels with accessible prices for your budget.
Conchal Beach
One of the most exotic beaches of Costa Rica, located in Guanacaste, at the district of Santa Cruz. Conchal Beach (Playa Conchal) has a beach with a length of 4 kilometers and a width of 50 meters. Gross gray sand and beautiful blue water, you will access to Conchal Beach during all year and enjoy varied vegetation, a hotel with a high category of 5 stars and camping area.
Flamingo Beach
Located at Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, you will find Flamingo Beach. An exotic beach with 4 kilometers of thin gray sand and blue water, this beach is very accessible during all the year. At Flamingo beach you will enjoy and admire a mangrove swamp, dry varied vegetation, all facilities such as camping area and several hotels and a swell that varies between intense and normal.
Punta Ilsita Beach
Your will find Punta Islita Beach at Nandayure, Guanacaste. It is an exotic corner of the pacific coast, with calm blue waters and 6 kilometers of thin gray sand surrounded by varied vegetation. At Punta Islita, you will enjoy all the comfort that one of the best hotels of the country offers to the tourist with accessibility during all the year.
Playa Samara
Playa Samara is located in Guanacaste. This beach has a length of 6 kilometers and a width of 2 kilometers. Although this beach does not count with much vegetation is one of the most colorful places of the pacific coast. With its blue water and gray sand, you will access to Samara Beach during all year.
Nosara Beach
Nosara Beach is located in Guanacaste, at the district of Nicoya. It is a place you will enjoy of 2 kilometers of thin gray sand and blue water, covered by varied vegetation and an easy access during all dry season. During rainy season is very accessible with a double track car. Nosara has all facilities such as 12 hotels .
Mal Pais
An exclusive beach of thin gray sand and blue water, in where you will enjoy the zone that has the most beautiful scenic landscape of the pacific coast: "the jewel in the south point of Nicoya Peninsula: Cabo Blanco"
Tambor-Montezuma-Cabo Blanco
Visitors and residents alike also go to Puntarenas in order to catch the ferry that crosses to the beaches along the Peninsula Nicoya's eastern and southern shores. At this point in time, flying into the Tambor airstrip or going by water are the fastest options, but a bridge is under construction that will offer another travel alternative. In addition to beautiful beaches, the area boasts quite a few private and national wildlife refuges such as the Karen Morgenson Reserve, Curu National Wildlife Refuge and Cabo Blanco Wildlife Refuge, to name a few. In recent years there has developed a great understanding of the importance of preservation in the area, and the many private reserves have created a biological corridor for the region's rich diversity of wildlife. Between these refuges, visitors can enjoy a wide range of habitats, from mangrove to rainforest to lagoon, and it isn't difficult to spot howler and white-faced monkeys, as well as quite a few other mammalian and reptilian residents. Three kinds of sea turtles emerge from the gentle waters of the picturesque bay that forms part of the Curu refuge.
Between Playa Tambor and Cabo Blanco Wildlife Refuge lies Playa Montezuma. The small streams flowing into the rocky coastline of this area create numerous waterfalls and tide pools just waiting for exploration, and the sandy beach is a perfect spot to relax and watch the antics of pelicans and other sea birds. Sure-footed adventurers can hike to a series of spectacular waterfalls about 30 minutes from the town of Montezuma.
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