Southern Costa Rica Beaches
If your idea of a trip to the tropics includes taking in gorgeous, pristine beaches, Costa Rica is the place for you!
Cabo Matapalo - Right at the southern tip of the Osa Peninsula, Cabo Matapalo offers nature seekers a unique experience with its abundant wildlife, beautiful beaches, excellent waves, and vibrant forests full of exotic birds and mammals. |
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Carate - One of the most remote spots in all of Costa Rica, Carate serves as the main entry point to Corcovado National Park, and also hosts its own magnificent variety of wildlife and beautiful sandy beaches. |
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Dominical - A short drive from the southern capital of San Isidro, this beautiful California-style sandy beach is popular with the surfing crowd. Surrounded by high mountain peaks, wide rivers, waterfalls, and the enchanted Pacific coastline, tourists can enjoy watching dolphins and surfers alike.
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Drake Bay - This area is an especially popular spot among eco-tourists, with a huge marine park highlighted by Caño Island, fantastic beaches and lava rock formations, excellent sport fishing outfits, trails through lively rain forest, and close proximity to Corcovado National Park. |
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Pavones - Wide, sandy beaches and rocky tide pools welcome beachcombers of all sorts to this relaxing and hospitable community, popular among surfers for its world-famous long wave. |
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Playa Tortuga - This beach is much less known to the flocks of tourists and offers a very community-like atmosphere. Visitors will be made to feel right at home among the many North American and European expatriates. The beach is also popular with sea turtles, which come here every season to lay their precious eggs. |
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Puerto Jiménez - The largest community on the Osa Peninsula and its primary commercial center, Puerto Jiménez offers wonderful opportunities for spotting scarlet macaws and other types of wildlife right around town. Rivers and estuaries in the area also offer kayaking and other aquatic recreation, and there are several sport fishing operators. |
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Punta Banco - Lush and isolated, Punta Banco hosts an enchanting beachfront with neighboring pristine rain forests and an indigenous reservation. |
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Uvita - More secluded and less visited by tourists (for the time being, that is), this long sandy beach bordering Ballena Marino National Park offers plenty of activities for the rugged tourists, as well as some great opportunities for rest and relaxation. The national park encompasses both miles of unspoiled beaches and 4,500 hectares of marine sanctuary, including several islands for snorkeling and diving and the largest living coral reef on the Pacific coast of Central America. |
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Zancudo - This lazy beach-side community is stretched out along a 6 km. peninsula between the Sweet Gulf and Coto River. It is an incredble spot for surfers and beachcombers alike, and still is yet to be fully discovered by foreign tourists. The miles of sandy beach makes for a classic tropical experience. |
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