Playa Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio National Park

Pacific side, 6 kms south of Quepos, Manuel Antonio National Park , Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

TravelPod Member ReviewsPlaya Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio National Park

  • Freddy is the man

    5

    laura981 8 contributions Parrish, United States May 17, 2012

    I highly recommend Freddy with Freddy walking tours. We were directed into a parking lot right outside of the park on the right hand side and just happened to end up with Freddy as our guide and we were so glad we did. He was such a sweet person and crazy good at finding wildlife. Plus he had a telescope gizmo to look through to see them up close and he was a master of taking pictures of the animals through this apparatus for up close shots. We saw about 15 different animals and he was great to engage with.

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    506-8895-3160

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  • wildlife, beaches and a good walk

    3

    erika-rodrigo 0 contribution Bogota, Colombia and Montevideo, Uruguay, United States Nov 21, 2011

    Our visit was unfortunately on a rainy day. We made the most of it anyway. We didn't have a tour guide like most people but we still saw a sloth, racoons and capuchan monkeys amongst lush rainforests crawling with life. I recommend the beaches for an afternoon swim. Watch your things because the racoons are sneaky and don't pay over $10 per person for a tour guide.

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  • A tourists paradise.

    5

    soul11 3 contributions North Bay, Ontario, Canada , Canada Jan 3, 2010

    I learned quite a bit of the Costa Rican culture, especially the music and dancing, here in Manuel Antonio. There are quite a few open air bars and music clubs where the local music pours out onto the street and people flock to listen and to dance. If you get there early, there is no cover charge.

    I toured the National Park that's located next to the beach, and was graced with a visit by a vigorous 3 toed sloth, as well as many other native species in the park. Costa Rica is a country proud of their bio-diversity and so has dedicated 27 % of their land mass thus far to national parks and reserves.

    The beach is breathtaking, all that you'd expect, given that Manuel Antonio is the chi-chi place to go in the country, and the surfing is great for beginners or for people who just want to splash around in the water. Do keep your belongings on your person, or locked up, as there is a problem with theft.

    Manuel Antonio is a tourists paradise, lots of activites, great restaurants and plenty of local music and killer surf. Enjoy!

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Playa Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio National Park

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    Two weeks volunteering with sea turtles

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    Day seven at Matapalo, Costa Rica and the afternoon rain is pouring down. I have to make sure the computer stays safe through the sporadic and violent rain storms. Earlier today we enjoyed a blue cloudless sky as we body surfed at the beach. We've enjoyed our time here as volunteers with ASVO mainly working on a Sea Turtle Conservation project. The …

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    Mojitos, Monkeys & Manuel Antonio Beach

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    Day 1
    On the bus down to Manuel Antonio we met 3 Americanos who were also fresh to Costa Rica, Alex, Ron & Trevor. What we didn't know at the time is that we would all become great friends and share many of our future CR experiences together, like the time we accidentally ended up at a backcountry *****house outside of La Fortuna (stay …

  • 3

    Freddy you are my hero!

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    5:30am We get up

    For one thing it starts getting light here at about 4am, but then Miss Amanda's phone was still on Florida time so we thought it was 7:30. It wasn't until we went to get breakfast and no one was there that we realized we were 2 hours ahead of the game. Oh, and this breakfast that we had been looking forward to especially …

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