Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

No paradise found.
Dec 16, 2004 (15 photos)

... years ago. But when you are perfect, it's difficult to stay that way. There's too many tourists here now, and tiny Manuel Antonio National Park, just next to the small village with the same name, seems to struggle a bit with the constant flow of them. The ...

Seaside Jungle Adventure
Jul 5, 2009 (19 photos)

... was so tired that we all went to bed even though it was fairly early. Day 10 – Monday, July 6, 2009 – MANUAEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS   We knew this before we came, but it is good to know when you are planning your ...

Manuel Antonio
Jan 16, 2008 (8 photos)

     becca....Awesomeness.  This park was seriously cool - its one of the smallest in CR, but also one of the most popular, I think because of the combo of scenic park and beautiful beaches - kinda heavenly almost. As soon as we ...

Back to Manuel, day 1 and part of 2
Aug 6, 2008

... and headed off to find food, since I was about to starve because I hadn't eaten all day.  I went down to the Manuel Antonio beach area and decided to have lunch at this little resturant called Marlins that was across from the beach and the vendors.& ...

Manuel Antonio
Oct 9, 2009 (29 photos)

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Dia 8. Monteverde - Manuel Antonio
Aug 29, 2009

*** PLANING *** Desayuno en el hotel, check-out y salimos camino a Manuel Antonio (4h. aproximadamente). De camino parada en el Rio Tarcoles para ver los cocodrilos desde el puente. Llegada al hotel, devolución del coche de alquiler, y descanso en la ...

Costa Rica - Manuel Antonio
Mar 24, 2008 (15 photos)

¡Buenas! Charlotte Here: Our last proper stop before leaving Costa Rica was in Manuel Antonio National Park on the Pacific Coast; the country's smallest reserve. What the park lacks in size it makes up for in beauty, with small beaches and bays ...

Manuel Antonio
Sep 28, 2008 (7 photos)

... 's character in the movie Office Space, it was everything I dreamed it could be.   Well, almost nothing. We arrived in Manuel Antonio last night (we hired Gustavo again, since there were nine of us) and went out to dinner and then to a bar. So after ...

Living on Tico time
Apr 10, 2008

... . Yeasterday I got up supper early and my dorm mates, one guy from Sweeden and another from the States plus myself when into the National Park to do some hiking and spot some animals.  We could have hired a guide for $20 but decided against it and ...

Dia 9. Manuel Antonio
Aug 30, 2009

... *** Por la mañana ir a hacer rafting sobre las 8:00 de la mañana. Justo despues de comer, visita al Parque Nacional de Manuel Antonio. Durante toda la ruta se va bordeando la playa, con lo que uno se puede bañar a su gusto e incluso se puede hacer ...

Bargain Shopper
May 3, 2005

... I had a great time and once again was awestruck by the beauty in which I was surrounded. Although the school planned a trip to Manuel Antonio for the weekend I made my own arrangements and did the trip at a third of the cost. My bus dropped myself and my ...

Days24-29: Posessed children and a day in paradise
Jul 13, 2009 (3 photos)

... mom would say, how beautiful! Sing it again! Gaaa. But we survived our encounter without resorting to exorcism and arrived in Manuel Antonio. It´s amazing how beach towns the world over are kind of similar. This one had lots of cute restaurants and bars ...

Manuel Antonio and good bye Amanda
Nov 11, 2006 (4 photos)

to cap off amanda's time here in costa rica, we jumped on a bus to quepos and stayed right near manuel antonio national park. we rolled into the beachfront town that is a few hundred meters' worth of restaurants and surf shops away from the entrance to ...

...Pero no vi ningun mono
Sep 28, 2008 (14 photos)

My great aspiration for this trip to Manuel Antonio was to see a monkey, so while the girls wanted to go to the beach again today, I decided to head to the Parque Nacional to stalk some critters.   Park admission was ten bucks, and it was posted in ...

oh wow, its been a while... manuel, montezuma, etc
Aug 18, 2008

Well, after spendind too much time in San jose, we headed back to Manuel Antonio for a day in the park. We had lots of raccoons trying to steal our bags on the beach and had to chase them away with sticks! We swan in pool that turned mine and Missy's hair ...

Surfers and the falling sun in Manuel Antonio
Mar 26, 2009

... surf boards lining the beach.  It is very low key with extremely brown and tones people everywhere.  Manuel Antonio is know for its beach but also the National Park.  In the park we saw huge amounts of monkeys and later on in the day we ...

Freakin Rican
Dec 3, 2004 (1 photos)

... road work on the bqe again...on-demand bridge fixation...gotta luv it =) My hotel was on the road from quepos to manuel antonio nat park (beaches, etc), called El Mirador Del Pacifico. A little out of the way, but nice, quiet, bascially in the jungle ...

Costa Rica
May 14, 2008 (55 photos)

... a 3 hour flight, then a 40 min taxi ride from the airport to the coca cola station... and then a 4 hour bus ride to Manuel Antonio. It´s only 200km but it´s a steep and windy road, on a very uncomfortable un air conditioned bus! The hostel we are staying ...

I'm trekkin' in the rain...la la la lalala
May 29, 2008 (14 photos)

... as they say in Spanish "a malos tiempos buena cara" (a smiling face to hard times), we decided not to delay our visit to the Manuel Antonio national park which we had come to see. We got up at 5am to have some breakfast and be at the park entrance at 7am. ...

Manuel Antonio - ca farte!
Mar 27, 2008 (32 photos)

... dudes are ruling! I found my surfer, Nick he is actually one of them, cool style on the waves, he even got the Manuel Antonio "check" right after the second day of surfing. Was quite iñpressed as the waves are defo not the same as Hyeres les Palmiers or ...

Manuel Antonio National Park
May 16, 2008

Last two nights in Manuel Antonio was outstanding. Took us the whole day to drive to Manuel Antonio from Puerto Viejo and with an accident on the main highway blocked the traffic for about hour. Manuel Antonio has one of the most beautiful beaches ...

Wrapping Up, For Safety's Sake
Jan 11, 2004

... (and a strategically wound towel, of course, as I found that less clothing simplifies the metal detection process).   From Manuel Antonio we travelled to Santa Elena, a small town in the mountains of central Costa Rica. Our big adventure there ...

Manuel Antonio Still No Monkeys
Feb 8, 2009

... up my sneak um in hole! bastards.. we went out to lunch i had my huge plate of nachos. we tried to walk over into the park but they sell the tickets now back in town we hit the beach went swimming. the water is soo nice here and its a healing salt water ...

I saw a SLOTH!
Dec 5, 2008

Actually I saw a few sloths. We even watched one of them move. Saw lots of neat animals and amphibians and birds annd insects. We watched a Jesus lizard run across water (named after Jesus since he can walk on water too). Went to a refurbished american& ...

The day I've been waiting for - whale watching!
Sep 24, 2008 (22 photos)

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Costa Rica - Manuel Antonio
Aug 31, 2008

Ein schoenr kleiner Nationalpark mit vielen Faultieren und kleptomanisch veranlagten Waschbaeren. Auch der erste richtige Strand nach Suedamerika!

Relaxing on the beach
Jan 30, 2009

Today's entry will be short and sweet as all we did was go to the beach early in the morning at around 9:30 am, had breakfast at one of the restaurants, then relaxed on the lounge chairs under umbrellas on the beach. Note that you have to pay for planting ...

Fun in the sun and BBQ Jam Session
May 24, 2009 (5 photos)

Saturday was a relaxing day here at the Discovery Beach House, we swim some and relax and read some and drink Martini's (me) and Rum & Coke (Peter) all day.  Now that's Pura Vida! Another friend stopped by in the evening and a friendly game of ...

Paradiso - total relaxation
May 20, 2009 (9 photos)

We woke up in our usual fashion, hearing the sounds of the rain forest.... having some Costa Rican Coffee and a bowl of fruit.  I went to Quepos with Evelyn to buy some fresh fruit and a teak souvenir bowl.  After that we went to Karahe next door ...

Do You See What I See?
May 27, 2009 (20 photos)

This morning we met our guide, Juan Brenes, at the entrance to Manuel Antonio National Park.  Luckily he found us as we were parking and some young guy was trying to scam us out of 2,000 colones (about $4) to park.  He claimed it was "mandatory ...