Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

Manuel Antonio and Surf lessons
Mar 2, 2007 (8 photos)

Wow what an awesome time! We have just finished our 4 nights here in Manuel Antonio and have had a great ( although sweaty) time. We spent the day at the park yesterday and were lucky to see a lot of different animals. We saw (from a great height) a ...

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

It's like a cheesy Hollywood movie. I have just arrived in beautiful Manuel Antonio with it's stunning beaches, where big surf crash in from the Pacific ocean. I'm walking down the beach in an incredible fiery orange sunset, when I spot Gabriella, the ...

Crack Whores and a Crazy old man
Jun 13, 2003 (22 photos)

... hour...which is where we met Adrian(artist from CA) and Frederick(from St. Martin)whose parents own the oldest hotel in Manuel Antonio, La Mariposa...they talked (Kiley) into doing somersalts down the hill with them...and, minus the fire ants, was actually ...

Redneck Riviera
Jun 15, 2006 (5 photos)

... developed in a way that is unlikely to make me a repeat visitor to the Pacific Coast. We stayed a couple nights in Manuel Antonio and a couple nights in Bahia Salinas, near the Nicaraguan border. Kia had been to the beach area Manuel Antonio in 1989 ...

Welcome to the Monkey House (and the lizard beach)
Jan 5, 2005 (31 photos)

... , Ink. We are staying at La Mariposa hotel (the butterfly), which is perched on a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean and manuel antonio national park. The hotel is gorgeous, mostly due to the scenery and the vistas. There´s a swimming pool and two swim ...

Sick of bloody monkeys
Aug 4, 2005

... back on susan (the sloth) but we had to go. Feeling like we should at least see some other place in Costa Rica, we pushed on to Manuel Antonio National Park just 100ks up the coast (and a five hour bus journey of course). As with nearly everywhere in the ...

I made Juliette cry : - (
Dec 29, 2001

... Antonio. Upon arriving in Manuel Antonio our biggest concern was finding a hotel that still had room and within our budget. Manuel Antonio is a top tourist resort with 5 star hotels and foreign mansions equipped with CIA security systems, not the usual ...

Seaside Jungle Adventure
Jul 5, 2009 (19 photos)

... fishing.  Dinner here was good, but everyone was tired from riding in the car. Oscar took us on a quick driving tour of Manuel Antonio (the small town) to show us where everything was, and then he took us to the La Posada ( www.laposadajungle.com ).& ...

Canopy tour/Zip lining in Manuel Antonio
Jul 16, 2007 (3 photos)

... on monday and see  the white faced monkeys.... except the national park is closed on mondays. :-( Evidently all national parks in costa rica are closed on mondays. Yikes. OK, my days are numbered, I leave friday, I'll try one more day, tuesday ...

Manuel Antonio...or, rather, the Iguana Files.
Feb 19, 2007 (41 photos)

         Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica...gorgeous, but hot!  I was granted the opportunity to visit this lovely tourist attraction the weekend of February 17th.  My cousin decided to do a destination wedding, ...

On The Road In the West Coast
Jul 15, 2006

... come back to. Not until we got there did we learn from our fellow backpackers that it is considered the number one budget location in Manuel Antonio by many of the travel guides. It has an awsome view of the beach with a great balcony and has a very laid ...

Manuel Antonio
Jan 17, 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

... was nice to have some other people that spoke english on the bus, and it helped from getting to bored, and we actually arrived in Manuel Antonio on time.  I got to the hostel a little before 1, and when I got there they had made a mistake on my room ...

Save the best for last
Jun 8, 2005 (21 photos)

... as the rain never stopped. The next day we took our final bus ride and after 9 hours we arrived in Manuel Antonio, the second most visited place in Costa Rica, mainly because it has a rain forest and great beaches all in one. As soon as we arrived at ...

Manuel Antonio
Oct 9, 2009 (29 photos)

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Day at the Beach and lunch with great scenery
Feb 23, 2006 (12 photos)

Got some sun at the beach, then hopped around trying to find a good place for lunch!

Day 12 and part of 13
Jul 4, 2008

Day 12 On Wednesday night we tried to get at this resturant called Agua Azul, which is on the top of another building overlooking the ocean.  But it was closed when we got there, so we decided to take Lonely Planets advice and eat at El Gato Negro. ...

Morning at the Beach
Feb 21, 2006 (12 photos)

We spent the morning at the beach and the afternoon at the pool

Manuel Antonio
Jan 5, 2006 (8 photos)

Well, here I am at the beach. I am at Manuel Antonio, a national preserve. It is on the central Pacific coast and is beautiful, although a bit touristy and expensive. The guidebooks gaurantee a monkey sighting, and sure enough on our way back from ...

our last voyage through Costa Rica
Aug 20, 2007

... phones, but everyone all made it here safely. On the night of the 17th all six of us hopped on to our first bus to Manuel Antonio, the girls occupying the back of the very back of the bus to chat and catch up most of the entire ride. The majority of ...

The First 2 Weeks
Nov 1, 2008 (5 photos)

... on our education system at home.   I traveled with one teacher from my school, and a volunteer. We ventured to Manuel Antonio, a national park and rustic beach. We saw monkeys, sloths, and other animals. The beach was pristine and uncrowded, ...

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 ...

106
Jul 3, 2007 (14 photos)

... ." 10'000 Colones (25 Stutz) wechseln den Besitzer, und der Fehlbare verspricht hoch und heilig, auf Costa Rica´s Strassen nie wieder ein Gefaehrt zu steuern. Merke: Manchmal lohnt es sich, zwecks Vertrauensbildung dieselbe Frisur wie ein lokaler ...

Day 11
Jul 2, 2008

... up having to take one woman back because she got really bad sea sick.  One thing we learned today is that somewhere near Manuel Antonio there used to be a volcano, because there are random places off the beach where there are lava rocks and lava rock ...

Crazy work week and then off to the beach
Sep 19, 2006 (3 photos)

... it was the crack of dawn, 5:00 in the morning, I was up before my neighbour, the loudest parrot known to man. The beach at Manuel Antonio was beautiful, and it was really nice to get out of town for a day. We swam in the ocean, but eventually got scared ...

Manuel Antonio, otra vez
Aug 20, 2005 (11 photos)

... wrote yesterday. I do have pictures, though, and I can even upload them right now!! Whoopee! Dad and I took the bus to Manuel Antonio yesterday after classes and arrived around 8. We found a room at Costa Verde, where Ben and I stayed when we were here ...

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

ˇBuenas! 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
Jul 21, 2006

More surfing and beaches

Manuel Antonio(Saskatchewan Style!!)
Feb 17, 2007 (7 photos)

... plantations and local points of interest along the way! We saw crocodiles, turtles and beautiful mountain views!!   We went into Manuel Antonio National Park one morning! We hiked around the park! We saw monkeys in the tree canopy! It was nice to ...

NEW YEARS IN MANUEL ANTONIO!!
Jan 2, 2007 (6 photos)

... .  Am I even covered??  We woke up early and went for a walk on the beach.  I had my first cup of Costa Rican coffee and a slight hangover AND a bruised nose. Holy crap it's hot here!! over 30 and about 40 with humidity!! Who is happy!!& ...