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Playa Hermosa Costa Rica

Playa Hermosa in Guanacaste is on the northwest Costa Rican Pacific. It is 5 hours from the San Jose International airport and just 40 minutes from the Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia This exotic gray sand beach surrounds a calm bay with a laid back atmosphere, ideal for families with small children. But within minutes away you'll also find world class surfing sports. At Playa Hermosa you’ll find restaurants, bars & clubs, supermarkets and adventure tour outfitters that rent banana boats, kayaks, jet skis, and snorkeling equipment. The Playa Hermosa Guanacaste beach has been awarded the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism (ICT) “Blue flag”. Blue was given for the quality of its cleanliness and its conservation efforts to keep the wildlife and vegetation as well as other natural resources as clean as possible. The community of Playa Hermosa is dedicated to maintaining their beautiful clean environment. They want to keep it the same as it was when they were younger and enjoyed it. The beach at Hermosa Beach Guanacaste is known as one of the greatest places to enjoy body boarding, diving wind surfing and snorkeling, and for the most adventurous, kayaking to the neighboring Culebra bay or to the island that sits in the middle of the bay is a great experience.

Enjoying Playa Hermosa in Guanacaste, Costa Rica is an easy task. Walk by the shore and experience the amazing thermoluminescent plankton that washes ashore. It will be marking each footstep you take with sparkles that glow in the darkness, or wade around and see the bright specks swirl around your feet in the water! Wake up early in the morning to enjoy the sounds of nature. Hear birds waking up and starting their daily activity with their raucous cries. Sit in the shade and watch howler monkeys swinging from branch to branch while they forage for food. When kayaking, you may find yourself paddling over schools of colorful fish or even get to see one of the largest fish in the world, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), it is a gentle filter feeding shark that eats plankton and algae. During the afternoon, lounge under the shade of an almond tree and watch the sunset, with its reddish orange light reflecting over every surface, giving everything that magical appearance only available during twilight. At night you can go dancing to some tropical music, or if you have a car, drive to the nightlife hotspots such as Coco beach or Tamarindo beach for a night out on town. Lay on the sand and watch the stars come out that only this secluded location can creating making it a wonderful spectacle. At Playa Hermosa Guanacaste you can more than enjoy the tranquility of nature and the beach at a relaxed location.

For the adventurous types, sportsfishing or scuba diving in the islands nearby is a wonderful way to spend the day. Feel the splash of seawater on your skin as you reel in a championship catch. Driving to Playa Hermosa Costa Rica gives you the chance to view the many different ways of life in he coastal regions of Costa Rica. Cattle farms and ranches, small trees lining the pastures, giant Guanacaste trees (Costa Rica’s national tree), large melon and mango plantations, rice fields as well as restaurants, stores and service stations. Approaching Hermosa Beach Costa Rica you’ll be at the top of a bluff where the Pacific Ocean extends below until it reaches the horizon. After getting down to sea level, hundreds of feet below these bluffs, you’ll be in Playa Hermosa where lush vegetation, soft breezes and peaceful waters shall welcome you.