Travelogues Provincia Puntarenas

Next week we will fly home with one of the last planes of the repatriation program 🤗. For us, the time of uncertainty is coming to an end. We are very relieved and despite the...

Arrived in Dominical, I was delighted by the beautiful sunset on the beach 🌅. The Cool Vibes Hostel is really cool, and the staff is very helpful 👍🏼 On the first day, I was...

In the morning, we leave Cascada Verde and continue by car towards the south to Sierpe. There, we have booked a guided kayak tour on the Sierpe River. Once again, there are many...

Arrived in Manuel Antonio, I enjoyed the view from Hostel Vista Serena, beautiful with a view of the sea. The sunset can be admired from the terrace 😊 On the first day, I...

It's pouring like crazy tonight. The rain is pounding on the roof. I already have visions that we won't be able to leave here because the roads are impassable. The rain is so...

On our journey south, we stopped in Montezuma with three other backpackers. A village known for its yoga courses and modern Rastafarians, as well as the relaxed atmosphere. The...

Our next stop Monteverde is located in the mountainous northwest of Costa Rica and is known for its diverse cloud forests and incredible range of activities. After arriving, we...

Wolfgang is feeling pretty bad. He is very weak and has no appetite. So he stayed here today. It's a shame he couldn't enjoy this wonderful place. I left at 8 with a group for a...

Today we were allowed to sleep in. By now we wake up at 5 anyway. The man of the house drove us to the starting point, described the route, and wanted to pick us up at the end....

The day started very early. After breakfast, we were already in front of Manuel Antonio National Park at 8 a.m. It had rained during the night and in the morning the sun was...

Today we made our way to Manuel Antonio, which is about 280 km away. Our navigation system said it would take about 6 hours. Due to traffic and our familiar field paths, it took...

Früh haben wir Abschied von La Fortuna genommen. Für einen Weg von Luftlinie ca. 30 km hat unser Navi schmale 4 h Fahrt veranschlagt. Es gibt keine direkte Verbindung, da mal...

We stayed at the 'Cascada Verde' hostel for three days. It is a huge wooden house in the middle of the jungle on the outskirts of Uvita. The accommodation is very basic but has...

We wanted to spend the last eight days of our long journey in a peaceful place on a hill in the beautiful nature. Surely we would have chosen a cheaper accommodation if we had...

And once again we board the affordable intercity bus and this time head towards the Pacific. Our accommodation for the planned last eight days is located between Quepos and...

El Chorro Waterfall

Plenty of mountains and mist: after more than a week in the cold and humid north of Costa Rica, we headed to the Pacific coast. First stop Santa Teresa at the southern tip of...

Going for a walk is still possible! Sometimes to a wild beach that is not closed yet, sometimes with Rosa to a supposedly open beach that is actually closed. But there was still...

Every day, the extent of the pandemic becomes more apparent. On March 19th, we were supposed to fly from the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, but the flight, like many others,...

After a short night, breakfast is served at 5 o'clock in the morning because we want to drive to the Penas Blancas border crossing early. We leave Nicaragua and travel to Costa...

The dense Monteverde cloud forest is found in the higher regions of Costa Rica and the journey there is via a very bumpy, unpaved road. The last 30 kilometers of the drive to...

The first change of location was coming up and we went to the Nicoya Peninsula to the surfer town of Santa Teresa. Usually, you have to take a ferry for about 70 minutes to...

By car, you can go around Lake Arenal to Santa Elena and Monteverde. The area is famous for its cloud forests. However, on our hike in the Santa Elena forest, instead of fog,...

Today we had to repack because we could only take 10 kg to the next accommodation. Enough for two nights, but the rest had to go in Wolfgang's bag. We went back to Sierpe by...

After our driving experiences, we wanted to check the way to Sierpe, where we have to be very early tomorrow. That was a good idea, because the first attempt ended up in the...

After an uneventful 06.01, due to continuous rain at Lake Arenal (why does it always rain when we go somewhere? We seriously considered marketing this in areas with less...

We had a hard time planning our day today because our last tour started at 1:25 p.m. But let's start from the beginning. Our day started with the roars of our little roommates,...

Once again an early start to leave at 6 with the boat. After one hour drive and more jumping mantas we arrived at the beach. There we were greeted by a tapir right away. What a...

This morning we visited the Marino Ballena National Park (Whale), which was really amazing at low tide. You could wade over to an island and swim there wonderfully. We skipped...

Next stop - Jaco. Here too, everyday life consisted of surfing and relaxing. It is a rather larger and touristy place where we met many cool other backpackers. One evening, we...