Provincia Puntarenas

Best travel reports from Provincia Puntarenas

Day 12: Bathing in Hot Springs

Today we were able to have a hearty breakfast. Wolfgang was finally able to enjoy a proper breakfast. Our Belgian hostess recommended a trip to hot springs in "Aguas Calientes"....

11th day: Wolfgang is still not well

Unfortunately, despite getting plenty of sleep, Wolfgang is still not feeling better. He feels nauseous as soon as he gets up and can hardly eat. He plans to wait out today and...

Puntarenas

So I did it - after 6.5 hours on the bus, I arrived in Puntarenas. I also found the booked 'hostel' Puntarenas Natural y Tranquilo after a short search. You can't really call it...

Monteverde

The next day we continued with the shuttle to Santa Elena. On the way, we made a stop at the Crocodile Bridge, where you can see crocodiles, as the name suggests. Only in...

Uvita

My next stop was Uvita. A small town on the Patzigik coast, which is not yet overwhelmed by tourism. The days are spent swimming and sunbathing there. One day, I went...

Day 10: Back to Civilization

We walked back to Carate at 7:15. Wolfgang insisted on walking instead of riding with the luggage. It was already very hot at that time. After 1.75 hours, we reached the car....

Manuel Antoino

Manuel Antonio is a small town next to the eponymous national park. Since the park was closed on Mondays, I spent my first day in the town of Quepos and reading in the hammock. ...

Santa Teresa 🌸

So it's been a while and we are reminiscing about our last trip to Costa Rica. Santa Teresa is a small surfer town on the Atlantic coast and has delicious restaurants. 🏝🏄‍♂️...

Relaxed Uvita

Uvita is great for hanging out at the beach or surfing. Since we had limited time, we decided to do the former. We discovered some good sodas (cheap local restaurants) and just...

📍Monteverde, Puntarenas

09/12/2017 Flying over the jungle of Monteverde with Canopy Costa Rica After a nice boat tour on Lake 'Laguna de Arenal', we followed a long and bumpy car ride through the...

15.04.17 - Montezuma

At 5:30 in the morning, still pretty worn out from partying yesterday, we headed to the bus stop. Jaco's streets were now deserted and a whole fleet of street cleaners took care...