Playa Penca — Attraction in Provincia Guanacaste

This beach gets points for having very few people on it and for not being super touristy. Has a few little trees here and there for some shade. Minus points are that the road to it is very rocky/uneven. We chickened out in driving our 2wd SUV all the way to the beach, but I think it probably would've been fine as the worst part of it is just after you pass the little restaurant on the left. We ended up parking on the road closer to the main "highway", on the opposite side from the restaurant bcz we didn't want to occupy spaces in front of the restaurant. Then we walked down the road to the beach.. All that being said, if you make it past that rocky part, you can get to the parking right at the beach.

Warning that there is a bit of an undertoe current, but the waves seemed to push us back in pretty easily in the spot that we were at. However, we did end up with a lot of sand in our...

I am giving it a 3 star review because of all the construction going on, the displacement of wildlife, all the trees that have been cut down in this area. It is a shame to see all this destruction of habitats. Be warned that there will be construction going on for at least the next 3 years, Monday to Saturday. It can get very noisy and not worth it when you are trying to relax. The acces is not "accessible for all". The beach used to be an amazing and isolated place to enjoy the warm water and...

Better snorkeling than San Juanillo. When you dead-end at the parking lot take the dirt road off to the right and drive as far as you can go to find a spot to park. The goal is to snorkel the rocks off the right hand side along the cliff. Enter at the beach where it's mostly sand and then hug the rocks on the right.

You can see tons of fish, puffer fish, parrot fish, damsel fish, blue sargeant fish,...