Manuel Antonio — Attraction in Quepos

The beach at Manuel Antonio is beautiful and calm compared to others in the area. It has white sand and few rocks. The water is can at low tide and fun, but not dangerous with riptides at higher tide (at least in our experience). It was a good place to let the kids have fun and explore without the fear of rip currents that you can find in other places along the coast. However, it is crowded, even early in the day. The wildlife is initially so cool to see, raccoons and Capuchin monkeys, occasionally howlers. But they will take any food out of your bag, even though you're not supposed to take any food into the park. The rangers may not check, but the freaking monkeys know! And they'll take it.. right out of your bag, zippers or no. Please.... Do not feed the monkeys! They can be a pain, almost more than we American tourists! The beach that is outside the park along the main drag of parking is also very nice, if not slightly more commercial. I'd recommend it. Or, if you've read this far and are looking for a recommendation: take the drive to Uvita and go to Parque Marino Ballena. This place is the best Costa Rica had to offer and is...

Locals will blow whistles and even jump in front of your car posing as officials, demanding payment on the road before the park. If you see the yellow bus on the land at the side of the road, don’t stop. Tell people you have your tour booked and you need to meet your guide. Parking should be right at the entrance for US$10. The park has a very wide gravel path which is over run with tourists. Tickets are sold out days in advance but offered at 200% markup on the second hand market if you don’t plan ahead. We hired a guide and enjoyed the education and entertainment but saw very few animals which is the luck of the day/time. It was nice to see the camaraderie of the guides telling each other where the wildlife was hiding. Anything we saw was through a high powered lens of the guide. Some guides had large groups but shouldn’t have more than 10 people. The highlight was the beautiful beaches after you walked through the gravel path. The first beach is busy and the second beach...

This is one of the nicest beaches in the Manuel Antonio/Quepos area! The water is warm and great for all ages.

Make sure you bring water because it gets HOT. There is shade here, but I would recommended not setting up in the shade because monkeys and raccoons WILL get into your things!!

The walk to the beach is through the Manuel Antonio National Park and it is $16 USD/person to enter. It’s an easy board walk to get to the beach through rainforest. Some people change once they get to the beach, but I would recommend just wearing a swim suit with something over it because it’s hot and humid.

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