Samara Beach — Attraction in Sámara

We love Samara ( Like Camera) Costa Rica. Rent a golf cart to get around. The beach at Samara is busier with restaurants and surf schools. Carillo beach is a 10-15 min drive on your cart. #blazzingbuggys. We rented a home, went to Saturday farm markets, and the grocery stores. Find a local who can get fresh fish for you to cook- try Parrot fish!!! We also have few fav restaurants. #Bahia Hotel - Bar - Restaurant on Playa Samara & #villa Bosque with chef @Jonathan Arturo- 10 minutes from Playa Carillo. Jonathan and his apprentice Wilson prepared wonderful meals for us ( and cleaned up too!)

We find Samara and area to be a very quiet vacation. Walk one of the beaches ( each around 4-5 km), get a cold beer in town, maybe bite to eat, home for a swim in the pool, read, explore, watch the Howler monkeys..... Sun up at 0600- Sun down 1800 (6pm) - Golf carts have head lights. There is a McCaw recovery we did not get to see, but heard it is very good. Its doable in the golf carts we are told but give yourself +++ extra time to get there ( reservations) - Very large holes in smaller roads. Could go to Villa Bosque for early dinner after seeing McCaws. There is also an area East of Carillo that has 7 Sloth- most rescued. ( reservations) This area is not native to Sloth, so the owner is trying to make it a safe happy place for them.

I feel very safe and unthreatened in Samara as a woman. Advised to not walk the beaches at night. Must go to one of the many beach restaurant and watch the sunset! We saw an incredible fire show!

There is a Spanish school ( yellow building) in Samara that apparently is very good. I believe there is a massage school too.

@Jonathanarturo @blazzingbuggys @Bahiarestaurant - say hi to Angie, Steve, Kimberley...

Samara beach is one of the most beautiful beach in Guanacaste Costa Rica with it's long bay, quiet, not so crowded, and beautiful landscape of the tropical palm trees. It's quiet expensive to stay around there so it's recommended to have a full plan for itinerary, transportation ideas, and book an accommodation in advance. I mean way more advance or door to door search and be ready for that journey.

We visit Samara with a 4x4 rental car, so we can really enjoy driving the area around, see different places and be able to stop whenever we want when something catch our attentions like a beautiful photogenic natures and animals. Local people are so nice and you can feel the vibe of it's culture which we really like about. It's more an organic kind of experience rather than being overtaken by tourist, buildings, shops and so on. It's a hidden gem.

Transportation can be a headache if you're travelling in budget. And if you don't know how to adjust with local buses schedules, it can take your whole day just being in the bus or waiting for a bus in unfamiliar place. So it's recommended to rent a 4x4 car well in advance or choose a place that offers a shuttle services.

The road can be dramatic especially during wet seasons, that's why 4x4 rental car is strongly recommended- (but hey, that is the cheapest time of the year that we can travel in Guanacaste to see it, so there's the consequences; travel budget, rent 4x4 car, live with tuna and sandwhich, and explore.) The experience and the journey cannot be paid by money, it was worth it.

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Nice, safe beach. Not a safe town. A couple of murderers have occured in the last four months, everyone talks about it but there's no public or oficial news. There's a huge cover up of all the wrong things in this community. Full of false advertisement.Town is full of gringos (all nationalities) that want to attract tourist money, and want to sell the 'beach paradise' propaganda. No infrastructure. Roads are terrible. Town is not pretty. Lack of water and shops. Many Airbnb and hotels are not family friendly at all. Some ticos are out of control on cocaine, drink all weekend and drive cars and motorcycles like maniacs and there's no sidewalks. Huge town corruption to shut down of businesses that don't pay bribes. The private expensive school where rich gringos send their kids claim to be bilingual, not true( only English) It's a snobby tico run school that got accreditation from the state of Florida in US, so it is supported by rich gringos that just want their kids graduated from a terrible accredited American school, kids are bullied and school authority do nothing about it. Overall prices on this town are extremely inflated and quality is not near the price of things. A 1/4 pound of coffee US $13, a smoothie US $8, unless you want rice and beans...