Activities

Costa Rica is a wonderland for those who love nature, adventure and the outdoors. Playas del Coco is centrally located to all the important tourist developments, parks and reserves in and around Guanacaste, giving you unencumbered access to a full range of outdoor leisure fun. From the area, you can easily hike through a misty cloud forest, zip along the treetop on a canopy tour or mountain bike through dense, lowland forest. You can encounter the underwater majesty of a manta ray, fish for record-breaking marlin or glide through the Pacific on a sailboat. You can even take in a few rounds of golf or just soak in the sunshine on a deserted beach. This is just a sample of what you can do and see in the area:
Visit the Rincon de la Vieja National Park by horseback from the Hacienda Guachipelin. You will hike through the park and encounter beautiful waterfalls, boiling lagoons, thermal hot springs and luxurious vegetation. On your return to the Hacienda do not miss the exciting Kazam Canopy Tour. Securely harnessed and with professional experienced guides you will soar through the canyon from platform to platform, climb 3 walls and for the adventurous a Tarzan Swing.
	Santa Rosa National Park is great for hiking. It is the largest dry forest in Costa Rica where you will find birds and mammals of all sizes. The nesting of the great leatherback turtle arriving at the beach Nanciti during the months of October and November is an incredible sight to witness.
Golfing: The Papagayo Gulf and Country Club is located in Libertad, about six miles from Playas del Coco. It boasts an 18-hole golf course, a practice green, a driving range, and a club-house The course fee's are very reasonable and the course is more available than the other three golf courses in the area. "We didn’t build this to be a PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) course, it’s built for the average guy,” says Dave Reynolds. But don't let that fool you, it's still a challenging course.
	Scuba Diving: The Papagayo Gulf offers premium diving. Its plankton-rich waters draw in an immense diversity of aquatic life in all shapes, colors and sizes. At local dive sites, huge schools of grunts, damsels, scorpion fish, triggerfish and more make their home within local dive sites as do frogfish, octopus, white tip sharks and several varieties of moray eels and rays. At the Catalinas or Bat Islands, mantas, huge schools of cow-nose or devil rays and bull sharks are the things to see.
Deep Sea and Local Fishing: Costa Rica and the Papagayo Gulf are world-renowned for game fishing. From Playas del Coco, a hub for the sport, and other nearby beaches, a wide variety of charter boat operators are available to take sport fishermen out in search of record-breaking marlin, sailfish or rooster fish. The gulf also offers excellent opportunities for catching dorado, wahoo, cubera, snapper, grouper, tuna and more.
	Sailing, Snorkeling and Sunset Cruises: Sail the Bay and wait for the Dolphins to arrive around the boat jumping and frolicking. You will anchor at some of the most pristine beaches where you can enjoy snorkeling or strolling the beach in search of shells. A wonderful lunch is included along with all beverages. Or enjoy the sunset cruise where you will see the most spectacular sunsets in the world.
Surfing: Get stoked! Take the boat trip to the famous international surf spots of Witches Rock (Roca Bruha) and Ollie's Point.
	Entertainment: Playas del Coco offers a wide variety of bars, restaurants, discotheques and casinos. There is also a good selection of souvenir shops for those reminders of your trip to Costa Rica.