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Las Catalinas, Guanacaste Costa Rica

Las Catalinas, Guanacaste

Las Catalinas is located on Playa Danta Beach, in northern Guanacaste.

This amazing coastal resort village, offer the visitor a unique experience, one of beautiful architecture, beachfront location and first-class service.

The unique  design of Las Catalinas

Las Catalinas is a beautiful beachfront place with beach houses, shops, restaurants, small hotels and inns, pedestrian streets, plazas, parks, and recreational areas.

Based on  the principles of the New Urbanism movement—environmentally friendly design, walkable neighborhoods, intertwining private and public spaces—Las Catalinas offers a refreshing new scene for sustainable beach communities that are built to thrive and also, revolucionize the concept of what a luxury beach community should be.

The beach

Playa Danta is situated north of Potrero Beach, in the canton of Santa  Cruz. It is a smaller white sanded beach with magnificent natural surroundings and simply beautiful sand, calm waters, and great snorkeling opportunities.

Right behind the beach border is Las Catalinas, a small, intimate and newly built beach community, which offers several luxury rental homes, villas and vacation rentals.

This community offers local restaurants, bars, two hotels , and even shops and an ice cream parlor

Several ocean activities are also available, including the rental of paddle boards, snorkeling gear, booky boars and the rental of catamaran sailboats, monohull sailboats and luxury yachts.

How to get to Las Catalinas

Las Catalinas, and thereby Danta Beach, are located at the northernmost end of the Santa Cruz Canton beach extension. Situated past Potrero, Prieta, Pena and Sugar Beach, there is only one beach further north, which is Dantita.

You can reach the community by driving past the beach road of Potrero all the way north until you will automatically reach Las Catainas.

Hotels in the area

Two hotels, Santarena and Casa Chameleon, offer high end accommodation options. While Santarena is situated more on the beachside of the project, Casa Chameleon sits atop a hill with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean.

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Hermosa Beach, Guanacaste Costa Rica

Playa Hermosa Beach, Guanacaste

Playa Hermosa, in the canton of Carrillo, Guanacaste is one of the most popular beaches for beach vacations in the province.

Hermosa Beach Guanacaste

One of the reasons is its proximity and good access (the roads are excellent) as well as its soft waves, gentle sea and its many lodging options.

Ideal vacation for families

Because of all these ideal conditions, Playa Hermosa is one of the favorite beaches for families, who are looking for a beach with conditions for swimming in the sea, snorkeling at both ends of the beach, where there are volcanic rock formations and good visibility, ideal for snorkeling and to see plenty of coral fish, sea urchins, starfish, eels, and many species of fish, in healthy and large populations.

Along the sandy beach, there are also restaurants, one of the best known being Acqua Sport, which is located right in front of the sea.

Hotels in Hermosa Beach

In Hermosa there are several lodging options, among them several beachfront hotels, such as La Gaviota Tropical, Playa Hermosa Bosque del Mar, El Velero, as well as other hotels located on top of the hills, such as Condovac and Villas Sol Playa Hermosa.

Rental Homes

As for rental houses and luxury villas, there are many of these lodging options as well. Most of them are located on top of the hills, offering the renter a breathtaking panoramic view, in the middle of hills still with plenty of dry tropical vegetation.

Tours in Playa Hermosa

On the beach there are also a lot of activities and tours available, among them sailing tours, catamaran tours, boat tours or luxury yachts, jet skies, paddle boards and many more.

 

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Flamingo Beach, Guanacaste Costa Rica

Flamingo Beach, Guanacaste

The beautiful Flamingo beach, in the canton of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, is one of the most beautiful beaches for beach vacations in the area.

Flamingo Beach

It is known for its white sand, gentle sea (sometimes with a medium swell) as well as for its many rock formations, ideal sites for snorkeling.

One of the best snorkeling sites is at the southern end of the beach, and on a day with no swell, visibility can be surprisingly good.

It was one of the first beaches to be developed for real estate investors, including foreigners as well as locals.

Luxury ocean view homes are abundant along the beach, however, it is not yet an overdeveloped area, basically because behind the beach, and the line of coconut palms, there is an extensive evergreen mangrove swamp, which is protected by law.

In the northern part, where Flamingo meets Playa Potrero, there is an extensive marina, and a small peninsula with condominiums and luxury homes overlooking the sea.

At the tip of that small peninsula, there is a beautiful island, called Isla Plata, which is totally uninhabited and is an excellent snorkeling site as well.

Flamingo Marina

This marina is perhaps the best marina in the North Pacific and the entire Guanacaste region, and will have more and more lodging establishments, such as condos and hotels nearby.

It is also a site where many of the sailboats and yachts that offer private tours in the area are anchored, which can be rented for half or full days, some even for multi-day trips.

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Tamarindo, Guanacaste Costa Rica

Tamarindo is one of the most popular beaches in the province of Guanacaste

Tamarindo is one of the most popular beach destinations in Guanacaste, actually, perhaps the most well known destination in the province among locals and foreigners alike.

Tamarindo Diria Hotel in Tamarindo

It was first discovered as a tourism destination in the 70´s, when it was still a small and authentic fishermen community, with nothing more than a few homes distributed along the beach street.

In the 80´s, it grew with some cabins and smaller rustic hotels, which also made it possible for some smaller bars and restaurants to start.

Hotel Tamarindo Diria and Cabinas Pozo Azul were among the first accommodation options to be born.

  • Tamarindo Estuary Las Baulas

During the 90´s with the exponential growth of tourism, more and more hotels and cabins began, and by then, Tamarindo was already quite known among locals and also some foreigner tourists, including several travel agencies.

Today, Tamarindo has become something beyond a small beach community, it is nowadays actually a very busy and developed beach community, with dozens of bars, discos, hundreds of accommodation options, including some five star beach hotels like Tamarindo Diria, Capitan Suizo, El Jardin del Eden, 8 Artisan Bungalows, Cala Luna and many more.

The development has even reach Playa Langosta, the neighboring beach, which until the 90´s  was basically undeveloped.

Tamarindo Beach

One of the most appealing highlights in Tamarindo is definitely its long, sandy and clear beach, which offers great surfing, but is also ideal for bathing, swimming, boating and sailing.

During the low tide, one can also snorkel in the rocky pinnacles located towards the southern end of Tamarindo.

During the evenings, Tamarindo turns into a vibrant beach community, with several beach bars and colorful restaurants coming to life.

Las Baulas National Park

Besides its development, Tamarindo also offers nature. The entire community is surrounded by the Las Baulas National Marine Park, which is an important haven for Leatherback Sea turtles, but also many more species, such as birds, reptiles, monkeys, insects and fish.

The Park has been endangered by some developments that have illegally been developed, even within the national park boundaries, but this has been stopped.

The national park offers a big estuary and wetlands, which can be explored by boat. Tourists can also walk along the long sandy beach, crossing the estuary ( after the estuary north, the beach is actually called Playa Grande ) and walk for miles and miles along a secluded sandy beach.

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Conchal Beach, Guanacaste Costa Rica

Conchal is one of the most beautiful beaches in the province of Guanacaste

Conchal Beach, literally meaning ( a bunch of shells ), is one of the most beautiful and therefore known white sand beaches in Guanacaste.

  • Conchal Beach Guanacaste

It is located in in the canton of Santa Cruz, and its name comes from the fact that in its middle section, its sand is actually not sand as we know in most beaches, but rather millions of small, rounded pieces of shells, hence its name.

This characteristic also makes it a beach where snorkeling can be extremely good, since even with some waves and currents, the smaller pieces of shell do not affect the water visibility.

It is also quite common to see spectacular turquoise and blue and emerald – green waters in Conchal, which, combined with the crystal-clear water, makes it a very solicited beach destination.

  • Playa Conchal

Best spots in Conchal

The most amazing section of the beach is a little left of the Westin Conchal Hotel, until around 800 yards before reaching its southern end, near a small coastal village called Puerto Viejo de Conchal. That is where the most amazing sections of “ sand “ can be found.

Nature

Also, because of the two main hotel developments on the beach, W Hotel and Westin Conchal, the developers committed to conservation, and therefore, the vast majority of the beach is surrounded by tropical dry forests to the backside, which makes the beach even more appealing.

The main way of reaching the beach is either through its southern end, at the village called Puerto Viejo, or from Brasilito, in which case the car only gets to Brasilito Beach´s southern end. From there, you need to walk.

Of course, if you are a  guest at the W Hotel or Westin, you have direct access directly from the resorts.

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Sailing Potrero Costa Rica

Private sailing charters from Potrero, Guanacaste Costa Rica

Potrero Beach is a dark sand beach located between Las Catalinas and Flamingo, in Central Guanacaste. It is a great place to enjoy our sailing charters, since we can pick you up on the beach,

  • Sailing Potrero

If you are staying in Potrero Guanacaste, and want to go on an exciting adventure of sea, dolphins, whales, then our private catamaran tour is the best tour available. 4 hours or 8 hours of beautiful scenery, exciting encounters, relaxation under the Pacific Ocean sky and fun.

Our companies has several catamaran sailboats and sailboats anchored in Potrero Beach, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

  • Potrero charters
  • Potrero Beach Guanacaste

Our sailing trips leave from the beach in Potrero, and clients can book a half day private charter, which can depart in the morning from 8 30 to 12 30, or in the afternoon, from 2 to 6 PM.

Our half day sailing charters from Potrero include open bar, food items, music system ( blue tooth ) and onboard service by our friendly and also experienced crew.

We also offer a private full day private sailing charter that leaves at 10 am and returns by 6 pm. The full day trip, besides the inclusions of the half day charters, also include a full lunch, which is served while anchored near or next to a secluded beaches to the north or south of Potrero.

  • Sunset sailing
  • Private tours

Explore the secluded Guanacaste !

During the tours, which combine great service and amenities with the exploration of secluded and pristine coastline. If you are lucky, during the whale watching seasons, you might also spot some humpback whales, which come to the warm waters during some months of the year.

  • Snorkeling
  • Sea turtles

Other species you might well encounter include sea turtles, sea birds, and tropical coral fish.

Activities included are:

  • Snorkeling
  • Paddle boards ( Most boats PLEASE INQUIRE )
  • Kayaks ( Some boats INQUIRE )

Tours available:

  • Half day morning 8 30 to 12 30
  • Half day sunset from 2 to 6 pm
  • Full day private charter from 10 to 6 pm

Pricing

The price of our sailing charters depends on the number of people, so please indicate that as well as the desired dates. In case of children coming onboard, they are very welcome, you should also know the age of the children, since that affects the price of the trip.

Boats available

Boats available from Potrero include sailing catamarans, which are preferred for larger and medium sized groups since there is more deck space and also more interior space ( Catamarans carry a large interior saloon and shaded deck space ). We also offer classic monohull sailboats, which are perfect for smaller groups or those who simply like this kind of vessel more.

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The Lani – Papagayo Catamaran Sailboat

Wide and long catamaran sailboat for half day and full day cahrters from Papagayo and Hermosa in Guanacaste.

Lohe Lani
Catamaran Sailboat for Private Charters from Papagayo and Hermosa in Guanacaste

For clients staying in Papagayo, Hdermosa beach, El Coco, Riu Palace and Ocotal, we have the Lani catamaran as an option for private sailing charters. It is a very spacious 70 feet catamaran. Its 28 feet width provides plenty of space, a safe, comfortable and efficient ride. There is plenty of room on board to relax and enjoy the panoramic views as the catamaran sails through the calm waters of Guanacaste. The catamaran also has radar, GPS, and autopilot to ensure safety on every trip.


On board the catamaran there are 2 bathrooms and four double bedrooms, in case of an eventual multi-day tour. The boat also has a spacious saloon/sitting area below deck.
Inside the salon, there is a TV/VCR, DVD, as well as a music system with CD player.

All tours include an abundant variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as fresh and healthy food items, for a pleasurable trip that combines exploration of the unspoiled coastline as well as services and amenities for those who want to relax and enjoy first class service.


The tour offers a variety of soft drinks, beer, wine, water and our favorite rum punch, made on the spot by our staff on board. The items we serve as meals include a variety of dishes made with local, fresh and quality ingredients.

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Potrero Snorkeling Tour

Private snorkeling tour – Potrero , Costa Rica

While Potrero Beach is a nice long sandy beach, it offers few spots for snorkeling. Therefore, you can book our private snorkeling tour leaving from the Flamingo Marina, a close 5 minute drive from Potrero.

Our tour will take you to rocky reefs, small white sand beaches surrounded by rocky pinnacles and reefs with a good visibility and therefore, full of tropical marine wildlife, including coral fish, eels, rays and even sharks.

The Seahorse Snorkeling Boat

The boat is called the Seahorse, and it is a large and modern snorkeling boat. The inflatable boat comes with a large shaded area, comfortable seating, specific gear and equipment for snorkeling and diving.

The boat, although an inflatable boat, comes with a hard bottom, which enhances the experience.

It also comes with the best equipment for security and safety and powerful engines will make the trip o the snorkeling site much shorter.

The experience

Our snorkeling will provide you with a fun ocean experience, during which you will visit the best available snorkeling sites along the coast, including places like Playa Amor, Playa Plata, Dantita and several other beaches.

Our staff will always look for the very best snorkeling site, with the largest amount of fish and sea creatures and also the best visibility.

The tour also includes a refreshment stop with water and some fruit. The gear is also included, from all sizes fins, masks and snorkels. All the gear is modern, clean and very well kept, thereby ensuing the best experience possible.

Species you might encounter during the tour include: Angel fish, Puffer FISH, moray eels, rays, colorful surgeon, lip fish , butterfly fish, perhaps even sea turtles and nurse and white tip reef sharks.

The bottom along the Pacific of Costa Rica is mainly made from rocky pinnacles and lots of rocky reefs with some caverns and also occasional corals.

Booking

In order to book, please indicate:::

  • Number of people ( In case there are children please indicate the age )
  • Date
  • Place where you are staying at. In case you are at another beach, we can provide transportation for a low fee in case you do not have your own transportation.

Hotels we serve:::

In case of Potrero, we can offer transportation from the hotel or accommodation in Potrero to the Flamingo Marina, which is where we depart from.

In case you require round trip transportation, please let us know and we can arrange for an extra fee.

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Las Catalinas Snorkeling Tour

Private snorkeling tour – Las Catalinas , Costa Rica

If you are staying in Las Catalinas, either in a rental house, residence or at the Santarena Hotel or Casa Chameleon, feel free to contact us to join us on our private snorkeling tour. We will take you to the best snorkeling sites along the coast to the south or north of Las Catalinas.

The boat

The Seahorse is an ideal snorkeling boat. It is a rigid bottom inflatable boat with a capacity of up to 12 people.

The boat is equipped with all the mandatory safety equipment and regulations, as well as all the amenities to make the tour an adventure with comfort and service.

The Experience

The tour includes snorkeling equipment (fins, snorkels and masks of various sizes). All equipment is new and well maintained.

The tour also includes the accompaniment by our snorkeling guide, who is not only knowledgeable about the species that inhabit these waters, but is also a responsible and service oriented person.

During the break, you will enjoy a snack of water and some fruits.

In addition, our team will search for the best snorkeling sites along the coast, and depending on visibility, we will visit charming, remote and pristine beaches such as Playa de Amor, Dantita, Guacamayita or even Isla Plata.

Booking

In order to book, please indicate:::

  • Number of people ( In case there are children please indicate the age )
  • Date
  • Place where you are staying at. In case you are at another beach, we can provide transportation for a low fee in case you do not have your own transportation.

Hotels we serve:::

For clients staying at Las Catalinas, be aware that we can even include round trip transportation from Las Catalinas to the Flamingo Marina, which is where we depart from. We serve all the residences, private villas and luxury vacation rentals at Las Catalinas, as well as the hotels Santarena, Casa Chameleon and other accommodation options in the area.

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