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 Douglas and Luis by jenn_d
There are two surf shops in town which rent boards for as little as $10 a day. Leave a Comment
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 Shops by doogienj
You can find anything related to surfing, t-shirt, tanks, masks, framed butterflies, etc. Leave a Comment Address: Main street
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 by CaptainDan
This is a short 10 minute drive from Tamarindo if you take this short cut. This is by far the best looking and least crowded beach around this area. Directions: You'll have to drive into Playa Basilitos and dive across the beach sand. The small dirt road will point you in the right direct when it ends into the sand. Go across the sand over a small dirt hill through the trees.
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 Above the Jungle by jenn_dLeave a Comment
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Nov through Feb, the largest species of leatherback turtle beaches in Costa Rica to lay it's eggs. Weighing in at an average of 772 pounds and measuring more than 5 feet long, Ticos would in the past wait for them to leave and then dig up the eggs for a feast. Now, the beach is open to the public for surfing and bathing, but police patrol the sand mound where the eggs are buried. At the ranger station, we sized up the odds of joining an observation--a complex system of limited viewings that occurs between 10pm and 2am, depending upon how many turtles arrive. Advanced registration requires a wait of weeks, but no shows are common. So, we returned at 9pm hoping to out-wait others. As an American family waited playing cards, a group of tipsy guests of the Minister of Education clowned around. The beach closed at dusk, and by radio rangers with the ranger station. By 1AM, zero turtles had arrived and the tide was going down. At 1:30AM, the family gave up the cards and left, but at 1:45, a radio call prompted assembly of two groups, and we were the last couple able to join one. Trained to march to the ranger's orders without light, still photograpy was impossible. However, the observation for the lone female turtle was very well organized, with group rotation and the rangers' red flashlight spotting all stages of the digging, laying, and burying of the eggs. Waiting Tamarindo Beach groups had zero turtles watched that night. After we had left, a biologists rushed to dig up half the eggs to incubate them at a nearby facility. The hatchlings are released at the same time and place as their brethren, to make sure the beach location imprints on their memory. However, whether incubated or naturally hatched, all hatchlings face the same risk of being eating by seagulls and predators waitingn for them in the ocean.
When you get to the Ranger Station, study carefully the season's chart of the numbers of turtles beached to help estimate the odds of success for the evening. Leave a Comment
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 by pollon
try:
http://www.1costaricalink.com/esp/web/beaches/playa-grande-g.htm
for some more infos... anyway any tour operator on site offer you this too.
In the pic, Irena, a tourist met on the playa and me... thanks a lot to her for having sent me this pic and to her husband for having taken it!. Leave a Comment
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Snorkeling is a very popular activity at Tamarindo (aside from surfing) because it can be done by many people from the complete novice to seasoned veteran. There are quite a few services and prices in Tamarindo. My hotel offered information on a 6-hour tour complete with a luxury yacht, lunch, and cocktails for about $85/person. I chose to go with a less extravagant tour.
I stopped off at the Agua Rica shop in the shopping center in the center of the main road late in the afternoon and arranged for a tour the following morning at 8AM. The tour cost $45 for everything on a 3hour tour, including light refreshments. This company does scuba arrangements and classes as well. The snorkel crew was actually a sub-contractor from Mandingo Tours who offers sunset tours.
On the morning of the tour, I had to meet on the beach to wait for our guides. There is a point on the beach where all the boat tours meet because all the boats are anchored offshore since there are no docks. On my particular tour, there was one couple and myself, along with the driver and two guides (quite a good ratio!) We went out on a small boat (about 2-3times the size of a dingey). After about 30mins we stopped out the first location where we dove for about an hour. It was quite a sight with many beautiful fish, urchin, corral, turtles, and other smaller marine life. After we reboarded the boat, we went off to another location that had a larger selection of corral. Our guides definitely took time to show us unique creatures if they showed up, but left us to explore on our own. One of the guides brought up sea stars from the bottom and even found a porcupine fish (puffer fish or blow fish) to show us...the cute little thing even puffed up for us. The guides and driver quite friendly and knowledge about the area and the creatures living there.
I would definitely recommend taking the time to go out and snorkel for a few hours. Leave a Comment
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 Late Sunset at Tamarindo Beach by Canadian_Traveler
Of course, even if you're not surfing, sitting on the beach watching the sunset is a great passtime you'll want to experience every night in Tamarindo. Leave a Comment Address: Tamarindo BeachDirections: Anywhere on Tamarindo Beach
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 by CaptainDan
There are so many other beaches withing a 15-30 minute drive away and some of them are the best looking in the entire country. I highly recommend renting a car for a couple days and visiting all the little beach towns across the province.
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 by CaptainDan
The best part about renting horses in a more underdevloped country is that they basiclly have no rules for you. The guide let us go where ever we wanted and he showed us how to run the horses at full speed along the water. Now that was an awesome experience but dang did it hurt the family jewels! Directions: They usually take you to Playa Brassalito or Playa Conchal to ride. If you have your own car just meet them there and stick around after the ride.
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