Manuel Antonio region is probably one of the best areas for a long stay in Costa Rica. Coming for a family trip or a honeymoon, this area offers so much more than its magical National Park!
1.Landscapes
Manuel Antonio
The place is absolutely stunning! All of it! Wherever you step! In the National Park as much as in the hotels up on the hill.
- Rainforest
The rainforest in Manuel Antonio is an island among thousands of acres of palm, rice and banana plantations. Therefore, is the refuge of thousands of animals. This together with the fact that it is a humid rainforest, the richest of them all.
- Beach
There are three “official” beaches in Manuel Antonio, and actually people calls them the first, the second and the third. They are all different, beautiful, their water is warm and the surf is pretty calmed
- Wildlife
Howler Monkey
Although Manuel Antonio National Park is Costa Rica’s tiniest national park, the variety of wildlife in its 3 sq mi (6.83 km2) is unrivaled with 109 species of mammals and 184 species of birds. You see it in the park.. yes, but monkeys visit the breakfast buffets of several restaurants and seeing sloths on the trees by the road is pretty usual.
- Adventures
Kayaking in Manuel Antonio
In the area of Manuel Antonio there are several adventure tours like rafting (Several choices from Class III to Class IV+, all of them super picturesque), ocean and mangrove kayaking, rainforest zip-lining tours, hiking, snorkeling, paragliding, etc.
- Restaurants
El Avión Restaurant
There is a really wide variety of restaurants with amazing views and in all sorts of cuisine. From international to typical, passing by sea food, steak houses, sushi and tapas bars.
- Weather
Manuel Antonio sunset
Manuel Antonio is always warm, rainy or not. Usually its sunny season starts in November and goes all the way to May. But in the rainy season it mainly rains a couple of hours in the afternoons or evenings.
- Costa Ricans
Tour guide in mangrove
People in the area is truly gentle, open and joyful… Who wouldn’t be living there right? Wherever you go they will get out of the way to help and cherish you.
