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Costa Rica · Limón

Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast

📷 Armigo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Turtle beaches at Tortuguero, reggae and cacao in Puerto Viejo and sloths along the jungle coast.

Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast feels like another country: Afro-Caribbean cooking with coconut, reggae and a slower pace. Tortuguero is reached only by boat through canals where green turtles nest on the beach from July to October, and in the south Puerto Viejo has surf, cacao farms and the Cahuita and Gandoca-Manzanillo parks, where sloths and howler monkeys live down to the beach.

Known for

  • Wildlife
  • Nature
  • Beach
  • Relax
Travel guide on Wikivoyage ↗

Best time to visit

The best months for Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast are February, March, September and October.

Suggested route

6 nights across 2 stops. Jourimo adjusts it to the length of your trip.

  1. 1Puerto Viejo de Talamanca · 4 nights
  2. 2Tortuguero · 2 nights