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Secret & Hidden Beaches in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has over 1,200 kilometres of coastline. A significant proportion of it remains undeveloped. These are the beaches that require effort — a dirt road, a hike, a boat — but reward visitors with the kind of solitude that the famous beaches lost years ago.
💎 Hidden Gems
Playa Piro
A dark-sand beach at the edge of Osa where the jungle ends without warning at the waterline
Osa
🏊 Swimming
Playa Manzanillo
One of the most beautiful beaches on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast
Manzanillo
💎 Hidden Gems
Playa Negra
One of Costa Rica's most famous surf beaches
Los Pargos
💎 Hidden Gems
Playa Tamales
Experience protected coastline, tropical dry forest, and a sense of isolation
La Cruz
🏊 Swimming
Playa Espadilla Sur
One of the most beautiful beaches inside Manuel Antonio National Park
Quepos
💎 Hidden Gems
Playa Gemelas
"Hidden paradise" surrounded by jungle-covered cliffs and accessed via a peaceful forest trail
Quepos
🏊 Swimming
Playa Blanca Punta Leona
A pale crescent inside the park boundary where the road simply stops
Punta Leona
🏊 Swimming
Playa Platanares
One of the best combinations of accessibility and natural beauty on the Osa Peninsula
Osa
💎 Hidden Gems
Bahía Salinas
One of Costa Rica's most remote and spectacular coastal regions
La Cruz
🦜 Wildlife
Playa Ostional
One of the most extraordinary wildlife destinations in the world, internationally famous for the mass nesting events of the Olive Ridley sea turtles
Nicoya
💎 Hidden Gems
Bahía de los Piratas
A beautiful, relatively secluded bay on the Pacific coast of Guanacaste
Santa Cruz
💎 Hidden Gems
Playa Barrigona
One of Guanacaste's hidden gems
Nicoya Peninsula
💎 Hidden Gems
Playa Lagarterito
A small, relatively hidden beach on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast in Guanacaste
Santa Cruz
📍 Place
Playa Sombrero
A remote beach on the southeastern side of the Osa Peninsula
Osa Peninsula
🏊 Swimming
Playa Chiquita
A Caribbean shore where cacao farms meet black sand and almost nobody comes before noon
Talamanca
💎 Hidden Gems
Playa Naranjo
One of Costa Rica's most spectacular and remote beaches
Santa Rosa National Park