The Caribbean Fringe
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🌊 Wild
The Caribbean Fringe
A coral reef fifty metres from the sand, then a beach at the end of the road
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Untamed, raw, elemental
Raw, elemental, and entirely indifferent to the concept of easy.
The Route
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🏊 Swimming
Parque Nacional Cahuita
Cahuita
Enter by 8am; coastal trail first, then reef
Enter from the southern gate and walk the coastal trail first — sloths are reliable in the trees above the path. The reef buoys are fifty metres from the beach at the midpoint of the trail. Snorkel until the rangers ask you out. Entry is voluntary donation only.
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💎 Hidden Gems
Punta Uva
Puerto Viejo
Afternoon; 15 min by car, 20 min by bike
Twenty minutes south by bicycle from Puerto Viejo, or 15 minutes by car. Arrive by 3pm to have the afternoon light — the Caribbean turns extraordinary here in the last hour before dusk. The road ends just past the beach; there is nowhere else to go, which is the point.