Do it all in Playa Tamarindo Beach! With 3.5 km of beach coast, warm weather and impressive sunsets, Playa Tamarindo is perfectly located for every tourist activity imaginable. Just across the estuary from Playa Grande, Tamarindo offers world class surfing, golfing, ATV tours, turtle watching, horseback riding, restaurant, hotels, shopping, beauty spas, canopy tours, kayaking, and more all within reasonable distances. Playa Tamarindo is a must stop on your trip to you Costa Rica.
Playa Tamarindo provides visitors with every aspect of tropical beach town. With over 40 restaurants, local street eateries, and shopping, Playa Tamarindo has become a hotspot for honeymooners, retirees, or families searching for an eco-friendly adventure. Within close proximity to five national parks, a trip to Playa Tamarindo will ensure sightings of nearly every indigenous bird, mammal, and reptile imaginable. View giant iguanas, Howler monkeys, Leatherback turtles, parrots, parakeets, and more in town.
Described as cheerful and lively, Playa Tamarindo is Costa Rica’s most visited and loved beach communities. Backpackers wishing for quiet, secluded environmental experience beware, as Playa Tamarindo is bustling and building into a Central American destination hotspot! If you are flying in internationally, it is important to note that you may want to fly directly into Liberia, as bus fair from San Jose can be pricey due to distance.