Southern Nicoya Pennisula: a Paradise

Originally we only planned on staying here at the Tranquillo Backpackers hostel in Santa Teresa/ Playa Carmen for three days then move on around the peninsula tip to Montezuma, another supposidly chill hippish beach town. But after the intense roads from Samara to here we decided it might be a much wiser decision and rented a quad and check it all out before. That and Ryan really wanted to rent a quad of course!!

So on Thursday we road to Montezuma to check it out. And good thing we did cause when we got there we were not too impressed. It is a cute little hippy town with lots of hippies, organic food and hippy camping colonies alongside the really expensive hotels all at a gorgeous no surf beach. Don’t get me wrong it is a nice town but not what we are looking for. We didn’t see any hostels at first sight and it looked pretty touristy, expensive. Plus I don't think I could have convinced Ryan to leave Santa Teresa especially when the waves have been so good here.

The one attraction Montezuma does have the Santa Teresa doesn’t is waterfalls. So since we decided we weren't going to stay in Montezuma we decided to visit the waterfall then and there. After driving around for 20 minutes or so we finally found the hidden "back “entrance (I think) to the waterfall. We hiked down a steep hill to the base of the waterfall and I took a dip in the chilly but refreshing water. We only stayed for a little while cause we where both super hungry and left our picnic lunch in the ice chest on the back of the quad.

After lunch and a few hours left on our quad rental we decided to continue riding up the eastern coast of the peninsula to see if there was any place else we might want to visit before heading to San Jose for the next three months. Up and back and we didn’t find any place else we would want to spend the next 5-6 days expect on the very tip of the peninsula back toward Santa Teresa we did find tons of good secluded beaches with probably good snorkeling. So that's when we decided what we wanted to do. Stay in Santa Teresa till the end of the weekend for Ryan to catch the good surf till then come back to the secluded beaches for a day or two of snorkeling.

Even though we spent the whole day with the rented quad checking out places to stay for the next week we had a great time. We agreed that we saw the most beautiful landscapes we have ever seen in our entire lives. From open green farmland plains, to super lush "Jurassic Park" mountains jungles, to secluded crystal clear blue oceans and white sand beaches. And again we agreed that the southern tip of the Costa Rica Nicoya Peninsula is a Paradise.

written by  ryan & debbrial on January 30, 2010 from Carmen, Costa Rica
from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas
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